thick of it movie - "In the Loop"

[Kid_Eternity]

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!!

Nah I just love watching him rip the fuck out those gormless cunt Ministers!

 

[killer b]

the specials with more tucker were probably the best imo. the cumulative effect of so much swears is almost trancendent...

not seen this yet, curses.

 

[stavros]

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.

Agreed, Malcolm was more central but they increased Jamie's part and played more with Ollie and his Daily Mail girlfriend.

 

[_pH_]

And in a case of art imitating life (Jamie smashing up the fax):

I've read plenty of stories about Gordon Brown's rage before (normally involving mobile phones or a stapler), but I had never heard any anecdotes about a laser printer getting it in the neck until today.

This comes from Bloomberg, a pretty reliable news source:

The strain shows, say current and former Brown aides: among other things, it has inflamed a temper that has always been the subject of gallows humor among those who work with him.

The prime minister, 58, has hurled pens and even a stapler at aides, according to one; he also says he once saw the leader of Britain's 61 million people shove a laser printer off a desk in a rage.

Another aide was warned to watch out for "flying Nokias" when he joined Brown's team.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2009/apr/24/gordon-brown-angry

 

[stavros]

Thank fuck I actually saw it last night. Apparently there were only a limited number of copies of the film and so the smaller places like Taunton got it in the second week.

Excellent stuff, with Malcolm stealing the show as usual. I particularly liked his repost to the American tourist who complained about his language: "Kiss my seaty bollocks you fat fuck."

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

this was ok and nowt more imo. we both walked out at the end a bit underwhelmed, esp compared to rise of the nutters which is currently airing. it was competent, funny, but it was also a tad complacent and slightly odd from what's gone before. didn't help having previous characters stuck into different roles, felt a bit distracting. good political satire but could do better.

 

[kyser_soze]

There was a little gem from a deleted scene reprinted in last weekends guide, as told by Mr Capaldi:

'If anything was going to fuck something up, and fuck somthing up at the most fucked up time it'd be that cunt who'd fuck it up because that cunt's a cunt'

 

[breasticles]

i read an interview with armoando ianucci which said about how the film seems to refer to current events a few times, even though they can't have known they were going to happen: the reference to watching pornos on your ministers expenses being the first, but there was a joke afterwards that was EVEN MORE COINICIDENTALLY TOPICAL- ie, something that happened, like, this week, and i can't remember what it was! anyway. i liked those bits. i've never seen the thick of it and am childishly impressed by enthusiastic swearing so i thought it was very funny and good and all that.

 

[Cloo]

Well, we laughed - f**cunt!!!

 

[magneze]

Really want to see this. Looks great.

 

[fakeplasticgirl]

saw this the other day (never seen the thick of it) - it was actually fantastic. had me in hysterics.

"you sound like a fucking nazi julie andrews!"

 

[vogonity]

Saw it yesterday, found it wonderfully funny - "Fuck off, Love Actually!"

 

[gsv]

Minus langham, for obvious reasons.

How very meta...
Their original minister became a liability, so they ditched him, distanced themselves from him, and put someone more to their liking in his place.

Guess what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the production team.

GS(v)

 

[Pie 1]

I agree wuh Kyser tbh.
But still. "fuck you, Frodo"

 

[Crispy]

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.

Pretty much what I reckon too, but can't be bothered to type.

Still fucking hilarious when it was funny though. Will DVD or DL it for sure.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

I loved the bit with the UN vote delaying, then bringing forward etc.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I reckon I might have enjoyed it more than some because I'd never seen the TV series (was on when I was in China and I never found a torrent of it) and thus had no expectations.

 

[skyscraper101]

I reckon I might have enjoyed it more than some because I'd never seen the TV series (was on when I was in China and I never found a torrent of it) and thus had no expectations.

I'm the same. I finally saw it last night and can honestly say I haven't laughed as much at a film in ages.

But having not seen the TV series, I wondered if it would have been different if I had. That said, the whole cinema was cracking up with me so, I dunno.

Will definitely buy in DVD when it comes out.

 

[stavros]

I want a giant Malcolm Tucker poster on the outside of my door with him saying "Come the fuck in or fuck the fuck off."

OK, it's not giant, but I did spend some of my weekend doing a charicature of Malcolm saying this, and it's now proudly bluetacked to my bedroom door.

 

[Gingerman]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rf174
Bumpity bump,on BBC2 tonight at 22:00hrs

 

[kyser_soze]

I watched this and had completely forgotten that it's as funny as fuck.

 

[fogbat]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rf174
Bumpity bump,on BBC2 tonight at 22:00hrs

And now available on BBC iPlayer for a week!

 

[Flavour]

just watched this - fantastic. thought the steve coogan thing was actually pretty funny

 

[Reno]

I haven't been able to get the expression "leaking minge box" out of my head since I saw that film.

 

[Ted Striker]

I reckon I might have enjoyed it more than some because I'd never seen the TV series (was on when I was in China and I never found a torrent of it) and thus had no expectations.

Same here. Ace film

 

[porno thieving gypsy]

another vote for it, watched it yesterday

 

[stavros]

I haven't been able to get the expression "leaking minge box" out of my head since I saw that film.

I often, ad hoc, get torrents of Scottish swearing whirring round my head. The other day it was;

"I will personally fucking eviscerate you, right? …And I mean, I don’t have your education, I don’t know what it means, but I will start by ripping your cock off and I’ll busk it from there, ok…?”

 

[stavros]

I watched this again the other night, as it's on the iplayer. Obviously it's very good, but I think only Malcolm and Jamie reprise their roles from TV. Ollie becomes Toby, a new SPAD; Glenn becomes a high ranking diplomat; Terri a constituency staffer for Simon Foster; and Julius a UN ambassador. Was this just to keep the cast consistent whilst introducing variance to the storyline?

 

[Cerv]

pretty much. it doesn't make sense for the characters at DoSaC to be involved in jetting to the US and planning an invasion. so it's new characters in the UK Foreign Office & US State Dept rather than contriving a way to have the old characters transfer jobs.

 

[stavros]

At least they alter Jamie too much.