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I wasn't implying that it was offensive, just imo, a rubbish programme! (once, for a short while was enough!) But as has been said, each to his own!!

Again each to their own!

It was probably the tongue in cheek comment re Dr G, medical examiner. Don't worry about it - we all enjoy different programmes, interests and lifestyles. ;-) :-D

Excuse me, what have I posted that has offended ?

As Magpie points out David this site has certain standards. If you are in the habit of dropping below them then we would rather not know. I imagine their are web sites devoted to such things ( no, don't. ) so save your space here.

I have enough trouble hoovering out Virgin Media "Suggestions" as it is.

God No!!

Can't imagine ever wanting to watch day time TV particularly on a a lovely summer's day! pottering in the garden even on a walking stick is far more interesting! The swallows nest is coming on a treat!

Do you ever watch Doctor G medical examiner ?

OMG he even managed to bring Brexit into this thread :-D :-D

I'm with you David why waste money, that said I do have access to Netflix..the kids pay for it :-D

I suppose any film with a character called Fred in it would be immediately attractive to me.

Naturally, I only read 'The Grapes of Wrath' because it had somebody called 'Rose of Sharon' in it.

If I want to know about Germany I will read a bit of William Shirer, he was there and he could write.

Watching an account of something that has already been through the imagination of somebody else is like drinking a glass of whisky that has already been through the kidney of somebody else!

There's so much choice for free, and only so many hours in the day. I've become mean.

We have a new Sky package,not my doing, that allows us to watch YouTube on the television.

It has some excellent background music packages, I have Vaughan Williams on at the moment, but I can't imagine I will be troubling the film section very much.

When making movies about historical events in addition to continuity errors there is a tendency to use whatever props come to hand and change events around a bit so as to fit budget timeline and audience. For the viewer it makes for varying levels of irritation.

It is possible to make a movie without most of this nonsense but it is rare e.g. Burt Lancaster in "The Train" set around the same time as TBAR has no serious goofs.

TBARemagen is very well known for its extreme goof count on props, history and continuity. Thus it is a bust as a credible war movie. If the goofs don't bother you too much then the criteria is how good is the acting and story line. On that basis TBAR is fair entertainment and might even be able to hold Sharon's interest at times.

The other movie about ww2 bridges "A Bridge Too Far" is a better bet and even suggests what sort of fist HMG is likely to make of brexit.

All war movies suffer from the brutal truth that most of the time in war nothing much at all happens with a great deal happening very suddenly with max brutality. Viewing that is not a profitable proposition over 90 minutes. IMHO the best ever war movie was "Good Morning, Viet Nam".

For war movies Sharron might enjoy "Inglorious Bastards" otherwise try Bo Widerberg ( free on YouTube ) whose productions might be more her cup of tea.

David might care to shell out for a sub to NetFlix and catch up on the C20.

There was a time, long ago, many of us would look forward to going to the pictures (cinema). Even if it meant standing in a queue in the rain to get in.
Now, we can watch films all day on the TV or the PC or even a smartphone.

Have a shufti at Y**T**e. You can watch any category of movie from last year to the old black and whites. I think this PC is value for money.

Of course :-D :-D

And my Jubbly!

Hope they paid for your ticket :-D

I suppose that, had it been something I had wanted to watch, I would have had a reputation for being frigid and unobtainable, which I didn't!

There's your problem Sharron....you can't finish books...well you used to only watch part of the movie from the back row...it's all habit :-)

I wish I could enjoy a film.

It would be great to look forward to an evening out at the cinema but I have always even had a problem with reading fiction and have to psyche myself up to do it. Even then, too many books have been abandoned halfway through because I just could not be bothered to get involved.

It is,I think, just mental laziness or fear of finding a scary bit.

Of course I went to to the cinema as a teenager but there were things to do if you got bored then.We would look a bit sad in the back row at our age.