Films

[Don Julio]

45 minutes ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

 

Apologies for hijacking the thread and taking it off topic!

I see what you did there.

[Ajja]

Or on Topic . They were brilliant. I’m all in on anything with a peanut slant. Used to love a Nutty. Star Bars are the absolute bollox. But you should try The Holdovers too. Phew, back on films. 

[Ajja]

Currently enjoying a guilty pleasure in The Holiday. Without Jack Black it’s not much shakes but alright for a bit of lightweight winter caper. 

[BigAl]

13 hours ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

Never heard of the film, but respect the choice of a Star Bar.

A lovely piece of confectionery and been banging the drum of old skool chocolate bars for the past few years.

I'm still reeling about the demise of Red Bounties and Topics, so doing my best to keep demand of old skool bars alive.

Apologies for hijacking the thread and taking it off topic!

So I am a guy in my sixties and sorry for saying this but what the fuck is a red bounty, can honestly say I have never heard of this piece of confectionery 

[TheDonbytheDee]

15 minutes ago, BigAl said:

So I am a guy in my sixties and sorry for saying this but what the fuck is a red bounty, can honestly say I have never heard of this piece of confectionery 

Really? You know what a Bounty is, surely?

Well the red wrapper was the dark chocolate version.

The said back in 2021, the were stopping production, due to the global shortage of coconut and then sneakily put out a press release, 18 months later, saying they had been discontinued.

They did the same with Topics.

Folk would rather eat American peanut butter bars now.

I didn't even get the chance to stockpile any.

[BigAl]

17 minutes ago, OneBrianIrvine. said:

Dark chocolate Bounty - only disappeared a couple of years ago

Far are you based again?

Edit : sorry DD didn’t see you online

 

 

12 minutes ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

Really? You know what a Bounty is, surely?

Well the red wrapper was the dark chocolate version.

The said back in 2021, the were stopping production, due to the global shortage of coconut and then sneakily put out a press release, 18 months later, saying they had been discontinued.

They did the same with Topics.

Folk would rather eat American peanut butter bars now.

I didn't even get the chance to stockpile any.

Genuinely still don't recollect ever seeing them.

Maybe they were a Granite City delicacy and didn't make there way to the west of Scotland, a bit like decent butteries 

[TheDonbytheDee]

25 minutes ago, BigAl said:

 

Genuinely still don't recollect ever seeing them.

Maybe they were a Granite City delicacy and didn't make there way to the west of Scotland, a bit like decent butteries 

All that healthy coconut on the west coast, nae chance.

[BigAl]

Just now, TheDonbytheDee said:

All that healthy coconut on the west coast, nae chance.

Did you deep fry them mate 

[TheDonbytheDee]

1 minute ago, BigAl said:

Did you deep fry them mate 

Only had the Mars bar and Marathon deep fried, never fancied a deep fried Bounty.

 

[tom_widdows]

So films then....

Latest 'Knives Out' passes the time

Recently picked up 'Angel-A', 'To Live and Die in LA', and 'Born on the Fourth of July'.

The latter only leaves 'Hamburger Hill' in the list of Vietnam films Ive yet to see.

To Live and Die in LA features an extremly young Willem Defoe which I found a bit surreal.

Angel-A has beem on the list since I saw the poster at the Belmont but Film4 etc never seemed to show it (Leon, and the fifth element meeting their Luc Besson quota)

'The Naked Lunch' and 'Mullholland Drive' also added to the collection but no idea when ill get time to watch them

[swaddon]

I got A Hard Day's Night on DVD out of a charity shop last week for 50p. Great film.

Just think, when it came out in 1964, for 50p you could get a bus to the cinema, two tickets to the film, chips and a bottle of Bon Accord ale afterwards and the bus home, and still have enough change to put a deposit down on a three bedroom house.

Changed days.

[TheDonbytheDee]

Was at the pictures today, seeing a film call Marty Supreme

Story about an American Table Tennis champion and based on a true story.

Wasn't a bad film, but would have preferred to watch at home instead of going to the pictures to see it. 

It was set in the 1950s, but the music used throughout was all 1980s. I don't personally see the point of doing that.

[Goldie03]

I saw The Voice of Hind Rajab last night.

Chilling, I have no words really, came away angry at a world that allows the killing of children and the bombing of ambulances.