tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post8637000782375840222..comments2024-03-28T22:45:51.014+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: Great British Films - and one not so great.CityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-56145930102015882142014-05-17T22:07:25.309+01:002014-05-17T22:07:25.309+01:00Kind Hearts & Coronets
Gregory's Girl (op...Kind Hearts & Coronets<br /><br />Gregory's Girl (opening caption alone heralds a great talent)<br /><br />Agree with Malcolm on 'Brian', Demetrius on 'Cleo': & 'Khyber', too<br /><br />hmm - all comedies. So: 'If'; 'Becket' (technically Anglo-US); 'Long Good Friday'; and of course BQ's right about 'Carter'Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-25018645990083414432014-05-17T16:04:27.645+01:002014-05-17T16:04:27.645+01:00If we're talking about British films, rather t...If we're talking about British films, rather than films made in Britain, or by British born or naturalized directors, then how about:<br />Carry On Doctor<br />I Know Where I'm Going<br />The Cruel Sea (or perhaps The Dambusters)<br />The Third Man<br />Saturday Night & Sunday Morning<br />Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)<br />I might include Secrets and Lies.DJKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-83442001031157492292014-05-17T15:29:10.040+01:002014-05-17T15:29:10.040+01:00Snatch, The Hill, American Beauty (Sam Mendez is B...Snatch, The Hill, American Beauty (Sam Mendez is British anyway)Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-60849174055224571322014-05-17T13:38:10.052+01:002014-05-17T13:38:10.052+01:00Surely "Carry On Cleo"? Sinister dexter...Surely "Carry On Cleo"? Sinister dexter. sinister, dexter....Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-76074178467714365382014-05-17T12:13:34.820+01:002014-05-17T12:13:34.820+01:00I'm not even sure Knightely can act; she's...I'm not even sure Knightely can act; she's not Sophia Coppola bad but more David Hasselhoff 5 faces level.Dick the Prickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02683095612320513712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-27595504120236855352014-05-17T10:56:12.389+01:002014-05-17T10:56:12.389+01:00MyFilmCriticName:
..always gonna be subjective an...MyFilmCriticName:<br /><br /><i>..always gonna be subjective and thus contentious though, innit?</i><br /><br />Except we can all agree that 'Bend it like Beckham' shouldn't be there!<br /><br />Just did a little list looking. Lists of great British/top 100 films/ best movies of the millennium etc, BILB appears on none of them.Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-76482521387204961492014-05-17T10:42:03.088+01:002014-05-17T10:42:03.088+01:00Long Good Friday.
Dead Mans Shoes.
Anything with...Long Good Friday.<br /><br />Dead Mans Shoes.<br /><br />Anything with Peter Sellers.<br /><br />Wicker Man. (the original)<br /><br /><br />etc..etc..etc... always gonna be subjective and thus contentious though, innit?MyFilmCriticNamenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-60137432107545457252014-05-17T10:27:22.525+01:002014-05-17T10:27:22.525+01:00Dr No? or the much better You Only Live Twice?
Lo...Dr No? or the much better You Only Live Twice?<br /><br />Lock Stock? Snatch?<br /><br />I think 'Bend it Like Beckham' is the only one of those I've seen!Steven_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029437876479574883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-10450999675021057672014-05-17T09:58:25.834+01:002014-05-17T09:58:25.834+01:00No Monty Python? Life of Brian should get an honou...No Monty Python? Life of Brian should get an honourable mention.in any film list.Malcolm Tuckernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-30520405581035653912014-05-17T07:45:15.578+01:002014-05-17T07:45:15.578+01:00Gandhi was awesome. Branagh's Henry V is prett...Gandhi was awesome. Branagh's Henry V is pretty much unsurpassable.Dick the Prickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02683095612320513712noreply@blogger.com