tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10873408.post4285347379828537388..comments2023-06-23T14:59:03.552+01:00Comments on TimeWarden’s Journal: Picture ThisTimeWardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06853837867256272087noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10873408.post-53265422445161460962007-05-16T23:15:00.000+01:002007-05-16T23:15:00.000+01:00Loads of great movies on yer list !!Loads of great movies on yer list !!Andrew Glazebrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10561008286443964427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10873408.post-20278075937604399422007-05-09T02:45:00.000+01:002007-05-09T02:45:00.000+01:00Thank you for all your comments.I never thought I’...Thank you for all your comments.<BR/><BR/>I never thought I’d compile a top ten films list that didn’t include “Blade Runner” and “The Man Who Fell to Earth”! Had those two films appeared in the countdown, the total number of science fiction movies would’ve been five so I dropped them in favour of “The Bounty” and “Brassed Off” to create a better overall balance. It also would’ve meant including two films directed by Ridley Scott and two by Nicolas Roeg so, again, dropping them made for a more varied list directorially as well as in subject matter!!<BR/><BR/>The brass band music is also highly polished in “Brassed Off”, Steve, an element which wouldn’t necessarily have appealed to me before seeing the film! I like Stephen Tompkinson’s pro-Lennon, anti-Thatcher rant which I remember Barry Norman criticising as being out of place when he reviewed it at the time of the film’s release.<BR/><BR/>I really must get around to reading “The Railway Children” too, Karen. I would also love to see the BBC’s 1968 black-and-white version also starring Jenny Agutter but made two years before the more famous film version. It does still exist in the BBC’s depleted archive and has been released on DVD in the past. I have the most recent TV version, in which Jenny played the children’s mother, as well as the film, on video.<BR/><BR/>I’ve seen “An American Werewolf in London”, with its groundbreaking werewolf-transformation sequence, Simon, as well as “The Survivor” with Robert Powell. Jenny’s even been in “Spooks” and “Red Dwarf”! “Theatre of Blood” isn’t a Hammer film but a fun movie nonetheless. The Lalla Ward film you’re thinking of is “Vampire Circus” and one of Hammer’s most atmospheric offerings. Theresa Russell is in the recently-released “Spider-Man 3”.TimeWardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853837867256272087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10873408.post-29629812619004226972007-05-07T19:31:00.000+01:002007-05-07T19:31:00.000+01:00Many thanks for taking up my challenge, Tim - grea...Many thanks for taking up my challenge, Tim - great post! And an interesting choice of movies too...<BR/><BR/>Yes it's clear that you have a liking for horror and sci-fi, not to mention everybody's favourite English rose, Jenny Agutter! (Have you also seen her in "An American Werewolf in London"? Every guy's wet dream ahem. And she was also in a very creepy movie based on a James Herbert novel, "The Survivor"). <BR/><BR/>I haven't seen that many Hammer movies to be honest, although I know they enjoy a cult reputation, what with all those campy vampires and bare-bosumed wenches! Was "Theatre of Blood" a Hammer movie by any chance? (Starring Vincent Price and Diana Rigg). I loved that one! Oh and I do (vaguely) remember a movie called "The Vampire Lovers" if only cos it starred Lalla Ward in a pre-Dr Who role! <BR/><BR/>I agree about "The Railway Children" - it's quintessentially English and timeless. And the "Daddy oh my Daddy!" finale is indeed very moving.<BR/><BR/>I saw "Walkabout" years ago but don't remember it all that well. I studied the book in secondary school too - interesting that in the novelisation the brother and sister end up stranded in the desert because of a plane crash, whereas in the film it's different. Nic Roeg has a very distinctive directorial style - with sharp editing and jumping backwards and forwards through time in a sometimes disorienting way. "Don't Look Now" is classic horror yet could qualify as an art movie too I think. And whatever happened to <BR/>Theresa Russell? <BR/><BR/>"Logan's Run"!! Interesting concepts in that movie. And do you remember the spin-off TV series on ITV? I used to love that as a kid.<BR/><BR/>I'm with you on "Alien" too - a brilliant mix of sci-fi and horror. I'll have to get that one out on DVD soon as I haven't seen it for years. <BR/><BR/>I've never seen "Lifeforce" but remember all the reviews when it came out - might have to check that one out too.<BR/><BR/>Talking of Judy Geeson, have you seen her in "Star Maidens"?Old Cheeserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17871751335676050949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10873408.post-54847959353718322612007-05-05T09:33:00.000+01:002007-05-05T09:33:00.000+01:00I love The railway Children. It's on just about ev...I love The railway Children. It's on just about every Christmas but I never get tired of it. I am always disappointed if I miss it. I have to admit that the end does make me a bit teary eyed. It is also one of those children's classics that I have always meant to get round to reading.<BR/><BR/>I also love Logans Run. It's one that my mum watched over and over again when I was growing up and I would watch it with her. Again I would get teary eyed when the Ustinov is left on his own only to be suddenly surrounded by so many people.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09787128489231528094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10873408.post-63264478450654705872007-05-04T07:11:00.000+01:002007-05-04T07:11:00.000+01:00There are some great movies there! I totally agree...There are some great movies there! I totally agree with your choice of Alien, Brassed Off, Bounty and Logan's Run. I'm kicking myself for not considering them myself. In The Bounty the relationship between Bligh and Christian is nicely handled... it's such a tragedy when the friendship breaks down. <BR/><BR/>Brassed Off is just superb - it's the only film that has made me roar with laughter: the scene where Tomlinson tries to hang himself in the clown costume is hilarious... even as it is heartbreaking at the same time. I don't know why it makes me laugh so much. I think it has a lot to do with his huge clown feet kicking as the rope tightens. Maybe I'm just a sadist at heart? Maybe I just like the idea of seeing Stephen Tomlinson hanged?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.com