4. The Englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain
Watched on:- television ( film 4)
This is a film about the fictional ffynnon garw mountain in Wales. The film is set in 1917 and is based on the novel of the same name by Christopher Monger.
The of revolves around two englishmen played by Hugh Grant and Ian McNiece who are sent to Wales to measure the height of the mountains for the ordanance survey maps. They start with fynnon garw, which the local village claim is the first mountain in Wales. In order to qualify as a mountain it has to be over one thousand feet so when Anson and Garrad first measure the mountain as nine hundred and eighty four feet its declared a hill! So the local pub owner Morgan, played by Colm Meaney, comes up with a plan to do something about that ;)
I hadn't seen this film in a long time and I really enjoyed it. It's classed as a romantic comedy because of the plot line between Anson ( Hugh Grant) and Betty ( Tara Fitzgerald) but it's more than that. Its really the tale of the whole village. For me Colm Meaney Is the star on the film playing Morgan the Goat with just the right touch of mischief and likability. As it's on film four it's probably going to be repeated so if it is I'd recommend catching it. It's a lovely little film. It's does have another little known claim to fame. It's gives me the only phrase I can say that sounds remotely welsh "how high is our mountain?" ;)
You know doing this makes me realise just how many films I watch. Four is two days? If I keep this up I'll have one hundred done by Mid April! Maybe I should up it a bit. What do you think? Cya later!
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Restrict it to films you've not seen before and it will be more of a challenge :)
ReplyDeleteThat true, 100 films I've never seen would be more of a challenge! There will be movies in this that I havent seen. The whole idea is to write more so if i do every movie i see then I'll write a lot more! I do think i need to spice up the writing though :/
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