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Post by Tibidabo on Feb 11, 2017 18:01:37 GMT
Sympathies @emicardiff . Reminds me of being on a tube train, hurtling towards Wembley park, full of blokes in stripy coloured nylon, breathing out beery fumes whilst chanting and JUMPING UP AND DOWN, making an imminent derailment likely. (In such instances Mr Tibidabo is forbidden from speaking, lest any of them catch his north-eastern twang and decide to do that thing in his pocket they all (so I'm reliably informed) do up there at football matches  ) ETA:- That's the blokes jumping up and down, not me. I don't do jumping. ETA(2) Please don't ban me for being northernist. I am not. I am footballist. |
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Post by Dawnstar on Feb 11, 2017 18:50:30 GMT
I'm on train 2 of 3 back from Colchester to Cambridge. The vagaries of the East Anglian rail system meaning it takes 3 trains & 2 hours each way to get to a town in the next county. The things I do for theatregoing!
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Post by d'James on Feb 11, 2017 18:55:54 GMT
Sounds like you were on the same train as my Mum, Tibidabo (although, maybe, just maybe it happened on more than one occasion!). Do I dare ask about this pocket tradition? |
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Post by viserys on Feb 11, 2017 19:06:28 GMT
I've spent the best part of the day binge-watching the last episodes of The Night Of. Cracking good stuff.
Presently I'm dealing with an upset Welshman for reasons @emicardiff can probably guess...
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Post by Tibidabo on Feb 11, 2017 19:41:07 GMT
Sounds like you were on the same train as my Mum, Tibidabo (although, maybe, just maybe it happened on more than one occasion!). Do I dare ask about this pocket tradition?Um.....let's just say that they don't need to bother queuing like us girls do at the interval in the theatre..... and leave it there shall we? |
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Post by d'James on Feb 11, 2017 19:47:46 GMT
So glad I don't like football.
Someone should do a sketch about of theatre audiences acting like football crowds.
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Post by Tibidabo on Feb 11, 2017 20:02:56 GMT
Good idea :-
I MELLL DAA-a! I MELLL DAA-a!
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Post by kathryn on Feb 11, 2017 20:58:48 GMT
Braved the snow and the train engineering work for a cinema trip to London, since my local Odeon has been taken over by showing of 50 Shades II.
Saw Moonlight last night - which actually does live up to its hype. Today was Loving and Denial - a historic court-battle themed day. Very different approaches though, with Loving being very much about the human story, the couple who just want to live their life together, whereas Denial is about the court battle. Excellent performances all around.
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Post by showgirl on Feb 11, 2017 22:29:27 GMT
Oh great, if we're going to talk about films here, I can be brief about those I've seen, as with the mini-reviews I'm encouraging others to post on plays.
So, last Saturday I did a triple-bill of films: Toni Erdmann (genuinely not a comedy, excruciating to watch at times and FAR too long but interesting to see what all the fuss was about); Loving (actually quite boring though that seems unfeeling given that it's a true story and well-acted) and Denial.
Strangely enough, I was really keen to see the first two and only tacked on Denial at the last minute as an alternative to theatre, yet the performance I attended was packed out and of all 3 films, this was the one I most "enjoyed" - if you can say that of a film about Holocaust denial. I think part of the attraction was that it was full of really strong personalities, portrayed by such a variety of good actors
Today I saw Fences (too long, full of histrionics and worthy) and Moonlight (probably the most over-rated and baffingly disappointing film I've seen in months) with a matinee in between (thank goodness for something both live and lively!)
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Post by theatre-turtle on Feb 11, 2017 22:39:10 GMT
I think Fences is too theatre-ish. The most successful adaptations make use of the movie format, but here it's just a filmed version of the play with almost no modifications.
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Post by Marwood on Feb 12, 2017 1:36:02 GMT
Why go and so those films when you could have gone and seen The Lego Batman Movie?  I haven't seen The Lego Movie, but honestly, this is/was one of the best films I've seen in recent months. |
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Post by showgirl on Feb 12, 2017 6:32:43 GMT
Well, Marwood, I do always go to films in the hope and expectation of enjoying them; it's just that in some recent cases, I thought both that the films themselves were hugely over-rated and that perhaps they just weren't for me. In the case of Moonlight in particular, I hadn't fancied it at all but changed my mind after reading several articles which made it sound far more compelling than it actually was. However, swings and roundabouts: as above, Denial was lower down my list but proved to be just the engaging experience I hoped - and it's still resonating with me.
As for cartoons, films with CGI, etc, you may be joking, but I am tempted to echo BurlyBear there and say "over my dead body" - not that anyone would, but I literally (correct use of word for once!) wouldn't see those if you paid me. However, as with theatre, each to her/his own, eh?
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Post by viserys on Feb 12, 2017 8:04:22 GMT
So, last Saturday I did a triple-bill of films: Toni Erdmann (genuinely not a comedy, excruciating to watch at times and FAR too long but interesting to see what all the fuss was about) Word to the wise: The words "German" and "Comedy" do not belong in one sentence. Ever. I hope it will shown on my long distance flights soon so I can watch it when I have absolutely nothing better to do as I am a bit curious but generally German films and TV are godawful and nothing I've heard of/seen from Toni Erdmann has so far convinced me that it may be otherwise here. |
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Post by showgirl on Feb 12, 2017 8:10:23 GMT
Viserys, apologies if my original post was unclear: I am absolutely not saying Toni Erdmann was a bad film and I had been looking forward to it for months. However - and some UK critics have noted this - it seems to have been marketed here as a comedy, which despite comic episodes it is not. Indeed, I believe the director herself has said as much. The passages I found painful to watch - and again, some critics have commented on this, too - were so because I could really feel how uncomfortable they were for the characters themselves. So the film certainly succeeds there. But some ruthless editing would have improved the film for me!
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Post by kathryn on Feb 12, 2017 8:39:45 GMT
Why go and so those films when you could have gone and seen The Lego Batman Movie? I haven't seen The Lego Movie, but honestly, this is/was one of the best films I've seen in recent months. Saw that last weekend! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2017 10:55:39 GMT
Sympathies @emicardiff . Reminds me of being on a tube train, hurtling towards Wembley park, full of blokes in stripy coloured nylon, breathing out beery fumes whilst chanting and JUMPING UP AND DOWN, making an imminent derailment likely. (In such instances Mr Tibidabo is forbidden from speaking, lest any of them catch his north-eastern twang and decide to do that thing in his pocket they all (so I'm reliably informed) do up there at football matches ) ETA:- That's the blokes jumping up and down, not me. I don't do jumping. ETA(2) Please don't ban me for being northernist. I am not. I am footballist. haha reminds me of the time my ex, trying to get to my London flat ended up going too far, squashed against the doors by whatever team was doing the kicking about that day. Somehow it was my fault...even though I could read the tube map perfectly well  I stayed in far away from the rugby crowds last night, though obviously the Welsh lot were quietly drowning their sorrows...scratch that they can't do anything quietly! Today I have been 'treated' to a couple starting Valentines early with a full on snog-and-grope session at the gym. Later I'm taking the Mother out for lunch as her Birthday is tomorrow. |
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Post by infofreako on Feb 12, 2017 12:27:15 GMT
Er, not Seaford, by any chance .. Are you with Seaford then? |
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Post by Tibidabo on Feb 12, 2017 12:38:07 GMT
Ok. I'm just going to ask it. Maybe I've led a sheltered existence. What is a bonfire society?  |
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Post by infofreako on Feb 12, 2017 12:53:58 GMT
Ok. I'm just going to ask it. Maybe I've led a sheltered existence. What is a bonfire society? A Sussex and Kentish tradition. Many towns and villages in the area have bonfire societies that hold celebrations between early September and late November. Lewes itself has 7 societies in total 6 of which celebrate on the 5th November when anywhere between 20000 and 70000 spectators fill the narrow streets to watch the numerous torchlight processions and firework displays the night ending with bonfire prayers in each societies area of the town. Its to mark Guy Fawkes attempt to blow up parliament but also to commemorate the 17 protestant martyrs and each society also builds and blows up a topical tableau each year. Last year Trump and a Wall were particularly popular targets |
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Post by showgirl on Feb 12, 2017 12:54:17 GMT
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Post by Tibidabo on Feb 12, 2017 13:15:44 GMT
OMG - it really is about bonfires? Well I wasn't expecting that! This board really is an edercaishon! Thanks for the info showgirl and infofreako . |
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Post by Marwood on Feb 12, 2017 13:24:19 GMT
Well, Marwood, I do always go to films in the hope and expectation of enjoying them; it's just that in some recent cases, I thought both that the films themselves were hugely over-rated and that perhaps they just weren't for me. In the case of Moonlight in particular, I hadn't fancied it at all but changed my mind after reading several articles which made it sound far more compelling than it actually was. However, swings and roundabouts: as above, Denial was lower down my list but proved to be just the engaging experience I hoped - and it's still resonating with me. As for cartoons, films with CGI, etc, you may be joking, but I am tempted to echo BurlyBear there and say "over my dead body" - not that anyone would, but I literally (correct use of word for once!) wouldn't see those if you paid me. However, as with theatre, each to her/his own, eh? Well I wouldn't normally go and see anything CGI/animated at the cinema (never seen a Pixar film on a big screen, have no interest in any of the Ice Age/Madagascar/Shrek films and would cut my fingers off rather than watch something like Sing), but seeing the trailer for Lego Batman before seeing T2 Trainspotting (which I also loved) piqued my interest, and having also seen Silence and Manchester by the Sea this year, wanted to see something that would (hopefully) put me in a good mood when I came out of the cinema. All three of the films you say you went to see, I have no interest in seeing, they just seem too earnest and worthy for me to want to invest a couple of hours of my life into (I met David Irving on a number of occasions at my last job before the case that is the crux of Denial came to court, and thought he was an arsehole then, I don't need to see Timothy Spall play him to underline the fact) |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2017 13:42:50 GMT
I went to see a film in a neighbouring town this morning. Not much traffic on the roads but what there was was moving slowly because of a white rented van that was doing 15mph below the speed limit all the way. Made it to the cinema just in time. Did some shopping afterwards, set off home, traffic moving slowly, white van far ahead at the front of the queue. Logo looks familiar. Nah, couldn't be. Finally get a chance to pass it.
Oh, come on! It's the same bloody van! This route carries an average of 20,000 vehicles a day and I end up behind the same one both ways‽
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Post by showgirl on Feb 12, 2017 17:36:25 GMT
I went to see a film in a neighbouring town this morning. Not much traffic on the roads but what there was was moving slowly because of a white rented van that was doing 15mph below the speed limit all the way. Made it to the cinema just in time. Did some shopping afterwards, set off home, traffic moving slowly, white van far ahead at the front of the queue. Logo looks familiar. Nah, couldn't be. Finally get a chance to pass it. Oh, come on! It's the same bloody van! This route carries an average of 20,000 vehicles a day and I end up behind the same one both ways‽ How frustrating and unfortunate, The Matthew - hope at least the film was good and worth the trip - what did you see? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2017 17:56:10 GMT
My day took an unexpected turn when I got a text message saying 'I've just seen your face on Songs of Praise'...better that than Crimewatch I guess! (choir were, well a choir in a recording a while back and it seems we popped up!)
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