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Post by amyghost on Sept 7, 2018 21:27:51 GMT
Aj_JuneI was going to post this one too.
It was my introduction to British comedy.
I still thing it is my favorite...
I am glad you also like it a lot, Kijii! I thought Terry-Thomas and Sim were awesome but everyone delivered. British humour at its best! Recently, I started exploring 30s British comedies. Will post the movie names in future if I find good ones. Ian Carmichael's also a delight, and not too well known to most Americans. He shines in 1959's I'm All Right Jack, where he's teamed with Terry-Thomas and Peter Sellers, as well as Richard Attenborough and Margaret Rutherford. |
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Post by petrolino on Sept 8, 2018 13:03:31 GMT
What omissions would you add to the list? 'The Full Monty' (1997) perhaps, or 'Notting Hill' (1999)? One film I'd never include is 'Spice World' (1997).  A few I may have considered Rising Damp (1980) - one of the better TV to film adaptations Time Bandits (1981) Bullshot (1983) - not seen for years but a pretty fine parody from what I remember Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983) Morons from Outer Space (1985) A Fish Called Wanda (1988) High Hopes (1988) Shirley Valentine (1989) The Tall Guy (1989) There were a couple of Comic Strip Presents... films which were a bit disappointing (Supergrass & The Pope Must Die), but a few of their TV "films" were released briefly in theatres in London in 1988 prior to broadcast, 3 of which are great - More Bad News, STRIKE and Mr Jolly Lives Next Door. Life Is Sweet (1991) - my fave Mike Leigh and filmed (very) locally Rosencrantz & Guildenstern (1991) Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) - watched it recently and still holds up well Guest House Paradiso (1999) - much maligned, but I loved the TV show Bottom, so this I enjoyed
I like 'Life Is Sweet'. Not a Mike Leigh fan by any means but that one's okay, 'High Hopes' has its moments.
I enjoy 'Rosencrantz & Guildenstern'.
'Four Weddings And A Funeral' I almost included, but it just doesn't hang together for me, though it's funny at times. I file this one away for the same reasons with the amiable 'Jack And Sarah' (1995).
I didn't like 'Guest House Paradiso' but I'm with you %100 in my enjoyment of 'Bottom'.  |
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Post by louise on Sept 9, 2018 7:51:53 GMT
Some real "interesting" inclusions and omissions there  but I'm so happy you included Funny Bones...one of the most underrated films of that decade. Can't let the 80s go by without mentioning Bill Forsyth's Gregory's Girl (his That Sinking Feeling would be in my 70s list)
What omissions would you add to the list? 'The Full Monty' (1997) perhaps, or 'Notting Hill' (1999)? One film I'd never include is 'Spice World' (1997). PErsonally I would add Rebecca's Daughters, which I think is very funny, Peter O'Toole is hilarious. |
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but I'm so happy you included Funny Bones...one of the most underrated films of that decade.