Monsieur Hulot's Fucking Holiday, Ha Ha Ha

What a laugh fest that was when my granny made us all watch it on a projector in the music room to improve our French. Look! He's serving at tennis! Not very well! Look! He's doing it again! And again! Isn't this funny, children?

No. No it isn't.

Posted By: Old Git on October 15th 2008 at 15:27:57

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OK, so Mrs Git and the Gitlets are about to bugger off for half term (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 15, 14:35:40
- Underground (oh yes!!) ... (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 15, 17:32:45
- cold mountain (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 15, 17:23:30
  - krecktion, i meant..... (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 15, 17:25:38
- The Big Lebowski <-------- Best recommendation of the day (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 17:13:45
  - A decent enough film; but about the worst the Coen Brother's have done (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Oct 15, 17:17:42
    - the characters were top draw though (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 15, 17:27:09
  - shut the fuck up donny (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 15, 17:15:47
    - You can call me El Duderino, if y'know, you're not into the whole brevity thing. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 17:20:00
      - Do you see what happens, Larry, WHEN YOU FUCK A STRANGER IN THE ASS? (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 17:25:01
  - ^^^ yes, but Full Metal Jacket is a far better recommendation (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 17:15:24
- Fargo (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 15, 17:11:32
  - ^^^^ YES! (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 17:13:06
- blood diamond (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 15, 17:04:26
  - I've got that, but I hent watched it yet. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 17:07:22
- Matador with pierce brosnans (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 15, 17:03:47
  - ... (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 15, 17:08:25
- La Haine is brilliant (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 16:54:17
- No Country For Old Men^^^^ (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 15, 16:50:58
- 37?2 le matin (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 16:49:35
- Zombie Strippers (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 16:25:38
  - "It only got one star for the naked women ! " (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 15, 16:28:29
- Teeth (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 16:23:06
  - I think not. In honour of WOTB, though, I probably should get American Pie, I hint seen it (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 15, 16:29:15
    - It is awful. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 16:30:57
      - absolutely unfunny puerile yank shite (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 15, 16:40:19
        
        and you must be old (n/m) (General Chat) - conker, Oct 15, 17:08:33
        
        Not a truer word has been said on the Wrath today (n/m) (General Chat) - stringersrevenge, Oct 15, 16:50:26
        
        I'd been told it was 'really funny'. I was disappointed to say the least (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 15, 16:54:19
        
        My sense of humour had never been so offended in my life, until I watched an episode of (General Chat) - stringersrevenge, Oct 15, 17:17:04
- What about some classic war films? (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 15, 16:18:42
  - all quiet on the western front is amazing (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 15, 16:52:29
  - Great call (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 15, 16:27:14
    - Full Metal Jacket is fan-bloody-tastic and is an absolute must-see (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 16:32:23
      - The Thin Red Line was very good in parts (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 15, 16:39:41
  - Enemy At The Gates - brill (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 16:21:28
    - is that the snipers in St Petersburg one? (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 16:23:52
      - oh yeah, i liked that. (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Oct 15, 16:36:50
      - Yep - ridiculous ending, but the rest is good. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 16:26:16
- Sunshine (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 16:08:28
  - I've given up on you since discovering that you are maliciously recommending crap films (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 15, 16:12:17
    - think of it as a game of Russian Roulette (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 16:20:12
    - It's a sci-fi. Supposed to be rather good, but some people just don't do sci-fi. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 16:14:07
- Once Upon a Time on Mexico (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 16:07:04
- ... (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Oct 15, 16:02:43
- Dude, Where's My Car? (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Oct 15, 15:57:24
  - i liked that (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 15:59:34
    - Harold and Kumar get the munchies (n/m) (General Chat) - conker, Oct 15, 16:00:09
      - i didn't like that (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 16:01:30
        
        I watched "Awake" last night (General Chat) - conker, Oct 15, 16:02:23
        
        What's that one where Alba is underwater all the time in her bikini? (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 16:03:53
        
        Into the blue, (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Oct 15, 16:10:09
        
        PAngler would know (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 16:06:24
        
        Nope (General Chat) - conker, Oct 15, 16:04:45
  - Dude, what does mine say? (n/m) (General Chat) - conker, Oct 15, 15:59:20
  - Brilliant. Definitely definitely get Dude, Where's My Car? (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 15:58:32
    - You mean that's a real film name? (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 15, 16:21:26
- Killing Zoe (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 15:54:20
- "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 15, 15:47:19
- How about some filums set in Scotland, seeing as how you're Scotch? (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 15, 15:44:53
  - "Scotch" (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 15, 15:49:15
    - Greyfriars Bobby? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 15, 15:50:05
- Bambi? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 15, 15:43:21
- WIld things is worth a watch while Mrs Git is away. (General Chat) - megson, Oct 15, 15:35:40
- The Goonies. Chunk is an awesome chap. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 15, 15:34:32
- Snakes On A Motherfucking Plane! (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 15:29:37
  - Oh YES!!! (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 15, 15:32:53
    - I've only seen Reservoir Dogs, which is preposterous. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 15, 15:37:21
      - Ah, now that's a good idea (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 15, 15:42:59
        
        I wouldn't bother. Pulp Fiction is probably worth a watch though (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Oct 15, 15:47:28
        
        i really, really liked that when i saw it (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 15:46:32
        
        It's just silly, really. Don't see what all the fuss is about. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 15, 15:46:19
        
        i was going to mention that i was 15 when i saw it (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 15:48:33
        
        Nothing, of course - Reservoir Dogs just really, really isn't my thing. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 15, 15:50:18
        
        Basically it's slightly better than Pulp Fiction (General Chat) - Brandonio, Oct 15, 15:51:35
        
        I quite enjoyed From Dusk 'till Dawn. Probably mainly because I had no idea of the plot b (General Chat) - Small, Oct 15, 15:55:21
        
        'twas on tele t'other day (n/m) (General Chat) - conker, Oct 15, 15:59:42
        
        Especially when you don't have to endure your other half tutting away (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 15, 15:50:01
        
        It isn't really. There's a couple of short yucky bits. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 15:45:09
    - You're not missing much with Pulp Fiction. Total shit (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Oct 15, 15:36:22
      - yes, but you like Lost In Translation... (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 15:38:58
        
        Nuff said (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 15, 15:42:18
        
        Well you haven't seen Pulp Fiction yet...no film has ever been carried as much... (General Chat) - Brandonio, Oct 15, 15:43:49
        
        ^^ there is a truth to this, but i consider that to be part of good film making (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Oct 15, 15:45:47
    - WHAT! You've never seen pulp fiction? that is a must then. (n/m) (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Oct 15, 15:35:26
    - Fucking hell - well Pulp Fuction for definite. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 15:34:48
      - is that the one with Andy Garcia and 'boat drinks' in? (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 15:38:24
        
        Yep, that's the one. It's a bit silly and contrived. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 15:39:11
        
        well i was hoping for another 'Goodfellas' so it's no suprise i was disappointed (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 15:41:59
      - ^^^^^^^ do these films git if nothing else (General Chat) - megson, Oct 15, 15:36:39
- Miss Cast Away (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 15:27:30
- Hot Fuzz. Fucking hillarious (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellow Ice, Oct 15, 15:22:24
  - agree, (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Oct 15, 15:24:39
  - It was on telly the other day (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 15, 15:23:40
    - I watched it in the cinema and thought 'its ok - probably wont watch it again' (General Chat) - Yellow Ice, Oct 15, 15:28:20
    - I like Simon Pegg, but Hot Fuzz was fucking dreadful. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 15:25:14
      - there was a lot of in jokes for coppers, i didn't find it that funny first time around (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Oct 15, 15:29:26
        
        That would make sense but do you have any examples? (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellow Ice, Oct 15, 15:42:22
- Anything by Jacques Tati, or Aguirre Wrath of God, or Mr Smith Goes to Washington. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 15, 15:16:51
  - Oh, I should have added (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 15, 15:21:37
    - Yeah, Jacques Tati is unbearably depressing. Nary a laugh to be had. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 15, 15:25:03
      - Monsieur Hulot's Fucking Holiday, Ha Ha Ha (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 15, 15:27:57
        
        tati IS hilarious (General Chat) - Dave in France, Oct 15, 15:45:00
        
        I like the way Jour de fete mocks the American obsession with speed, too. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 15, 15:53:40
        
        And you haven't even mentioned Playtime - probably my favourite. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 15, 15:50:46
        
        Case proven (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 15, 15:50:40
        
        Poor, poor Git. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 15, 15:29:12
        
        Yeah (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 15, 15:31:29
        
        I'd turn it into a Danish-language screenplay if you like? (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 15, 15:35:17
        
        Cool, this could be a moneyspinner (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 15, 15:41:19
  - Or 'The Life and Death of 9413: A Hollywood Extra'. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 15, 15:19:36
- City Of God, Amores Perros, The Long Good Friday, Juno (surprised at how good it was), (General Chat) - Brandonio, Oct 15, 15:16:41
  - Lost in Translation is shit (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 15:34:46
  - City of God getting a lot of votes, going to have to get that (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 15, 15:18:29
    - Lost In Translation is brilliant (General Chat) - Brandonio, Oct 15, 15:22:46
      - I hated it. Megsons probably right though one of those love it or hate it. (n/m) (General Chat) - stringersrevenge, Oct 15, 15:30:07
        
        She didn't even get them out (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 15, 15:34:53
      - I loved that, it IS a real marmite fillum though. (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Oct 15, 15:26:30
- Revenge of the Killer Tomatoes (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 15, 15:16:17
- Convoy, Smokey & The Bandit, Naked Gun, Airplane. (n/m) (General Chat) - Mr Perfect, Oct 15, 15:14:41
  - Convoy is the fucking dog's bollocks (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 15:33:07
    - Its my fave of all time (General Chat) - Mr Perfect, Oct 15, 15:52:39
  - Any which way but loose (n/m) (General Chat) - conker, Oct 15, 15:17:22
    - Brilliant! That and Any Which Way You Can are classics (n/m) (General Chat) - Mr Perfect, Oct 15, 15:21:36
      - "Left turn, Clyde" (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 15:23:34
  - Yay! (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 15, 15:15:48
    - Blues Brothers....I'm basic when it comes to films (General Chat) - Mr Perfect, Oct 15, 15:23:48
      - Not sure on that one. (General Chat) - Mr Perfect, Oct 15, 15:31:00
      - Some classic car chases fillums would be good (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 15, 15:25:10
        
        French Connection? (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 15:34:11
        
        That's the one (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 15, 15:47:51
        
        Ronin's got a good car chase. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 15:27:29
- Anything with her in it (General Chat) - Small, Oct 15, 15:09:09
  - Face like a runover chipmunk (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 15, 15:17:08
- Sex Lives of the Potato Men (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 15:07:24
  - That got panned when it came out though (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 15, 15:22:33
    - shhh... (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 15:30:22
- some more: (General Chat) - Dave in France, Oct 15, 15:05:54
- Click (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 15:04:32
  - That's not with Adam Sandler is it? Was made to watch it, fuckin dreadful film, what is it (General Chat) - stringersrevenge, Oct 15, 15:12:12
    - shhh... (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 15:28:25
      - Sorry fucked up your devious plan there (n/m) (General Chat) - stringersrevenge, Oct 15, 16:52:37
    - Too right (General Chat) - Small, Oct 15, 15:21:03
- Burnt by the Sun (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 15:03:59
- loudQUIETloud (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 15:01:46
  - And if the devil is six, then GOD IS SEVEN! (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 15, 15:15:30
  - Forget music fillums (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 15, 15:09:15
- The Talented Mr Ripley - Another great sountrack including this classic....... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 15, 15:01:45
  - of course the original (plein soleil, see above) is better (n/m) (General Chat) - Dave in France, Oct 15, 15:06:51
    - Too right. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 15, 15:13:14
- Arizona Gay and Mince Panda in XXL's Compression Pants 2 (n/m) (General Chat) - IED in Selwyns Pants, Oct 15, 14:59:19
  - Seen it (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 15, 15:19:34
- Thank You For Smoking (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 14:58:56
  - Ooo that looks good (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 15, 15:08:02
- sexy beast with ray winstones (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 15, 14:57:08
- Heima (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 14:56:19
- I saw a bit of something called Wrong Turn 2 last night (General Chat) - Yellalee, Oct 15, 14:55:55
- foo fighters at wembleys (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 15, 14:55:25
- Glengary Glen Ross (n/m) (General Chat) - stringersrevenge, Oct 15, 14:53:48
- Driving Miss Daisy? (n/m) (General Chat) - pieman63, Oct 15, 14:52:09
- Max (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 15, 14:51:21
- Seraphim Falls (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 14:50:28
- Sign up to Lovefilm through Quidco (General Chat) - conker, Oct 15, 14:49:01
  - I signed up a year ago, ordered 3 discs and still have the same discs cos I'm too fuckin (General Chat) - stringersrevenge, Oct 15, 14:52:57
    - lol (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 14:56:46
- chop off Lord of the rings, load of pish (n/m) (General Chat) - conker, Oct 15, 14:46:23
- godfather 1, 2 and 3 (General Chat) - Dave in France, Oct 15, 14:45:39
- Appocalypse now. (General Chat) - snowman, Oct 15, 14:44:50
  - Apocalypse is a great call, see if I can work out what the hell is going on this time (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 15, 15:20:18
    - are you *meant* to be able to work it out? I mean, really really get the point (General Chat) - megson, Oct 15, 15:30:50
      - "Vietnam was a bit of a muddle" (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 15:32:09
        
        TVM thought i'd have a shot at "understatment of the century" (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Oct 15, 15:37:34
- Monkfest 9 (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Oct 15, 14:44:04
  - Teeth (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 16:20:38
    - What's that doing down here? (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 16:22:49
- Gross Point Blank. Marvelous Soundtrack to boot. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 15, 14:43:28
  - great film, good call (n/m) (General Chat) - raretek, Oct 15, 14:48:56
- Anyway, why can you only watch DVDs when they're ( (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 15, 14:43:24
  - *away*. That was weird, all I did was put (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 15, 14:45:52
- Not a filum, but get Series 1 of The Wire and get stuck into that. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 14:42:02
  - Just checked, you can get it on Love Film (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 14:47:14
  - ^^^ yes! do all 5 series of it (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 14:44:39
  - In Bruges is supposed to be good. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 14:42:55
    - In Bruges is rather watchable (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 14:45:39
      - I loved it, really good film. (n/m) (General Chat) - sheffieldcanary, Oct 15, 15:04:44
    - City of God is fucking brilliant, get that. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 14:43:12
      - Agreed. I don't really like films but i loved that right off. (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Oct 15, 14:48:11
- Untraceable and Mr Brooks are good (n/m) (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Oct 15, 14:41:04
- Shawshank Redemption - as for sleeping, just drink a bottle of Port every night (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 15, 14:40:52
- Control (General Chat) - Jim Nasium, Oct 15, 14:38:31
  - supoib (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 15, 14:51:52
  - Hare... (General Chat) - Jim Nasium, Oct 15, 14:45:17
- Cum drippers & cum drippers 2. Both a1 (n/m) (General Chat) - Wissydean, Oct 15, 14:37:51
  - Don't bother with Cum Drippers 3 as it stars Selwyn as Barbie Pigflange (n/m) (General Chat) - IED in Selwyns Pants, Oct 15, 15:00:50
- You massive great big poof. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 14:37:19
  - i think as a big ol' girly queero yourself, you're allowed to get away with it (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 14:42:22
    - Has he really?? Christ, even I'm too young to need that. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 15, 14:44:28
  - Sorry, that was more homophobic than I intended. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 14:37:44
    - But anyhoo - Rear Window is bloody good. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 14:40:30

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