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Post by Davy Freeth on Apr 18, 2019 21:21:27 GMT
Sits down tonight film starts , plane on runway takes off plane hijacked then crashes .I thought this film looks good lets watch it jesus it turned into an early years mama mia lol yes it was Lost Horizon .
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Post by Steve Austin on Apr 21, 2019 8:58:04 GMT
The Anderson Tapes is onTPTV tonight. Starring Sean Connery who is a bank robber attempting to rob everyone in a rich apartment block. Well worth watching if you haven’t seen it, or again if you have.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Apr 21, 2019 12:34:32 GMT
The Anderson Tapes is onTPTV tonight. Starring Sean Connery who is a bank robber attempting to rob everyone in a rich apartment block. Well worth watching if you haven’t seen it, or again if you have. Great film, Connery was at his best in Sidney Lumet films- The Hill, The Anderson Tapes, The Offence.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Apr 22, 2019 20:48:13 GMT
Re 'Van Der Valk', I think the problem with the show is that it's set in Amsterdam. Firstly there is the problem of establishing a sense of place. Most of the show is studio bound so there is little indication of it being set in Holland & when we do see location filming it is unfamiliar unless you know Amsterdam.
Secondly, very few of the mostly Brit actors attempt a Dutch accent ( wisely as they'd doubtless sound ridiculous mimicking a Dutch accent ) so you get no sense of VDV himself being a 'Dutchman' or anyone else being Dutch. It leaves the show feeling somewhat anonymous & flat. Barry Foster is very good but there isn't much chemistry between him & his sidekick played by Michael Latimer. There's no action to relieve the talkiness of it either.
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Post by Three Litre on Apr 22, 2019 20:51:22 GMT
Re 'Van Der Valk', I think the problem with the show is that it's set in Amsterdam. Firstly there is the problem of establishing a sense of place. Most of the show is studio bound so there is little indication of it being set in Holland & when we do see location filming it is unfamiliar unless you know Amsterdam.
Secondly, very few of the mostly Brit actors attempt a Dutch accent ( wisely as they'd doubtless sound ridiculous mimicking a Dutch accent ) so you get no sense of VDV himself being a 'Dutchman' or anyone else being Dutch. It leaves the show feeling somewhat anonymous & flat. Barry Foster is very good but there isn't much chemistry between him & his sidekick played by Michael Latimer. There's no action to relieve the talkiness of it either.
So apart from that AP, it’s a belter?
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Apr 22, 2019 21:03:51 GMT
After 3 episodes I'm finding it a wee bit dull Three Litre. VDV himself is a bit of a git, in the opening titles he unwraps a cigar & instead of pocketing the plastic wrapper for later disposal he casually casts it to the wind...edam eating litterbug
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Post by Three Litre on Apr 22, 2019 21:08:53 GMT
I’ve never seen it but your comments are pretty much what I thought it would be like AP.
Top psychic work there!
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Post by Vienna on Apr 23, 2019 11:25:16 GMT
Re 'Van Der Valk', I think the problem with the show is that it's set in Amsterdam. Firstly there is the problem of establishing a sense of place. Most of the show is studio bound so there is little indication of it being set in Holland & when we do see location filming it is unfamiliar unless you know Amsterdam.
Secondly, very few of the mostly Brit actors attempt a Dutch accent ( wisely as they'd doubtless sound ridiculous mimicking a Dutch accent ) so you get no sense of VDV himself being a 'Dutchman' or anyone else being Dutch. It leaves the show feeling somewhat anonymous & flat. Barry Foster is very good but there isn't much chemistry between him & his sidekick played by Michael Latimer. There's no action to relieve the talkiness of it either.
I totally agree Arthur. It's pretty dull stuff really, with not much action to relieve the tedious dialogue in the show. Apart from his surname Van Der Valk just comes across as a British person based in Holland or mostly in the studio
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Post by Dirty Epic on Apr 23, 2019 11:31:52 GMT
In hindsight they might have been better off taking the approach the UK version of Wallander took where actors like Kenneth Branagh etc. played their roles in their natural voices rather than putting on a fake accent etc.
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Post by Cartman on Apr 23, 2019 12:24:58 GMT
I haven't seen any of Van Der Valk since the 1977 series was originally on, and I only intermittently watched it then. Agree on the Kenneth Branagh series of Wallender, I thought that was very good.
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