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There's nowt worse than fat armpits, unless it's on someone who looks like Linda Barker.

Souness couldn't even manage his tache. Why is he managing the Toon?

87339[/snapback] Sorry. "Bluntamaniacs"

It's strange how singers putting on fake American accents don't get shit for it. I like the Streets personally. Infinitely better than James Blunt's cringeworthy lyrics. Half the people on here are Bluntamiacs.

Too...full of chocolate chimney sweeps.

Dean Martin - All The Hits 1948 - 1969 Frank Sinatra - Swing Easy/Songs For Swingin Lovers Sammy Davis Jr Sings The perfect soundtrack to Ratpack Confidential, which I'm reading.

Jesus christ, this on top of The Wicker man, Oldboy, Revenge of The Nerds, The Hills Have Eyes, The Pink Panther, The Poseiden Adventure (As Poseiden), Superman Returns and Infernal Affairs (as The Departed) to name a few. Still, why should popular film be any more original than popular music which is similarly re-hashed shite?

uh huh

What does catamitic mean? 87030[/snapback] definition

The catamitic proclivity of this board is getting out of hand.

Tell him he's got a walnut heed.

A tedious selection if you ask me, but then all the other awards have been too, not like the oscars to surprise anyone. Happy to see Terrence Howard on there for actor (though he doesn't have a hope of winning like he should, hopefully his song (Hard Out There For A Pimp) will). . I'd have loved to see Manderlay in there somewhere (but that was never going to happen), or Me and You and Everyone We Know. No Babam Ve Oglum or The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada for foreign flick either? They better be on next year. Where was No Direction Home too? Should have been in the documentary list.

I found this very intreresting....but then I'm a bit of a nerd Link

Wouldn't it make financial sense to buy the toy rather than pay off the mortgage? They go for stupid money now, in 25 years they'll be going for insane money.

The Ice Storm Bleak like American Beauty but came out a few years earlier and is (in my opinion) better. The humour is less obvious and the scenario more believable. The empathy therefore felt for the characters gives the devastating ending more of an impact than you get from American Beauty. Using the weather to convey a feeling of foreboding should feel like a cliche (well...it does to be honest), but here it is fresh and integral. I've never been more impressed by a Kevin Kline performance either. Highly recommended. Death In Venice Looks occassionally lovely but that isn't enough to sustain it's two mind numbingly tedious hours. All of its themes are explicitly stated in short bursts of dialogue such as this about an egg timer "The aperture through which the sand runs is so tiny that first it seems as if the level in the upper glass never changes. To our eyes, it appears that the sand runs out only, only at the end. And until it does, it's not worth thinking about. Till the last moment when there is no more time... when there's no more time left to think about it.". So, you don't realise life is short till it's too late! Hardly original, maybe it was in 1912, but if you must make a film about it now, try conveying it in a less hamfisted way than a voiceover followed by 40 minutes of almost silent perving on a young boy. There are other ideas on the purity of art, disregarding shame to achieve genius etc all similarly approached. Avoid if possible. This Sporting Life Excellent British film from the 60's. Richard Harris is great as a lonesome rugby player struggling to win the affections of an equally lonely widow. The fact that she refuses to move on from the death of her husband leads to Harris becoming exasperated and violent alienating himself all the more from her. Depressing but well worth it.

2 lines is one of the more in depth reviews in this entire thread to be be perfectly honest with you. 85532[/snapback] I've got a pirate copy me mate loaned me. Worth a watch or not? 85533[/snapback] I certainly think so. Far better than Lock, Stock or Snatch or any of the shitty Brit gangster films they inspired. Far more classy and glossy than any of them without the terrible stereotypes. And Seinna Miller is a nice bit of eye candy.

2 lines is one of the more in depth reviews in this entire thread to be be perfectly honest with you.

This review is pretty unfair, complaing that the good tracks are in the wrong place is just whingeing. Otherwise I whole heartedly agree.

You want to see that 1955 Cup Final DVD I won off N-O, it's fucking shit! 84870[/snapback] I've still not even watched the copy i won...i take it i shouldn't bother now? 85035[/snapback] Well, Milburn scores after about 45 seconds, after that I would keep fast forwarding. It's crap man! 85101[/snapback] I'd rather watch the '55 final again than the Mansfield game. Only just like.

Why would a naked 21 year old be cut? It's only a 15 and it was in the version I saw. Passed uncut in the UK

Pilkington wouldn't work on TV. He's basically a man who says stupid things. There's no need for a story, jokes or payoff. Monkey news is becoming a bit tired now too.

Maybe 'scripted' is going too far, but certainly planned and played in character. I always thought Pilkington was a put on. In this weeks, with the diary of fat men sneezing and that, it went too far. Why did he bring it in to work if he's serious about it? I still think they've all been brilliant, and pissed myself laughing. Better than most scripted TV comedy.

So far this morning... Ricky Gervais' latest Podcast (the most blatantly scripted so far). The Arctic Monkeys - Whatever etc. (Still not convinced, though ...Dancefloor is a great song). Beastie Boys - To The 5 Boroughs Radiohead - Kid A

I'd forgotten about them and that Spiderman song.. ROCK! It's what we're all about, It's what we live for, Come on shout it out! Class.