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Post by communistworkethic » Fri Nov 10, 2006 10:48 pm

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Post by runningonbravado » Sat Nov 11, 2006 1:54 am

the blues brothers cheers me up regardless of how shit i feel

american beauty was good. made me feel all fuzzy inside, despite the death and all that
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Post by Montreal Wanderer » Sat Nov 11, 2006 1:55 am

Dujon wrote:Whistle Down the Wind - Hayley Mills and a small bunch of urchins. Lovely film.
You'd call that a "feel good" movie, Dujon? I saw it a very long time ago and enjoyed it - but it didn't give me that warm, fuzzy feeling as I recall. Kids hide a murderer because they think he is Jesus but the cops get him in the end. Sort of sad and moving? Is that the one?
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Post by Zulus Thousand of em » Sat Nov 11, 2006 8:06 am

runningonbravado wrote:the blues brothers cheers me up regardless of how shit i feel

american beauty was good. made me feel all fuzzy inside, despite the death and all that
Blues Brothers for me, every time.
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Post by Bruce Rioja » Sat Nov 11, 2006 10:13 am

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Dujon wrote:Whistle Down the Wind - Hayley Mills and a small bunch of urchins. Lovely film.
You'd call that a "feel good" movie, Dujon? I saw it a very long time ago and enjoyed it - but it didn't give me that warm, fuzzy feeling as I recall. Kids hide a murderer because they think he is Jesus but the cops get him in the end. Sort of sad and moving? Is that the one?
I love it that they used dialect in the narrative. "Thar't not Jayzus, thar't a robber, thee" and "Wiv bret thi sum cheaze, Jayzus", that sort of thing. Superb. Likewise - Kes.
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Post by sluffy » Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:28 am

Saw this and it reminded me of the great little film - City Slickers

Veteran American actor Jack Palance, who starred in the classic western Shane and the cowboy comedy City Slickers, has died aged 87.

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Post by warthog » Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:45 am

Montreal Wanderer wrote:
Dujon wrote:Whistle Down the Wind - Hayley Mills and a small bunch of urchins. Lovely film.
You'd call that a "feel good" movie, Dujon? I saw it a very long time ago and enjoyed it - but it didn't give me that warm, fuzzy feeling as I recall. Kids hide a murderer because they think he is Jesus but the cops get him in the end. Sort of sad and moving? Is that the one?
That's the one - filmed in the Lancashire countryside.

Sad and moving sums it up. The little lad in the family steals the show, the one who calls his kitten 'spider.'

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Post by americantrotter » Sat Nov 11, 2006 4:12 pm

Hope and Glory agree with that one.

One of my fave's

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Post by Dujon » Sat Nov 11, 2006 8:43 pm

Montreal Wanderer wrote: You'd call that a "feel good" movie, Dujon? I saw it a very long time ago and enjoyed it - but it didn't give me that warm, fuzzy feeling as I recall. Kids hide a murderer because they think he is Jesus but the cops get him in the end. Sort of sad and moving? Is that the one?
Yes, Monty. Not so much the fact of Alan Bates playing a murderer but looking at the situation through the eyes of a child and, I suppose to some extent, experiencing the innocence (or naivety) of being that age again.

As some have already mentioned the children had some lovely lines.


I found the other film I mentioned. It's Tawny Pipit, made in 1944 and set during WWII. There's nothing particularly special about it apart from the atmosphere it invokes. I don't think I'd recall any of the actors in other films (though undoubtedly they did).
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Post by 50sQuiff » Sat Nov 11, 2006 9:10 pm

I go for the classic war movies every time: The Great Escape, Dambusters, 633 Squadron, all the old favourites. The stoicism and wit in the face of adversity, rousing scores and great ensemble casts do it for me.


I'm rather surprised to see City Slickers on this thread, but pleasantly so. What was a potentially risible film turned out to be moving and profound with some great performances. It really evoked the spirit of the classic Western in such an honest manner too. A true feel-good film indeed and a great call Sluffy.
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Post by TANGODANCER » Sat Nov 11, 2006 9:16 pm

50sQuiff wrote:I go for the classic war movies every time: The Great Escape, Dambusters, 633 Squadron, all the old favourites. The stoicism and wit in the face of adversity, rousing scores and great ensemble casts do it for me.


I'm rather surprised to see City Slickers on this thread, but pleasantly so. What was a potentially risible film turned out to be moving and profound with some great performances. It really evoked the spirit of the classic Western in such an honest manner too. A true feel-good film indeed and a great call Sluffy.
Not quite what I'd call feel good movies but, in that genre, "Reach for the Sky", the story of the legless (limbless, not drunk) Douglas Bader, played brilliantly by Kenneth Moore, is well worth a mention.
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Post by David Lee's Hair » Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:29 am

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Post by ratbert » Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:26 pm

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Post by boltonboris » Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:24 pm

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Post by CAPSLOCK » Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:29 pm

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Post by Gertie » Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:30 pm

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Post by CAPSLOCK » Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:32 pm

Gertie wrote:Wish You Were Here
Aye, that twere the one she was in

Must have been about the same time as Hope and Glory

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