Comments on: The Rough Guide to Cult Movies http://www.cult-following.co.uk/cult-the-movie/the-rough-guide-to-cult-movies/ “The less reasonable a cult is, the more men seek to establish it by force” Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:56:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.cult-following.co.uk/cult-the-movie/the-rough-guide-to-cult-movies/comment-page-1/#comment-1075 Anonymous Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:50:52 +0000 #comment-1075 Rating: 4 / 5 Full of fun, daft trivia (I can't get over the idea of David Niven as the Humphrey Bogart character in The African Queen), and probably one too many pictures of Elvis Presley. The genre-by-genre guide makes it east to dip in to. A very good stocking filler if you've got a friend or relative who's enthusiastic about the movies. Rating: 4 / 5

Full of fun, daft trivia (I can’t get over the idea of David Niven as the Humphrey Bogart character in The African Queen), and probably one too many pictures of Elvis Presley. The genre-by-genre guide makes it east to dip in to. A very good stocking filler if you’ve got a friend or relative who’s enthusiastic about the movies.

]]> By: Dr Caligari http://www.cult-following.co.uk/cult-the-movie/the-rough-guide-to-cult-movies/comment-page-1/#comment-1074 Dr Caligari Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:39:04 +0000 #comment-1074 Rating: 1 / 5 Don't be fooled, there is precious little about cult movies in this book. The book starts out with a very dubious definition of what constitutes a cult movie and then seemingly ignores this definition and presents reviews of predominantly mainstream films. Where cult movies do appear they tend to be regarded with disdain rather then reverence. For a much more informative and humorous review of cult movies see Jonathan Ross' excellent book "The Incredibly Strange Film Book". Rating: 1 / 5

Don’t be fooled, there is precious little about cult movies in this book. The book starts out with a very dubious definition of what constitutes a cult movie and then seemingly ignores this definition and presents reviews of predominantly mainstream films. Where cult movies do appear they tend to be regarded with disdain rather then reverence. For a much more informative and humorous review of cult movies see Jonathan Ross’ excellent book “The Incredibly Strange Film Book”.

]]> By: Kelvin J. Dickinson http://www.cult-following.co.uk/cult-the-movie/the-rough-guide-to-cult-movies/comment-page-1/#comment-1073 Kelvin J. Dickinson Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:54:23 +0000 #comment-1073 Rating: 4 / 5 This is without doubt a very useful book. <br /> <br />With hundreds of reviews covering every genre, it's an intelligently written and witty little number, more than capable of pointing you in the right direction of many great films you might not have otherwise considered. It's so user-friendly, in fact, I guarantee you'll be flicking through its pages on a regular basis in relation to your viewing and buying habits. I certainly have, and often still do (LONE STAR, 1996, Dir. John Sayles, p449/Westerns, being my most recent DVD acquisition). <br /> <br />And due to its easily-accessible nature and scale, THE ROUGH GUIDE TO CULT MOVIES, I kid you not, makes for ideal reading matter in the, er, powder room. Trust me, you'll be amazed at your capacity for info-retention during these sessions - I'm rather fond of the following quote, which seems to have lodged itself firmly in the brain for no particular reason: "You're not only wrong, you're wrong at the top of your voice" (Spencer Tracy, BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK, 1954, Dir. John Sturgess, p412/Thrillers). In one end, but not always out the other. <br /> <br />So, sit down, relax...and say hello to a small but perfectly formed mini-repository of facts and entertainment. It'll never outstay its welcome, that's for sure. <br /> <br /> <br />HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Rating: 4 / 5

This is without doubt a very useful book.

With hundreds of reviews covering every genre, it’s an intelligently written and witty little number, more than capable of pointing you in the right direction of many great films you might not have otherwise considered. It’s so user-friendly, in fact, I guarantee you’ll be flicking through its pages on a regular basis in relation to your viewing and buying habits. I certainly have, and often still do (LONE STAR, 1996, Dir. John Sayles, p449/Westerns, being my most recent DVD acquisition).

And due to its easily-accessible nature and scale, THE ROUGH GUIDE TO CULT MOVIES, I kid you not, makes for ideal reading matter in the, er, powder room. Trust me, you’ll be amazed at your capacity for info-retention during these sessions – I’m rather fond of the following quote, which seems to have lodged itself firmly in the brain for no particular reason: “You’re not only wrong, you’re wrong at the top of your voice” (Spencer Tracy, BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK, 1954, Dir. John Sturgess, p412/Thrillers). In one end, but not always out the other.

So, sit down, relax…and say hello to a small but perfectly formed mini-repository of facts and entertainment. It’ll never outstay its welcome, that’s for sure.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

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