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VirginiaGransnet (GNHQ) Wed 18-Mar-15 11:40:15

Attention all gransnetters, we're giving away a fabulous set of DVDs worth £199.42 courtesy of the lovely people at Twentieth Century Fox. The bundle includes a huge variety of films and television series such as Modern Family, Bones, The Fault in our Stars, The Book of Life and many more - perfect entertainment for all the family during a miserable month of April showers.

To be in with a chance of winning we want you to tell us which movie you would screen (and why) if you had your very own cinema for just one night. The more funny and outrageous the better. May the Force be with you all smile

*Congratulations trisher, you are the lucky winner. We LOVED the hilarious account of what you would have everyone do whilst screening South Pacific!*

hildajenniJ Thu 19-Mar-15 16:41:38

A film for all the family would have to be Disney'Frozen, perfect for everyone from my 2yr. old grandson to my dear husband (who's just a big kid anyway).
If it is jus for me, my favourite is Field of Dreams with Kevin Costner and Amy Madigan. It has everything!!

rockgran25 Thu 19-Mar-15 16:35:16

Safety Last with Harold Lloyd a black & white silent movie. My mother & father had taken me to the cinema for the first time when I was about 5 or 6 years old and this was the first film I had ever seen. The story goes that I laughed so loudly that the cinema audience couldn't stop laughing at me never mind at the film. I have been an avid film fan ever since and have always been able to see the funny side of life.
On the odd occasion they show a clip from this film it still makes me laugh and I remember that lovely day when Mum & Dad took me to see my first of many films...lovely memories.

wwerty222 Thu 19-Mar-15 15:45:10

Has to be Ghost busters! Then everyone can start sing the theme song together and spray crazy string at each other during the film!

Susangilley Thu 19-Mar-15 15:17:41

I should love to watch the second Best Marigold Hotel which has just been released. I missed it at our local cinema.

inishowen Thu 19-Mar-15 15:03:29

Greyfriars Bobby. I was taken to see it in the cinema when I was about five. (My parents probably couldn't get a babysitter) I loved the little dog so much! All these years late,r I still remember the novelty of sitting in the dark watching my first film. I've never seen it since, but would love to.

suelowe Thu 19-Mar-15 14:57:36

Midnight Cowboy . Haunting music , sad / happy / funny. Early Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman : perfect .

greig23 Thu 19-Mar-15 14:56:56

JURASSIC PARK

as i love dinosaurs lol

Madwuman Thu 19-Mar-15 14:43:20

I would choose The Sound of Music. The very first film we got to watch at the "pictures". I would recreate the experience with a frozen Quenchy cup and a spoon to dig out the ice (bliss lol )

joannapiano Thu 19-Mar-15 12:27:31

I would screen Peppa Pig the Movie, because all the littlies would be glued to the screen for an hour, and I could sit and eat an icecream in peace.

shysal Thu 19-Mar-15 11:31:40

Gone With the Wind, because I would get more minutes viewing than for many films

SallySwann Thu 19-Mar-15 10:50:14

I would screen Fifty Shades of Grey so my wife and grown up daughters and all their friends who said they would not go and see it at the cinema (but really wanted to) could watch it without guilt!

Lilygran Thu 19-Mar-15 10:46:55

Up. It's very moving about losing someone you love, and about getting old. It's uplifting about how a child's life can get better and it's very, very funny. And everyone in the family enjoys it!

CPAT1 Thu 19-Mar-15 10:35:57

MUST BE TWINS WITH ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER AND DANNY DE VITO -
MY FAMILY HAVE GREAT MEMORIES OF THIS HILARIOUS FILM
MY LATE HUSBAND WHO HAD A VERY DRY SENSE OF HUMOUR LAUGHED SO HEARTILY WITH OUR TWO DAUGHTERS!!
THAT DANCE ROUTINE WITH THEIR GIRL- FRIENDS WAS FANTASTIC!!!

CPAT1 Thu 19-Mar-15 10:35:57

MUST BE TWINS WITH ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER AND DANNY DE VITO -
MY FAMILY HAVE GREAT MEMORIES OF THIS HILARIOUS FILM
MY LATE HUSBAND WHO HAD A VERY DRY SENSE OF HUMOUR LAUGHED SO HEARTILY WITH OUR TWO DAUGHTERS!!
THAT DANCE ROUTINE WITH THEIR GIRL- FRIENDS WAS FANTASTIC!!!

CPAT1 Thu 19-Mar-15 10:35:56

MUST BE TWINS WITH ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER AND DANNY DE VITO -
MY FAMILY HAVE GREAT MEMORIES OF THIS HILARIOUS FILM
MY LATE HUSBAND WHO HAD A VERY DRY SENSE OF HUMOUR LAUGHED SO HEARTILY WITH OUR TWO DAUGHTERS!!
THAT DANCE ROUTINE WITH THEIR GIRL- FRIENDS WAS FANTASTIC!!!

CPAT1 Thu 19-Mar-15 10:35:56

MUST BE TWINS WITH ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER AND DANNY DE VITO -
MY FAMILY HAVE GREAT MEMORIES OF THIS HILARIOUS FILM
MY LATE HUSBAND WHO HAD A VERY DRY SENSE OF HUMOUR LAUGHED SO HEARTILY WITH OUR TWO DAUGHTERS!!
THAT DANCE ROUTINE WITH THEIR GIRL- FRIENDS WAS FANTASTIC!!!

katherinelarkin Thu 19-Mar-15 10:04:11

I'd screen Little Miss Sunshine, Blue Valentine, Silver linings Playbook, Porridge the Movie and Steptoe and Son the Movie.

chloe1984 Thu 19-Mar-15 09:58:05

I would choose 'the African Queen' reason being every Christmas when we were children in the 1950/60s it was shown on the TV we ALWAYS had to watch it with my parents, assorted Aunts/Uncles cousins etc. a truly magical time that you never really appreciate as you aren't old or wise enough . I always pretended not to want to watch but secretly loved it and found it thrilling and still do. I would decorate the screening room with a smoking coal fire which wouldn't heat the room , homemade paper decorations, never enough comfortable seats, bottles of beer, a bottle of sherry and a box of unopened dates, and a huge bag of pick and mix from Woolworths. Sheer nostalgic bliss.

Teetime Thu 19-Mar-15 09:53:30

The Addams family - all my family are featured in this film- we would dress up in the characters to watch it. I was Morticia in y heyday but am now sadly grandma. DH will forever be my devoted Gomez. Where do you go to find a man like that? as Morticia says ' it has to be damp'.

yourgrace123 Thu 19-Mar-15 09:11:31

one flew over the cuckoo,s nest,funny sad & very emotionlly entertaining.

pamelaJEAN Thu 19-Mar-15 09:08:11

Mary Poppins , it has been a favourite for years, my daughters loved it... and now I watch it with my five grandchildren, they think I am a Mary Poppins charactor with magic powers..... the rooms after they have stayed magically tidy themselves.... when on the telephone to them... they bring toys to the phone for me to see.... or ask if they look pretty ...of course I would take the main part..... an aging Mary Poppins ........... Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

absam1 Thu 19-Mar-15 08:51:41

Adventures in Babysitting. It was a favourite film of my three children (even my son) in the 80s and though I used to say - 'Oh no - not that film again' - I actually used to love watching it too. Sadly, my eldest daughter Katie died from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning five years ago - age 31 - but now when I think of that film it brings such happy memories of my children and when I think of it I can see myself ironing on a Sunday evening while they're laughing so much at the same scenes from the film that they laughed at the week before - it really makes me smile. I'd love to be transported back to that time!

BiNtHeReDuNiT14 Thu 19-Mar-15 08:45:02

' Gone with the Wind ' My friend and I went to see it when we were 19. We bought it on DVD 45 years later and watched it together ( along with a couple of bottles of Prossecco ) We loved it every bit as much as when we first saw it
and were transported back to our youth, remembering when we both ended up in tears at the end. Shame we won't manage a repeat in another 45 years... even if we gave up cakes and chocolate, oh and Prossecco.

kittylester Thu 19-Mar-15 07:10:57

West Side Story. It's my all time favourite film. Our PE teacher told us to go the cinema to see it instead of homework, twice. My mother was disgusted but could do nothing about the fact that I was enjoying myself! grin

coffecup Thu 19-Mar-15 06:23:43

My film would have to be The Commitments just a film i can watch any time
one of the all time greats.