The Lone Ranger.

[amcdonald]

In other news, watched "Cross of Iron" starring James Coburn & directed by Sam "slow motion" Peckinpah.

Cross of Iron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It was ok.

I remembered seeing it on the telly several decades ago.

It's a good anti war film, for another counterpoint check out 'Come and see'

[Bellona]

Ahhhh .... but what does it mean?

I remembered the song ( sad !), but was curious as to meaning, didn't realise it was classed as one word (longest in the world allegedly), but was even more astounded that a google search bring up 1 result - 1 !

I have never seen that before.

[Bunk]

Another film noir, "The Killing", starring Sterling Hayden, directed by Stanley Kubrick.

Or how not to steal $2M in 1956.

The Killing (1956) - IMDb

I can't remember much of that now but I'm sure I liked it. It's about a robbery at a horse racing track isn't it? One of the inspirations for Reservoir Dogs, along with Ringo Lam's City On Fire.

[Bunk]

Yup.

That's the one.

And if I remember rightly Sterling Hayden was the bad cop in The Godfather, who Al Pacino guns down in the restaurant.

I'm a font of knowledge about films made before I was born. Know feck all about the recent ones though

[Bunk]

Due to circumstances beyond my control, the ZeitFilmicReview thread is suspended until further notice.

I'm sure the assembled congregation will be able to contain their disappointment.



Aha! It's not me putting the "g" on the end of , it's the browser.

I thought I was going

What's up Zeity? DVD player on the blink?

[norrahe]

Due to circumstances beyond my control, the ZeitFilmicReview thread is suspended until further notice.

I'm sure the assembled congregation will be able to contain their disappointment.



Aha! It's not me putting the "g" on the end of , it's the browser.

I thought I was going

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[mudskipper]

NickFitz got a nice film in his Secret Santa. Perhaps he'll post a review soon.

[Platypus]

I watched the Lone Ranger at the weekend, the new Johnny Depp one. Not very good, until the last 20 minutes which I thought was simply amazing with the effects and stunts. I can't emphasise how jaw-droppingly jaw-dropping it was!

[Platypus]

I just can't take seriously, specifically in general, a version of Tonto with a dead bird on his head.

I don't think you're supposed to take it seriously. That's actually part of the joke

[I just need to test it]

Talking of such things I record episodes of TOTP2 so I can stare wistfully at the amazing dance feats of Legs & Co while soliloquising about where the intervening years have gone.

On a recent episode they showed a song by Quantum Jump which was about the Lone Ranger. Here are some lyrics that completely passed me by in 1979:

Tonto know that Kimosabi
Never ever have a woman
Tonto sometime stop and wonder
What the trip with the great white brother
Maybe masked man he a poofter
Try it on with surly Tonto
Let me say to mister lawman
Tonto doesn't mind

[chorus]
Hi ho Silver away
Ride into tomorrow today
But who was that masked man you say
That was the Lone Ranger