My wife and I went to the cinema to see this,
which was the sequel to this,
which we had seen previously; but which rather fortuitously was also aired in March on TV, so we got to enjoy it again, prior to enjoying the second one. Sad to say, our cinema experience was somewhat marred by a couple of.....how to say it without offending.....individuals with difficulties (and their carers) who frequently sang and shouted during the film, disrupting everyone's enjoyment.
What's the solution? Isolate them totally from the rest of society - obviously not; but when their behaviour impacts upon other people you have to draw a line somewhere, not that I know where the line is. Could their carers have relocated their party to an emptier part of the arena so that their outbursts would have been less of a distraction to everyone else.....probably. Would it have helped.......definitely. Would the rest of the viewers have appreciated the gesture......undoubtedly.
Back to the films - enjoyed them both. Favourite character...Bill Nighy - the man's an absolute saint for tolerating his wife as long as he did. Judi Dench and Maggie Smith - both marvellous - national treasures the pair of them!
Probably our zillionth viewing, but when it reappears on the small screen as a family we invariably re-watch it. Jamie Lee Curtis is funny, Lindsay Lohan is great and on the whole its an enjoyable hour and a half's viewing. Mark Harmon (Gibbs - NCIS) also features.
Stupid and infantile - which in the context of a Saturday afternoon's viewing is a compliment. Right film, right time - a few laughs with the family on the sofa. Channing Tatum and some other dude. Not sure I would have laughed so loudly if I had paid to see it on the big screen, but it entertained.
My kids do this to me at least once a month - let's choose a horror film that will scare the whatsit out of dad - this month was Mama.....I watched maybe half an hour before retreating to another room. Did I know what was going on - no. Did I want to know - no. Did I care - no. Will I catch up on what I missed - no. Do I love my kids for torturing me - err, ..... yes, just about
Amusing take on family and growing older..... plenty of laughs and some food for thought. Like 21 Jump Street - I enjoyed it, but was glad I hadn't paid out for it.
I'm a late-comer to this and having only seen snippets of the previous 3 seasons (because my family watched it without me when I was working and they weren't, but I'm not bitter and I have totally gotten over it and I'm not a sulker) I am struggling to know who is who and what they are up to.
It is pretty amazing insofar as they are all extremely manipulative, power hungry, sex-mad, scheming psychos......what's not to like?
A Channel 4 programme where you watch a cross-section of the British public reacting to TV shows they are watching in their homes. It's probably a lot more entertaining watching the watchers, than watching the actual TV shows themselves.
Col, I liked THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL because of the setting and the starcast though I haven't seen the sequel. I have also seen FREAKY FRIDAY but I thought it was a bit over the top. Curtis is a fine actress and she deserves better roles with better scripts, not this or the TRUE LIES kind.
ReplyDeleteI think it was a good fun teen-movie, so on that basis we enjoy it every time. I'm sure she has acted in better.
DeleteCol - I'm glad you enjoyed the Marigold movies. I think they were very well done. I remember my daughter absolutely loved Freaky Friday when she was in those pre/early teen years. And I'm with you about certain horror films...
ReplyDeleteMargot, I don't think we will see a third one as there seemed a closure of sorts with a lot of the characters. I will enjoy re-watching the first two in the future though. Glad to find a Freaky Friday fan (by proxy)....
DeleteWe recently purchased the 2nd Marigold Hotel movie, but haven't seen the first. So someday we will watch them both. Otherwise, no movies or TV in common here. We have been watching a lots of science fiction type series ... streaming or on DVD.
ReplyDeleteI would recommend watching both in order if possible. I did wonder if you might have been a Game of Thrones fan, but that's a no then.
Deletethe only one of those I have seen is Freaky Friday, which the kids and I loved back in the day. The others are all off my screen! We had a family watching of the film Paddington yesterday, and it was truly excellent, even though I'm sure theoretically we are all way too old for it...
ReplyDeleteSame re Freaky Friday - still resonates as a good old family film for us. A friend had Paddington on the side when we popped over Saturday. I wasn't tempted to pick it up TBH.
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