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Old Mar 12th 2011, 6:15 pm
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My husband is slightly aggrieved that his Mam got rid of his without asking, including a rare edition with 'Burger King' apparently
Yeah I would have been very unhappy of that was the case.

Although as I'd had them so long when I was sorting out I did find a few 1980s / 1990s jazz mags in there.

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Nobody's mentioned Shakespeare movies............

Can't recall seeing any that were any good (although a film about Shakespeare, 'Shakespeare In Love' was very entertaining).
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Scott Pilgrim was great, a lot of fun and very daft - Watchmen was superb, so, so true stlyewise to the comics, I think they did a truly amazing job.
Just watched Scott Pilgrim and I enjoyed it a lot
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Originally Posted by The Dean
Nobody's mentioned Shakespeare movies............

Can't recall seeing any that were any good (although a film about Shakespeare, 'Shakespeare In Love' was very entertaining).

Zeffirelli's Romeo & Juliet.

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Nobody's mentioned Shakespeare movies............

Can't recall seeing any that were any good (although a film about Shakespeare, 'Shakespeare In Love' was very entertaining).
West Side Story? Don't really go for musicals, they're a bit gay...
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Just watched Scott Pilgrim and I enjoyed it a lot
Yeah it's certainly different eh?
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West Side Story? Don't really go for musicals, they're a bit gay...
I ****ing HATE musicals. Let the missus put Moulin Rouge on once and after 20 minutes told her to get it off. Exactly the same last week for Chicago.

Although Bugsy Malone is outstanding.
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I ****ing HATE musicals. Let the missus put Moulin Rouge on once and after 20 minutes told her to get it off. Exactly the same last week for Chicago.

Although Bugsy Malone is outstanding.
Try Bran Nue Dae, the first Australian aboriginal musical - it's quite a good laugh. You too will be high kicking and shouting THERE'S NOTHING I WOULD RATHER BE, THAN TO BE AN ABORIGINE into the Dubai morning sky.
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I love a good muscial, Moulin rouge- very inspiring film for me- fab costume design love Baz Luhrmann Romeo and Juliet was also beautiful,Cabaret- again fab fab fab! I was bought up on The Sound of Music, ChittyChitty Bang Bang and Mary Poppins- Wizard of Oz- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, basically the camper the better, West side story is a beautiful film, Fiddler on teh roof makes me incredibly nostalgic for sundays sat watching a film with my family after a roast dinner, My Fair Lady Oh I could go on! How can you not like musicals?

If your into theatre the Billy Elliot muscial is absolutely superb!
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I love a good muscial, Moulin rouge- very inspiring film for me- fab costume design love Baz Luhrmann Romeo and Juliet was also beautiful,Cabaret- again fab fab fab! I was bought up on The Sound of Music, ChittyChitty Bang Bang and Mary Poppins- Wizard of Oz- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, basically the camper the better, West side story is a beautiful film, Fiddler on teh roof makes me incredibly nostalgic for sundays sat watching a film with my family after a roast dinner, My Fair Lady Oh I could go on! How can you not like musicals?

If your into theatre the Billy Elliot muscial is absolutely superb!
2 musicals that I love Rocky Horror Picture Show and Little Shop Of Horrors...

the rest are usually *meh* (Rent should be taken out and shot it's so bad....)
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Yeah it's certainly different eh?
Quirky and good, I went into it not knowing it was originally a comic (or whatever the term is these days) and that certainly came through ... best film I've seen for a long time.

Kept my interest right to the end and that is rare these days

I've not seen Kick Ass yet, might give that a go next.
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I love a good muscial, Moulin rouge- very inspiring film for me- fab costume design love Baz Luhrmann Romeo and Juliet was also beautiful,Cabaret- again fab fab fab! I was bought up on The Sound of Music, ChittyChitty Bang Bang and Mary Poppins- Wizard of Oz- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, basically the camper the better, West side story is a beautiful film, Fiddler on teh roof makes me incredibly nostalgic for sundays sat watching a film with my family after a roast dinner, My Fair Lady Oh I could go on! How can you not like musicals?

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Quirky and good, I went into it not knowing it was originally a comic (or whatever the term is these days) and that certainly came through ... best film I've seen for a long time.

Kept my interest right to the end and that is rare these days

I've not seen Kick Ass yet, might give that a go next.
It's even better mate, get it asap.
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Deffo get Kick Ass. Great film.

Musicals are rubbish though, aren't they. Proper girlie material.

My step daughter insisted I watched Dream Girls with her. **** me, was that two and half hours of torture or what? It was about two hours and twenty minutes too long.

Agreed though, the only bearable one is Rocky Horror.
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i hate musicals, always always just fast forward through the songs, which makes it a bit pointless...only two i love, rocky horror as a couple have said, and grease of course...gotta love a bit of travolta and newton john...

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