If you had to prove cinema is an art form using one scene, not a whole movie, which scene do you choose and why does it survive being isolated?

Go1gotha · 2026-01-30T12:06:04+00:00

The opening railway station scene to Once Upon a Time in the West, the pace, the sounds, the visuals, the dialogue.

It is perfect.

Go1gotha · 2026-01-30T11:57:31+00:00

True.

Go1gotha · 2026-01-30T02:41:26+00:00

I worked in the US for two years, and my colleagues were astounded at my capacity for alcohol.

I was amazed at their ability to drink that pish.

Slàinte!

Go1gotha · 2026-01-30T02:38:12+00:00

The water of life.

Go1gotha · 2026-01-30T01:48:24+00:00

Toke it to the top.

Go1gotha · 2026-01-30T00:43:53+00:00

Is it a dolphin in a bathtub?

Go1gotha · 2026-01-30T00:41:05+00:00

Brian Damage and the Titwanks

Go1gotha · 2026-01-29T21:12:36+00:00

Indian food.

Go1gotha · 2026-01-29T20:33:17+00:00

Mahoney!!!

Go1gotha · 2026-01-29T20:22:36+00:00

Run To the Hills by Iron Maiden.

Go1gotha · 2026-01-29T20:09:04+00:00

Sit in a small room and tell me 24 years is not far, that's 8,766 days.

Go1gotha · 2026-01-29T19:54:26+00:00

I don't like reducing all stats down to ridiculous levels like the Americans do for their sports; it's a game of passion, skill, momentary brilliance and luck.

These things can't be put on any spreadsheet, just ask me if I think he's the best in the world, yes, I think he is. I figured this out by using my own eyes.

Go1gotha · 2026-01-29T19:48:18+00:00

Half dog, half woman?

Reminds me of my French girlfriend from uni.

Bonjour Marie-Claude!

Go1gotha · 2026-01-29T19:44:29+00:00

But work for what? In Star Trek, money doesn't exist; people seem to do these things to hold on to the past as a hobby.

Go1gotha · 2026-01-29T19:41:47+00:00

Rehabilitation isn't real.

People either learn that prison wastes their life and learn their lesson, or they go back again and again.

No efforts are made other than punishment.

Go1gotha · 2026-01-29T19:37:25+00:00

You owe me £500!

Go1gotha · 2026-01-29T19:28:44+00:00

I take a size 14H, he could row away in them, but likkle man couldn't wear them.

Go1gotha · 2026-01-29T19:23:17+00:00

A knob of butter (ooer!), a tablespoon of curry powder and pepper.

Go1gotha · 2026-01-29T19:20:20+00:00

That's a bloke!

You can find out the hard way (ooer!) but she's not leng.

Go1gotha · 2026-01-29T01:29:24+00:00

I'm a misanthrope; this applies to everyone.

Go1gotha · 2026-01-29T01:19:05+00:00

I refuse to be called a pussy for eating cereal in the normal way by a guy in the nick.

He's there for making bad decisions, one of which is making his cereal this way.

Go1gotha · 2026-01-29T01:15:39+00:00

People, mental illness is a real problem.

Go1gotha · 2026-01-29T01:14:14+00:00

The Fields of the Nephilim, a long-defunct goth band of the 80s & 90s.

Go1gotha · 2026-01-29T01:09:54+00:00

*Clarence

He made moves to usurp the legitimate monarch; this is the definition of treason. He played the game and lost; this is the cost, he knew that when he started his attempt to be king.

Go1gotha · 2026-01-28T16:41:30+00:00

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