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Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 hour ago
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I have run out of films
Posted By Robert the List
Re: I have run out of films

Might wrap that 50s/60s sci-fi review up at that point.
I finished and enjoyed the following, in my order of preference*.

1. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
2. These are the Damned (1962)...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 hour ago
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Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Robert the List
Re: Rate The Last Movie You Saw

Didn't take any photos, and don't have all that much to say about it, but These Are the Damned (1962)
is a decent sci-fi and horror.
Particularly inventive sci-fi for the early 60s, and it makes a...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 2 hours ago
Replies: 25
Singer Whitney Houston dies at 48
Posted By Robert the List
Re: Singer Whitney Houston dies at 48

I stand by all of that statement.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 hours ago
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Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Robert the List
Re: Rate The Last Movie You Saw

I am familiar with works of Shakespeare and the quality of his playwriting, and I am familiar with the film The Forbidden Planet and the quality of its plot and script.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 4 hours ago
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Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Robert the List
Re: Rate The Last Movie You Saw

I didn't, and I'm not familiar with the Tempest, but I do know that that junk of a script is nothing like anything written by Shakespeare!!
I suspect any connection is very nominal. Interesting...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 4 hours ago
Forum: General Movie Discussion 9 hours ago
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I have run out of films
Posted By Robert the List
Re: I have run out of films

I'll check them out after my sci fi list. Thanks.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 9 hours ago
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Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Robert the List
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 9 This is...

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 9
This is a great film, relatively overlooked. It's definitely a key player in the development of science fiction films.
You can probably accept a few obvious...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 10 hours ago
Replies: 51
Greatest Dialogue Exchanges Ever
Posted By Robert the List
Re: Greatest Dialogue Exchanges Ever

Oh Elma, did you call the electrician?

I tried Mr Bleaker but the phone doesn’t work either

Well call the phone company

But the phone doesn’t work
Forum: Movie Questions 12 hours ago
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Unanswered:  Dog left alone.
Posted By Robert the List
Re: Dog left alone.

There's also a movie from I think the 2010s where a young woman shoplifts from a supermarket whilst her dog is tied up outside. She then gets arrested, and I think when she gets released she comes...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 12 hours ago
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Things You Just Found Out/Learned Recently?
Posted By Robert the List
Re: Things You Just Found Out/Learned Recently?

Good thread. I've wanted a thread like this a couple of times, but not found one.
I can't remember what my things were, but maybe they'll come back to me.

One from yesterday actually was that...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 13 hours ago
Replies: 3
Support Whitney on Wednesday
Posted By Robert the List
Re: Support Whitney on Wednesday

A bit late!
It's finished now.

Hope you got to see it. It was incredible.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 15 hours ago
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I have run out of films
Posted By Robert the List
Re: I have run out of films

Yeah, sorry I didn't reply in part because I thought you'd messaged me to say that many of my films aren't great.
But reading your message again I think you're saying that your favourite films...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
Replies: 123
I have run out of films
Posted By Robert the List
Re: I have run out of films

I never even knew Cronenberg's The Fly was a remake.
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 1 day ago
Replies: 25
Singer Whitney Houston dies at 48
Posted By Robert the List
Re: Singer Whitney Houston dies at 48

I just watched a clip from a Taylor Swift concert someone posted online.
You wouldn't even call it 5th rate after watching Whitney. It was just trash.
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 1 day ago
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 1 day ago
Replies: 23
'Last great performance you saw' thread
Posted By Robert the List
Re: 'Last great performance you saw' thread

100% Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston: A Concert for a New South Africa (Durban)
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago
Replies: 6
Whitney Houston A Concert for a New South Africa (Durban)
Posted By Robert the List
Re: Whitney Houston A Concert for a New South Africa (Durban)

I just watched a clip from a Taylor Swift concert someone posted online.
You wouldn't even call it 5th rate after watching Whitney. It was just trash.
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago
Replies: 7
Alphaville
Posted By Robert the List
Re: Alphaville

It's my top Godard personally, by some distance.
Genuine work of genius imo.
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago
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Alphaville
Posted By Robert the List
Re: Alphaville

I can completely understand that.
It is definitely one of those movies.
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago
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Whitney Houston A Concert for a New South Africa (Durban)
Posted By Robert the List
Re: Whitney Houston A Concert for a New South Africa (Durban)

Saw it on a bigger screen. Just sensational.
Only thing that might rival it for me as a cinema experience is E.T. when I was 7.

Tragedy it wasn't promoted and only on for 2 days. There were more...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago
Replies: 7
Alphaville
Posted By Robert the List
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Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
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Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Robert the List
The Forbidden Planet (1956) 8.25 Wow, I hadn't...

The Forbidden Planet (1956) 8.25
Wow, I hadn't watched this for decades. Maybe not since childhood.
This was a sci-fi film WITH a big budget. But they spent so much on the sets, the artistic...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
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I have run out of films
Posted By Robert the List
Re: I have run out of films

I would add these to my view list:

The Fly (1958)
This Island Earth (1955)
The 10th Victim (1965)

thanks for those.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
Replies: 123
I have run out of films
Posted By Robert the List
Re: I have run out of films

Watch list:

The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951
The Thing From Another World 1951
The War of the Worlds 1953
Forbidden Planet 1956
Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956
The Incredible Shrinking...