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Summertime Watching

LudovicoLudovico
in General Movies & TV Posts: 15,703
Okay, I made a few similar threads in the past. I don't know if you're like me, but I trend to read and watch things seasonally. So what are the films and tv programmes that you tend to watch when summer comes? Could be specific movies/tv shows, or specific genres.

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  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited May 22 Posts: 25,925
    I am very active with training/exercise I am at the beach most days so tend to watch and read less in the Spring and Summer. One thing I do is listen to more music when the weather improves.

    Guarenteed I will listen to the Beach Boys and Old Skool rap from the 80's, summer always reminds me of my childhood.

    When I was younger I often read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in the summer months.


  • 007HallY007HallY
    edited May 22 Posts: 5,292
    Very random, but the first time I read Crime and Punishment was during the summer (obviously it's a really dark, dramatic novel, but I think it's set during summer, and there's something about reading it in the heat which makes it quite impactful). Not exactly a feel good book though!

    As for movies, I find summer's the perfect season for catching up on comedies.
  • Mathis1Mathis1
    Posts: 8,258
    Don't really have as disciplined a watch of Telly/ movies in Summer, as I do in Winter/ Christmas, but I do tend to watch Jacques Tatis 'Monsieur Hulots Holiday' for obvious reasons! I plan to do a marathon of Tatis films soon, as I've recorded a few off television recently and I own the one I mentioned and the wonderful 'Jour de Fete'!
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    I tend to watch spaghetti westerns and westerns, and sea adventures, like 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. As a kid, I enjoyed Ray Harruhausen films during summertime particularly Clash of the Titans and Jason and the Argonauts. Things that had a summery, Mediterranean feel. I still do it.

    As for tv series, I love crime and spy thrillers. Regarding books: crime fiction, crime fiction, crime. Except in August, where I start reading horror, getting in the mood for Halloween. As a child, I used to read Mafalda as a cure from August/end of holidays blues.
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    There's a few series on Netflix pretty suitable for summer: Fauda and Queen Sono come to my mind. Fauda is by far the best series I've seen in a long while, but Queen Sono is enjoyable and of course has that African feel.
  • LudovicoLudovico
    Posts: 15,703
    Oh, and Dr No is my go-to summer movie. The songs alone make it a summer movie.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 25,925
    Ludovico wrote: »
    Oh, and Dr No is my go-to summer movie. The songs alone make it a summer movie.

    Good call there are some great tracks on the DN soundtrack.
  • LudovicoLudovico
    edited 10:06am Posts: 15,703
    Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    Oh, and Dr No is my go-to summer movie. The songs alone make it a summer movie.

    Good call there are some great tracks on the DN soundtrack.

    I think it's maybe the most summery Bond film.

    Another film I love to watch during summertime is The Talented Mr Ripley, albeit the second half of the movie is cold and dark. The atmosphere changes completely. So it's a suitable movie for Noirvember too. But the first part is like a hot, sunny holiday with sinister undertones.
  • echoecho 007 in New York
    Posts: 6,732
    I would say TSWLM is summery.
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