General Chat

Hi NIcky and Pam,

Yes Liverpool are alwalooking good at the moment - probably the best English contenders for the Champions League at the moment.

Managed to get "Flesh and Blood" on DVD on Friday - the one I mentioned a while back about the Germanic mercenaries in the 16th Century that stars Rutger Hauer and Jennifer Jason Leigh. I will probably put it on in a mo, as there's not much on I really fancy watching.

I didn't see much of Comic Relief last night - worn out after a week's work and studying in the evening, I went to bed at 9!! In work doing more upgrades tomorrow, so I should really go to bed reasonably early - but it's Saturday night so I won't!

Ed

EDIT: Alwalooking? WTF is alwalooking? Jeez my speling iz geting werse!

Yes Ed 4 English teams in the last 8......., after Liverpools performance this week {and earlier today} I think my money would be on them if I was a betting woman, but think Man United will get the Premiership title , good result for your boys today as well!!

Yes Pam am sure Kevin Spacey is co-owner or something to do with the Old Vic, not one of my favourite actors..... Did anyone watch Comic Releif last night? James Corden "coaching" the England Squad was very funny, and the Royle Family raised a couple of laughs, but all in all, not a side splitting evening........ and had to wait up till gone 11.30 to see Robbie.... and then he was wearing a dress, and pretending to be 10!! ........not Robbie at his best!!

I see The Departed is on tommorow night Channel 4 9pm....highly recommended to those who hav`nt seen it before.


Nicky

Hi folks, glad you enjoyed the film Nicky...just can't take to Kate Winslett though or Di Caprio.

Yes have seen American Beauty, really enjoyed it and as usual kevin Spacey was veryu good as was Anette Benning too. Think he bats for the pink team doesn't he? He loves London and living over here I believe and isn't he something to do with The Old Vic?

An Arsenal fan eh Ed? I'm not a Norwich city fan...the only club I have a passing interest in is Crystal Palace, it's the only team i've been to watch...many years ago now though.

Hi Nicky,

Yes the exams are real eye-burners! Halfway through my fist pass at the first book; hoping to sit exam 1 at the end of March. Hope you're right about there always being plenty of work for IT staff - I will have to test the market soon thanks to a restructure! I was really brassed off about it a couple of weeks ago when I first found out, but I'm feeling quite upbeat now - I know what direction I want to go in and and will not miss being the poor sod who is called up every hour of the day/night/weekend because I'm the poor sap who lives nearest to work (I wouldn't mind but I don't get on-call).

OMG - got to face the Gooners doing a penalty shoot-out - think I need some nicotine!!

Ed

EDIT: Oh yes - the Gooners do it and are into the last eight! English clubs do it again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi All....... Went to see Revolutionary Road today, definetly not a mans film, I went on my own as OH wasn`t intrested in it......... Kate Winslet is very good in it, and thoroughly deserves all her oscars/awards Leonardo is also excellent {both greatly improved since Titanic} though the film itself is a bit of a slow burner. and a bit dark in places.... was speaking to someone this afternoon who was talking about American Beauty with Annette Bening and Kevin Spacey, as they described it, I said it sound pretty similar to Revolutionary Road....... turns out Sam Mendes {Kates husband} directed both.....!!! have any of you seen American Beauty??


Your Microsoft exams sound exhausting Ed!! IT man........., at least you`ll always have plenty of work.


Nicky

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Alfred Hitchcock used psychology in drama to good effect. Norman Bates for example

Hi Nicky,

No I've not seen Revolutionary Road; I'm not a great fan of Leonardo Di Caprio or Kate Winslett (I think Titanic put me off the pair of 'em).

Blood Brothers sounds very good (makes a mental note to see it).

I've not seen much in the way of films on either TV or at the cinema lately - I've been studying to get my Microsoft qualifications up to date, which takes a lot of time - seven exams in all to take, and each subject has something like an 800 page study guide. Boring but essential for the IT man about town!!

Ed

Hi Pam and Ed...... nothing wrong with bald men..... see Bruce Willis for details......

Yes as you say Ed...... a huge fundametal flaw in Lord of the Flies...........never read Wuthering Heights either ....{ makes mental note never to do so......}

Blood Brothers is written by Willy Russell of Educating Rita fame, I think most if not all of his work is centred around Liverpool...... the play starts with a funeral and then takes you back 20 odd years...... to a very working class Catholic family living in a very poor part of Liverpool in the 70s, the father leaves his wife pregnant with twins and another 6 children to feed and clothe....knowing she can`t bring them all up, when she gives birth she gives one of the twins to the childless couple in the "posh" house that she does cleaning for, neither child knows of the others existance, and then years later they meet and become friends, discover they share the same birthday so decide they must be "Blood Brothers" not knowing that they really are, their very different upbringings have a large bearing on the people they become, and the end is very sad....... if you get a chance to go and see it then do...its been running in the West End for over 20 years now, and has won every award going.

Going to see Revolutionary Road on wednesday , have any of you seen it.?

Nicky

Hi Pam,

I was always told that if a man goes bald at the front then he's a great thinker.

If he goes bald at the back then he's a great lover.


If he goes bald at both the front and the back then he thinks he's a great lover!

PS: My baldness pattern is a "fore and aft" - so I'm having fun at myself too!

Evening Ed, nothing wrong with bald men...it's a sign of virility so my hubby tells me!

Helloooooooo everyone!

Wish I had some hair left to go flippin' grey!!

No I've not seen Blood Brothers either - although the name rings a bell.

Nicky, you should have tried Wuthering Heights as an English study book; it bored me so much I was tempted to chew my elbows off to relieve the tedium (conjures up a picture, doesn't it?). Although we did also do Lord of the Flies - a great book, but there is one fundamental flaw in the story that totally destroys the whole thing ...

... it is impossible to start a fire by using the lens of a pair of spectacles to magnify the sun's rays. (Think about it - if you wore glasses and walked towards the sun your eyeballs would fry)

David, I have to agree about Cape Fear - a great story - but I much prefer Robert Mitchum as the psychotic Max Cady.

Evening folks,

Nicky i couldn't tell you what Blood Brothers is about as I've never seen the stage play or read the book...and being a typical Gemini, I got bored with Mr Gere the other night so changed channels!

Can't believe you keep missing Milla Ed, she's on the telly ads quite a lot.

Very scarey film Cape Fear, David!

Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck were excellent in Cape Fear


There was a remake of the film starring Robert De Niro and Peck and Mitchum had roles

Sorry guys and gals....have to disagree with you, I LOVE Richard Geres swagger in any film that he feels hed like to swagger in........ Brilliant in internal Affairs, havn`t seen that one for years... and love him in Officer and a Gentleman and Yanks, now hes older { and greyer} {arn`t we all} I think hes very unattractive, unlike sean connery who just gets better with age, and dosn`t Tom Jones look so much better now hes ditched the hairdye!!

Never seen Blood Brothers in a film... whos in it Pam? saw it in the west End a couple of years ago, and just loved it...... the youngsters of today often do it for their English GCSE, that and Lord of the Flies, why didn`t we get such good books in our day? I had Under Milk wood, God it was boring!! nearly fell asleep each English lesson.

Nicky

Hi all,

I'm not a great Richard Gere fan; he's OK as an actor but there's something about him that I don't like. (Probably because he's better looking than me!) Thought he was great in Internal Affairs as the really nasty bent cop, but not much else. Not noticed his walk, but there again nobody criticised John Wayne for his!

Yes nepotism often rules in the film industry - I think Nicholas Cage is where he is because of his uncle. He does seem a bit strange; think when he first met Patricia Arquette she set him some list of tasks to prove himself to her, which he promptly set about completing to win her over.

PS - I still haven't seen Milla! ~sobs~

Been watching Blood Brothers on TCM, it was made in 1978 apparantly. Has anyone noticed how Richard Gere walks and also talks pretty much the same in all his films. The only couple of films I like with him in them are, Yanks and An Officer and a Gentleman. Also The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone, the later one as it has olivier Martinez in it!

EDIT: No not a fan of Nicholas Cage...talk about it's not what you know but who you know with him! He was married for a brief time to Lisa Marie Presley wasn't he, think he's a bit obsessed with Elvis so I've read somewhere.

Evening folks, hope you're all ok. Really windy here in north Norfolk!

Hi Nicky,

Yes I quite liked Con Air - but like you and Pam I'm not a big fan of Nicholas Cage in general. I think he gets a lot of exposure because he is Francis Ford Coppola's nephew (about time I put in a bit of trivia!) He was also married to Patricia Arquette for a while.