Best ever movie

[Sum Guy]

Yes, quite a bit, what did you want to know?

I thought this thread was about favourite films. . . . please try to keep it on track.
Col

When you cross the line in such an obvious fashion, you should be informed of the fact so that you won't do it again.
It appears you know NOTHING about the United States and the African Americans living there or you wouldn't have repeated your vile, ignorant, deliberately offensive use of such an impactful word.
Your feeble defence that you were just quoting the dialogue is NOT an acceptable excuse. Would you quote Hitler in a room full of Jews.
It seems you are beyond belief and beyond hope.
Some people might have the decency to apologize for such a transgression, but I'm sure you'll just accuse me of being a thin-skinned American with some reference to my lack of intellegence and lack of world experience...anything except admit you were wrong.

 

[GaryPanic]

Sum..
have you been on the forum long , we Rich/colin and quite of a lot of other posters have had this conversation (amonst others).

and universally the N word i think has been wholesale sgreed that it is a word loaded with such negativie overtones, that its a word that should be wiped from the langauge, however you do get black americans - using still whcih goes against the grain really , it can be used in a comical way - but only where its turn in on itself and the joke is on the "person" using the word - only a few of the gifted comics can do this.

Reading your post - there are a few things that stand out as the differnce between the US and the UK (and i am not having a pop at anyone just a comment - one i have made before and noone was offended by it so please don't take offenc either)
the phrase African Americans - rubs most brits up the wrong way - in the UK
we don't make any difference between whites and blacks (excuse the phrase)

your a Brit ..
irrespectrive of your skin colour or background- the only time it becomes an issue is at sports such as cricket - the west indies hertiage brits will support the WI - but if asked to descibe themselves they woudl say - Scottish , Welsh - Cockney etc - not Afriacn British ..

and would I quote hitler in a room full of jews - i would not have a problem with that - history is history and most Brits who are Jewish accept discussion on all subjects - that not to say i would go in there and say the holocaust didn't happen -cos it did

As to being thin skinned -most yanks i have met have been pleasant -- however i do think (personal view) that due to the size of the US there is a larger percentage of the popultation that never go outside the US and as such - do not come into comtact with other cultures and this i feel narrows their views -- ..

i personally have travelled and only met one or two idiots on any trip

spent 3 1/2 years travelling europe - been stateside 6 or 7 times

might not be the most travelled - but I am open to other views as long as they are open aswell.

the US at the moment has had a bad time most down to Bush - he has not been the best leader for the US - he may be great on home soil - but to the rest of the world he's a bully , and a baffoon...
i ramble

 

[ajetrumpet]

Well, now that I've seen all this you guys, I think I will say goodbye to this thread, like all the others in the WaterCooler.

(I wonder if there could ever be a day that a thread avoids conversation like this...)

Of course...I'm dreaming the impossible...

 

[GaryPanic]

Well, now that I've seen all this you guys, I think I will say goodbye to this thread, like all the others in the WaterCooler.

(I wonder if there could ever be a day that a thread avoids conversation like this...)

Of course...I'm dreaming the impossible...

impossible -perhaps

 

[Rich]

Well, now that I've seen all this you guys, I think I will say goodbye to this thread, like all the others in the WaterCooler.

(I wonder if there could ever be a day that a thread avoids conversation like this...)

Of course...I'm dreaming the impossible...

To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go
To right the unrightable wrong

Why the hell an I singing this junk?

 

[ColinEssex]

When you cross the line in such an obvious fashion, you should be informed of the fact so that you won't do it again.
It appears you know NOTHING about the United States and the African Americans living there or you wouldn't have repeated your vile, ignorant, deliberately offensive use of such an impactful word.

I know that the ****** living in New Orleans are still living in virtual poverty after the hurricane. I also know the whites are profiting by selling bus tours at $47 per person to travel round to see the ****** like animals in a zoo. I also know the spouses of the dead 11/9 towers falling over got $5,000,000 each compensation.

Your feeble defence that you were just quoting the dialogue is NOT an acceptable excuse. . . . . . It seems you are beyond belief and beyond hope.
Some people might have the decency to apologize for such a transgression,

Why? I was quoting from a film - get onto the writer of the film if you don't like it.

but I'm sure you'll just accuse me of being a thin-skinned American with some reference to my lack of intellegence and lack of world experience...anything except admit you were wrong.

I will if you want me to, but I tend not to call other posters names. It seems a little common to me.

Col

 

[David Eagar]

Now kiddies, if your going to start fighting, you can all go to bed now!

 

[Ron_dK]

To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go
To right the unrightable wrong

Why the hell an I singing this junk?

I guess this was sung by Peter O Toole ?
Which brings us to another classic :
Lawrence of Arabia

 

[Rich]

Which brings us to another classic :
Lawrence of Arabia

Now you're talking real classics

 

[dan-cat]

Now you're talking real classics

and real racial bigotry too

 

[RoyVidar]

In no particular order

Le dernier combat
Le Grand bleu
Leon
Blade Runner

 

[dan-cat]

In no particular order

Le dernier combat
Le Grand bleu
Leon
Blade Runner

With 'Le Grand blue' are you referring to The Big Blue, the one with the dolphins and the crazy people who dive so deep without oxygen that they start to hallucinate?

 

[RoyVidar]

Yes - http://imdb.com/title/tt0095250/

 

[Rich]

and real racial bigotry too

Rubbish, it showed the world as it was at the time

 

[dan-cat]

Rubbish, it showed the world as it was at the time

You don't think it depicted racial bigotry

 

[Rich]

You don't think it depicted racial bigotry

By whom and against who?

 

[Ron_dK]

You don't think it depicted racial bigotry

I agree with Rich, you should see that movie in the time frame it was made.
Where Lawrence meet with Sherif Ali , this really signifies two intellectual spirits meeting each other which has nothing to do with racial bigotry.

What about another real classic :

Doctor Zhivago

 

[dan-cat]

Where Lawrence meet with Sherif Ali , this really signifies two intellectual spirits meeting each other which has nothing to do with racial bigotry.

One of the underlying themes of the movie is that Lawrence transcends the racial bigotry around him. The 'lemonade' scene is famous for it.

 

[Colin@Toyota]

the party - starring peter sellers

 

[dan-cat]

The Day The Earth Stood Still.