Favourite current tv programmes

AllyG wrote:I will keep well away from that lookalike you mentioned.

It's not a lookalike, it's an extraordinary film, totally original and left me crying for a week :cry:
If anyone recalls, it's the Italian guy who won the oscar a few years back and climbed over everyone's chairs to get to the stage.

Caron-a,
You mean, it's a good film not a bad film? And the only reason I should avoid it is in case I spend the rest of my life crying? (I tend to over-react to these things).

Ally

AllyG wrote:Ian,
That's rather difficult to do - list my top 10 films. Maybe I could just list the ones that I can remember that I liked. I'm a very disorganized person, and I haven't really ever thought about it much.

'Father of the Bride' 1 and 2
'3 men and a baby' and ditto and 'a little lady'
All the Bourne films (4?)
The Bruce Willis film with the gold and the riddles and the others in the set.
'The day after Tomorrow'
'Riddle of the Sands' (beautiful scenery and I like anything to do with sailing)
'The lord of the Rings' (I've read all the books loads of times)
'Gone with the Wind' (okay I know it has a sad ending and it makes me cry every time, but I still like it, and I've read the book about 10 times).

I'm sure there's lots more I've forgotten but that should give you an idea.

As I said, I know I'm in the minority as regards my opinion of 'Mamma Mia'.

Ally

So you have a taste for violent films then !!!!!!!! I'm shocked :shock:

No Ian,
I have a penchant for films where goodies beat baddies, which often do have some violence in them. But I never watch wrestling, or boxing, or those plotless violent films. And very occasionally I like comedy (with a happy ending), as in 'Father of the Bride'.

What about you then, which sort of films do you like?

Ally

'I have a penchant for films where goodies beat baddies, which often do have some violence in them.'

Goodies always beat baddies!!!!! :roll:

The Day After Tomorrow is fab! I love films about nature getting out of hand.

I'm surprised you like it Ally, millions died.

Nelly,
I know it was very sad for all the people who died, but the heroes survived, and it seemed as though mankind was going to cope, in spite of the ice age, so it had a happy ending really.

And maybe it will encourage more people to think about caring for the planet. I went to a talk once, given by James Lovelock, and he signed my copy of 'Homage to Gaia'. He is a man who was well ahead of his time, thinking of the planet and global warming.

Ally

Brucie,
One of the reasons I like these sort of films is because it's easy to differentiate between 'goodies' and 'baddies', and feel satisfied and happy that the 'goodies' have won (again).

Unfortunately real life isn't like that. People are a mixture of good and bad, and one can't just shoot out all the bad bits so that everyone lives happily ever after.

In fact, quite often, even in my own mind, I can't tell what's good and what's bad, let alone shoot out the bad bits. Some things I definitely know would be bad things to do - like murdering anyone, but is, for example, smacking my own kid a bad thing to do?

So, I don't like programs like 'Spooks' because it's too difficult to work out who the 'goodies' and 'baddies' are.

Although, I admit, in 'Lord of the Rings' for example, one never really knows if Gollum, or Boromir, are 'goodies' or 'baddies'.

Ally