The Blog of G » movie http://blog.georgepratt.net It's an on again, off again, blog thing Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:05:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 A director, lies and an airline http://blog.georgepratt.net/2010/02/25/a-director-lies-and-an-airline/ http://blog.georgepratt.net/2010/02/25/a-director-lies-and-an-airline/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:38:43 +0000 George http://blog.georgepratt.net/?p=549 So a while back Kevin Smith (one of my favourite directors) was involved in a bit of an Airline drama, I’m not gonna re-hash the story here as he goes into detail to explain it on one of his Podcasts here. What seemed to irk him the most, was the lies that South west airlines told to cover they’re own butts.

He has directed lots of movies over the years and quite a few are all time favourites of mine.

What I love about these films is that while they deal with some serious topics, they do it in a way that is insanely funny and they don’t take themselves to seriously. I always suspected Mr. Smith had that sort of a personality, but was never certain until I saw this…

Oh hai, mean airlines! I no haz cheezburger I swear!

It never hurts to have a giggle at your own expense once in a while.

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The venue was the “The Sugar Club” and the evening began with Darren on-stage introducing the movie and announcing that there would be some spot prizes later. Although, he was ambushed by some of the other Culch.ie crew with a large chocolate cake. It was almost a shame to cut it though as it was the Culch.ie logo, but cut it was and passed to the eagerly waiting audience.

Groundhog Day is a film I have seen before but not this millennium, so it was almost like a whole new film to me. Elly on the other hand had never seen it and (like me and everyone else) laughed through most of it.

What stood out for me, watching this film again was the character of Ned Ryerson. I’d never noticed it before but was this character the inspiration for Ace Ventura‘s irritating “funny” voice and mannerisms?

Once the movie finished some spot prizes were given out (congrats to all the winners) and the lights came up allowing the audience to mingle and chat while enjoying the bar facilities, there didn’t seem to be any rush to clear people out and as a result there was a fantastic friendly, relaxed atmosphere.

An excellent evening was had by all and for the my first Culch.ie ‘event’ I was very impressed. Spot prizes, cake, a great movie, a witty and intelligent MC and a great venue, how could I not be impressed. Oh, did I mention there was cake! :)

I can’t wait for the next one, some come on Darren don’t keep us in suspense…

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The Simpsons Movie

My expectations were high, the movie was good, not great and the fact that all the best jokes are shown in the many trailers, really takes the punch out of the movie. Still it is worth the price of admission.

Last Friday night myself the wife and a few friends and collegues headed out to see The Simpsons movie. The trailers we’ve all seen on television all gave me a laugh so it was only natural to go see the movie.

The film was a laugh from start to finish, there was a little bit of a lag in the middle of the film,which was just as well, we all need time to munch the popcorn and slurp on the ‘Big gulp’. :)

The story, for me wasn’t enough to carry the movie, the jokes were not enough to carry the movie, but somehow, all together, it works.

In my opinion, this movie missed the oppurtunity to do to animated movies what it did for Animated TV Series when it started all those years ago. Lets not forget The Simpsons paved the way for other shows, Futurama, Family Guy & American Dad to name a few. These shows owe a dept to Matt Groening and The Simpsons.

This first movie, in what one can expect to be a string of sequels, has two issues the sequels will have to deal with. The first is the weight of expectations, mine will not be as high for the next movie. The second is completely at the mercy of the marketing department, don’t show all the funniest jokes from the movie in your trailers, it left me feeling cheap and used! :)

This is a good movie, I will be going to see the inevitable sequels but I won’t expect to see anything more than an extended episode of a funny animated TV show.

Rated 3/5 on Jul 29 2007 by George Pratt
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I was a huge fan of the old cartoon series when I were a lad, so I really hope this doesn’t suck. I’m still bitter about the whole Sly Stallone, Judge Dredd Fiasco, That could have and should have been a monster franchise.

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Seriously, I haven’t heard anything about this movie, but on the strength of that trailer I want to see it NOW! :D

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