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Hello Pam,

Didn't make it through Carlito's Way unfortunately, but what I saw I enjoyed.

Yes I saw Todd Carty too - we were all on the floor when we saw that one!!

EDIT: Well he got saved - I suppose there's some fantastic entertainment value there if you like car-crash TV.

Evening all, watched Carlito's Way last night, have seen it before a while back but still enjoyed it. (We managed to keep awake this time!)

Be back later as off to watch the vote off',' for Dancing on Ice'. Did anyone see Todd Carty !!!! Cried with laughter...poor sod !! Apparantly he was meant to do it...not so sure !! ☺

I was born in Queen Mary's Maternity Home, which is just down from Whitestone Pond. I think it's a nurse's home now though, or it may have gone completely.

Night night both, speak again soon.

Really Ed, that is spooky. I was born in University College Hospital.


Off to watch the film now, night Ed speak soon.

Night night Nicky, sleep well.x

Pam that's spooky - both my parents, grandparents, and most of their siblings were born in St Pancras! I was born in Hampstead.

Its funny how people who live in london often head up to the East coast for their holidays, and us down in the south travel West down to Devon and Cornwall.......... that really is a beautiful part of the world, and always said if i didn`t live here in sunny {!!} sussex thats where I`d go, or if not the Isle of wight, thats also lovely. Would want to stay near the sea though, been on the coast all my life and can`t imagine living inland......

May give Carlitos Way a try, but am pretty tired so signing off now.


nicky

The little bloke is Joe Pesci - he was in a couple of the "Lethal Weapon" films. (I can't criticise his height too much - I'm only 5'6"!)

I first saw him in "Raging Bull" in which Robert Do Niro played the boxer Jake La Motta and Joe Pesci was his brother. That was a really classy film - done in black and white - with some really long, sweeping scenes of the fights. Although that has some gratuitous violenece in it too, there's one scene where Pesci has a fight with someone who is making a play for Jake La Motta's wife and Pesci's character ends up slamming his head in a car door several times!

Yes I was born in St. Pancras...not on the platform though I might add!

Yes it's good for bike riding here Ed, bit like Holland in many ways. Yarmouth is about thirty miles from us, Norwich about twenty. Don't support the football club though!

Yes Brightons lovely... I`m about 20 miles away.

Its a pity you didn`t stick with Goodfellas Ed, if you can just ignore all the swearing it really is a good film, and Ray Liota who narrates all the way through was brilliant in it.

Never seen Scent of a woman, but think it was another oscar winner.


Nicky

Hi ladies,

Yes we've had a dry day too - bright but cold. Although looking at Nicky's board name I suspect we are in a similar part of the country! (I'm in West Hertfordshire but originally from London)

I like Norfolk - many a childhood holiday spent in and around Great Yarmouth, although it's a bit "flat" for me! (I love the ruggedness of Snowdonia and the Lake District).

Yes and yes Ed. I felt exactly the same way about Goodfellas and it was truly awful and totally over the top. I'm not keen on that little chap in it either (can't think of his name) swearing ALL the time.

Scent of a Women, lovely film and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

We will give our verdict on Carlito's Way tomorrow then Ed and Nicky too if you watch it.

Think I might have to take a look at Carilto's Way too - I've not seen it before and I do like Al Pacino.

Yes I think you're right about Scarface - quite a nasty scene.

I'm not squeamish or a prude, but I can be put off of a film that has violence for violence's sake in it - remember starting to watch Goodfellas and the opening scene is where there are two hoods who pull up in a car and open the boot. There's someone inside and they repeatedly shoot and stab the victim. The scene really put me off of the film and I just turned it off.

Talking of Al Pacino, have either of you seen "Scent of a Woman", where he plays a blind ex-US Army Colonel who hires a young college student to look after him over a holiday period?

Yes it's nice and quiet up here where we are. I moved here in 1968 with my family due to my dad's work. I think I said that we lived in Kenley in Surrey for many years as we were talking about the old crocks race and the film Genvieve. They used to drive past us as we were on the A23. Remember having many day trips to the lovely south coast in my dad's moggy 1000. We mostly headed for Brighton. The roads were a lot quieter then.

Me OLD? I think I prefer "mature" (but the OH would day I still behave like a schoolboy!)

Perhaps a better description would be "worn out" :-D

Al Pacino's on in a few minutes on ITV in Carlito'''s Way, I'll probably watch that. It's one of our son's favourites. He's got all Al Pacino's stuff. There's one in particular that is very nasty, think it's Scareface where some chap gets his leg severed off by a chain saw! I know it's only a film, but it still makes me feel bad for him. Think the actor is Stephen Bauer...not sure about the spelling. He was married to Melanie Griffiths I believe at one time and they have a son.

Oh I can hear them in that film saying "And now the other leg!" Awful.

So we all dozed off last night trying to watch films then........


Life and Times of judge roy bean...... have seen it many years ago Pam, but cant remeber much about it.

Norfolk broads.....a part of the country I`ve never been too, have heard its very picturesque, but sure I will when retirement comes, and we start towing caravans off on holiday, I`m sure norfolk broads will be on my list along with Lake district and various others,,,, its been really sunny here today, but theres a frost outside now, at least the evening are drawing out now, I`m sure summer is on its way .......


Nicky

We're at a funny age I reckon Ed! It's called OLD! ☺

Hi Pam - ha ha, saw a couple of friends lunchtime today (husband and wife) who done exactly the same thing - they were watching the film and the next thing they knew it was 3 AM! One of them had managed to turn the TV off in their sleep.

Obviously not one of Denzel Washington's better films then ...

The Bone Collector.... Thanks for that Ed..... though it was really creepy in places, especially the young guy he tied up and was eaten away by the Rats!!

Yes think iv`e seen The siege... very good....

I was trying to watch Hand that Rocked the cradle on the other side at the same time last night and I couldn`t get in to it, sleep got the better of me.


Nicky