Hot Fuzz

mandomamaHall of Famer

Has anyone seen the movie "Hot Fuzz"? It is a British film- hysterical. Made by and starring the same fellows as "Shaun of the Dead"- another great film. A bit different from American movies, not quite in your face, a little more subtle in humor. What are some other "Foreign Films" that you like? Some of my favorites include

1. Ridicule- French subtitled- about the requirement of wit in the French court of King Louis XVI.

2. Muriel's Wedding- Australian- very funny

3. A Shallow Grave- British- one of Ewan McGregor's first films- my hubby and I saw this one in Paris. Funny, an English film with French subtitles.

4. Malena- Italian- about WWII. One of the most beautiful women ever in this movie, Monica Bellucci.

5. And God Created Woman (Et Dieu... crea la femme)- French- Brigette Bardot. This film is one of the most sensual movies I've ever seen- all without showing any nekkid parts of anyone's body! Definitley a "date night" movie with the hubby!

6. Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (Leri, Oggi, Domani)- Italian- a hilarious comedy starring Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni. The first story is the funniest.

7. War of the Buttons- Irish- Unfortunately, this film is not out on DVD. A great film for the whole family, if you can find it and still have a VCR. About 2 rival gangs of Irish kids and their battles where the winners confiscate the losers buttons, shoe-laces and underwear.

I have other good ones, I have to dig through my memory to drag them up.

6/1/0710:47 PM

❤️ 0

Original Post

Replies sorted oldest to newest

MarianLibrarianHall of Famer

I like all of the Pedro Almodovar movies. A good foreign movie that I've watched recently is Goodbye Lenin. It's set in East Berlin at the time of the fall of the Berlin fall. A young man's mother, who is a dyed-in-the-wool Socialist, is injured just before the fall of the wall and wakes up from her coma after it occurs. To protect her from the shock of finding out what has happened, he tries to trick his now invalid mother into thinking that things have not changed. He has to go to great lengths to find the old types of foods and such that they ate under the old regime. Sounds kind of heavy, but it's a sweet comedy. It made me want to take a time machine and visit East Berlin at the time.

And of course there's Trainspotting, which I watched for the millionth time last night. Watch it with the subtitles on because the Scottish accents are very strong. Robert Carlyle in particular has some great lines. You can't be offended by the "c" word, though.

I want to see Hot Fuzz. I thought Shaun of the Dead was one of the most genuinely funny movies I've seen in a long time.

6/2/078:50 AM

❤️ 0

mandomamaHall of Famer

I agree, Marian. I haven't watched Trainspotting in a long time. I thought it was so sad the first time I saw it. The baby in the crib was truly disturbing. I'll look for Goodbye Lenin, sound like a good movie.

Another great one that I should have added is "Amelie". It's French and funny. It has such a great story. Too bad about the one sex scene, otherwise my kids would love it.

My husband watched "The Fireman's Ball" by Milos Forman. It's a Czech film. Kind of slow at first but finishes with a big bang. He really liked that one.

The three most painful movies I've ever sat through (and this is just me personallly- hubby loved them, except for #3) are
1. "Das Boot"
2. "Aguirre- Wrath of God" (what I would have given for a spoon to poke out my eyes!)
3. "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg"- Umbrellas of Cherbourg- this movie is a musical in the truest sense. EVERY word is sung, not spoken. And the singers/actors are not even very good singers. You sit through it thinking "Okay, any moment now they are going to STOP singing and get on with the acting- but, no. It just goes on and on....

6/2/079:14 AM

❤️ 0

Skip to main content

Add Reply

Membership Required

Remove From Your Block List

Manage Follow Preferences

Block

Please wait...