IMPORTANT - Is your Christmas Day routine acceptable?

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Originally Posted by Sir C

Christ, I would run a mile from trying to converse with the kind of pompous, smug, pretentious prig who would describe himself as cine-literate!

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You voluntarily listen to Mark Kermode.

Here he is using the phrase.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/201...ing-adaptation

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Originally Posted by Sir C

The Godfather. Any of them. There are others, I'm sure.

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I've never seen any of The Godfather's either, no point now as they couldn't possibly live up to the hype imo

My list of classic movies I haven't seen is amazing/shocking, shame I can't remember any atm :-\

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Originally Posted by Burney

You voluntarily listen to Mark Kermode.

Here he is using the phrase.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/201...ing-adaptation

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The reasons I wouldn’t converse with him may run into the hundreds.

Sir C, your reminiscence of a Christmas childhood in which the smell of your Mumsy's mince pies wafted up your fully-functioning nasal passages really touched me
(sniff)
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Originally Posted by Sir C

The reasons I wouldn’t converse with him may run into the hundreds.

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Well you converse with me and I clearly use it. :shrug:

It simply means you know yer fillums and that for someone who knows their fillums not to have watched the Godfathers I & II is a fairly massive gap. :shrug:

Burney "When Harry Met Sally and Pretty Woman to name but two (actually, most romantic comedies)

And I only saw Die Hard for the first time last Christmas."

Those films are all a bit too modern for me

Burney, 'fillums' I can just about accept but can you please relent from using the term 'Mammy'?
It reminds me too much of that bloke in drag
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Sorry, I menat 'refrain'

Bloody blocked nose

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Originally Posted by Burney

The last romcom I loved (if you can call it that) was The Apartment (partly because it's impossible to watch it without falling passionately in love with Shirley Maclaine).

I'm genuinely shocked that you've never seen The Godfather, btw. How can you conduct normal conversations with other cine-literate adults without having seen The Godfather?

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barrister mentions The Rolling Stones in court and His Lordship looks quizzical and says "The Rolling who?"

(I miss Rumpole)

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Originally Posted by Burney

Well you converse with me and I clearly use it. :shrug:

It simply means you know yer fillums and that for someone who knows their fillums not to have watched the Godfathers I & II is a fairly massive gap. :shrug:

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It's only a film, old boy. Two films.

You've never seen When Harry Met Sally. Billy Crystal at his wisecracking best? 'Surrey with the fringe on top' on the karaoke machine? That's a massive gap.

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Originally Posted by Viva Prat Vegas

Sir C, your reminiscence of a Christmas childhood in which the smell of your Mumsy's mince pies wafted up your fully-functioning nasal passages really touched me
(sniff)
:cry:

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Aww, ty s. They were rank, mind. She couldn't cook at all, bless her. :-(

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Originally Posted by Viva Prat Vegas

... but can you please relent from using the term 'Mammy'?
It reminds me too much of that bloke in drag
:furious:

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see, it is that type of Irisherness he cannot hide.

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Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman

barrister mentions The Rolling Stones in court and His Lordship looks quizzical and says "The Rolling who?"

(I miss Rumpole)

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For him not to have seen The Godfather in the 47 years it's been out does suggest an almost wilful attempt to avoid it, doesn't it? I mean you'd have seen it by accident, wouldn't you?

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Originally Posted by Sir C

It's only a film, old boy. Two films.

You've never seen When Harry Met Sally. Billy Crystal at his wisecracking best? 'Surrey with the fringe on top' on the karaoke machine? That's a massive gap.

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For my money, the two together represent the greatest film(s) of all time. However good you think When Harry Met Sally to be, it's a mere confection in comparison. Seriously, you need to remedy this situation forthwith.

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Originally Posted by Burney

For my money, the two together represent the greatest film(s) of all time. However good you think When Harry Met Sally to be, it's a mere confection in comparison. Seriously, you need to remedy this situation forthwith.

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I've considered it, but I think it's too late. Honestly, the first time I see Brando with the cotton wool stuffed into his cheeks I'll piss myself.

I've never seen Enter The Dragon. Or Last Tango In Paris.

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Originally Posted by Burney

For him not to have seen The Godfather in the 47 years it's been out does suggest an almost wilful attempt to avoid it, doesn't it? I mean you'd have seen it by accident, wouldn't you?

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Nah, it takes commitment to sit and watch it.

The only important movie I've ever stumbled across by accident and sat and enjoyed is Mann's masterpiece.

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Originally Posted by barrybueno

I've never seen any of The Godfather's either, no point now as they couldn't possibly live up to the hype imo

My list of classic movies I haven't seen is amazing/shocking, shame I can't remember any atm :-\

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Four Weddings and a Funeral? I love that movie.

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Originally Posted by Sir C

I've considered it, but I think it's too late. Honestly, the first time I see Brando with the cotton wool stuffed into his cheeks I'll piss myself.

I've never seen Enter The Dragon. Or Last Tango In Paris.

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I've not seen any of those either :shrug:

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Originally Posted by Sir C

I've considered it, but I think it's too late. Honestly, the first time I see Brando with the cotton wool stuffed into his cheeks I'll piss myself.

I've never seen Enter The Dragon. Or Last Tango In Paris.

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Enter The Dragon is boring - like most chopsocky movies. Last Tango in Paris is unbelievably tedious - no amount of nudity or cheeky bumsex is going to make up for the extraordinary longueurs.

You've never seen James Caan as Sonny? You've never seen Luca Brazzi? Clemenza? You know nothing of Frankie Five Angels? You've never heard Brando say 'Tattaglia's a pimp'?

Mate. Just watch the fúcker.

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Originally Posted by Sir C

Nah, it takes commitment to sit and watch it.

The only important movie I've ever stumbled across by accident and sat and enjoyed is Mann's masterpiece.

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The Last of The Mohicans? Absolutely.

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Originally Posted by Pokster

I've not seen any of those either :shrug:

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Well according to b you've got a great big hole where your soul should be, or something.

Apparently it's 'important' to have seen certain films. :rolleyes:

For balance, I don't think b's ever seen a James Bond movie

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Originally Posted by Sir C

Well according to b you've got a great big hole where your soul should be, or something.

Apparently it's 'important' to have seen certain films. :rolleyes:

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I didn't say 'important'. I said it seemed a shame not to watch two of the greatest movies ever made out of sheer pig-headedness.

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Originally Posted by Viva Prat Vegas

For balance, I don't think b's ever seen a James Bond movie

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:nono: Not true. I watched Casino Royale. And I've seen all of Live And Let Die - just not in one sitting.

James Bond is lame, though. He's no George Smiley.

How'd you like your tea, Mr Smiley?
Just stirred, thank you

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Originally Posted by Viva Prat Vegas

How'd you like your tea, Mr Smiley?
Just stirred, thank you

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Smiley didn't do quips. He just polished his glasses with the fat end of his tie and was all clever and that.

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Originally Posted by Burney

Smiley didn't do quips. He just polished his glasses with the fat end of his tie and was all clever and that.

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I love the scene with Robert Duvall and the movie producer discussing Johnny Fontaine getting the part - 'and a man in my position can't be made to look ridiculous!!!'

Superb. Also, Clemenza. Just him being Clemenza.

But the horses head is just stupid. I mean, who can't have wondered how in f*ck's name they got it into his bed without him noticing it?

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Originally Posted by Sir C

Four Weddings and a Funeral? I love that movie.

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Oh no fúck that C. Schindler's List, The Deer Hunter and Heat are a few I've just noticed on imdb.

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Originally Posted by WES

I love the scene with Robert Duvall and the movie producer discussing Johnny Fontaine getting the part - 'and a man in my position can't be made to look ridiculous!!!'

Superb. Also, Clemenza. Just him being Clemenza.

But the horses head is just stupid. I mean, who can't have wondered how in f*ck's name they got it into his bed without him noticing it?

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"Well, let me tell you something, my kraut-mick friend..." makes me laugh every time.

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Originally Posted by Burney

"Well, let me tell you something, my kraut-mick friend..." makes me laugh every time.

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'she was beautiful, she was young, she was innocent, she was the greatest piece of ass I've ever had and I've had them all over the world!!!!'

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edited as I have it on my iPad so that's it exactly

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Originally Posted by WES

'she was talented, she was beautiful, she was the best piece of ass I've ever had and I've had them all!!!!'

:hehe:

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In fact, Jack Woltz is a very good comic turn. "I don't care how many dago guinea wop greaseball goombahs come out of the woodwork!"