sonic_bouma Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Just seen Alpha Papa. One of the funniest films I've ever seen. Brilliant. I appreciate people see films differently but I'm genuinely interested to hear why you though this film was one of the funniest you have ever seen. I'm a massive fan of Steve Coogan and can quote Alan Partridge episodes all day long I've watched them so much but this film was an abomination in my eyes. I actually did not laugh once and I can't believe I would ever say that about Partridge. The dialogue was incredibly rushed and Coogan looked extremely uncomfortable playing Partridge. Its like he knew the script was shit and felt he had to rush through out in the hope the audience dont realise.Whereas before the character is done so well it's like an extension of himself, in this film he seemed to be trying too hard, exaggerating every facial expression and line of dialogue. It reminded me of when he does live chat shows as Partridge, he just doesn't look as at ease. I can safely say I will never ever watch it again and I feel I need to watch all the TV series again tomorrow to restore my faith in the character! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooligan Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Just watched Eden Lake,great british film ,certainly worth watching . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Re: Eden lake - yeah great original film and of course a great acting performance from fassbender. Re: alpha papa, I've never seen anything relating to Alan partridge in my life but I was compelled to download the film for some reason, I thought it was brilliant and laughed out loud many times, seemed like they actually had a good story line to me and a reason for the film to exist. The gun handle and the live roadshow were just a couple of the highlights for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 I just picked up this bad boy: I've just started building my Blu-ray collection and was about to buy the Copolla Restoration on its own, but saw this for £28! I nearly got it a few months back but held out because it was about £70, cheapest I can see it for now is about £50 on Play.com so yeah, if anybody wants a bargain: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Godfather-Anniversary-Collection-Blu-ray-Region/dp/B00979K9Z6 It comes with both Blu-ray and DVD versions of the Copolla boxset, a family tree 'map', a copy of the original script including hand-written notes and such as well as a selection of photo cards taken on set. The main thing of course is the fact that it all comes in a very snazzy box. Canny wait for delivery 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Re: alpha papa, I've never seen anything relating to Alan partridge in my life but I was compelled to download the film for some reason, I thought it was brilliant and laughed out loud many times, seemed like they actually had a good story line to me and a reason for the film to exist. The gun handle and the live roadshow were just a couple of the highlights for me. Interesting really, I'm a big Coogan and Partridge fan, I loved it. sonic_bouma is a big Partridge fan and didn't like it, you've never seen Partridge before and liked it. I think this shows that prior appreciation has no bearing on the enjoyment of the film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Just seen Alpha Papa. One of the funniest films I've ever seen. Brilliant. I appreciate people see films differently but I'm genuinely interested to hear why you though this film was one of the funniest you have ever seen. I'm a massive fan of Steve Coogan and can quote Alan Partridge episodes all day long I've watched them so much but this film was an abomination in my eyes. I actually did not laugh once and I can't believe I would ever say that about Partridge. The dialogue was incredibly rushed and Coogan looked extremely uncomfortable playing Partridge. Its like he knew the script was shit and felt he had to rush through out in the hope the audience dont realise.Whereas before the character is done so well it's like an extension of himself, in this film he seemed to be trying too hard, exaggerating every facial expression and line of dialogue. It reminded me of when he does live chat shows as Partridge, he just doesn't look as at ease. I can safely say I will never ever watch it again and I feel I need to watch all the TV series again tomorrow to restore my faith in the character! I think I can understand how you might not like it as it does have a different feel to the series. But there were a lot of very funny moments. Like Michael jumping off the pier at the end for instance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Watched the harry hill movie last night. Worst film I have ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Watched the harry hill movie last night. Worst film I have ever seen. I probably could have told you that before you went to watch it to be fair, you're own fault! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic_bouma Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Just seen Alpha Papa. One of the funniest films I've ever seen. Brilliant. I appreciate people see films differently but I'm genuinely interested to hear why you though this film was one of the funniest you have ever seen. I'm a massive fan of Steve Coogan and can quote Alan Partridge episodes all day long I've watched them so much but this film was an abomination in my eyes. I actually did not laugh once and I can't believe I would ever say that about Partridge. The dialogue was incredibly rushed and Coogan looked extremely uncomfortable playing Partridge. Its like he knew the script was shit and felt he had to rush through out in the hope the audience dont realise.Whereas before the character is done so well it's like an extension of himself, in this film he seemed to be trying too hard, exaggerating every facial expression and line of dialogue. It reminded me of when he does live chat shows as Partridge, he just doesn't look as at ease. I can safely say I will never ever watch it again and I feel I need to watch all the TV series again tomorrow to restore my faith in the character! I think I can understand how you might not like it as it does have a different feel to the series. But there were a lot of very funny moments. Like Michael jumping off the pier at the end for instance? Michael is such a fantastic character, he deserved more screen time. I just wish they had reduced the amount of characters in it by 50% and the storyline resembled those of the series. But it has got a lot of acclaim and great reviews from Partridge fans, which although absolutely baffles me, means they must have done something right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 I agree with you. Massive Partridge fan - very disappointed by Alpha Papa. Don't get me wrong, I did laugh but there just weren't any 'classic' Partridge moments in it and it's probably the least funny thing he's been in. I think the whole heist storyline was unnecessary. He's at his funniest doing the mundane and being a total prick but he was almost too 'alright' in this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 22, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 22, 2013 Watched this last night. Film 4 must have been having some sort of Will Ferrell night. Beyond Anchorman I find Ferrell pretty hit and miss. Some stuff is funny (Stepbrothers, Old School), some stuff is massive shite (Talladega Nights). I expected the worst from this, and only really watched it because it was the only thing on as I'd never actually heard of it, but it was surprisingly quite good. Was weird to see Ferrell in a more serious role (it's still a comedy of sorts, but massively detached from his silly humour that he's known for. Not really laugh out loud stuff, although I very much did laugh out loud at one point and I was watching on my own). He's really very good in it. Anyway, worth a watch for sure. Nothing spectacular but a very decent film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Yeah is a good film, suggest you watch stranger than fiction if you haven't already, similar sort of role for Ferrell and he's good in that as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted December 22, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 22, 2013 (edited) Yes, I enjoyed Everything Must Go (Rebecca Hall ) and I think Ferrell is decent when playing it straight (see Stranger than Fiction for further evidence). **EDIT** AVFCDAN - Great minds eh? Edited December 22, 2013 by Designer1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 I enjoyed Alpha Papa. Suffered a bit from being movie length as sitcom-to-film's occasionally do, but it had enough in it to make my laugh enough to be happy with it. Sufficiently Partridge for me at least. Just watched Anchorman 2 - fine - plenty of laughs, Brick, is used a lot more in this film, probably predictably, and there are enough funny moments to come away fairly content at the end. Also a few scenes that missed and a bit baggy too but overall, ok. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted December 22, 2013 Moderator Share Posted December 22, 2013 oz the great and powerful 5/10Just can't take to James Franco. Don't know why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 oz the great and powerful 5/10Just can't take to James Franco. Don't know why. Just came here to say I'm watching this now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 James Franco is so pretentious, it's brilliant. I mean, a few weeks ago he instagrammed (yeah, that's a word now) a picture of a Batman mask with jizz on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Finally watched Django Unchained.. to be honest I was a bit disappointed. I think I was expecting it to be a masterpiece. It was good but not brilliant. Maybe my expectations were too high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted December 22, 2013 Moderator Share Posted December 22, 2013 I found it was better second time around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart_75 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Just watched "Prisoners". Very good. Jackman shows he can act when he isnt doing crappy x-men shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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