Bank holiday misery

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Churchill replied

4 May 2010, 07:19
Originally posted by thunderlizard View Post

So I'm told. All the IMDB comments say it's brilliant in the cinema but rubbish on a TV because you don't see all the visual gags. Maybe that's the problem. I appreciate the scale of the enterprise and all that, but it's all about the kind of quirky shenannigans that are great in the background of The Royal Tenenbaums but not when that's all you've got.
Also had it drummed into me (by my mum while watching Some Mothers Do Ave Em) not to laugh at characters whose amusing shenanigans obviously are the result of mental illness.

Scorn not his simplicity - unless of course the victim is SASGURU, AtW or MarillionFan.
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thunderlizard replied

3 May 2010, 21:14
So I'm told. All the IMDB comments say it's brilliant in the cinema but rubbish on a TV because you don't see all the visual gags. Maybe that's the problem. I appreciate the scale of the enterprise and all that, but it's all about the kind of quirky shenannigans that are great in the background of The Royal Tenenbaums but not when that's all you've got.
Also had it drummed into me (by my mum while watching Some Mothers Do Ave Em) not to laugh at characters whose amusing shenanigans obviously are the result of mental illness.
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Clippy replied

3 May 2010, 15:26
Originally posted by thunderlizard View Post

I wish I'd gone for Loach now, instead of the Jacques Tati ("Playtime") I'm watching. 1 hour in and I've only just lowered my expectations enough to tolerate it.

Playtime is meant to be a classic.
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cojak replied

3 May 2010, 10:04
At least I'm not stuck on the M1/M5/M6/M...
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NotAllThere replied

3 May 2010, 09:02
If it all gets a bit much, try listening to some music. "The Final Cut" - Pink Floyd seems appropriate.
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thunderlizard replied

1 May 2010, 21:07
I wish I'd gone for Loach now, instead of the Jacques Tati ("Playtime") I'm watching. 1 hour in and I've only just lowered my expectations enough to tolerate it.
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norrahe replied

1 May 2010, 17:15
Originally posted by thunderlizard View Post

Several full Ken Loach films on YouTube. Settle down with a pan of burnt popcorn and a flat Panda Pop for a weekend of womens' refuges and dead kestrels!

you might want the number of the smaritans as well..............

Try requiem for a dream, 8mm and leaving las vegas as well.............

They'll cheer you right up.
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thunderlizard started a topic Bank holiday misery

1 May 2010, 12:08
Bank holiday misery

Several full Ken Loach films on YouTube. Settle down with a pan of burnt popcorn and a flat Panda Pop for a weekend of womens' refuges and dead kestrels!
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