Famous Movies You've Never See

[Teddy Eagle]

I've seen the Steetcat named Desire.

Terrible movie.

Lots of meowing, cats fighting and then getting it on for two hours.

I wanted to furball afterwards.

Seeing cats with Italian accents and wearing white vests is interesting though.

Better than Marlon Brando hollering about Stella. Sure, it gets you steaming but he really went on about it.

 

[Stirlingsays]

Don't worry about the spelling.....We all do it.

 

[Stirlingsays]

10 best films ever made
Road to Perdition
Meet Joe Black
The Godfather 1 & 2
Good Will Hunting
Tombstone
12 Angry Men
Papillon (the original)
Outlaw Josey Wales
Shindler's List

This was the movie where he rescued 1000 Hughes and Sues, because he misread the script.

 

[cryrst]

Is Blazing Saddles worth a look?

Yes cos the sheriffs a ……

 

[cryrst]

Shawshank

 

[Badger11]

Is Blazing Saddles worth a look?

I watched it recently again, still laugh out loud funny and the best response to racism I have seen.

 

[silvertop]

The Big Lebowski. Never seen it nor wish to.

You are missing out Big time.

 

[beak]

Waterloo was enjoyable, In the Heat of the Night. It has to be said North by NorthWest it changed the spy genre.

 

[silvertop]

Shawshank

Again, one worth a look.

 

[Badger11]

Waterloo was enjoyable, In the Heat of the Night. It has to be said North by NorthWest it changed the spy genre.

Ian Fleming wanted Cary Grant to be Bond because of North by Northwest and To Catch A Thief. Later he admitted he got it wrong and Connery was the right call.

 

[BromleyMonkey]

To be honest the presence of sex scenes stirs little emotion other than nostalgia in these days when an early night is for no other reason than that I'm cream crackered after a hard bout of lazing around.
Or a St. Eduoard's Day to coin a phrase.

I like it 🤣

Next time someone’s not pulling their weight at work, I’ll shout ‘oi Edouard, shape up’
I expect they’ll look at me like I’ve got two heads, but it’ll amuse me anyway 😀

 

[Teddy Eagle]

Ian Fleming wanted Cary Grant to be Bond because of North by Northwest and To Catch A Thief. Later he admitted he got it wrong and Connery was the right call.

I think it was Cubby Broccoli who said Connery was cast because he walked like a panther.
He left on all fours apparently.

 

[Palace Old Geezer]

I've never seen any of the Star Wars movies or La La Land.

Quite pleasing to see from the list Stirling put together that I've watched a good chunk of them - and many from before 1970 too.

 

[beak]

Ian Fleming wanted Cary Grant to be Bond because of North by Northwest and To Catch A Thief. Later he admitted he got it wrong and Connery was the right call.

They offered Cary a four movie deal and Cary Grant hated long commitments . He wouldv'e been a good Bond but Connery made the part his own.

 

[Stirlingsays]

I think it was Cubby Broccoli who said Connery was cast because he walked like a panther.
He left on all fours apparently.

I imagine the lower salary had something to do with it as well.

In fact it blows you mind when you look at it.

• Sean Connery (Dr. No, 1962):
  • Salary: $16,000
  • Adjusted to 2025: $16,000 × 10 ≈ $160,000
• Cary Grant (North by Northwest, 1959):
  • Total earnings (base salary + delay penalties + profit share): >$800,000
  • Adjusted to 2025: $800,000 × 10.50 ≈ $8,400,000 (or higher, depending on exact profit share)

 

[PalazioVecchio]

cmon Eagles. Help fill in the proforma below......

GOOD HISTORICAL & BIOGRAPHICAL STUFF ON TELLY

-the damned United.....Brian Clough
- Michael Collins.....Liam Neeson
- The Crown........Imelda Staunton as QEII
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SHYTE HISTORICAL & BIOGRAPHICAL.......BEST AVOIDED

- Mary Queen of Scots.......saoirse Ronan & the Wokesters
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[Badger11]

I imagine the lower salary had something to do with it as well.

In fact it blows you mind when you look at it.

• Sean Connery (Dr. No, 1962):
  • Salary: $16,000
  • Adjusted to 2025: $16,000 × 10 ≈ $160,000
• Cary Grant (North by Northwest, 1959):
  • Total earnings (base salary + delay penalties + profit share): >$800,000
  • Adjusted to 2025: $800,000 × 10.50 ≈ $8,400,000 (or higher, depending on exact profit share)

Saltzman and Broccoli wanted Connery as soon as they saw him. However the US film studio held the purse strings and wanted a big name e.g. Grant. The reason that so many actors have claimed they were offered the role before Connery is because there was a back and forth between the US and the UK with each side trying to find an actor they agreed upon.

Eventually Connery got the gig but he was always first choice with the people that mattered. Dr No was quite a small budget so maybe that was the quid pro quo the US studio only agreeing if it was cheap.

 

[silvertop]

Ridley Scott never disappoints.

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everybody raves about 'Casablanca'........i finally saw it recently. Utter tosh. A chick flick.....with all the pathos and acting of Eastenders.


Which prompts me to a serious question.....why is Eastenders so cardboard ? i reckon they could put Robert DeNiro, Al Pachino & Anthony Hopkins into it and it would still be utter shyte.....something to do with their business model ?

Boycott Tim Burton. All his movies are shyte.

Shame on you sir. Casablanca is peerless.

And chick flicks can (very occasionally) be good. Or, in the case of the template romcom masterpiece - Capra's It Happened One Night - the dog's cajones.