BBC 'Film 98' etc.

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Hello. Everybody here surely remembers the BBC's Film show but does anyone know who the music is by? Its that Jazzy style thing and its just such a great piece of music! Thanks for any light you can shed.
 
It's called something like "How I learnt to live life free" or something - I remember them telling us on the tv years ago, but unfortunately I can't quite remember... Not much help I'm afraid...
 
Actually I think Wossy is much better than Barry Norman. The really good movies these days which now tend to be either international ones or independant studio productions used to get a complete slagging from Norman. Every single cult movie from Evil Dead down to Flesh & Blood (although it was his stand in Michael Parkinson who was to blame for that one) all got very short shrift indeed. Ross is a true film fan, perhaps to the point of being a 'sad film fan', but that I feel is a good thing. For example, I can't see Barry Norman giving the outstanding movie 'Spirited Away' the great write up that Ross will give it next week!
 
Barry Norman always came across as a sour man, who had an angst against someone in the industry, slagging off lots of decent films, and only praising something in a foreign language... No matter if it was a good foreign language film or bad...

Ross is a true film fan.
 
REALLY? OK, so Barry Norman is part of a different generation and his views and opinions bare little reflection on what a twenty-something wants to watch. That said, he had a very good knowledge of film and whilst he may have been percieved as 'sour' I felt he was more after a professional show in general than Ross. He picked fault with many films for a reason - he was a critic and that was his job!

Now for the controversy - I think that Ross really knows very little about film at all! Sure, he frequents his local cinema and swots up on film with a copy of Empire each month, but I think his knowledge about film is very limited. All his reviews seem to use standard phrases (like 'riotous romp' :D) and never enter much depth. It's kind of like Carol (media whore) vorderman presenting a D.I.Y show - bluffing your way through it isn't too difficult. :rolleyes: Ross is a true film puppet - at least Norman had the balls and decency to tell you that the film was a pile of crap rather than doing Ross' trick of slagging of a film without slagging it off. It seems like every review ended with an out along the lines of "I wasn't keen on it - but my kiRAB liked it so it must be good..." :mad: truly grave :(
 
First off Damn Dirty Ape I'm actually 40 something but found Norman's review terrible. Secondly Ross is a true film fan, he brought Jackie Chan to the attention of British viewers, same with Sam Raimi, Fred Olen Ray, Brian Yuzna and many more thanks to his Channel 4 TV shows back in the mid eighties, something Barry Norman shunned during his reign at the BBC. And the way the film industry happens to work these days is that (unfortunatley) any negative press will scupper any chances of getting a look in to future projects from that star/director etc in the future. Some major US studios have already banned certain US critics from being let in to new screenings because of negative reviews. He's not the best UK reviewer, I think Mark Kermode is followed closely by Alan Jones, but he is still damn good and a far sight better than Norman ever was. So get your stinking paws off of him:)
 
ToneXIR is the first person on this board to reference my screen name in a post :eek: Congratulations! :D The 'twenty-something' reference was a bit of a sweeping generalization, but I was just trying to express that I think that he was from the 'old school' of presenters/reviewers and that's why he seemed out of touch or 'sour' to the younger folk - what we saw as cold was in fact his attempt at dignified presentation.
I think that you give Ross a bit too much credit where you say that:



although I agree that he did do some good for these guys in terms of publicity.



The BBC are meant to be impartial. There are other critics out there that will quite happily slate a film (Talking Movies on BBC News 24 is a good example of that) - Ross always has some kind of out clause at the ready, as if trying not to offend anyone who may like the film. :mad:



:) So do I. Although I think his choice for film of the year 2002 (My Little Eye) was little than above average at best :rolleyes: :confused: Still at least he is happy to tear a bad film to shreRAB :D
 
That man knows nothing. I emailed him to make my point on his Simon Mayo slot once, and made the guy look like an utter fool.

He is so far up his own backside.... SOOO far !!
 
Kermode

This may be difficult on a forum, but how does one correctly pronounce Marks surname ?

And as for 'up his own backside', what type of microphone did he use on Mayos programme ?
 
Its pronounced Kerr-mode...

My point being, he is a qualified critic and I, who is merely a fan, made him look like a prat....
 
As I always used to say when I did this sort of stuff 'Critics opinions are like a***holes. Everyone has got one.' But I prefer the fact that at least Ross, Kermode, Jones et al, don't dismiss anything because they are a certain genre. Everytime a horror movie used to crop up Barry Norman would just dismiss it straight away simply becasue it was horror. Now at least all genres of movies have a better chance and thanks to the wonders of what we're using here on this forum, we can get a wider range of opinions before making up our own minRAB.
 
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