The Movie Reel

[Horsa]

I've just watched "Brassed off".

 

[Horsa]

I watched Cabaret earlier.

 

[Horsa]

I watched Baby's day out today.

 

[Horsa]

I've just watched "Because of Winn-Dixie".

 

[Horsa]

I've just watched Carousel.

 

[Horsa]

I've just watched "Carry on camping".

 

[Horsa]

I've just watched Chicago.

 

[Horsa]

I've just watched "Carry on abroad".

 

[Horsa]

I've just watched Carry on at your convenience.

 

[Horsa]

I've just watched Carry on behind.

 

[Horsa]

I've just watched Carry on cabbie.

 

[Horsa]

I've just watched Calamity Jane.

 

[Horsa]

I've just watched "A Xmas Carol" with Patrick Stewart playing Scrooge.

 

[Horsa]

I've just watched "Bad Santa".

 

[Jelenafan]

I've just watched "Carry on camping".

As an American, I confess I have never seen any of the "Carry On" movies, I'm vaguely familiar with them as they seem to have been around since my youth. I dunno, the little I heard of them they struck me as very "British" comedy, so I never took the plunge.

 

[Horsa]

As an American, I confess I have never seen any of the "Carry On" movies, I'm vaguely familiar with them as they seem to have been around since my youth. I dunno, the little I heard of them they struck me as very "British" comedy, so I never took the plunge.

I had to watch quite a few as a girl as Dad was a big fan. (We're still sorting out Dad's things. If me, my Mother or Sister like them we're keeping them. If not, they go.) There are some I like & some I don't. My favourite "Carry on" films are the Xmas ones especially the 1 done totally in rhyme. They're British comedies like you mentioned & some of them are very bawdy. I don't like Carry on Emmanuelle as it's too rude for my liking but I can see why Dad liked them.

 

[Moxie]

I watched Nomadland, and I thought it was beautiful, poetic, melancholy, and a film that works as the Great American Novel. Has anyone else seen it?

 

[britbox]

I watched Nomadland, and I thought it was beautiful, poetic, melancholy, and a film that works as the Great American Novel. Has anyone else seen it?

Yes, I've seen it. I thought it was excellent and thought-provoking - the Apocalypse of Capitalism - where human values shine through.

 

[Jelenafan]

I just watched Nomadland on Hulu, and apparently other than Frances McDormand and David Strathairn and a couple of other actors, most of the characters in the film are played by amateurs. Some seem to be telling a variation of their own stories and it’s startling to see the unvarnished pain and joy displayed.

Yes, I've seen it. I thought it was excellent and thought-provoking - the Apocalypse of Capitalism - where human values shine through.

I like that description. While the film shows that many have embraced their nomadic lifestyle, and in the case of the McDormand character even eschew options for a more “stable” environment, there is a sense of loss and even being chewed up and spit out by the system. These senior nomads all have their own stories and scar tissue, but I have to admit for me the clean and sterile environment of the huge Amazon warehouse they work seasonally was the most chilling thing depicted.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I have been wanting to see Nomadland thanks for the great write up everyone,I am a huge fan of Frances McDormand.I have seen promos of the film,it looks like the part she plays in this film was tailor made for her.