hi everyone @kmakm @JJ70 Thought I’d start this discussion as recommended in the on our walks discussion as I’ve noticed there’s a few newbies about to start their treatment and what better excuse do you need to watch movies all day.!! Feel free to add the ones from your posts. Muriels wedding 50 first dates the campaign blades of glory mumma miathe breakfast clublove actuallydirty dancing we’re the millersGet him to the Greek vacation anchorman 1 and 2the bosslife of the party tammythe castle Kath and Kim movie pretty woman Other series suggestionsthe australian series Wentworth.(my favourite) The crown the good doctor Call the midwife thats all from me for now. Fuck Most of them I watched while I was crook!! No time these days 😊

I couldn't read on chemo as it made me feel ill weirdly. And I couldn't afford to go to the movies daily. So being stuck home and ill watching a series on TV was my saviour from insanity.

I've just binge watched Glowto distract me from my extended anxiety attack. Netflix. Can heartily recommend. Get past the first two eps and it really takes off. Funny, well acted & some fab 80s nostalgia.@onemargie Onya for starting the thread!

The entire Lord of the rings trilogy. Hacking and chopping and bellowing and galloping about. And Viggo Mortensen.

Bridget Jones + Wine + Tim Tams = awesome afternoon.Love Shawshank Redemption. One of my favs.

I couldn't get into Marcella - I didn't like one single person in that show! But Killing Eve was fantastic. Sandra Oh has always been a favourite. I'm watching Vera at the moment on DVD but as soon as that's finished, I'm going to watch Shirley Valentine as I had forgotten about it until now and it's been so long.

Essential movies to watch when forced to sit on your arse due to treatment.

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Sister
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6 years ago
Have to watch it!
Afraser
Member
6 years ago
I did like ‘What we did on our holiday’!
A terrific cast emphasising the ridiculous but also the things that matter! Just caught up with Woman at War, Icelandic pic (lovely Reykjavik) quirky but satisfying. Also such a different, treeless landscape.
Sister
Member
6 years ago
Not in active treatment anymore but the weather has been rather unkind this holidays so if you're looking for something to watch, I can recommend:

The Letdown (series 1 on Netflix, series 2 on iview)
State of the Union (iview)
Killing Eve (series 2 on iview, not sure where you'd find series 1 if you haven't seen it)

and just finished a movie on Netflix, "What we did on our holiday" which was great (Billy Connolly, David Tennant, Rosamund Pike) but heads up cancer (not bc) warning.
Romla
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7 years ago
I agree too @tigerbeth about Bridges the movie . However I went to NYC in 2014 and they had made a musical of it.The music and performances were spot on.It was popular at the box office but not with the critics who preferred less traditional stories.The music can be found on YouTube including the entire cast recording. Here are a couple of tracks:

https://youtu.be/Qz7KyvxuVTg

https://youtu.be/UVEkCujOHkg
kitkatb
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7 years ago
That's so true @tigerbeth :)
tigerbeth
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7 years ago
@kitkatb that's my thoughts exactly about the Jack Reacher character , I haven't seen the film either for that reason . I remember watching The bridges of Madison County & being so disappointed , I thought Meryl Streep & Clint Eastwood were all wrong after reading & loving the book 🙄
Patti_J
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7 years ago
The new "Storm boy" is good but not as good as the original.
Thankfully the little one that I took to see "Storm boy" did not want to see " Mary Poppins"! That would have been torture! 😐
kitkatb
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7 years ago
Understand what you mean @jennyss I love reading the Lee Child Books especially the ones that include Jack Reacher who towers over 6 ft and built like a brick shit house . Why the hell when they made a movie did they put Tom Cruise as Jack.Reacher . Haven't watched it on principle.
Can't wait to see the new 'Storm boy.' though Has anyone seen it yet. xo
jennyss
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7 years ago
Dear @Anne94 , I agree with your comment on the Shetland series - the books are waaaay better than the TV series. The TV version changed the plots, and the hero, Jimmy Perez, was all wrong - he should have had black hair!
Patti_J
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7 years ago
I'm not sure if some of my favourite movies would appeal to many. However, I have just watched a super scary movie: "A quiet place". "Lady Chatterley's lover", book and many film versions, "Perfume", plus numerous "Frankenstein" movies are some of my favourites.