General Chat

Hi nicky that sounds so nice where you are and if I was nearer I'd come with you. Films are so much better on the Big Screen. We have a small cinema about twelve miles up the coast, it's like stepping back in time, and we don't use it as much as we should. It's like lot's of things I guess you take them for granted, we have the beach and the Norfolk Broads on our doorstep...and we hardly ever go on the river...mind you hubby does work on the broads...bit like a busman's holiday, but we get the boat free!!

Do you know what I'm going to make sure I make the effort to go to the cinema even on my own, as you say nicky as long as you don't have to rub shoulders with a stranger...mmmm wonder if there's a James Purefoy look alike near here...no doubt it!

Pam. ☺

Unfortunatly Pam our "theatre" isn`t an old fashioned sea side one....I should think it was built in the 60s, it used to have a bar and resteraunt attached to it and was all owned by the council, my 21st birthday party was held in the restaraunt in 1982..........but nowadays its a Harvester resteaurant , and before that Brewsters family eaterie complete with Ballpit!.... the Harvesters really popular as its right on the seafront, looking out over the greensward, but can`t say i`ve been there myself, though very welcoming for all the day trippers that arrive by the Coach load every summer.

Worthing {about 8 miles away} has a beautiful old cinema also on the seafront called the Dome.. { google it, its a lovely building]..they`ve spent a fortune doing it up lately and it was used for some of the scenes in the film Wish you Were Here....don`t know if you remember it, was about a very "naughty" young girl in a 50s /60s seaside town, who swore like a trooper and shocked all around her, she had an affair with the much older friend of her father, and is a bit of a "coming of age" movie with a diffference.......it starred the Excellent Emily Lloyd , daughter of Roger lloyd Pack of Trigger fame from Only fools and horses, if you hav`nt seen it before I highly reccomend it, it really is quite funny.

I actually can`t see t makes any difference wether you go to the cinema alone or with someone...its not as though you talk to them during the film, and anyway it means you keep all your sweets to yourself, instead of having to share....lol

Go on give it a go......


Nicky

Everyone wold agree that Robert de Niro and Al Pacino are excellent in gangster films..

But little Joe Pesci is in a category of his own.
Ive liked him enormously in JFK Raging Bull, The Goodfellows etc

Sort of fellow you wouldnt want to upset or get on the wrong side of

We have a lovely little cinema in our neck of the wood. Interval, usherettes, ice creams. Ohhh a proper night out!
Jean

Usherettes Jean........now theres a blast from the past, can`t remember the last time I was shown to my seat in a cinema.......certainly not for a couple of decades.......!!!!!


Nicky

Hi all, yes Nicky I'm sure that I've seen that film with Emily Lloyd Pack as it also had Tom Bell in it I think.

The cinema we have nearest to us is in Cromer. Yes I think I'll go up there.

Pam.x

Yes Pam, thats the film, Tom Bell is the guy she has the affair with.....lots of late night fumblings in the shed in her garden..... he plays "dirty old man " very well in that film......

The BAFTAs tommorow night,,,,,,,,I see the 5 part BBC series that was shown every nighti for a week, that I spoke about earlier in the thread Criminal Justice is up for an award... the guy in the lead role Ben Whishaw is up for best actor.....he was excellent in it.


Nicky

Hi ladies,

I think the reason I don't like going to the cinema on my own is I always think it looks a bit 'dirty old man'. I remember there used to be some strange characters lurking in the cinemas when I was a kid.

We don't have any old-fashioned cinemas in my town; the only thing we've got is a multiplex. It's very nice and comfy but It doesn't have the character of the old cinemas - and it costs a fortune.

Ed

Yes Ed those multiplexs do seem to go up in price every time i go..... i think the quaint oldie/worldy "picturehouses" seem to be cheaper, and don`t ever THINK about buying a popcorn and a Coke.....that`ll cost you more than the ticket for the film.... its often a good idea to take the kids to MC*****ds for a burger or KF* before a film, stops them wanting highly priced sweets and popcorn from the foyer.........


I wouldnt worry about the "dirty old man" label that sometimes gets given to men on their own in Cinemas Ed...as long as you arn`t wearing your "flasher Mac" you should be ok.......... or your 70`s Levis that were 2 sizes too small ........... lol.......

Nicky

Hi folks, I'm going to sound really mean, but the last time hubby and myself went to the cinema...we took our own drinks and crisps etc! We did a quick shop at Tesco Express! Shows how long ago it was too, the film we watched was The Da Vinci Code...and before the picture started OH says to me, "Now don't yap all the way through the film." Nice to know romance isn't dead!

Pam.☺

EDIT: The first film we went to see together was, The Man With The Golden Gun. Gawd I feel old!

Desert Song

starring the very lovely or so i thought Gordon MacRae and Kathryne Grayson just love a good musical

Iv`e heard of iCinema staff asking to see in peoples bags, to check they arn`t bringing in food from "outside"............. if their prices wern`t so bl***y ridiculous, we wouldn`t have to take in our supplies..... You were lucky you and OH didn`t get caught Pam!!..

As for telling you not to speak during the film....well i`m incenssed.....as if us chatty Geminis would do such a thing lol........


nicky

Ha ha Pam,
I think the first film I saw with the OH was 'My Stepmother is an Alien'! (Whatever happened to Kim Basinger?) We used to go to the cinema a lot - I remember when we went to see The Hunt for Red October (which I love - apart from the fact that Sean Connery plays a Russian with a Scottish accent) she fell asleep haflway through, but I didn't even notice!

Young love, eh?

Oh dear, I see the "silly fingers" have started - what is HAFLWAY?

Welcome Kellie, never seen the Desert song. It sounds an oldie but goody!

Yeah nicky, bloody cheek telling me not to yap...talking is like lifes blood itself to me!!

Ed...I nearly walked out HAFLWAY through the film! Hunt for Red October, yes I believe Colin Firth was in that for about 5 minutes wasn't he. He's in Spooks now...don't watch that though. he was in Letter to Breschnev, love that film...even though I can't spell it!! Very earthy, bit like Rita, Sue and Bob Too!! Funny film that!

Nicky we had all the grub in my handbag...it's a big one.☺

Pam.

EDIT: Not Colin Firth, Tim Firth i meant!!

Hi Pam & film buffs,
Does anybody remember a film called "The Raging Moon" made about 1970, starring Malcolm Mcdowell and Nanette Newman. It was a romance with both lovers being in wheelchairs. I thought it was handled sensitively and well acted but the film seemed to get little acclaim.

My favourite three films would be;

The Shawshank Redemption
The triumph of the human spirit over brutality.

Casablanca
Classic wartime romance, gorgeous, fresh faced Ingrid Bergman, Bogart at his best and brilliant Claude Rains ("round up the usual suspects".)

Brief Encounter
Dreadfully dated, but theme as relevant now as in 1945. What can happen when we accidently fall in love!

John

Hello John, yes I do remember seeing that film about the couple in the wheelchairs, it was a few years back as you say and a tearjerker as I remember. Perhaps I'm wrong, but does one of the couple pass away or not in the film?

Yes Brief Encounter, I could watch it over again and again.

Visit again anytime, the more the merrier.

Pam.☺

Hi John....you`ve mentioned 2 of my favourite films there.....

Brief Encounter and Shawshank Redemption......i could watch both over and over.... I know Casablanca is a classic, but i`m afraid I jsut can`t take to it.


Nicky

Hi Pam & Nickydownsouth

Pam, I can't remember for sure about one of them dying in The Raging Moon but now you've mentioned it I think your right.

Nickydownsouth, I'm glad you like the other two.

Off now to watch "Best; His Mother's Son".

John

Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab in Moby Dick

Peck was excellent in To Kill a Mocking Bird