Well, that certainly made the weekend.

[kniteracy]

We picked up a copy of Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels the other night for £3. None of us had ever seen it, but everyone says we should see it. Tonight after dinner, we finally sat down to watch it.

What a fun film. Well, as fun as it can really get with a body count that high. But hey, Sting is in it! ;-)

Seriously, if you haven't seen it, you should. I can't believe we waited this long. As London films go, this one and Football Factory are pretty much the cream of the crop. Unless you count Shaun of the Dead. Or, you know, Love, Actually. (And I kinda do.)

There are lots of good films based in London, aren't there?

What's your favourite London film?

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[thatcrazycajun.livejournal.com]

Time After Time (1979) is still my favorite London-set film, although only the first third is actually set in (Victorian) London; the rest takes place in 1979 San Francisco. And if you want to count TV miniseries, QB VII (based on the Leon Uris bestseller of the same name) is predominantly set in London, specifically the government's Queen's Bench Seven courtroom (hence the title). There's also Oliver! and My Fair Lady and Mary Poppins, and I seem to recall A Clockwork Orange being based at least mostly in London, albeit a postulated future London. Ditto for 1984 (the Sir Richard Burton version from the same year).