Quote from: teestub on August 25, 2022, 07:25:07 amI’d say Zero Dark Thirty is substantially better than the other two JC films mentioned, which are both good, but ZDT is just amazing. Won’t miss a chance to shout out Hurt Locker, also directed by BigelowI'd say that The Hurt Locker is one of the best war movies ever made.
I’d say Zero Dark Thirty is substantially better than the other two JC films mentioned, which are both good, but ZDT is just amazing. Won’t miss a chance to shout out Hurt Locker, also directed by Bigelow
Quote from: TobyD on August 25, 2022, 10:04:50 amQuote from: teestub on August 25, 2022, 07:25:07 amI’d say Zero Dark Thirty is substantially better than the other two JC films mentioned, which are both good, but ZDT is just amazing. Won’t miss a chance to shout out Hurt Locker, also directed by BigelowI'd say that The Hurt Locker is one of the best war movies ever made.Can't argue with any of those films being highly praised. It's not at all connected to JC or Bigelow but under the topic of war movies my personal favourite is The Thin Red Line. I'm an absolute sucker for Terrence Malick's directorial style and that film really works for me.
Cool Hand Luke egg eating scene
Erm..... the green mile, pretty much start to finish.
You guys are overlooking Shawshank. As good as a prison film can get IMO. And Papillon (the original, didn't know it was remade).
Rewatching guardians of the galaxy last night (iplayer) it has a great prison riot scene. It occurred to me that quite a few classic movies have memorable prison scenes; the riot in natural born killers is possibly my favourite, along with the scene in goodfellas where the gangsters are slicing garlic with a razor blade.
I'm fond of the 70s version of The Longest Yard - Burt Reynolds in an American football version of Escape to Victory. Bronson, with Tom Hardy as one of Durham Prison's most famous inmates, was really striking. My overall favourite, for both quality and nostalgia reasons, is probably Cool Hand Luke though - not just for eponymous reasons - so much iconic imagry and that Newman performance. I agree with Toby re Shawshank - it's a good film (even better than Escape Plan... and that's got both Stallone and Arnie!) but I'm mystified by its appearances on "Best Film Ever" lists. To me, it's a sentimental, Sunday matinée potboiler with an added buggery. YMMV but while I think it is "handsome" and "well-made", I also feel that those are more hallmarks of an artisanal piece of furniture than art.
Quote from: moose on September 07, 2022, 09:38:03 pmI'm fond of the 70s version of The Longest Yard - Burt Reynolds in an American football version of Escape to Victory. Bronson, with Tom Hardy as one of Durham Prison's most famous inmates, was really striking. My overall favourite, for both quality and nostalgia reasons, is probably Cool Hand Luke though - not just for eponymous reasons - so much iconic imagry and that Newman performance. I agree with Toby re Shawshank - it's a good film (even better than Escape Plan... and that's got both Stallone and Arnie!) but I'm mystified by its appearances on "Best Film Ever" lists. To me, it's a sentimental, Sunday matinée potboiler with an added buggery. YMMV but while I think it is "handsome" and "well-made", I also feel that those are more hallmarks of an artisanal piece of furniture than art.Good list of prison films. Papillon is excellent. What about 'Scum' with a young Ray Winstone? My memory of it was that it was a very good film albeit super depressing. Good riot scene.