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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by Bruce Rioja » Mon Aug 15, 2016 7:31 am

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Went to Home in Manchester today.
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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by Bijou Bob » Mon Aug 15, 2016 10:00 am

Bruce Rioja wrote:
Harry Genshaw wrote:
Went to Home in Manchester today.
Home in Manchester was a rave club on Ducie Street when I was a bit younger
"A bit" is now 25 years mate. I know........ :o :shock: :? :(
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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by Worthy4England » Mon Aug 15, 2016 10:22 am

Bijou Bob wrote:
Bruce Rioja wrote:
Harry Genshaw wrote:
Went to Home in Manchester today.
Home in Manchester was a rave club on Ducie Street when I was a bit younger
"A bit" is now 25 years mate. I know........ :o :shock: :? :(
Aye, was going to say "that's about a quarter of a century". :-)

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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by thebish » Mon Aug 15, 2016 9:25 pm

family fillum night..

Sicario

utter bag of toss!

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Post by LeverEnd » Mon Aug 15, 2016 9:31 pm

thebish wrote:family fillum night..

Sicario

utter bag of toss!
Plot got a bit silly but thought much of it was well acted and tense. Love Emily Blunt. One of my imaginary girlfriends.
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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by Bruce Rioja » Mon Aug 15, 2016 9:39 pm

Worthy4England wrote:
Bijou Bob wrote:
Bruce Rioja wrote:
Harry Genshaw wrote:
Went to Home in Manchester today.
Home in Manchester was a rave club on Ducie Street when I was a bit younger
"A bit" is now 25 years mate. I know........ :o :shock: :? :(
Aye, was going to say "that's about a quarter of a century". :-)
Only 20. I sponsored the launch party. ;)
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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by Worthy4England » Mon Aug 15, 2016 9:48 pm

That's a relief. :-) I did think it was earlier than 96. Had it down as very late 80's first couple in the 90's. Think I only went once. Nearly always in the Conti.

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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by Bruce Rioja » Thu Aug 18, 2016 2:23 pm

Think I might nip down to the cinema tomorrow to watch that David Brent film.
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Post by boltonboris » Thu Aug 18, 2016 4:06 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:Think I might nip down to the cinema tomorrow to watch that David Brent film.
Will be watching it at some point, but I just know I'll be comparing it to The Office and I also know it won't be as good.

So even if it's good in its own right, I'll probably be disappointed.

Whilst Brent was the focal point of The Office, it was the also the other characters who made it what it was. and that, in my view, is the greatest British comedy programme of all time (controversial - Pun intended)
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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by Bruce Rioja » Fri Aug 19, 2016 2:54 pm

For me, Boris has nailed it there. In the film it's the job of every other character (bar 3) to treat Brent with absolute disdain, to such a degree that you (or I) end up feeling sorry for the guy. A good few out-loudy laughs, plenty of toe-curling (especially the song lyrics) worth watching but short of the mark set by The Office.

I'd be really interested to learn what others make of it.
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Post by officer_dibble » Sat Aug 20, 2016 9:45 pm

Fillms pretty good. Had me laughing a fair bit. I always try not to compare things like that - ultimately its not an immediate follow on and its supposed to be different...but yeah impossible not too I suppose. Just give it a go!

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Post by Harry Genshaw » Sun Aug 21, 2016 9:21 pm

At Home again this weekend for Behemoth. You'd think a documentary about open cast mining in Mongolia would be pretty dull. You'd be right! Some amazing cinematography and the shock at some of the conditions folk are working in - imagine the grand canyon on fire, collapsing in on itself with 700 trucks trundling up and down - couldn't quite rescue it for me. 5/10
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Post by TANGODANCER » Sun Aug 21, 2016 10:58 pm

Imperium. Harry Potter guy, Daniel Ratcliffe, doing quite a creditable job as an undercover guy in a white supremecy conspiracy. Watchable.
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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by BWFC_Insane » Mon Aug 22, 2016 9:57 am

Would like to see the David Brent film, the worry for me though, as someone who thinks the Office is one of the (if not the) finest pieces of comedy drama ever produced, is that it just won't live up to it. I find comedies turned into film length things rarely work and whilst I appreciate it isn't the office and is something very different I fear tainting of one of my favourite things here.

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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by clapton is god » Tue Aug 23, 2016 7:43 am

Best comedy of the century (so far)?

I don't think so, but look who sneaks in at number 4!

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radi ... of-century" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by BWFC_Insane » Tue Aug 23, 2016 9:21 am

clapton is god wrote:Best comedy of the century (so far)?

I don't think so, but look who sneaks in at number 4!

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radi ... of-century" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I'd rather stick pins in my eyes than watch that.

Some good stuff elsewhere on the list, but is that not pretty much just a list of every comedy of the century that hasn't bombed or been classed as "BBC family humour"?

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Post by LeverEnd » Tue Aug 23, 2016 9:54 am

Voted for by the people? Pah.

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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by KeyserSoze » Tue Aug 23, 2016 10:02 am

In another list, top 100 films

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/201608 ... ocid=fbcul" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by Worthy4England » Tue Aug 23, 2016 10:07 am

Dunno whether to be happy or sad that I've seen just 4 of them. :-)

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Re: What are you watching tonight?

Post by KeyserSoze » Tue Aug 23, 2016 10:07 am

With subtitles?
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