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Was sitting wiv grandson at the weekend and we were watching a real oldie - Treasure Island with Robert Newton.
Wife wandered in from shops and got a bit uptight about us wasting time 'old rubbish on telly' (could this have been cos it was the same time as Omnibus Corrie I wonder?)
I responded that this was one of the big three films all Brit males should have seen before they reach adulthood so right away she challenged me to name the others. My answers were ...
Treasure Island - this is the ultimate boys adventure.
The 39 steps (any version ) - entire country looking for a fugitive but he was actually in the right - this encoutages you to stand by your convictions.
Zulu - keeping your cool under impossible odds and fighting to the end ("because we're here lad, just us and nobody else")
She rolled about laughing and told me I'm hopelessly outdated and so are those attitudes (however she couldn't come back with a better three films) so has anyone got a more modern list of films a man needs to have seen?
Wife wandered in from shops and got a bit uptight about us wasting time 'old rubbish on telly' (could this have been cos it was the same time as Omnibus Corrie I wonder?)
I responded that this was one of the big three films all Brit males should have seen before they reach adulthood so right away she challenged me to name the others. My answers were ...
Treasure Island - this is the ultimate boys adventure.
The 39 steps (any version ) - entire country looking for a fugitive but he was actually in the right - this encoutages you to stand by your convictions.
Zulu - keeping your cool under impossible odds and fighting to the end ("because we're here lad, just us and nobody else")
She rolled about laughing and told me I'm hopelessly outdated and so are those attitudes (however she couldn't come back with a better three films) so has anyone got a more modern list of films a man needs to have seen?
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