Bob The Badger

11 minutes ago, Stagtime said:

Haha no fan at all, doing it under sufferance for the missus. Supposed to be doing a Mediterranean cruise next year so this was a trial run.

I've done 18 or 19 and I love them tbh! Having said that, not done one since I quit drinking so I'm not sure they quite have the same appeal!

New Year's Day, a potential top-two place on offer; I imagine and hope PP will be rockin'!

On 17/12/2023 at 23:39, Stagtime said:

Cruising the South Pacific into the Coral Sea, somewhere over there is Noumea New Caledonia.

How long have you been a fan of cruising?

Finally gone through the entire 7 (8 really, as the last one was 21 episodes) season of The Sopranos.

Never seen any before, and I have no earthly clue why not.

It may be the best thing I have ever seen on TV, and I can see why it was the most watched non-network drama in US TV history.

Outstanding acting with brilliant, insightful and at times, hilarious, scriptwriting.

Such depth to it and a real commentary not just on the mafia, but life in general, as they all deal with the same crap we all deal with.

I doubt many of you good folk haven't seen it, but if you haven't, you need to.

CahrlieGeorge/10 with some Colin Todd thrown in.

2 hours ago, The Last Post said:

Reptile with Benicio Del Toro of Sicario fame and Justin Timberlake...Netflix.

Female realtor is murdered and then the games begin of who done it

8-10

I watched that a few weeks ago. Pretty good. Not convinced by Timberlakes acting but Del Toro was outstanding. 

10 hours ago, Ramslad1992 said:

Groundhog Day.

Groundhog Day

47 minutes ago, sage said:

The Holdovers

No CGI, sex or crash bang wallop. Just a good story well told,

McGovern/10

 

Is that what Cloughie thought of McGovern or what many of the fans did?

What channel is it on?

4 hours ago, sage said:

Ha Ha because it has had real terms cuts, it's a downward spiral. It's still the best channel along with Ch4 

Yeah, it's not even close.

The standard of drama the BBC turns out compared to ITV is insane.

We can always find something great on iPlayer, but we rarely watch ITVX. It's utter pants.

Having said that, after moving back from the US I looked forward to starting to watch QoS and boy, was I disappointed. Drivel. I watched a couple and don't think I made it through either before giving up.

On the way to Florida I decded to rewatch The Godfather trilogy.

My goodness those first two that I'd not seen in 20 years were sooooo good. Almost flawless acting, direction and script.

I watched the 3rd on the way home, in as mentioned above, a horrible mood and feeling sick because I presumed that I'd overreacted with Part 3. So maybe I'm overreacting.

But, jeez, it was an utter trainwreck of biblical proportions.

Sofia Copella would have been laughed off the set of Crossroads, Eli Walch was almost as bad, and Al Pacino was hamming it up too.

Even the ending was laughingly bad.

It's incomprehensible to me that it was Coppola and Puzo involved and that it scored 7.6 in IMDb.

Inside with Willem Defoe - not sure when it came out.

High end art thief gets trapped inside a penthouse apartment without food, water (kinda) or any communication method. Even the TV is on the fritz.

Weird af and I have no clue what the ending meant.

Then again, I was flying home from Florida feeling sick as a dog with the flu that had kept me in bed all week and wanting to die. The film just made me want to die faster.

BillyCaskey/10

On 08/12/2023 at 11:26, Anag Ram said:

I’ve bought some instant water but I don’t know what to add to it.

That is either Steven Wright  or Mitch Hedberg joke methinks

9 minutes ago, MackworthRamIsGod said:

Some say if Sonny Bradley and Paul Warnes wife made a soufle, Paul would not choose to eat his wife

1 hour ago, Tamworthram said:

Just on episode 5 of “Ferry, the series” on Netflix about drugs manufacturing in the Netherlands. 
 

It hasn’t reached the heights of Subara or Gomorrah yet and the Dutch language is a bit harsher on the ear than Italian but I’m enjoying it.

Isn't that a spin off series? That character was in another Dutch series about two cops going undercover that I think originally was based on true events around e smuggling. 

First season was ok but the second was terrible. 

Oh wow, that is truly awful news.

He was one of the first posters I ever interacted with on this board, and he was always guaranteed to put a smile on my face.

I never met him, but I feel like I did, and his positivity in the face of a lot of life's crap that he faced was always inspiring and remarkable.

He will be sadly missed and my heartfelt condolences to his family and those of you who knew him personally.

20 hours ago, Eddie said:

I've watched it several years ago.

Yep, tagged the wrong person, I meant @Tamworthram

After getting the ok from @Comrade 86 we watched The Covenant with Jake Gyllenhall on Amazon Prime last night.

Way better than I expected and better than a couple of more recent Guy Richie movies, especially that abomination bank heist movie with Jason Statham playing Jason Statham.

This was really well acted, devoid of the usual hoopla and fist-pumping that accompanies anything remotely military from a US director and very enjoyable.

Not surprised it had 7.5 on IMDB, I'd maybe even give it an 8.

Nigel Callaghan before he hit the pies/10 

4 hours ago, Tamworthram said:

Interesting. I really enjoyed Breaking Bad but not so El Camino. Perhaps my expectations were too high having seen the series. 

I thought the movie was dreadful, but it would be interesting to slip into a parallel universe and watch it having not watched BB.

If you enjoyed the movie, you're in for a treat with Breaking Bad @Eddie if you watch it. One of the great TV series of all time.

Thinking of checking out The Covenant with Jake Gyllenhall tonight. Has anybody seen it?

The Burial with Tommy Lee Jones and Jamie Foxx on Amazon Prime.

Gentle courtroom drama/comedy (in that order) about an old funeral home owner resisting a big chain of funeral homes after they tried to stiff him on buying him out.

Based (heavily, it seems if you wait to watch the end credits) on true events and real characters, it was pretty enjoyable and easy to watch with Foxx his usual excellent self and Jones doing exactly what TLJ does.

No real surprises, but worth taking a look.

Craig Forsyth/10

9 hours ago, admira said:

It was just a bonus that it was his sister and he's from Nottingham.

On 05/11/2023 at 12:22, Grumpy Git said:

Braverman is a horrible person 

She's a person?

4 hours ago, Tamworthram said:

One small, but important (IMO) point of order. Shouldn’t you have said Israeli response rather than Jewish response?
 

Apart from that, I agree.

I think that's fair enough.

But sadly, the only Jewish people I know (only 3 tbf) supported at least the initial response.

I  have deliberately not talked about it since because if they still do I'd just get irritated.

I'd be interested in the split between Israeli/Jewish feelings and those of Jewish people elsewhere.