What are you watching tonight?

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:00 pm

mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:
William the White wrote: Do you have any views on 'Australia'? You couldn't get a mainstream hollywood movie much further away from Crash than that.
Haven't seen it, but if it really is unmissable on the terms you suggest then I might investigate!

Look forward to exchanging views on it. I'm sitting here chuckling at memories of some of the more grossly sentimental scenes.

Lord Kangana · Post by **Lord Kangana** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:10 pm

Bowfinger

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 11:04 pm

Well, I would be watching Question Time but it doesn't appear to be on. So I'm on here now instead!

mummywhycantieatcrayons · Post by **mummywhycantieatcrayons** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 1:17 am

Ok, am sat here at 1am, having just watched Wolf Creek... decent horror film.

But I'm not going to write about that...

There being nothing else on, I stumbled across BBC Parliament, on which Jamie Oliver is busting a gut talking to a dour Parliamentary committee about school meals.

Top marks to that man. It's easy for a cynic to write off his documentaries as being all about cultivating the Jamie Oliver brand. But he's just as passionate and diligent when it is in an arena that nobody in their right minds would be watching.

A depressing reminder of how slow progress can be in our cumbersome, lumbering democracy, however. And when what's on the table for debate is something that might deliver health improvements 20 years down the line, but that requires significant investment now, it is a reminder of how the incentives in the game of politics align to produce a certain myopia.

ratbert · Post by **ratbert** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:17 am

Short-termism and vested interests do prevent progress, I agree, but my cyncial heart also considers councillors and MPs scared at losing the votes of parents who'd rather push fast food through the school gates.

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:09 am

mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote: Top marks to that man. It's easy for a cynic to write off his documentaries as being all about cultivating the Jamie Oliver brand. But he's just as passionate and diligent when it is in an arena that nobody in their right minds would be watching.

A depressing reminder of how slow progress can be in our cumbersome, lumbering democracy, however. And when what's on the table for debate is something that might deliver health improvements 20 years down the line, but that requires significant investment now, it is a reminder of how the incentives in the game of politics align to produce a certain myopia.

That's a decidedly frank admission Mummy - I'm now starting to understand your political leanings a little better

On the more fundamental point, it's always going to be difficult to get "significant investment" for anything that has a RoI > 5 years - such is the way of politics. There's always going to be that view that "if it's not going to benefit me as a politician then why should I do it?" - don't think that view is specific to a single party.

It's also compounded by the issue that anything taking greater than 5 years, could be cancelled by an incoming Government of a different colour (as it sometimes genuinely doesn't fit with their policies or proposed budget structures). The party that then started the project are typically lambasted for being "misguided fools" which is *obviously* the reason that the said project was cancelled....

mummywhycantieatcrayons · Post by **mummywhycantieatcrayons** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 8:29 pm

Worthy4England wrote:
mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote: Top marks to that man. It's easy for a cynic to write off his documentaries as being all about cultivating the Jamie Oliver brand. But he's just as passionate and diligent when it is in an arena that nobody in their right minds would be watching.

A depressing reminder of how slow progress can be in our cumbersome, lumbering democracy, however. And when what's on the table for debate is something that might deliver health improvements 20 years down the line, but that requires significant investment now, it is a reminder of how the incentives in the game of politics align to produce a certain myopia.
That's a decidedly frank admission Mummy - I'm now starting to understand your political leanings a little better

Well, I'm only joking really. All I'm saying is that it's not exactly prime time TV is it... would that people were more interested in watching the proceedings of Parliamentary committees on BBC Parliament!

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:55 pm

Yes, yes, yes. That's all well and good but why wasn't Question Time on?

enfieldwhite · Post by **enfieldwhite** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 12:03 am

Okay. I've watched this for a while now.

Check out Channel 20 on Freeview. Virgin 1.

This will DEFINITELY finish off your evening.

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 12:14 am

enfieldwhite wrote:Okay. I've watched this for a while now.

Check out Channel 20 on Freeview. Virgin 1.

This will DEFINITELY finish off your evening.

Channel name, EW? I'm on the Sky+ bus, you see.

enfieldwhite · Post by **enfieldwhite** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 12:18 am

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:
enfieldwhite wrote:Okay. I've watched this for a while now.

Check out Channel 20 on Freeview. Virgin 1.

This will DEFINITELY finish off your evening.
Channel name, EW? I'm on the Sky+ bus, you see.

Virgin 1

General Mannerheim · Post by **General Mannerheim** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 10:58 pm

Talking of decent horror movies, i just watched The Orphange, or El Orfanato to give it its proper title.

Superb film, genuinely spooky too, no cheap scares, although there is one death scene that would not be out of place in Final Destination or summat like that!

BWFC_Insane · Post by **BWFC_Insane** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:11 pm

Saw Defiance at the cinema t'other day.

Decent film without being amazing.

Certainly worth a view IMO!

mummywhycantieatcrayons · Post by **mummywhycantieatcrayons** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:32 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:Yes, yes, yes. That's all well and good but why wasn't Question Time on?

QT and This Week don't run during the Parliamentary recess, I think...

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:03 pm

Just watched Unforgiven.

General Mannerheim · Post by **General Mannerheim** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:08 pm

Another foreign gem on film 4 laters - honestly, if you dont mind subs, set your sky+ for 'Y Tu Mama Tambien' at 11.15. Belter!!!

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:52 pm

General Mannerheim wrote:Another foreign gem on film 4 laters - honestly, if you dont mind subs, set your sky+ for 'Y Tu Mama Tambien' at 11.15. Belter!!!

Absolutely outstandimg, funny, sexy and sad. Very, very good movie.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:13 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:Just watched Unforgiven.

Terrific movie. Takes the hype away from fast draws and shooting the pips out of playing cards and puts killing right in the horror bracket it belongs in. Thought Eastwood, Gene Hackman and Richard Harris were great.

Lord Kangana · Post by **Lord Kangana** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:17 pm

Wasn't it a different Unforgiven on tonight?

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:32 pm

Lord Kangana wrote:Wasn't it a different Unforgiven on tonight?

Well, there was something on called "Unbreakable", but I thought Bruce meant the western "The Unforgiven". Apologies if I got it wrong.

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