From: Champ on
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:06:54 -0000, ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote:

<Resevoir Dogs>

>> I saw it when it was first shown at the Evening Standard Film Festival
>> in Leicester Square

>> I certainly remember getting back to the pub telling everyone what a
>> fantastic film I'd just seen

>I drove from Tonbridge to Brighton after an evening shift to see a
>midnight showing of it. On the drive back it seemed I was the only
>person in the car who thought it was any good.

Yeah? Almost everyone I know who is into film thinks it superb.

As in so many things, Bear is the exception.
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From: CT on
Bear wrote:
[Reservoir Dogs]
> In article <xn0fyy76r33iik003(a)news.individual.net>, CT says...
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heh.

OK, then, thread swerve:

Open to all, name the film with the best opening scene. I*Y*O, natch.

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Chris
From: Champ on
On 15 Dec 2008 11:18:12 GMT, "CT" <me(a)christrollen.co.uk> wrote:

>Open to all, name the film with the best opening scene. I*Y*O, natch.

The Player is pretty good. And I don't just mean the technical tour
de force.
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From: Simian on
Champ wrote:

> On 15 Dec 2008 11:18:12 GMT, "CT" <me(a)christrollen.co.uk> wrote:
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> > Open to all, name the film with the best opening scene. I*Y*O,
> > natch.
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> The Player is pretty good. And I don't just mean the technical tour
> de force.

Hmmmm. I've only ever been impressed with one film opening, and that
was in 1977 (maybe 78), aged five and a half. I'd never seen anything
like it before, but then neither had anyone else.

From: darsy on
On Dec 15, 11:58 am, "Simian" <simian(a)in_valid.semi-evolved.org>
wrote:
> Champ wrote:
> > On 15 Dec 2008 11:18:12 GMT, "CT" <m...(a)christrollen.co.uk> wrote:
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> > > Open to all, name the film with the best opening scene. I*Y*O,
> > > natch.
>
> > The Player is pretty good. And I don't just mean the technical tour
> > de force.
>
> Hmmmm. I've only ever been impressed with one film opening, and that
> was in 1977 (maybe 78), aged five and a half. I'd never seen anything
> like it before, but then neither had anyone else.

Star Wars?

That was '77.

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