new film - cannot wait...

[Ken Gargett]

might be the best film ever!!! 

 

 

[El Presidente]

The reviews say it has the same feel as Flashdance. 

Pass. 

[Ken Gargett]

42 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

The reviews say it has the same feel as Flashdance. 

Pass. 

so now cigar spice is a film reviewer. 

i have never seen flashdance so unable to comment (isn't that the one with the woman doing the gymnastics? i have seen that scene. there are worse films).

any film with nearly two dozen bruce songs has the oscars wrapped up! 

after the sad attempt at demeaning anything bruce, i thought i should check out what the reviews did say. while that might not have the insight of cigar spice, they seemed to like it -

"a delirious and romantic rock ‘n’ roll parable. I dare say it’s a more incandescent ode to the life force of pop music than any film ever adapted".

that will do me. 

can't wait!! 

[El Presidente]

..........I predict it will go straight to cable.  

" a self indulgent romantic romp aimed at aging white men clinging to 1980"

 

[Ken Gargett]

8 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

..........I predict it will go straight to cable.  

" a self indulgent romantic romp aimed at aging white men clinging to 1980"

 

based on your prediction of monte Cs being decent smokes, looks like this film should soon knock Citizen Kane from its perch. 

[Webbo]

Absolute worse case its 2 hours listening to Bruce (which is always one of the best ways to spend 2 hours). Any interesting story-line, dialogue or cinematography is simply an added bonus. It's a no lose

[Ken Gargett]

16 minutes ago, Webbo said:

Absolute worse case its 2 hours listening to Bruce (which is always one of the best ways to spend 2 hours). Any interesting story-line, dialogue or cinematography is simply an added bonus. It's a no lose

now that's how you review a film!! 

[Chef]

I wonder if there will be a pre-sale. 

[Auspaul]

Looks B grade and 80s think I will like it 

[Philski]

5 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

so now cigar spice is a film reviewer. 

So says grumpy spice?? ?

[BarryVT]

Think I would rather spend two hours mowing my yard!

[IanMcLean68]

To be honest Ken, until the first mention of Bruce at 37 seconds into the trailer, I thought you might have lost your mind! 

[NSXCIGAR]

Says inspired by a true story...we know it's you Ken.

[gweilgi]

18 hours ago, El Presidente said:

..........I predict it will go straight to cable.  

" a self indulgent romantic romp aimed at aging white men clinging to 1980"

 

Hey, I resemble that remark!

What's wrong with being an ageing white man clinging to 1980???  I am oppressed (and depressed) enough, I deserve some self-indulgence!

 

[Ken Gargett]

8 hours ago, BoliDan said:

Oz movie about the Boss!!!

Nevermind, not once have I understood the infatuation. Now if it was guns n rose's with thier deep philosophical and cerebral music, different story.

english, not Oz. 

[SirVantes]

Smart move to set the film in 1987. Any later and the poor kid would have had to suffer the fallow period of Lucky Town/Human Touch and the baffling Ghost of Tom Joad. 

[SenorPerfecto]

I'll pass on The Boss.

 

BUT if you want to see a great new coming of age film, it's hard to beat BOOKSMART. Tremendous soundtrack as well.

[Ken Gargett]

8 hours ago, SenorPerfecto said:

I'll pass on The Boss.

 

BUT if you want to see a great new coming of age film, it's hard to beat BOOKSMART. Tremendous soundtrack as well.

had never heard of it but just saw a review which raved. sounds like two films are must-sees. 

[Webbo]

2 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

had never heard of it but just saw a review which raved. sounds like two films are must-sees. 

Nice Bruce (very quick) cameo in High Fidelity too Ken. Film not as good as the book but worth a watch.

[PigFish]

... sounds like little completion for "The Dirt..."

-Piggy

[clutch5150]

Love the music of the Boss, probably the hardest workers on stage and plays the longest...Just wish he'd stop the political speeches at a "concert". I pay hard earned money to see him perform his music, not the political dance. ?   "Shoot pool Fast Eddie".

[La_Tigre]

" a self indulgent romantic romp aimed at aging white women clinging to 1980"

Fixed. 

[Webbo]

1 hour ago, La_Tigre said:

 aimed at aging white women clinging to 1980"

 

That's on my dating profile under preferred type...

[Ken Gargett]

18 minutes ago, BoliDan said:

Tomato toematoe. Sorry Ken, Of us colonial savages you guys are the most British-like. 

 Drive on the the right/correct side of the road, take the union Jack off your flag and stop speaking the queens English, then well complain about it. ?

well, we didn't need a war to escape, although technically, given old mate is still our head of state i guess we have not escaped. the best move that the monarchists here ever made was somehow getting that blowhard all-about-me fitzsimons as head of the repulican movement. it has no chance until someone competent and respected. 

as for driving, we are on the correct side. hey, you guys wanted to align yourselves with such traditional allies as china, russia and france. we held firm. and as is so often proven, merely because a slight majority (slight being a euphemism for a reasonable number) drive RHS, does not make it right. so unless we do a burma and swap because the king's astrologer had a dream, LHD it is. 

but the bad news i have for you is that like it or not, you guys also speak the queen's english. just a really bad version of it. 

 

[Ken Gargett]

2 minutes ago, BoliDan said:

Sure, a bit. The Daniel Webster dictionary  was introduced as an intentional separation of  the language to establish national identity.  The differences from cambridge dictionary are mostly syllable placement but also some pronunciation. We clearly did not go the extent of not being able to understand each other. 

We also removed the frenchness in our spelling and spell things (mostly) phonetically rather than using a "re" for an "er" sound (ex. centre: wrong if read vs center: correct and someone learning the language would pronounce it properly). We removed the "ou" from words like colour, since "ou" is a hard "oo" sound as in "zoo" or "you", it is no longer used but also never adjusted for phonetically correctness. 

This is all ridiculous, of course, but I consider us to have Savage separatist English versus Queens, and much more proper as well as logical way of speaking/spelling for such an odd language that has seen more changes than possibly any other language in recordable history. 

So this all comes back to my point that you are basically just Eastern Brits. ? unconvincing, sure... This is why shouldn't argue while drinking. 

never heard it called the daniel webster dictionary. interesting. we have the macquarie dictionary for much the same reason. although you might have deeply offended oxford, calling it the cambridge dictionary. 

ask the poms if we are eastern brits. not sure they'd be happy with that. we just took the very best things britain offered - cricket, rugby etc - and then improved everything. in a place where you don't need webbed feet.

but churchill or shaw, depending on who you prefer, or i suspect even oscar W, had it spot on for you and the poms - two nations divided by a common language. when i lived in the states, i was regularly complimented on how well i'd learnt to speak english. usually just said nothing but finally one pompous was one too many. 'yes, and now i speak it far better than you'. but most were well meaning and in those days, 99% had never heard an aussie other than paul hogan and 95% had no idea where we were or anything about us.