Hey, I went to see this today. I enjoyed it. The actors' performances were all excellent, and the direction (by David Schwimmer) was very good too.
Story-wise it was very typical of the British 'cheering for the underdog' cinematic tradition, and it's never difficult to see where things are going, but it can be forgiven that.
Comedy-wise it wasn't rip-roaring and laugh-a-minute; it was a more thoughtful relationship drama sort of affair, with some great laugh-out-loud moments. But I can't say which they were, as it would spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it.
A good level of authenticity was achieved in the crowd scenes, and the props people did a great job of furnishing Simon Pegg's bed sitting room. A right dinge-hole.
The opening scene is way too noisy - it's like a full-on aural assault before you've even got to know any of the characters, and it does get a bit slow in the middle of the film, the night before the race.
More of a bloke's film than a girl's film, but ideal for couples. There's only really one woman in it - Thandie Newton - who's definitely a hottie and there for the men to gawp at. The rest is all blokes, the blokiest of all being Dylan Moran.
If I was a Radio Times reviewer awarding films 1 to 5 stars, I'd give it a respectable 3. I'd say go and see it. It's got to be better than Fantastic Four, Rise of the Silver Surfer! Or Die Hard 4, or Batman Begins, for that matter; but then it's all a question of taste, isn't it?
Starring Hank Azaria and made by David Swhimmer ( Friends).
Thandie Newton. I first saw her on 'The Year my Voice Broke'.
I went to see Crash, Thandie Newton made me cry(that was her wasn't it?). This looks good, apparently Peg g was brought in to re-jig the script as well as take the lead so there's bound to be some witty banter, and Dylan Moran is a great laugh. I also want it to be good after seeing an interview with Schwimmer who came across as a genuinely decent and sound guy, and thought it was a shame that post-friends things never picked up for him. Hopefully he'll make his name as a director(I'm such a softy).
Has Hank Azaria ever done anything wrong? He was even half-decent in the slow motion car crash that was "Along Came Polly".
"Has Hank Azaria ever done anything wrong?"
Godzilla? Friends? Godzilla and Friends?
But no, he's a marvel alright. Thandie Newton on the other hand... she's a talented actress, easy on the eye to boot, but for some reason I just don't like any of her work... there's some sort of "verge of tears" quality that just puts me off.
I'll go to this but I'm not expecting much after the crappy 'Big Nothing' that saw Wales passed off as Oregon - who do they think they are? Dr Who?
I've never watched Friends but Schwimmer was pretty good in the 'Producers' series of Curb your Enthusiasm. He knows stuff about cashews.
"Godzilla? Friends? Godzilla and Friends?"
But he personally was great in both, regardless of their merits.
Went to see this last night, and it was much better than I was expecting. Pegg and Moran make it,really.
Pedictable, cheesy, but quite sweet, a good 'date movie', let down slightly that there is zero chemistry between Pegg and Newton, all their scenes together are just awkward, even when they're not supposed to be.
Quite good, but then it bloody well should be, I suppose, considering the main players have a hand in so many classic comedies.
Friends is/was a great show. I don't know how anyone could genuinely hate it.
I doubt if i will see this film as its not my sort of thing to be honest.But having said that i do have time for David Schwimmer although i couldnt stand friends.
Simon Pegg was interviewed on Jonathon ross which i caught just when i got home last night.They are both comic fans so there was a bit of enjoyable banter about comics and nerds etc.It would be great to have an interview with jonathon Ross as he would be great to bounce off of as he is usually very sharp and witty.Very fast with a one liner.Great fun.Of course the same goes for simon as well i hasten to add.
I'm getting a bit sick of Nick Frost - I've only found him remotely likeable in Spaced - so I'm glad Pegg is doing a film without him.
I'm glad people are sayingthis is worth seeing (and there's bugger all elso out at the moment).
Saw it today - OK, unobjectionable stuff but only two mild titters from me. Thought it was very predicatable and Pegg's having a giraffe if he think women like Thandie Newton go for pasty balding gingers.
However next to 'Rise of the Footsoldier' it was Citizen Caine. Partridge's 'Bad Slags' made real ya caaant!
Floella Benjamin! Floella Benjamin!
It is nothing new this, the whole safe/£ in the bank, movie.
Edgar and Simon can teach these yanks a few things.
A bright and shiny, independent, cult, American film which is totally unique..ie;Clerk's director,(inset name here) being approached by those two fuzz-wits, to make something barmy with the haul of Schwimmer cred.
Not here. Over there.
Meh.
Shaun of the Dead with the zombies removed.
But it was okay, in a Notting-Hill-view-of-the-UK way.
- Trout
Best bits:
Simon Pegg having a scratch at work;
The changing room scene;
The transvestite shoplifter.
Although merely retrieving stolen goods is not the only reason for tackling a shoplifter; a security guard worth his salt wouldn't just let them go; and the manner in which he tackled the shoplifter was highly unorthodox and would likely have landed him in trouble.
I saw 5his at the weekend- I thought it was terrible
If I were a newspaper reviewer I'd have the headline
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