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Best British Movie?

post #1 of 16
4/22/06 at 6:07am
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I'd have to say Lawrence of Arabia myself

Second would be Get Carter.

What else rocks?
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post #2 of 16
4/22/06 at 7:07am
Trainspotting, but that would probably be a generational thing.

If it counts as a UK film (which like Lawrence I would think that it does) then Bridge on the River Kwai.
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post #3 of 16
4/22/06 at 2:24pm
The Long Good Friday is extraordinarily kick-ass. It's the last great British gangster film.
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post #4 of 16
4/22/06 at 2:29pm
Nil By Mouth, Gangster No.1, Get Carter, Kes, and any number of Ealing Comedies.
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post #5 of 16
4/22/06 at 2:31pm
Come on. I mean, if I told you it didn't involve the wingspan of swallows I'd only be deceiving myself.
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post #6 of 16
4/22/06 at 5:32pm
This category is a little on the wide side, don't you think? It's a bit much to choose from. We're supposed to compare Monty Python movies, Mike Leigh movies, Ealing comedies, Kubrick films, and everything else ever made in Britain, and come up with a winner? That's ludicrous. Narrow it down a little, man.
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post #7 of 16
4/22/06 at 5:36pm
What about best American movie?
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post #8 of 16
4/22/06 at 5:44pm
I remember right, The Third Man was called best british flim once.
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post #9 of 16
4/22/06 at 6:41pm
Thunderball.
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post #10 of 16
4/22/06 at 6:53pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gabriel Williams
What about best American movie?
What about it?
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post #11 of 16
4/23/06 at 1:30am
I get the impression Diebitter has probably seen about 6 "British movies", which is the only way you could think to pick one out of all of them.
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post #12 of 16
4/23/06 at 3:56am
It's kind of like picking the best movie starring an actor whose name starts with an S.
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post #13 of 16
4/23/06 at 7:51am
Gee, I think he may be asking which British film you like the most. Not exactly cryptic is it?

The Long Good Friday. I guess I better add IMO before everybody starts peeing themselves...
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post #14 of 16
4/23/06 at 8:16am
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Originally Posted by ixnayray
Gee, I think he may be asking which British film you like the most. Not exactly cryptic is it?
No, but it is pointlessly random, given that "British film" isn't a genre. As was mentioned before, it's like asking what your favourite American movie is. It's so broad as to be virtually pointless.

How do you even begin to compare Withnail & I, Layer Cake and Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed?
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post #15 of 16
4/23/06 at 9:05am
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Originally Posted by Dan Whitehead
How do you even begin to compare Withnail & I, Layer Cake and Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed?
"Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed" has more letters, so is the obvious winner.

Seriously...Way too broad a category. "What's the best Iranian film actually available in America?" is a category. Many decades of british film is not.
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post #16 of 16
4/23/06 at 10:45am
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Originally Posted by Stew
I get the impression Diebitter has probably seen about 6 "British movies", which is the only way you could think to pick one out of all of them.
Nope. Seen hundreds. I am English, BTW. It's just Lawrence towers above ALL movies, not just British ones, it's an easy choice. 'Get Carter' is just one of my faves after that.

Let's put it this way. I just thought of the best films ever, and picked out the two British ones nearest the top
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