Victorian Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 can't believe all you hobo lovers are going for trainspotting. the film was ok but the book is a classic. if you haven't read 'porno', that's a must too for renton, sick boy and begbie fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tynie b Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Gregory's Girl...Brilliant!! All others mentioned (Except Trainspotting,Pesh!!) are good...BUT, Imagine if they ever made............. "River City, the Movie!!".... Oscar material I tell yeah!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GhostHunter Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 If you get a chance - watch The Dead Outside...a cracking Scottish Zombie movie... http://www.thedeadoutside.co.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamboross Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Surprised no-one has mentioned 'Sweet Sixteen', brilliant film. 'Breaking the Waves' has to be up there as one of the better ones too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Harris Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Surprised no-one has mentioned 'Sweet Sixteen', brilliant film. 'Breaking the Waves' has to be up there as one of the better ones too. sweet sixteen is a good film. having spent most of my secondary school years in the west a lot of it was scarily familiar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Slightly off topic………I watched Braveheart for the first time in a cinema in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZuluNatal. During the film there was a guy down the front kept standing up and clapping. When the film ended he jumped up, started punching the air, clapping and cheering. I kept thinking, hell there’s another Scots guy here. When the lights went on it turned out he was a Zulu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Comfort Joy gave me one of my biggest belly laughs when the masked hoodlum chased Bill Paterson (a DJ turned journalist) after he watched him attacking a rival Ice Cream Van. He caught the terrified Paterson - and asked if he would play a request (Dean Martin?) for his mum. Never saw it coming and laughed at the very thought for days. "Any Mantovani or Dean Martin?" "Memories are made of this or something?" "Aye, lovely." That and the bit where Rikki Fulton's on the line to HR to check Dicky Bird's contract and find out whether there is a 'sanity claus'. Gentle but very effective humour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 The Last Great Wilderness. No mentions for A Shot At Glory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalamazoo Jambo Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 That and the bit where Rikki Fulton's on the line to HR to check Dicky Bird's contract and find out whether there is a 'sanity claus'. Gentle but very effective humour. Funny but stolen from the Marx Brothers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Weathers Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Slightly off topic???I watched Braveheart for the first time in a cinema in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZuluNatal. During the film there was a guy down the front kept standing up and clapping. When the film ended he jumped up, started punching the air, clapping and cheering. I kept thinking, hell there?s another Scots guy here. When the lights went on it turned out he was a Zulu. I was in Malaysia and the locals I spoke to loved Braveheart as well. Their knowledge of Scotland was limited to Braveheart, Sean Connery and whiskey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Romanov Saviour of HMFC Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 can't believe all you hobo lovers are going for trainspotting. the film was ok but the book is a classic. if you haven't read 'porno', that's a must too for renton, sick boy and begbie fans. The book is great, I agree. Really liked Porno as well and was hoping they would make it into a film! Dunno how they would have dealt with the boy with the 14 inch Derek Riordan though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjambo Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 I was in Malaysia and the locals I spoke to loved Braveheart as well. Their knowledge of Scotland was limited to Braveheart, Sean Connery and whiskey. That'll be the Irish or American stuff then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Funny but stolen from the Marx Brothers. True, but delivered better by Rikki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Fredrickson Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Some quality films already mentioned. I would like to through My Name Is Joe and On A Clear Day into the mix. Also loved the previously mentioned Red Road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorgiegirl Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Geordie... best ever.... and in technicolor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 True, but delivered better by Rikki. baws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalamazoo Jambo Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 True, but delivered better by Rikki. We'll have to agree to disagree on this one. There's just something about a dodgy pseudo-Italian accent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0IZPbArKIE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 For all its faults, Braveheart really helped bring Scotland to the fore to many foreigners as a tourist destination, so it deserves some credit. There's a reason that boy at the castle stands there with his face painted in blue and white day after day! If he didn't have that, folk would probably just think he was a regular guy, just standing there! Bill Forsyth's stuff is all very good, prefer Comfort and Joy to anything else, even if it did slightly trivialise the quite serious and violent ice cream wars historically. Trainspotting is good, prefer Shallow Grave. Agree that Porno should be made, but they might run into problems advertising it ala Zack and Miri... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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