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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
Another good Saturday night fallback
Cleverly written, well acted by everyone concerned and a great story
A What's-not-to-enjoy kind of film for everyone
Missed the film release first time round, won't be missing the second one
Lord of War (2005)
A good blokes film, boring for the girls though
A superb black comedy style film for when a chap is on his own on in the evening
Cages' droll narrative rarely fails to amuse as the film starts off a bit slow, swings into gear then spirals towards an inevitable ending
Sit back, pop a beer and a bag of crisps, and be entertained
Ian Holm is never in a bad film btw, I have noticed over the years he has a good-script radar which is almost infallible
Cuban Fury (2014)
A good Saturday night fallback
When you can't handle any more strictly or even worse adverts clogging up your Saturday night and you don't want to think too much and you don't want to hear machine guns and explosions and you really just want to be entertained
Then this one is a goodie
The only weak link is the American lady but she does her best while everyone else swings along to make a very watchable and memorable movie
This one did badly on release I believe, but will gather a good fanbase over the years
Well done to Nick and everyone involved, a British classic for the future
Gigantor (1964)
Gigantor in the UK
I saw this about twice in the UK back in the 1960s, but it disappeared from our telly schedules for some reason, they must have been pilots which were dropped.
I enjoyed it so much I never forgot about it, wondering for years what happened to "gigantor" So we in the UK never got to enjoy the series, and I searched for it, even asking my parents about it.
My 10/10 is a five year olds vote.
It looks awful to an adult, but was top stuff for a youngster, and here I am decades later wondering if I imagined it because no-one else I know who lives over here can remember it.
The Dam Busters (1955)
Stirring wartime movie stuff
Entertaining and enjoyable stuff for those of us brought up surrounded by the people who went through WW1 and WW2. I feel I should mention that those people I knew who went through the realities of WW1 and WW2 actually never ever watched war movies, I always had to immediately switch the TV over whenever a war film came on, for both granddads, far too many bad memories.
For those who criticise the special effects, sweets were rationed until 1953, Britain of the early 1950s was struggling with post WW2 austerity. Rationing finally ended in 1954, a year before this film was made. In the early 1950s people were more concerned with things like Tuberculosis and polio, not special effects.
This film is stirring stuff, portraying an uphill battle and a race against time to complete an almost impossible task. I've watched Dambusters many times and find it hugely enjoyable, the music in particular, really pumps you up and sucks the viewer in, while the acting performances are all good, particularly Redgrave as Barnes Wallis.
Gibsons dog ni99er is a bone of contention nowadays amongst those who are concerned with irrelevant minutiae, but that's because there's actually not very much else to worry about nowadays. This I feel would actually be hugely reassuring for those people who fought in the war.
What really struck me when I watched Dambusters recently was that the 19 planes on that mission were actually the only planes over the whole of Europe on that particular clear moonlit night. It was almost a suicide mission because those guys were up against the entire German night defence system, who were very very capable by 1943. Normal bombing operations were considered far too dangerous for that night and the film skips over this pretty smartly during the briefing.
All in all a fitting tribute to a group of very brave men.
Millions Like Us (1943)
A good solid wartime movie
This is one of those old wartime movies that sucks you in with reasonable casting and a nice script, all coming together to give you a very pleasant viewing experience. There are no heroes, it's all about ordinary folk who are caught up in extraordinary times, and the film projects this theme well from start to finish.
Gordon Jackson looked young enough in Whisky Galore but in this one he's almost cherubic.
There's no teeth grinding patronising propaganda, this film went straight for the jugular and basically told audiences that in the interests of survival we all have to get the heck on with it, a message suitably softened by a nice human interest script, the characters are genuinely different and interesting.
If you get the chance, this is definitely one to sit back with, relax and enjoy.