best british movie of all time and have you seen any decent ones lately ?

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Not sure the skills remain to do those 80s perms any more.

My favourite Shane Meadows film is Once Upon a Time in the Midlands, .

I find that really surprising, I quite like Meadow movies but that one is instantly boring and remains so throughout.
I think This is England was pretty overated but still jolly good.
I think my favorite is A room for romeo brass. I think this is because of the interesting turnabout of the characters. Everyone that you first saw in a snapshot of the world they inhabited as a 'goodie' was the baddie for the finale and vice versa.
For immediate enjoyment dead mans shoes was fun but not great for rewatchings.

 

[discokermit]

Is this the 1962 one? If so (and apart from a couple of corny/clumsy moments) I agree.

yes. robert morley is great in it. like rashomon but with added roy kinnear.

 

[DJ Squelch]

Seance On A Wet Afternoon is one of my favourite British films and it doesn't seem to get mentioned that often. Excellent performances from Kim Stanley & Richard Attenborough.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

yes. robert morley is great in it. like rashomon but with added roy kinnear.

I'm intrigued. Will have to check that out, I think.

 

[Citizen66]

Harry Brown

It was terrible.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

V for Vendetta should be a british movie.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I find that really surprising, I quite like Meadow movies but that one is instantly boring and remains so throughout.
I think This is England was pretty overated but still jolly good.
I think my favorite is A room for romeo brass. I think this is because of the interesting turnabout of the characters. Everyone that you first saw in a snapshot of the world they inhabited as a 'goodie' was the baddie for the finale and vice versa.
For immediate enjoyment dead mans shoes was fun but not great for rewatchings.

I'd forgotten that one. Yes, I liked that film too, but would have to watch it again, I think.

And yes, sometimes rewatching films can change your opinion of them - both up and down. It was watching dead man's shoes the second time that it struck me how shallow it all seemed.

 

[Sirena]

I'm glad no-one seems to have gone for the hyped films, like

The Full Monty
Four Weddings
A Fish Called Wanda

 

[butcher]

Robin and Marion is always touching, although the trailer is shocking:

 

[Orang Utan]

The mention of the wonderful Robert Morley has reminded me of Theatre Of Blood. That is a fantastic British film

 

[discokermit]

I'm intrigued. Will have to check that out, I think.

four young lads on the town, are they vicious murdering teds? or just boisterous, misunderstood youth.

 

[Citizen66]

The Medusa Touch.

 

[discokermit]

The mention of the wonderful Robert Morley has reminded me of Theatre Of Blood. That is a fantastic British film

dudley sutton is also in it.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

The mention of the wonderful Robert Morley has reminded me of Theatre Of Blood. That is a fantastic British film

Hugely enjoyable. And what a cast.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

The mention of the wonderful Robert Morley has reminded me of Theatre Of Blood. That is a fantastic British film

Here he is with Bob Hope in 'Road To Hong Kong':

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Not too many comedies mentioned so far. I'll go for The Rebel - Hancock becomes an artist. And the added bonus of the marvellous George Sanders. And also a Clouseau film - again the one with Sanders in it and the scene where he tries to play snooker with a curved cue, A shot in the dark.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Here is Robert Morley again, in one of those pre-Trainspotting period pieces...

 

[discokermit]

anyway, kinda british, my favourite is probably "night and the city". and as morley is getting such attention, i can post a pic of one of the stars, another "big" actor, thhe superb francis l sullivan,

 

[Citizen66]

Not too many comedies mentioned so far. I'll go for The Rebel - Hancock becomes an artist. And the added bonus of the marvellous George Sanders. And also a Clouseau film - again the one with Sanders in it and the scene where he tries to play snooker with a curved cue, A shot in the dark.

Four Lions.

 

[Citizen66]

I feel An American Werewolf in London should get a mention too.

 

[Belushi]

Can't decide. It's either Kes, The Red Shoes or Carry On Up the Khyber.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I feel An American Werewolf in London should get a mention too.

And why not? That was the first film my brother and I watched when we got a video player. We didn't have anything else to watch, so we watched it again straight after, just because we could.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Thinking of these old movies brings a question to mind: whatever happened to the London fog? The fog was an important part of some of these movies.

 

[DJ Squelch]

Thinking of these old movies brings a question to mind: whatever happened to the London fog? The fog was an important part of some of these movies.

Did you not see the helicopter crash this week?

 

[Citizen66]

Thinking of these old movies brings a question to mind: whatever happened to the London fog? The fog was an important part of some of these movies.

Smog, you mean?

People stopped burning coal for heating.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Thinking of these old movies brings a question to mind: whatever happened to the London fog? The fog was an important part of some of these movies.

Clean air act.

 

[sleaterkinney]

The Wicker Man is on ITV 4 now.

 

[discokermit]

night and the city,

 

[Belushi]

Thinking of these old movies brings a question to mind: whatever happened to the London fog? The fog was an important part of some of these movies.

Clean Air Act. The smog was a killer, my Mum was an asthmatic child and would have to stay in the house for weeks at a time, thousands of people would die each year.

 

[discokermit]

Carry On Up the Khyber.

good call.