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This evening the wife is out and the kids will be in bed early. How should I entertain myself?
1) Keep it clean.
2) I have sore wrist (burnt it in a wok related accident).
3) Really can't be bothered patching my bag of punctured tubes.
4) Or sorting the cantis on my CX.
So then...
What film for the ultimate dad's night in alone?
I want to watch the Senna movie, next boys night in i get i'm getting it on DVD and a couple of beers.
The Inbetweeners film. Sit back and remember the days when you were young(er) and realise it might be one of your kids (if you have a boy) that will be doing it in a few years time!
Airfix and beer.
By the time the kids wake up, you should be able to have a Spitfire and an Me109 built and painted.
Kelly's heroes.
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After a discussion in the office I have the beginnings of a short list...
Senna
TT Closer to The Edge
Cannonball Run
Casino Royale
Layer Cake
Black Hawk Down
Aliens
WARRIOR
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YESSSSSSSSSS
Fistful of Dollars.
Cheer EVERY bad guy that Clint guns down and quaff your beverage of choice with gleeful abandon.
Yelling Fistful lines you recognise at the TV is probably the best way to showcase your man-knowledge and impress your friends.
Aliens
Alien[s]s[/s] FTFY 🙂
I'll throw Starship Troopers in if it's a movie night. Or Zombieland. And beer 🙂
Blues Brothers
Apocalypse now
Blade runner
Your primary consideration for solo-bloke filmic entertainment is how many [s]money shots[/s] exploding helicopters are involved.
So its Black Hawk Down, Apocalypse Now or Platoon.
Black Hawk Down would get my vote. Don't forget to turn it up....
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😀
Layer Cake....pour a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy. Simples.
Zombieland - I need to watch that again. Rule 1, cardio.....
Airfix and beer.By the time the kids wake up, you should be able to have a Spitfire and an Me109 [s]built and painted[/s] [b]glued to your face[/b].
FTFY
No idea what the film is actually like wrecker but that advert makes it look even more homoerotic that top gun.
been meaning to re-watch for ages, if it was my night in that'd be on in the dvd player
Layer Cake....pour a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy.
Ah who am I kidding? I'd fire up the PC and try to prestige....again.
'Drive'.
Very taut little thriller. Plus it's got Christina Hendricks in it.
What more do you want?
WHAT?
Apocalypse now ....
or Blade Runner ....
Can I point that HtS is way too tight to hire a DVD from his local Blockbuster? If it's not in his house - he aint watching it.
His idea of splashing out is a 2 ounce rump steak and a four pack of Daniel's Lancashire bitter.
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Derek - Any bloke worthy of the name should own pretty much all of the above titles on DVD anyway.
Apart from the dodgy homo-erotic one, obviously 😉
Cherry B and Dirty Dancing FTW.
Any bloke worthy of the name should own pretty much all of the above titles on DVD anyway.Apart from the dodgy homo-erotic one, obviously
True.
I have all of those films apart from The Blues Brothers, Zombieland, Drive and A Fist Full Of Dollars.
Oh. I've not got the one with the two lightly oiled gym botherers either.
Fight Club is always good for a repeat viewing
I can watch any or all of the Oceans 10,11,12 or 13 at any point during any day or night. Never decided if I want to be the Clooney or Pitt character more though.
Got them too.
Or for a bit of Russo action I could go for Get Shorty or The Thomas Crown Affair.
I'd want to be Clooney BTW because he's pudged Lisa Snowdon.
...The mention of Clooney has brought From Dusk Til Dawn into play, which also leaves an opening for Pulp Fiction / Reservoir Dogs.
How about a Russ Meyer evening
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Sadly my "Man Vault" does not contain any Russ Meyer. Not sure I would last an evening of it anyway, and as already stated in the OP, I have a damaged wrist.
Harry_the_Spider,
no you only get to be the character so you'd get Julia Roberts instead.
How about.....
Once upon a time in Mexico
no you only get to be the character so you'd get Julia Roberts instead.
Arse.
I'd be thinking of Lisa Snowdon though.
Clooney/Pitt Fest eh? Got Burn After Reading in the collection?
Burn After Reading? Malkovich you say?
So, you should be looking at "Being John Malkovich" as an opener, followed by either "RED" (if you want action with a side dish of Helen Mirren), or "Gross Point Blank" (if Minnie Driver is more your thing).
Youve got a bag of puntured tubes to fix and your looking for other entertainment.
Mmmm the smell of rubber..........................
Last film I watched was Sucker Punch. I know it got panned, but I enjoyed it immensely.
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Fight Club is always good for a repeat viewing
That's just come up on my Lovefilm rental list and should be here by Friday and I can't wait 🙂
and the winner was…
LAYER CAKE
Guns, drugs, James Bond, swearing, that bit where they drive the Audi with She Sells Sanctuary playing in the background, annoying gobby Essex girl getting shot in the head, violence incorporating a pot of tea, Serbian gangsters, Michael Gambon, a head in a box and Sienna Miller in her undies.
9/10
1 point deducted for the lack of an exploding helicopter.