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Post by Dave on Sept 12, 2008 1:27:25 GMT
Jo, some people find double entendres amusing, others think its very childish and pathetic I think. Someone was saying to me they get sucked into Coronation St and I said I didn't find it had very good sucking powers for me. I am so pathetic I find the word sucking amusing. There's vans around that I've seen that mention 'rodding' too, drains clearance firms, but there's one called 'Rodders' I've seen. Don't know if its still going. For me, that is funnier than the Marx Brothers. Pitiful maybe. As far as I am concerned, anything that makes you laugh is good stuff! That some people don't find cheap and cheerful amusement at the basest of double entendres is their loss! haha I often find the oddest things funny. I think it's great being able to see humour in all sorts of places, it makes for fun in the most mundane situations. I once laughed at footage of biscuits coming off of a factory conveyor belt on the news.... although to be fair, that may simply mean that I am clinically insane. "Rodders" on a van would give me some cheap amusement too. That Coronation Street retort however was very poor. ;D |
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Post by jim woolley on Sept 12, 2008 18:41:12 GMT
If its clinical insanity, wouldn't Freud argue some link to sexual things? I have no rodding idea.
Dave, my good man, do you know if pointblank is 'eggo' on the IMDb, please?
PS. Where can I access the clip of biscuits coming off a conveyor belt, that sounds like a ruddy laugh riot! Link perchance?
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Post by Dave on Sept 12, 2008 22:41:42 GMT
If its clinical insanity, wouldn't Freud argue some link to sexual things? I have no rodding idea. Dave, my good man, do you know if pointblank is 'eggo' on the IMDb, please? PS. Where can I access the clip of biscuits coming off a conveyor belt, that sounds like a ruddy laugh riot! Link perchance? Yeah, Eggo is pointblank on IMDB. No idea where the biscuit footage is. Maybe you have got the wrong idea about the footage. When I say "biscuits coming off a conveyor belt" I only mean they were coming off the conveyor in the correct fashion, not because of some malfunction which lead to the biscuits coming off. |
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Post by jim woolley on Sept 13, 2008 12:58:27 GMT
I knew you meant the biscuits were coming off the conveyor in a normal way, no slapstick. Do you know why this set you off? Could you not stop laughing for some time? Thanks for the IMDb answer Dave  |
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Post by Dave on Sept 13, 2008 13:49:22 GMT
I knew you meant the biscuits were coming off the conveyor in a normal way, no slapstick. Do you know why this set you off? Could you not stop laughing for some time? Thanks for the IMDb answer Dave I think it was just one of those odd 'moments of clarity' where you see things from outside of your normal mode of perception, where suddenly something mundane and ordinary strikes you as being odd or ludicrous. As though you have never seen or heard of it before. A bit like if you keep repeating a word to yourself, it starts to become unfamiliar and odd. You hear it for just the sound it is without any meaning. Making any sense? Not sure if that's deep philosophical thinking there or just a load of bollocks! ;D |
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Post by pointblank on Sept 14, 2008 9:53:31 GMT
yes james i am on imdb as eggo007(a play on our surname.eggleston)i posted on there today hoping to put an end to the whole thread,thanks mate lets hope this is a line drawn under it
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Post by Davros on Sept 15, 2008 8:26:28 GMT
Finally have seen it. And couldnt disagree more with some of the negative comments that have been written.
Take it for what it is, an hour and a bit of excellent acting. The interactions between Marek/Tomo/Graham and the Dad are brilliant and worthy of a feature length in my opinion. I didnt come away thinking about the Eurostar connection, I just wished the French lady interest hadnt have occured, and we could have seen the friendship develop more between Marek and Tomo. Perry Benson is bloody brilliant.
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Post by Gareth on Oct 8, 2008 21:43:43 GMT
finally saw it today! FINALLY!
I think it makes a huge difference what audience you watch a film with, I didn't know who'd turn up to the 6pm screening at my local cinema in Cumbria turned out to be two lads and two old couples.
The first fantastic surprise was seeing DOG ALTOGETHER on the big screen again!!! which unfortunately was spoiled by the old couples reactions as they first panicked when they thought they were in the wrong screening and then raged all they way through it about how horrific it was, its almost fair enough to be honest, they turned up to a screening rated 12, surely the cinema should have warned them?? I didnt catch what dog was rated or if it was rated at all, but I just wished I could have enjoyed Paddys short on the big screen again without all the uproar
onto Somerstown, it had all the honesty, realism, heart and laughs of a Shane Meadows film but it caught me off guard in that it didn't have the emotional intensity I've come to expect, I somehow knew it wasn't going to go dark all of a sudden but it sort of felt like the beginning of TIE or Romeo Brass and imagine what those films would be like if they didn't go dark...
I got over the fact it wasn't going to be an emotional roller-coaster and just enjoyed the fresh realistic (sometimes to the point of real) performances and the brilliant comedy, I was in stitches at that unkle Ian bit and still cant put my finger on why, knowone else in the cinema was even laughing.
The main thing here though was Tomo, dont get me wrong all the performances were top notch, but to see the potential Tomo has was amazing, in TIE I wasn't sure if Shane didn't just almost trick the performance out of him, but this film proves Tomos amazing talent as a naturalistic actor!!!
I just wish there was another screening!!! This film will defiantly only get better with more viewings!!!
the other thing not to forget was the cinematography, it looked a lot like 24/7 and not because it was black and white, the way the shots didn't ever(?) cut to close up and the fact everything that could play out in master and two shots did, the edit only ever cut when it had to.
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Post by RydCook on Oct 10, 2008 19:19:03 GMT
Dog Altogether is a 15 mate. Cinema really should have let people know... in my cinema they had signs and stuff. People under 15 had to wait outside until it was over. Uncle Ian bit.... definitely one of the funniest bits!
Your right about the editing too, really worked. Felt even more real that way.
Can't wait to see this! According to Play its out on DVD 12/01/09
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Post by domjenkinson on Jan 18, 2009 12:07:54 GMT
Criminal amount of time that it took me to see this. Really enjoyable. Great performances -- so natural, love the fact Shane went for B&W -- just worked so well. The music is brilliant, really helps set the scene.
I think I may have also fallen in love with a French waitress.... where's the eurostar link...
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Post by GR on Dec 26, 2013 23:42:21 GMT
onto Somerstown, it had all the honesty, realism, heart and laughs of a Shane Meadows film but it caught me off guard in that it didn't have the emotional intensity I've come to expect, I somehow knew it wasn't going to go dark all of a sudden but it sort of felt like the beginning of TIE or Romeo Brass and imagine what those films would be like if they didn't go dark... That's pretty much the vibe that I got -- ARFRB without Morell, or TIE before Combo entered the picture. A sort of low-key but warm and friendly feel. |
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