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I am up to ten with another four almost certain to be in there. If I manage fifteen in total I will be well chuffed.
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Bluemoon's Official Top 100 Films
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OB1
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The dead zone film was as good as the book imo.
Long time since I saw that movie and it was decent but I'm pretty sure I found it a tad disappointing.
People have mentioned
Stand by Me
Shawshank
and Green Mile.
The first two were definitely a match for the books - maybe as much as anything because they were short stories.
I seem to recall Misery was a decent effort too.
OB1
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17. Monty Python's Life Of Brian 7/94
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Monty Python's Life of Brian, also known as Life of Brian, is a 1979 British comedy film starring and written by the comedy group Monty Python (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin). It was also directed by Jones. The film tells the story of Brian Cohen (played by Chapman), a young Jewish man who is born on the same day as—and next door to—Jesus Christ, and is subsequently mistaken for the Messiah.
Following the withdrawal of funding by EMI Films just days before production was scheduled to begin, long-time Monty Python fan and former member of the Beatles, George Harrison, arranged financing for Life of Brian through the formation of his company HandMade Films.
The film's themes of religious satire were controversial at the time of its release, drawing accusations of blasphemy and protests from some religious groups. Thirty-nine local authorities in the United Kingdom either imposed an outright ban, or imposed an X (18 years) certificate. Some countries, including Ireland and Norway, banned its showing, with a few of these bans lasting decades. The filmmakers used such notoriety to benefit their marketing campaign, with posters in Sweden reading, "So funny, it was banned in Norway!"
The film was a box office success, the fourth-highest-grossing film in the United Kingdom in 1979, and highest grossing of any British film in the United States that year. It has remained popular and was named "greatest comedy film of all time" by several magazines and television networks
Well I didn't vote for it but there's no denying it's a classic.
I was at Uni in Nottingham when it was released and had to go to Derby to watch it because it was banned in Nottingham.
I was never a big Python fan but it's truly one of the funniest films I've seen.
OB1
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I thought it was !
Everyone is different but it came out at a time when horror was particularly big business and it was very tame by those standards.
BlueHammer85
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Everyone is different but it came out at a time when horror was particularly big business and it was very tame by those standards.
suppose it wasn't your slash horror type of thing, but there was definitely a few jumpy moments
The Stand is probably one of my favourites but obviously a series as opposed to a film. Be good to do a remake with a bigger budget, though now isn't the time! Haha!Long time since I saw that movie and it was decent but I'm pretty sure I found it a tad disappointing.
People have mentioned
Stand by Me
Shawshank
and Green Mile.
The first two were definitely a match for the books - maybe as much as anything because they were short stories.
I seem to recall Misery was a decent effort too.
The Gunslinger (Dark Tower) is the most disappointing for me. Read the series of books over the course of a few years and found the movie adaptation to be, well, a bit wank.
RobMCFC
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Except that a big budget version of "The Stand" starts on US TV in December - no word on UK dates/channels yet.The Stand is probably one of my favourites but obviously a series as opposed to a film. Be good to do a remake with a bigger budget, though now isn't the time! Haha!
Well that's cheered me up. Had no idea it was even in the making. Will hunt it out, thanks.Except that a big budget version of "The Stand" starts on US TV in December - no word on UK dates/channels yet.
FogBlueInSanFran
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He's made some pretty good films, but I disqualified him immediately for doing a documentary with Radiohead's guitarist (cf. the "Overrated Bands" thread). :)No love for Paul Thomas Anderson yet. I had two of his in my top 20.
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