What are you watching tonight?

Daxter · Post by **Daxter** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 12:42 am

Marley and Me. And yes, it had me teary eyed.

General Mannerheim · Post by **General Mannerheim** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:38 pm

Worthy4England wrote:
General Mannerheim wrote:
Worthy4England wrote:The original Wicker Man in ITV
good beaver action in said flick!
You know, in amongst all those animal masks, I don't recall one single beaver...

never got that far, just keep rewinding the Brit Eckland bit!

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:53 pm

General Mannerheim wrote:
Worthy4England wrote:
General Mannerheim wrote:
Worthy4England wrote:The original Wicker Man in ITV
good beaver action in said flick!
You know, in amongst all those animal masks, I don't recall one single beaver...
never got that far, just keep rewinding the Brit Eckland bit!

Ohhhh the bitter disappointment - the top bits were Britt, the bottom bits were a body double from a stripper they picked up in Glasgow

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:11 pm

Worthy4England wrote:Ohhhh the bitter disappointment - the top bits were Britt, the bottom bits were a body double from a stripper they picked up in Glasgow

Is that right? And if so, could you not have kept schtum? The illusion...... is shattered.

warthog · Post by **warthog** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:15 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
Worthy4England wrote:Ohhhh the bitter disappointment - the top bits were Britt, the bottom bits were a body double from a stripper they picked up in Glasgow
Is that right? And if so, could you not have kept schtum? The illusion...... is shattered.

It's true. Eckland was pregnant at the time. She later complained about the body double, saying that she had (and I quote) a fat arse.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:51 pm

Well, I'll just have to watch it again then (the whole film, you understand, not just that bit). I have it on DVD, see, so that's the rest of this evening sorted.

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:00 pm

warthog wrote:
Bruce Rioja wrote:
Worthy4England wrote:Ohhhh the bitter disappointment - the top bits were Britt, the bottom bits were a body double from a stripper they picked up in Glasgow
Is that right? And if so, could you not have kept schtum? The illusion...... is shattered.
It's true. Eckland was pregnant at the time. She later complained about the body double, saying that she had (and I quote) a fat arse.

Indeed, the story runs that Ekland was actually off-set when the bottom half was shot, and didn't actually know about it until the film was released at which point she went ape.

Anecdotally, the stripper was "borrowed" for 24 hours from her day (night?) job, apparently she shacked up in the crew vans for a fortnight.

General Mannerheim · Post by **General Mannerheim** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:02 pm

Jeez - Horne & Corden is the most tragic sack of wank ever broadcast!

shame because i bloody loved G&S.

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 11:14 pm

The Caretaker at the octagon.

Enjoyed without being engrossed. I've never really 'got' Pinter - brilliant dialogue, but the genius escapes me.

but good crowd in the theatre for a weds night, and for a play with a 'difficult' rep...

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:28 am

Red Riding ep 3.

See if i can understand more of it than the previous two.

enfieldwhite · Post by **enfieldwhite** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:36 pm

William the White wrote:Red Riding ep 3.

See if i can understand more of it than the previous two.

I think this one will bring all the threads together.

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:04 pm

A bit after the event, watched the Oxford Murders today on telly. Good yarn with pretty good performance from John Hurt in there...

General Mannerheim · Post by **General Mannerheim** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:12 pm

picked up being John Malkovich for 3 quid at Tesco - had forgotten how great it is, just watched it now, its quite complex and surreal but still tickles me, especially Floris and her hearing problem! and i still dont understand the relevance of the low ceilings in lester corp either? but its still funny - then on the other hand there's some seriously quality acting going on, notably Malkovich himself! the last couple of hours have zoomed by!

Genius.

boltonboris · Post by **boltonboris** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:32 pm

Gran Torino last night..... Ace!!!!!

jimbo · Post by **jimbo** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:53 pm

General Mannerheim wrote:Jeez - Horne & Corden is the most tragic sack of wank ever broadcast!

shame because i bloody loved G&S.

These two never seem to be off the telly at the moment. Why doesn't someone just tell them they're not funny and put everyone out of their misery? That sketch show was easily the worst thing I've seen in a good while, and their new 'film' by all accounts is utterly abysmal. Don't even get me started on Corden's high pitched shrieking every time he gets excited.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:57 pm

jimbo wrote:and their new 'film' by all accounts is utterly abysmal.

They reviewed it on R4 last Friday and absolutely panned it as being one of the worst of all time. That bad!

General Mannerheim · Post by **General Mannerheim** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:15 pm

have i missed peoples thoughts on Watchmen? i saw it a few weeks ago now but just talking about it at work - I thought it was pretty good, not as good as i hoped, but nicely violent for a comic book! - one thing that did do my head in tho, was why Mr Manhattan walks round with his cock out all the time!?

General Mannerheim · Post by **General Mannerheim** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:26 pm

Daxter wrote:Marley and Me. And yes, it had me teary eyed.

i nearly cried when she suggest we go and see that!

General Mannerheim · Post by **General Mannerheim** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:33 pm

Tonight i have just watched Kate Winslets Oscar winner - The Reader.

it would have taken something seriously special to have beaten her to the best actress, absolutely superb! the young Mike is pretty incredible too, David Kross!

fantastic film, and an original score - often wondered about post war germany and how folk got back to normal etc. gripping stuff!

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:36 pm

A poetry and prose fiction reading at the Octagon. Mostly prose (Janette Jenkins, bolton author but not at all parochial, with latest novel, and Adam Foulds, just won sunday times 'Young Writer of the Year' award, reading both poetry and prose).

Some vivid writing, vividly read, very well received by an audience of about 35, i'd guess.

Going to get Foulds' 'The Broken Dream' when I'm allowed to buy books again...

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