DVD Recommendations

It'll make you cry Alice, then again, so will Love Actually.

 

Also, 'The English Patient' with Ralph Fiennes. Fantastic stuff and a bit of Herodotus thrown in for good measure. And how could I forget Chinatown with Jack Nicholson? I must have watched it a hundred times but I'd quite happily sit through it again. Empire of the Sun with a very young Christian Bale (aka Batman) is great too.

 

I also forgot Gladiator - good epic film, Titanic, and Thelma & Louise!! plenty of winter viewing for you here Alice!!! :gnthb:

Val

 

My son has just mentioned Braveheart. Mel Gibson in plaits, single handedly saving Scotland from English tyranny. :hehe: Sophie Marceau as a very beautiful French princess. Nasty brute of an English king. Good cheesy fun. Look away when it gets to the hanging, drawing and quartering.

 

Thank you everybody.
Great suggestions there.
I can tell my DVD viewing is going to be much better than it was before :wuvu:

All other suggestions welcome - it's going to be a long winter :(

 

Hi Alice. here are a some DVD'S i have viewed this year which i did enjoy.
Blood Diamond>> illegal diamond smuggling>Leonardo Di Caprio.
The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas> ww2 Drama>Asa Butterfield.
American Gangster> Mobsters > Russell Crowe.
300 > Persian-Greco War> Gerard Butler.
Last King Of Scotland > based on Ugandan Dictator Idi Amin's Regime. James Mc Avoy.
Avator> Futuristic Adventure> Sigourney Weaver.

out of this 6, my Personal first choice would be ( The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas ).

music

 

Gave up & went to bed halfway thru Avatar, what a load of gameboy inspired dingos kidneys was that.

I would have rather watched Lord of the rings & i'd only want to watch that to save myself from having my legs chewed off by rabid badgers.

 

Boy in the striped pijamas looked good from the reviews though

 

That reminded me, Schindlers List is an unforgetable film, Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley & Ralph Fiennes are brilliant.

Val

 

Thank you Music - looks like some good suggestions there.

Ziggy, I agree with you about Lord of the Rings and the rest of that stable. I was invited to friends for a girlie night to watch it and have drinks and a light bight. Should have been a nice evening but that film was so boring I spent the evening in torture ,wondering how I could just go home. My friends loved it

 

I'm glad i'm not alone there Alice :hehe: I'd agree with Gemini about Shindlers' List :gnthb:

More films, Brazil, Pink Floyds' The Wall, Breaking Glass, Christiáne F, Quatermass & the pit.

 

The Lord of the Rings films are better than the book; at least you don't have to wade through elvish songs or poetry . After about page six I'm afraid I lost the will to live.