Movie/film thread: resurrected

Blackadder was always one highly rated series from our sceptered isles that I never really got into...

Start with season 2, the best one.  "Baldrick, for you the Renaissance was just something that happened to other people, wasn't it?"

Oh, how about Wellington's maxim for how to lead an army, "Shout, shout and shout some more!". I think it's in season three that the viewer is introduced to the novel concept of dolphin on toast.

Fawlty Towers is slowly downloading. 

Last night watched a fantastic Korean war film called Taegukgi, better than Saving Private Ryan, highly recommended.

Also watched Rescue Dawn,which was decent, Bale good as ever

One of my favourite tv shows Carnivale

Hate it when they do that.

Weeds season 3 done and dusted, hope it's not the last...

If you liked Dr. Who don't go past Torchwood, a spin off. Captain Jack is hilarious. Totally brilliant.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Good fun.

Tonight, "Dead Man". It's delightfully weird.

Read the books years ago.  Should be a good movie if they don't stray too far from the book.

Saw "The Golden Compass" yesterday. It was the only time I have ever watched a book adapted to the silver screen and decided that the movie was better than the book. It is tremendously well made, great actors, I thought it kicked Harry Potter's ass.

Primal Fear.  All the actors look so much younger, so it's an old movie, but I couldn't find the exact date.  Richard Gere is terrific, but Edward Norton is Oscar-good. 

I'm still reading Northern Lights.  actually it's getting going now.  I'll watch TGC when I've finished.

Watched "K-Pax" the other day, which I thought was much better than most people said.

Started watching the Chinese movie on the rape of Nanking, had to turn it off I have read many accounts of this time and it was just too upsetting especially the interviesw with the people who had managed to live through it.

 Do you mean Nanking? I didn't know that was a Chinese movie. Good movie but if you've already read the book it doesn't add much except for the emotional interviews with the survivors.