Nice people thread part 7 - a thread in its prime

kabayiri

I've just seen my next (possibly last) hifi turntable
http://audiofi.net/2012/10/rega-rp8-the-grand-evolution/

With a needle it's a couple of grand though. Hmm, that's an awful lot of second hand records...

zagubov

Brallaqueen wrote: »

Oooh, top 5 films

LOTR 1-3 (Boromir's death and Theoden's last battle. OMG the tears)-
Labyrinth
ST II The Wrath of Khan

I've not seen any of the classics. I have an inbuilt aversion to them, just like classic literature.

Not bad. Must stop linking to the site that summarises the plot of LOTR to "Midget Destroys Stolen Property"

If i'd included a Star Trek movie that lone would be my second choice but I thought the very last one beats all previous ones hands down.

sss555s

zagubov wrote: »

What would the NPs top five be?

Never been that bothered about films, so I tend to wait for them to appear on the small screen mostly.

Stand out for me are...


Back to the Future

James Bond (recent)

Grease.


I'm enjoying Homeland and Hunted which would both make excellent films.

LydiaJ wrote: »

What do the nice peeps know/think about DVRs?

I've had a "good" cheap one and a Humax freesat HD one.


The cheap one was bought as it had a good support community and it was as much for "tinkering" with as anything else. It did record as well as the Humax but wasn't as smooth or reliable.

The Humax does everything well and is more reliable but they cost a bit more.
Cheaper PVR's are well known to have more quirks and faults and can be hard work.

Have a look here for some up to date advice...

http://www.avforums.com/forums/pvrs-vcrs/

lostinrates

kabayiri wrote: »

Shawshank Redemption
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Moon
Hard Candy
Goodfellas



Hard Candy and Moon are great examples of movies which can be made on a modest budget (a few million) and compete with the big boys.

I still haven't decided on my five, but the problem with a lot of them is while I liked the films a lot, the book came first for me. LOTR were good, but better how it played in my mind over and over since I was a child. Same with fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe.....which hopefully I will find the book when I unpack, cannot remember the details of it now:o

Pn I love chitty chitty bang bang. And the slipper and the rose. Slipper and the rose is absolutely beautiful to watch.

zagubov

Generali wrote: »

Top 5 in no particular order:
A Day at the Races (some great lines in there)
Blazing Saddles (this scene meant The Producers got edged out)
Leon
Bad Taste (Much better than Lord of the Rings, same Director, again some great lines)
Cinema Paradiso (I'm just an old softie in the end)

Honorable mentions to The Seven Samurai; Godfather Pt II; The Good, The Bad and The Ugly; The Usual Suspects; The Chain (a really lovely British film); Alien; Taxi Driver; Apocalypse Now and loads of others.

Only reason there's no Marx Bros in my top 5 is it's too difficult to decide what's the best. The writing's impeccable, and they were geniuses IMHO.

But if there's any real hardcore fans can anyone track down which movie they're in a circle trying to select a volunteer for a dodgy task and Chico plays "Ringspot" and goes round them to select the unlucky loser who'll have to do it and it always turns out to be him no matter how he starts it off? Can't track it down but it's one of the funniest gags of its time.

Blazing saddles was a riot, but would be uncomfortable to watch now even in adult company because of the N word.

Generali

zagubov wrote: »

Blazing saddles was a riot, but would be uncomfortable to watch now even in adult company because of the N word.

It's only a word.

The word has no power, only the way it is used.

zagubov

Generali wrote: »

It's only a word.

The word has no power, only the way it is used.

I know but I have kith and kin I'd feel uncomfortable with hearing it used in front of.

I can't stand political correctness but I'm a fan of good old-fashioned politeness.:D

Generali

zagubov wrote: »

I know but I have kith and kin I'd feel uncomfortable with hearing it used in front of.

I can't stand political correctness but I'm a fan of good old-fashioned politeness.:D

Good point well made zagubov.

IMHO Blazing Saddles, regardless of the choice of language, isn't racist any more than The Producers is anti-Semitic. Given that they were highly successful movies made in the 1960s/early 70s when many people were more comfortable with expressing racist views they are remarkable films in many ways.

I wouldn't (and indeed haven't) had a problem with watching Blazing Saddles with a friend of any race. That's my choice to make just as you've made yours.

mystic_trev

Here's my favourite scene

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPIP9KXdmO0

Spirit_2

vivatifosi wrote: »

One of the neat things we have in our roof is a hoist to lift stuff up into the loft. It was designed to lift car engines in, .

I thought I was saintly for having let Mr S take bits of engines out on the kitchen table. Why engines in the loft?