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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Favourite movies Reply #30 - Mar 19^th, 2011 at 3:26pm The last Mr Bean movie was disappointing I thought - the one where he has a holiday in France. Really he does better in a half hour comedy.
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Reply #31 - Mar 20^th, 2011 at 3:24pm

Belgarion wrote on Mar 18^th, 2011 at 12:12pm:

Hmm, where to start. In no particular order.

Das Boot. The best submarine movie of all time and one of the best (anti) war movies ever.

Star Wars All of them. Brilliant escapism.

Lord Of The Rings As a huge Tolkien fan I was very concerned that the movies would not do the book justice but apart from a few minor niggles I reckon the look and feel are almost exactly as I imagined.

The Quiet Man John Wayne showing he is more than just a cowboy actor in a brilliant comedy/drama.

There are lots more, Gallipoli, Apocalypse Now and saving Private Ryan get honourable mentions along with the Indiana Jones series.

Gee, The Quiet Man, that's an oldie, I loved it too and a couple of years ago we found ourselves in Cong, the village in County Mayo in ireland where it was filmed. The fact of the filming there is still the main tourist attraction.

Quiet Man Cottage Museum
Circular Road, Cong, County Mayo, Ireland
The Quiet Man lives on
In 1951 John Ford's greatest movie "The Quiet Man" starring John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara and Barry Fitzgerald was made. It was set in the beautiful west of Ireland with filming being centred in the village of Cong on the Mayo-Galway border.

Quiet Man Cottage Museum
Quiet Man Cottage Museum is a novel concept which will give the visitor a total Quiet Man experience as if they were actually 'on-set'. Located by the river at Circular Road, Cong, between actual locations used for the filming, the ground floor of the cottage has been designed as an exact replica of 'White-o-Mornin' Cottage.

Painstaking effort has ensured that all the furnishings, artifacts, costumes etc are authentic reproductions. The four poster bed and the tables and chairs which 'Mary Kate' cherished, the thatched roof, emerald green half door and white washed front combine to charm all those who visit it.

"Quiet Man Cottage Museum " is a must for any Quiet Man enthusiasts, or even those wishing to visit a typical Irish cottage of the 1920's.

Experience for yourself this unique journey into the past

Audio Visual Presentation
Souvenirs
Parking
Guide to Locations/Historical Sites
The Wayne Family visited "Quiet Man Cottage Museum " Cong, so can you!

Open Daily from 10am - 5pm

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Reply #32 - Mar 20^th, 2011 at 3:32pm

This was another favourite - Kids evacuated from London in WWII find themselves billeted with Lansbury who is studying witchcraft by correspondence - it has shades of Dad's Army and the best animated soccer match .

Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)

An apprentice witch, 3 kids and a cynical conman search for the missing component to a magic spell useful to the defence of Britain.

Director: Robert Stevenson
Stars:Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson and Roddy McDowall

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Equitist Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9632 NSW	Re: Favourite movies Reply #33 - Mar 20^th, 2011 at 4:06pm * Wedding Crashers * Ghost * Pretty Woman * The Apartment * The King & I
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Belgarion Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 5464 Gender:	Re: Favourite movies Reply #34 - Mar 20^th, 2011 at 4:27pm Thanks nichy, We'll check that museum out one day.
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Reply #35 - Mar 20^th, 2011 at 4:33pm

Mona Lisa Smile <-- just finished watching it this afternoon.

It's about a free-thinking art professor ( played by Julia Roberts ) who teaches conservative 50's private Wellesley college girls to question their traditional societal roles.

I loved the way the "conservative vs progressive tension" theme was explored in the movie.

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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 40772 Gender:	Re: Favourite movies Reply #36 - Mar 20^th, 2011 at 4:40pm True Grit The Cohen brothers remake. Any cowboy movie is a good movie for me. If there are horses and guns in it, it's a good movie.
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Soren Gold Member Offline Posts: 25654 Gender:	Re: Favourite movies Reply #37 - Mar 20^th, 2011 at 5:03pm All Fellini movies, esp Casanova, Amarcord and City of Women Tsahal (Claude Lanzman) 1900 Too beautiful for you Heart in winter Vanya on 42 Street Alice in Wonderland (1999 version) Pinocchio with Roberto Benigni Marx Brothers movies Hitchcock movies The Apartment Depardieu movies Rome (tv series) Zefirelli's opera movies
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Lisa Jones Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 39047 Sydney Gender:	Re: Favourite movies Reply #38 - Mar 20^th, 2011 at 5:19pm This is great .. I love recommendations. I'm gonna try and get those. Thanks guys
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Reply #39 - Mar 21^st, 2011 at 11:24am

Soren, did you see Depardieu in Jean de Florette? Also there was a sequel, can't remember the title but I don't think he was in that.
Have you looked at his filmography . . .busy man.

Nichy, Bedknobs & Broomsticks is on my 5yr old grandson's list,
must be 8 - 10 times. I've watched it with him a couple of times.
David Tomlinson is a great actor, he was good in Mary Poppins too.

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weare2fatfckwits Ex Member	Re: Favourite movies Reply #40 - Mar 23^rd, 2011 at 12:27pm i like enola gay
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Reply #41 - Mar 23^rd, 2011 at 1:04pm

LOTR sets have been removed as will be any Hobbit movie sets, etc.
This is so as to not 'conflict' or devalue the Maori Culture that has existed for a mere 400 years (not as long as most people thought).
In fact, there is speculation that Aborigines lived on the islands and were wiped out by the Maori.

Personally, I don't care if you were the first or are the last - you're both 'equal'.

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Reply #42 - Mar 23^rd, 2011 at 2:27pm

Somebody mentioned Goodfellas before... Excellent choice.

I realised just the other day that I've watched Jackie Brown a fair few times (helps to have a bit of a background on blaxploitation cinema, but really entertaining nonetheless).

In Bruges, The Godfather (1 & 2), From Russia With Love, Superfly, Fist of Fury. It's a pretty endless list.

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Soren Gold Member Offline Posts: 25654 Gender:	Re: Favourite movies Reply #43 - Mar 23^rd, 2011 at 2:35pm Midnight Run Casino - what a cracker that one is! Cracker (TV series)
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Jaykaye_09 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 583 Gender:	Re: Favourite movies Reply #44 - Mar 23^rd, 2011 at 2:36pm Scorsese's Casino? Because yes, that is a cracker.
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