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Post by mids on Mar 19, 2024 21:58:27 GMT
Ooh I dunno then. I'm going to have to confess to not having seen much Monty Python or finding what I have seen particularly funny. Life if Brian is brilliant though.
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Post by flatandy on Mar 19, 2024 22:16:58 GMT
Graham Chapman did the funniest stuff. Terry Gilliam was the most inventive.
Most Monty Python stuff was stuff that seemed funny to a 15 year old in the 80s. I haven't watched much since, but my guess is that a lot of it has aged badly - most comedy ages terribly - and what's left is probably funnier to teenagers than adults.
That said, Life of Brian was still very good when I last saw it maybe 10 years ago.
Cleese was good in Fawlty, but I'm not sure there's much in the 40+ years since that has been very remarkable.
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Post by marechal on Mar 19, 2024 22:34:22 GMT
When I was a teen I'd laugh hysterically at it. Now I might manage a chuckle once every 5 minutes or so.
But Chapman seemed the most naturally funny. Idle probably the least.
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Post by perrykneeham on Mar 20, 2024 20:37:37 GMT
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Post by happyhammerhead on Mar 20, 2024 20:49:18 GMT
If it's literally rubbish, ironically you may have the paper bag.
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Post by mids on Mar 20, 2024 20:53:54 GMT
It's always good to be suspicious of Guardian reviews. They're not always totally wrong but everything they review is done so through a lens of Woketiness.
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Post by perrykneeham on Mar 20, 2024 21:11:06 GMT
It was very derivative stuff though, complete with the mandatory touch-points: the first two minutes established their credentials with the wife (a nurse) making a crack about clapping not being the same as actual money.
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Post by Repat Van on Mar 20, 2024 21:21:06 GMT
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Post by perrykneeham on Mar 20, 2024 21:30:43 GMT
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Post by mids on Mar 20, 2024 21:36:29 GMT
Gunpowder. Quite good.
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Post by mids on Mar 20, 2024 21:36:48 GMT
Also Kin. Micks.
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Post by mids on Mar 20, 2024 21:39:39 GMT
Speaking of film and TV gangster hardmen, why do the actors always speak in throaty whispers? Do no gangsters have singsong voices?
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Post by perrykneeham on Mar 20, 2024 21:41:14 GMT
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Post by perrykneeham on Mar 22, 2024 19:24:40 GMT
The Mire. Polish. Quite good. I am told that Detective Forst is very popular too. The Mire was much, much better than Forst. |
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Post by marechal on Mar 22, 2024 21:38:32 GMT
Oppenheimer was very good, with Cillian Murphy convincing in the title role.
There was lots of jumping back and forth in the timeline which can sometimes be annoying, but I thought they used it to great effect.
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Post by Repat Van on Mar 25, 2024 0:56:46 GMT
Roadhouse.
The new version with Conor McGregor.
Oh wow…..
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Post by mids on Mar 25, 2024 8:29:33 GMT
It wasn't any good with Patrick Swayze. It must be really bad now.
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Post by Repat Van on Mar 25, 2024 11:20:04 GMT
It wasn't any good with Patrick Swayze. It must be really bad now. Gyllenhall is not bad. Conor Macgregor however - he is shockingly awful. It goes from entertaining to “what the f**k is going on”. He is sooo so so so so bad! |
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Post by Repat Van on Mar 29, 2024 15:19:15 GMT
I finally finished Road House. It took me a whole week to finish and it got worse. I don’t know how that’s possible. Gyllenhal must be in debt.
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Post by voice on Mar 29, 2024 20:23:57 GMT
Finished all the True Detectives mixed bag, all watchable but some clearly better than others
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