From: darsy on 15 Dec 2008 07:00 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". -- d.
From: Bear on 15 Dec 2008 07:11 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. -- 2002 Yamaha R1 Saab Aero Sport
From: Jim on 15 Dec 2008 07:11 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 15 Dec 2008 07:13 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 15 Dec 2008 07:32
CT wrote: > Open to all, name the film with the best opening scene. I*Y*O, natch. Apocalypse Now, without a doubt. -- ogden GSX-R750 K4 RGV250 VJ22 |