My Top 10 Sunday Afternoon Movies
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- For my 200th video, it's time to relax, put the feet up, and look at some of my favourite comfort movies!
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Hi, Mike, congrats on the new milestones for your great channel, this being yet another wonderful and engaging topic you've introduced. '7 Faces of Dr. Lao' and 'The Golden Voyage of Sinbad' are two touchstones of my childhood as well, the former only being seen by me on television (pre-cable, no less), while the latter was a cherished early movie outing, among the the first I can recall. Both movies helped introduce me to ancient mythology, classical Greek for Lao and Hindu for Sinbad, classical myth in particular becoming a youthful passion of mine.
I also have fond memories of going to see 'The Man Who Would Be King' as a lad with my family in the mid-Seventies, and we also saw 'Robin and Marian' in its original theatrical release, though I didn't fully appreciate the film until adulthood underscored its poignancy, the ending indeed being one of the most beautiful in all cinema.
Some other ideal weekend "popcorn" movies for me include:
--'Baron Prášil' (1962)
--'La Planète sauvage' (1973)
--'Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger' (1977)
--'The Warriors' (1979)
--'Time Bandits' (1981) [the first film I ever reviewed]
--'Conan the Barbarian' (1982)
--'Romancing the Stone' (1984)
--'Young Einstein' (1988)
--'Matinee' (1993)
--'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' (2009)
Thanks, Barry! I too credit films like 7 Faces of Dr Lao and Clash of the Titans for my early love of mythology. The Greek gods fascinated me! Some intriguing popcorn movies here. La Planete Sauvage seems so eerie to me, though - I don't know if I'd call it a comfort movie!
@@michaelbartlettfilm I see your point on Laloux's classic, probably better fitted for late-night viewing than a rainy weekend afternoon (though a weekend matinee is precisely how I first saw it, taken by my father, who had no discernment at the time about what was and what was not appropriate for young viewers).
@@barrymoore4470 Good on him! My parents let me stay up and watch all sorts of thrillers/horror flicks on TV till the late hours. I'm sure the fact I had sleepless nights had nothing to do with it.
So happy to see Romancing the Stone and Time Bandits show up on your list! 2 of my all time favs...Sunday afternoon or not :)
@@frankb821 The most recent time I watched 'Romancing the Stone' was precisely on a lazy Sunday afternoon, maybe a couple of years back, on cable, and I was reminded of what a wonderful and warm romantic adventure it is. I don't think Kathleen Turner has ever been more winning on screen.
'Time Bandits' was the first movie I ever reviewed, for my high-school newspaper, and I actually gave it a mixed review, thinking many of my teen peers might find it silly. Now in my middle age, I actually appreciate the film more, being more receptive to its whimsical and outlandish fantasy, exemplary of the wonderful Terry Gilliam's sensibility.
Michael, this was so enjoyable listening to you. And funny too!! I laughed a lot. Have seen some of the films you talked about and agree they are very enjoyable in a light way.
Trying to think about my Sunday afternoon films. Some would be The Nutty Professor, And Then There Were None (I must have seen it 20 times on TV but I'm never bored even though of course I know who did it) Duck Soup, Night of the Demon, Hatari (only seen it twice in a theater, never on TV I think, but it is the kind of light entertainment that is I think perfect for a Sunday afternoon And what gorgeous scenery!) Kiss Me Deadly (I know it's not "light entertainment" but for some reason I can watch it over and over and over anytime it's on TV and be utterly enthralled and amazed and riveted. The haters of this film have complained it's outlandish, crazy, unbelievable and almost cartoony. Maybe something of the cartoony element seeps into me and makes it easy watching for me. Anyway, it's just an idea. It remains one of 13 all time favorite films) the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers
And probably my #1 Sunday films would be the Charlie Chan series. Especially the Monogram ones with Sidney Toler and Mantan Moreland as Birmingham the chauffer. What a fine comedic actor he was! If Birmingham was in it I knew I would love it. Prefer the Monograms to the earlier more production values Foxes because they are not as staid---more kinetic and mysterious
And right at the end of your video I recognized Adrienne Corri. Never knew her name but in Renoirs The River she is terrific. What a film, eh? Just SUBLIME.
Thanks, Willie. Yeah, it is sublime, one of my "bible films" that I live by. And Kiss Me Deadly is also superb. That and Night of the Demon are too good be called Sunday afternoon movies, goodness me! 😄 I must get round to Charlie Chan. I saw them briefly when I was a kid but never revisited them.
@@michaelbartlettfilm So nice you love The River too. Tears well up in my eyes every time I see it.
@@michaelbartlettfilm BTW Fleischer made many films in the 40's as I'm sure you know, Just want to make sure people do not think he started in the 50's.
@@willieluncheonette5843 Thanks for correcting me, Willie! He made some great movies in the 40s, but I'm most familiar with his 50s/60s stuff. My familiarity getting the better of me there!
Thanks Mike and congrats on 200 great videos. My rainy Sunday afternoon film is John Huston's Key Largo (1948) with Bogart, Bacall and Edward G. Robinson. Now I feel old. 😥
D'you know, now I come to think of it, I've never watched that all the way through. Time to rectify that, methinks!
I was just replying on another channel that that is one of my personal favorites, a film I prefer to Howard Hawks' 'To Have and Have Not' (which is probably the greater film from a purely artistic perspective). 'Key Largo' is so wonderfully atmospheric and suspenseful.
@@barrymoore4470 …and Edward G Robinson is so gleefully evil 👍
Yayyy well done you did it 200 videos .We are looking forward to your next 200 ! Always funny and full of facts .My fav Sunday film will always be the Sound of Music can't beat a musical 👍😁⭐ Keep going you are amazing 🎉
Awww, thanks, Vikki! Sound of Music used to be my mum's favourite film - now it's Gladiator! Figure that one out!
The Man who was born to be king would be my favourite Sunday afternoon movie.
I'm glad it made my list!
@@michaelbartlettfilmOh I will watch again because I came in about half way through!
Lovely video, thanks for sharing
Cheers, Steve!
I just love the "culture shock" story. Thanks and take care!
You’re welcome. I hope Tacita doesn’t mind!
@@michaelbartlettfilm I found her remark rather elegant and unjudgemental. She simply stated how the things are. Me myself fell "culture difference" quite often, but rarely can express it in such subtle way.
PS. Ray Harryhausen's Sindbad also marked my childhood. Seeing it on big screen in 70's - it was really someting....
Congrats on your 200 videos and your 1.250 subs! It has always been a pleasure of watching your videos and you deservers your praise. And Yeah, I love The Last of Sheila too. Its actually one of my all time favorite movies! By the way I just came home from visiting my sister in London, loved being back in the UK and the weather was great!
You were lucky - it's rained all day today! Thanks so much, Nikolaj. I saw your video on The Last Of Sheila and it was nice to know there was a fellow fan out there.
Congratulations on your 200th video - wishing you all the best in many more to come!
I enjoyed this concept and have seen most of the films on your list. I quite enjoyed The Last of Sheila and have had The Deadly Affair on my watch list for a while now (some day...). I caught The Holly and the Ivy a few years back and was so taken with it, that I felt compelled to buy the DVD. Some really good performances in that one.
Below is a list of my ten most re-watchable / comfort movies - thanks for the video!
- Cat People (1943)
- It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
- The League of Gentlemen (1960)
- Hopscotch (1980)
- Airplane! (1980) / Zero Hour! (1957) - These two MUST always be watched together!
- Night of the Comet (1984)
- Better Off Dead (1985)
- Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
- Cherry 2000 (1987)
- Mystery Men (1999)
Night of the Comet... I'd forgotten that one! Saw that a few times in the 80s.
@@michaelbartlettfilm A first cousin of mine had (maybe still has, despite being now married), a huge crush on actress Catherine Mary Stewart in that film (played the ever sensible Reggie). I'm a fan of Mary Woronov, who had a supporting role as Audrey White, though this movie doesn't showcase her talent to best effect.
@@barrymoore4470 Catherine May was lovely. Mary Woronov looks familiar but I'm trying to place where I know her from.
@@michaelbartlettfilm She had an important role, as a villain, in 'Rock 'n' Roll High School' (1979), and was probably at her best in a starring role in 'Eating Raoul' (1982), her co-star in both being Paul Bartel, who also directed 'Eating Raoul'. Woronov, one of those actresses specializing in offbeat or B-grade movies, had earlier appeared as one of the homicidal contestants in the 1975 futuristic satire 'Death Race 2000', also directed by Bartel (both Bartel and Woronov reprise their roles from 'Eating Raoul' in a cameo in 'Chopping Mall' from 1986).
@barrymoore Woronov came from Cornell University and found her way to the Andy Warhol scene at the factory. . She and Gerard Malanga used to dance the "whip dance" together in some of Warhol's live shows called The Exploding Plastic Inevitable which took place when his films were being shown at the same time in the background.. Saw these shows at The Electric Circus in the East Village here in NYC. Both of them very nice people Gerard was my gateway to hanging out at the factory.
The Man who would be King, great movie. I remember seeing an interview with the actor who played the Ghurkha NCO who became their right hand man. He was actually Nepali and in his first scene, where they find him defending a fortress, he shouts something at them in Nepalese before running out to confront them. Apparently he had been asked to ad lib something in Indian to give the film some 'local colour' and what he shouted was lewd and obscene but since no-one else on set understood him it stayed in; much to the amusement of audiences in India and embarrassment to his poor mother.
Brilliant! It's details like that that make me love the film even more!
I just discovered your channel, so I'm afraid your 200th video is my first! Congrats!
Thank you so much for reminding me of the Sinbad films I used to watch with my dad when I was a little gnome!
Welcome along, Timo! Those Sinbad films were great, weren't they? Actually, the American one Harryhausen did back in the late 50s is also fab.
@@michaelbartlettfilm It's on my list now, cheers.
Congratulations, Mike, on 200 videos and 1,250 subscribers! Well done!!
Such a fun video! When you said, "The king of the Sunday afternoon film is Ray Harryhausen, the stop-motion genius!" I said out loud "YESS!!!" (I think I even pumped a fist. 🤣) "Jason and the Argonauts," the Sinbad films, "The Valley of Gwangi," and more! They all are so very entertaining! I also dearly love "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea." I first saw it in 1955, when I was eight years old. So very exciting! Perfect cast! Another fun Disney live action movie is "Swiss Family Robinson." I love the treehouse they built.
"Fantastic Voyage" is always rewatchable. I also love many of the 1950s American sci-fi movies. "Tarantula!" is a lot of fun. "Them!" is another entertaining big bug movie (with giant ants) that is set in an American desert. One of my favorite 1950s sci-fi movies (without big bugs) is "The Incredible Shrinking Man." (Well I guess there is one big bug, the spider near the end of the film. But it's only big because the man is so small.)
Other films that I find very rewatchable and perfect for a Sunday afternoon include "Where Eagles Dare" and "The Towering Inferno." Old Charlie Chan and Sherlock Holmes movies are great too. One of the films that Barry Moore mentioned in his comment is "Conan the Barbarian" (1982). And Willie Luncheonette mentioned "And Then There Were None" (I assume the 1945 film). Both of these are on my list too! Louis Hayward is one of the stars in "And Then There Were None." I enjoy his movies. He is very versatile (including swashbucklers like "The Son of Monte Cristo" and villainous roles such as in "House by the River") and has a tongue-in-cheek quality that I find appealing. I also find Stewart Granger films very entertaining and rewatchable.
There are many other films that I always enjoy. A couple that just now came to mind are "Elephant Walk" and "The Naked Jungle." Speaking of movies with "naked" in the title, I also find "The Naked Prey" rewatchable. I could go on and on, but I will stop now.
Thanks, Julie! Talking of Stewart Granger, one film I considered for this list is Moonfleet, directed by Fritz Lang. A good old tale of smugglers, haunted churchyards and derring-do! Granger is very good in it as a caddish aristocrat. I also adore Them! I love the noise on the soundtrack when the ants are coming!
@@michaelbartlettfilm I have seen "Moonfleet" but a long time ago and I need to watch it again! I remember that you and I exchanged a reply or two about Stewart Granger and "Moonfleet" in the comment section of one of your other videos a while ago, but I don't remember which one.
@@julieborel3043 It was the one on British noir! I'm pleased I remember that - some of the old memory cells still intact!
@@michaelbartlettfilm Yes! Impressive recall! 👍
@@michaelbartlettfilm Moonfleet is terrific!!
When I started the video, I thought: "Oh, I have to put "Fantastic Voyage" in the comments...well, no need now! Or rather, here it is again! It was in heavy play in the early 80's everywhere. Love it! And "The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao" has been a favorite since I first saw it over 40 years ago. The Warner Archive DVD is expensive now; it really needs a Blu Ray release. Wonderful, kooky film.
Yeah, I've been toying with getting the Warner Archive DVD which is, as you say, super pricey. I fear it may not get a Blu release because of bits of political incorrectness, though.
@@michaelbartlettfilm Yes, I agree. Every September and October I have a massive movie marathon for Halloween and post my nightly film in Facebook with a little write up. I pointed out the non-PC elements of the film and incurred the wrath of a prominent film historian and commentator who happens to be a friend of a FB friend and was reading my posts after I tagged my FB friend...whew, yikes it was a flame war.
@@joseluisherreralepron9987 I know what you mean. I avoid those flame wars like the plague - they can turn nasty! Would it be naughty of me to ask who the film historian was...?
@@michaelbartlettfilm Bruce Eder
@@joseluisherreralepron9987 I've come across him a couple of times, but don't know his work that well. Intriguing...
Talking about "goose fairs."
Did you ever see a film with Ian Holm and Richard Hope and a tonnage of geese.
If you haven't, then do venture forth and check that film out! The DVD is OOP now. Channel Four made Laughterhouse in 1984, just at the very beginnings of Channel 4's film funding onslaught. It's a film that's been forgotten overtime. The film certainly got the plaudits from critics, but vanished steadily. I do remember renting the film out on Pre-Cert VHS via Palace Video in the mid-1980s. Then, many years later it never resurfaced on VHS retail.
Great film. Thousands of geese and a journey to London by foot. 😊
I have not seen that film! Thanks for letting me know about it. Ian Holm pops up in odd places.
Congrats on the great milestones - well done !
Thanks, Joe!
Some wonderful films in there. My go to Sunday film would be Kind hearts and Coronets.
It's a cracker, though I haven't watched it in ages. For some reason, I like Dennis Price in it more than Alec Guinness!
Wow .what a great list of films...almost through them all. Michael, your vids /reviews are so enjoyable, informative and funny. ❤
Thanks, mate! Really appreciate your comment. Taking a break from the channel over the summer but will be back in autumn with lots of goodies!
@@michaelbartlettfilm You deserve it Michael...enjoy your summer! 👍🏽
I am going to suggest a real film from left field as well for my other favourite Sunday afternoon movie:
The Man from Hong Kong. [1975] . This is pure kung fu escapism. I say that as someone who's not any kind of kung fu fan. The final scene is well epic. Not going to spoil it.
I'm not a kung fu fan either - so maybe I'll enjoy it too! Will check it out.
@@michaelbartlettfilmInteresting it was Brian Trenchard Smith's directorial debut. I might have met him in a later film that he made called Frog Dreaming; I was there at the film set, a horrible quarry full of leeches, and the props were set up by someone who explained to me how the scene was going to happen. Frog Dreaming was a good film that didn't do well commercially; it had the main actor from ET.
@@musicalneptunian A quarry full of leeches! Brr! Like something out of FF!
@@michaelbartlettfilmYes! Steve Jackson would absolutely make a giant leech! Skill 12 stamina 24 with lethal attack bonus.
Still seeking Lease of Life and The Holly...a bit harder to find even via my local library system...but also finding joy in the journey.
I hope you like them. They're very old-fashioned and stagy, but also warm and cuddly!
Wonderful video and a great subject...... I'd probably have to begin with Agatha Christie but in my case it's going to be 'Murder She Said' and/or 'Murder at the Gallop' though any of Margaret Rutherford's wonderful Marple's would probably do, along a similar theme to yours would 'Jason and the Argonauts' (Patrick Troughton featuring again) and then perhaps a period swashbuckler... Errol Flynn's 'The Sea Hawk' or maybe 'Moonfleet' and a great British Crime movie to round it off.... the wonderful 'Cash on Demand' Perter Cushing and Andre Morell though maybe that more a Christmas Movie...
I only caught up with Cash On Demand recently, and absolutely loved it. Andre Morell is also great in Plague of the Zombies, which is my Sunday afternoon horror of choice!
Flash Gordon, Jason and the argunauts sindad eye of the tiger , chitty chitty bang bang, a roger Moore bond, few of my retro TV Sunday afternoon movies 🎥 good video mate 👍🏻
Cheers, Stu! And this video was actually inspired by one of yours, so thanks for that!
@@michaelbartlettfilm I do love a lazy Sunday afternoon movie something comforting about it
Top work. Love your channel Michael.
Thanks so much, Matt!
I love a film I got not long ago called "Jack the giant killer" it's just like a Sinbad or Jason and the Argonauts it has stop motion in it , it's well worth checking out. I got the Deadly Affair in a Indicator sale a while ago, I thought it was ok , a bit slow , I'll check it out again and see if I like it better, I remember the music being great in it.
I don't know if I've ever seen Jack The Giant Killer. Thanks for letting me know about it, Laura.
Haha, I laughed out loud at the Twirl bites/Megabuttons line.
Usually whack on The Tripods on DVD for a drizzly Sunday
Twirl Bites and Mega Buttons are no laughing matter! Deadly serious business, that. The Tripods... Sitting on my shelf over there, haven't watched it in ages. Turn on the DVD player...
@@michaelbartlettfilm It's so SLOW in places, especially the first series. But in the second, when the heroes go into the City of Gold (and then later escape) it really does pick up and has stood the test of time rather well.
@@TheSunlight74 I always thought the effects in the second series were a real step up. The main actor didn't get better, though...
Thx for the tip about the Nile cruises...the wife and I would love to take one of those, but we'll probably wait and save our pennies until we can step it up a level. Amusing anecdote: My buddy and I were in Northern France in '97 filming a doc on battlefields of WW1, and we ran into an irascible Australian retiree who'd evidently been forced to accompany his wife on a tour. We asked him what was wrong and he glumly responded, "The wife's got me on the 'ABC' tour....ANOTHER BLOODY CHURCH!" As you stated...what do they expect??? haha. BTW...you touched on one of most difficult cinematic questions: Caroline Munro in silk pajamas vs. Jane Seymour in silk pajamas? The answer may never be resolved. Congrats on 1.25K, Michael!
Thanks, Frank! Did you take the helicopter ride over the D-Day beaches? That's a fantastic experience. (PS. I'd just give the nod to Caroline...)
@@michaelbartlettfilm I'll be inclined to give you Caroline Munro, as long as I still have Seymour from Live and Let Die :) I haven't actually explored any WW2 sites...but would absolutely love to visit the Normandy area one day. We spent all our time investigating sites from the Great War. Too much to see "over there". Also, a couple of great Sunday movies I love are "Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires" (Hammer) and "Konga," with a fantastically smarmy Michael Gough performance.
@@frankb821 Ah, yes, Solitaire... Little did we know she'd end up as Dr Quinn Medicine Woman.
@@michaelbartlettfilm I thought Jane Seymour was wonderful as Cathy in the 1981 miniseries "East of Eden."
Reach for the Sky (1956) would have to be included in my top Sunday afternoon movies. Kenneth More giving a career best performance (imo), derring-do heroics, stirring music. Whenever this movie airs, I’ll drop what I’m doing to watch it.
Thanks, Carl! Haven’t seen that one in ages. I was watching the one with Kenneth More on a train in India the other day - Northwest Passage? It’s got Herbert Lom in it. Sent me right back to my childhood.
Northwest Frontier!
Northwest Frontier!
Love the channel! This weekend is Memorial Day weekend in the USA. So, outside of the barbecue and beach, sometime on Sunday I'll do my Memorial Day favorite- The Best Years of Our Lives.
One comfort film I never tire of is The Sundowners from 1960. It's a splendid cast romp with Mitchum and Kerr and Ustinov and Glynis Johns.
Since you mention Le Carré adaptions, I can't get enough of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold with Richard Burton and Claire Bloom. Not a comfort film though 😎! (I disliked the film version of Tinker, Tailor love the telly version along with Smileys People).
I have to give the Robin and Marian film another shot. I couldn't get into it on first viewing years ago.
Your last choices reminded me of a London/NY comfort film 84 Charing Cross Road-a getting old movie, for sure.
"I disliked the film version of Tinker, Tailor love the telly version along with Smileys People." Me too. Tinker, Tailor and Smiley's People are available on RUclips and I rewatch them quite often, especially Tinker, Tailor. They are excellent!
Chalk me up as another lover of the Tinker Tailor TV series and not so much the film. I have to make a terrible confession, Michael: I've never watched Best Years of our Lives all the way through. Will put that right soon!
best film channel on youtube by a large margin. been watching for a while through my other account (pinecone)
Oh, it's DJ! I didn't realise you were the same person. Thanks so much for this comment - much appreciated.
@@michaelbartlettfilm i have multiple gmail accounts for different purposes so sometimes i comment with different names. but if you see pinecone or orangutan its me (conor) lol
this is abit unrelated, but could you tell me what you loved so much about "the apple" and "woman is the future of man" to place it among your top 100-150 films?
Edit: only now realised you listed the 1998 film by Samira instead of that musical made back in the 80s that I and many others despised. Shouldn't have skimmed!
Ha, ha! I was thinking of a way to defend the musical just for a laugh, but then gave up! As for Woman Is The Future... I absolutely love Hong, my favourite current director, but I realise his films are Marmite, and that most people find them as interesting as drying paint. I love the way his films take us into a completely idiosyncratic space, like no other films, where the characters are dry, amusing and realistic but somehow off-kilter. Similarly, the narratives are off-kilter, often in the subjunctive tense, as if the whole movie is saying "this is what the characters might do if..." Dream sequences are not flagged up - they appear in the same light and continuum as other scenes. I also find his films very funny. I've watched them with a Korean audience and you'd think you were watching an outright comedy. It's dark, deadpan humour, sometimes absurdist. I don't know what else to say really. For me, they're like an addiction, like cigarettes or gambling. I need my fix!
@@michaelbartlettfilm i actually agree with you, I fairly enjoyed woman is the future of man and its hopeless characters, but i know many many people who think its a heap of crap! And also marmite? Id love to know what the hell that is and what it tastes like haha
@@gecko1223 It's a very strange spread in the UK largely made up of yeast extract. You either love it or hate it! In fact, they actually use that in the ads for it in the UK. The only product I know where its capacity to divide people is actually exploited as a plus! It makes a handy metaphor for lazy, tired critics, ha, ha!
Les 12 travaux d'Astérix, Dragonheart, Maigret tend un piège, Anything from the last half of John Wayne career's, Lawless, The Quick and the Dead, Gremlins, Pink Panther, Grumpy old men
Maigret tend un piege - nice choice! I saw that at a film fest a few years ago. Jean Gabin is my Maigret.
Still waiting for funny book recommendations… not necessarily Laugh Out Loud Funny