Amélie, a brilliant film.

[Ste T.]

Belleville Rendezvous, superb.
The scene where they follow the ship across the ocean in a pedalo during a storm is brilliant.
The cyclists tethered in front of a screen was recently ripped off in an advert.

 

[Cletus Van Damme]

I have never seen it, but after reading all this I am going to watch it. It better not be sh1t

 

[rh100]

I love how this has turned into a thread about 'foreign films' as if they are somehow all related! French cinema at least has some coherence - you can identify some clear characteristics of French cinema, movements and so on. But English-speaking people (and this goes all the way from the average moviegoer to the ridiculously patronising Oscar for best foreign language film) do have this wonderful tendency to group together anything not in English - which doesn't make much sense. No offence intended, it's just interesting. Carry on...

I tend to lump them together I think because I have to watch them in a slightly different way, concentrating on the subtitles. Also having not watched enough foreign movies I doubt I'd recognise any style particular to the French. So from my point of view they are all related.

Also I think I like them for the same reason I like certain British based films (Local Hero, Birthday Girl, Brazil, Withnail for example), it's a refreshing change from the Hollywood output and something different.

 

[Cletus Van Damme]

I just watched this film for the first time last night. It is a superb film and Audrey Tautou is simply stunning. Thanks for posting this thread Globalti as I would never of bothered with it otherwise. Romantic comedies made by Hollywood make me want to die, they are probably the genre of film that I dislike the most, the French seem to do it so much better if Amelie is anything to go by. I need to check out more foriegn films as I lost interest in the vast majority of US films a few years ago. Going to try Jamon Jamon tonight for a bit of spanish comedy

 

[Aperitif]

I just watched this film for the first time last night. It is a superb film and Audrey Tautou is simply stunning. Thanks for posting this thread Globalti as I would never of bothered with it otherwise. Romantic comedies made by Hollywood make me want to die, they are probably the genre of film that I dislike the most, the French seem to do it so much better if Amelie is anything to go by. I need to check out more foriegn films as I lost interest in the vast majority of US films a few years ago. Going to try Jamon Jamon tonight for a bit of spanish comedy

Watch Pedro Almoldovar's stuff if you want your eyes to light up C.H.

 

[Globalti]

I just watched this film for the first time last night. It is a superb film and Audrey Tautou is simply stunning. Thanks for posting this thread Globalti as I would never of bothered with it otherwise. Romantic comedies made by Hollywood make me want to die, they are probably the genre of film that I dislike the most, the French seem to do it so much better if Amelie is anything to go by. I need to check out more foriegn films as I lost interest in the vast majority of US films a few years ago. Going to try Jamon Jamon tonight for a bit of spanish comedy

Glad you liked it. I've just bought the piano music for my sister to play. If you want a really superb film (two actually) watch Jean de Florette then Manon des Sources. Once you've watched the first you'll be all agog to watch the second to see what happens. Have tissues ready for the final ending.

I'd also recommend Subway with Christophe Lambert and the lovely Isabelle Adjani, a great thriller set in the Paris metro.

 

[Cletus Van Damme]

Watch Pedro Almoldovar's stuff if you want your eyes to light up C.H.

Cheers will check that out mate

Glad you liked it. I've just bought the piano music for my sister to play. If you want a really superb film (two actually) watch Jean de Florette then Manon des Sources. Once you've watched the first you'll be all agog to watch the second to see what happens. Have tissues ready for the final ending.

I'd also recommend Subway with Christophe Lambert and the lovely Isabelle Adjani, a great thriller set in the Paris metro.

Thanks Globalti will also add those to my list

Wow that Jamon Jamon was a bit steamy, nowhere near as good as Amelie, but pretty funny. I never knew that Penelope Cruz got up to things like that in films when she was younger

 

[Beethoven]

Excellent film. But then for me it's any excuse to drool over Audrey

 

[DTD]

Amélie is a favourite of mine.
Audrey Tatou was in a very good thriller 'He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not' – which has one of the best 'plot twists' I've seen.

 

[Liza]

Oh I love Amelie, stunning movie!!



One of my favorite scenes is where she sticks her and into the bag of beans (I thinks its beans ) outside the store. It reminded me of when I go bead shopping and end up running my hands through all the beads on display…completely mesmerized.

I will watch the other recommended movies too, thanks.