From: darsy on
On Dec 15, 11:17 am, Champ <n...(a)champ.org.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:06:54 -0000, ogden <og...(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.

Bear's "special".

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From: Bear on
In article <1b0a3c1b-23b4-43c1-914e-
d5887b814a3d(a)r28g2000vbp.googlegroups.com>, darsy says...
> On Dec 15, 11:17 am, Champ <n...(a)champ.org.uk> wrote:
> > On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:06:54 -0000, ogden <og...(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.
>
> Bear's "special".

That's very kind of both of you, thank you.
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From: Jim on
In article <xn0fyy7uu3x6ux008(a)news.individual.net>,
CT <me(a)christrollen.co.uk> wrote:
>Open to all, name the film with the best opening scene. I*Y*O, natch.

Star Wars, the shot where the Imperial star destroyer comes into view,
and it just keeps getting bigger. An in medias res classic.
From: Simian on
darsy wrote:

> 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:
> >
> > > > 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?

Yup.


> That was '77.

<wiki> May, apparently. Nearer 5 than 5.5 then.
From: ogden on
CT wrote:
> Open to all, name the film with the best opening scene. I*Y*O, natch.

Apocalypse Now, without a doubt.

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