thick of it movie - "In the Loop"
- Thread starter Jon-of-arc
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I jus got the fuck back from fucking seeing this, it was fucking excellent
get the fucking fuck to the fucking cinema now and see it
'Ah ambassador, with your big baldy head you are spoiling us'
I cant wait.l thanks.
I've done some research this evening and nowhere near me is showing it. 
I can't find a single cinema in Somerset showing it, with the nearest showing being all the way up in Bristol. What the fuck are they doing? Surely this film, with some of the cream of British comedy and Tony fucking Soprano in, merits a release just about everywhere. Cinemas round here are about as much fucking use as a marzipan dildo. 
I can't find a single cinema in Somerset showing it, with the nearest showing being all the way up in Bristol. What the fuck are they doing? Surely this film, with some of the cream of British comedy and Tony fucking Soprano in, merits a release just about everywhere. Cinemas round here are about as much fucking use as a marzipan dildo. 
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
It's showing about in North London, Camden, Swiss Cottage and Holloway Odeons are showing it...proof, as if need be, that North London is the best part of London.
dynamicbaddog
run for your life
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Saw tonight, great film and surprisingly poignant toward the end...
I was slightly underwhelmed, and I suspect others were. Applause was polite rather than rapturous, even though Armando was there. TBH it was just a long episode of TTOI padded out with some scenes in Washington. It was good, but it wasn't brilliant. I was hoping for revelations that make you think "aha, so THIS is what really goes on." But there was nothing new. Bits of the dialogue were wonderful, but the dodgy dossier plot and the Steve Coogan subplot were just...workmanlike. The Q&A was alright - I asked him about Chris Langham and he seemed very keen to have him back.
Gingerman
Is a great bunch of lads.....
Anyone see Peter Capaldi being interviewed on the Paul O Grady show last week,he had to share the sofa with Dumb and dumber ie Jordan and her other half,poor bloke looked so uncomfortable sitting next to them,I bet he went all
Malcolm Tucker on his agent afterwards
Malcolm Tucker on his agent afterwards
wiskey
Albatross Admirer
I've done some research this evening and nowhere near me is showing it.
they are showing it at my cinebabies group in Brizzle tomorrow morning so me and the Boy will be going to see it.
Divisive Cotton
Now I just have my toy soldiers
everytime I see a film that has had massive rave reviews and been hyped up I'm always disappointed though...
Tucker: And don't you ever fucking call me English again.
General: *brow creases in puzzlement*
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Did anyone else feel it got really weighty at the end suddenly?
Not really. I thought it ended pretty well.
I have to say, I completely missed the TV programme as I was in China, so I watched the film with no preconceptions or anything. Still thought it was great, fantastic dialogue in particular. Got to love the sweary nutter minister.
yep. leaving the way open for a sequel?
Yes. I think it was going for a tragic tone but didn't make the leap from comic and fell a bit flat.
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
Bit meh and a bit of a letdown for both wry and myself. The first 45 minutes or so were vintage Thick of It - quick, vicious and hysterically funny. Once they went to the states however it all became a little flabby - there were still funny bits (Chet or Chad was hyterically funny, and Olly, sorry, Toby's excuse in the pub when he's found out, Jamie's 'It's just fucking vowels' rant...) and there were some genuine moments of deep satire (which unfortunately like all good satire wasn't actually comedically funny, just tragic)...but it still felt like taking a 60 minute idea and dragging it out.
El Sueno
Dabbler
With regard to the The Thick of It specials, I think they lost it a bit when the Tucker character was thrust centre-stage (ok, not the writers' fault what with the Langham situation). For me he worked best on the periphery somewhat, bursting in and out to light up the screen with his sweary vitriol. But stick him in the middle of it all and have everything revolve around him, and all that sweary nastiness becomes a bit repetitive and starts losing its bite.
It's like the 'Captain Jack Sparrow scenario' - first Pirates movie, Depp stole the show as a supporting character. Second and third moveis, he was made into the star and as a consequence of being on the screen twice as much, didn't light it up half as much, iykwim.
Having said all that, the movie still looks fucking hilarious.
It's like the 'Captain Jack Sparrow scenario' - first Pirates movie, Depp stole the show as a supporting character. Second and third moveis, he was made into the star and as a consequence of being on the screen twice as much, didn't light it up half as much, iykwim.
Having said all that, the movie still looks fucking hilarious.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
I like it being centered around Tucker, he's the reason I watch really...other than cringing in pain at how real some of those things are.
El Sueno
Dabbler
Yeah but don't you think his tirades packed more punch when he wasn't the main character and didn't feature on screen quite so much? Well... obviously not going from your post but... well I made my point!!
