because if he watched porn it would end up on the register of members' interests got big topical lols
no kidding
but Capaldi vs Gandolfini was short, sweet and as awesome as any verbal duel I've seen on screen this decade
yep
not as good as the series but B+ film. silly little thing really but felt important that they all looked sans make-up.
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Monday, 15 June 2009 11:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
fantasied about Tucker appearing in The West Wing afterwards
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Monday, 15 June 2009 11:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
wish lord john marbury had made a cameo
― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Monday, 15 June 2009 12:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
gandolfini kind of phoned it in - i.e. the "bite heads off kittens" line he was kind of laughing apologetically which works if you have already established yourself as an utterly ruthless bastard but he hadn't really
pretty funny stuff but yeah it sure didn't feel like a movie
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 14 July 2009 11:45 (3 years ago) Permalink
bisque
bisque?
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 14 July 2009 11:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah i find myself contrarily glad i never got to see this in theatres
ianucci's grasp of american speech patterns seemed a bit off - not wrong, but like his idea of it was a different level of stylisation away from the way the british ppl speak
this poster upthread otm:
"I like how it was a sort of logical extension of the Thick of It, ie here's what happens when this kind of petty venal politics is applied to something really life or death, and not a government injoke ministry of no obvious purpose"
― EMPIRE STATE HYMEN (MPx4A), Thursday, April 23, 2009 11:13 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark
but i don't think the ending quite nails what they're going for: i guess the general's last argument with the washington woman doesn't quite stand enough as a capstone on the pettiness of the last scenes with the brits. (like haha maybe his reasons for not resigning aren't shitty - the script seems ultimately uncomfortable with the character, with the whole zone of "i've been there" military anti-war rhetoric.)
― thomp, Tuesday, 14 July 2009 22:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
Americans: it will be available to watch on IFC On Demand this month.
― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Tuesday, 14 July 2009 23:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
NYT interviews Iannucci and others.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 21 July 2009 19:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
be nice to our movie, america
― Michael Philip Philip Philip philip a hoy hoy (country matters), Tuesday, 21 July 2009 19:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
Anyone been watching 'Getting On' with Jo Brand etc? Has a similar feel, not as lolsome but pretty well observed and all that. Has a couple of Thick of It people including Capaldi.
PS: Since 'In the Loop' came out I am incapable of referring to 'The Thick of It' by anything other than '*In* the Thick of It'. ?!
― Not the real Village People, Tuesday, 21 July 2009 22:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
Saw Getting On tonight. Capaldi directs them! But it feels like they've gone "right, TTOI had lots of swearing, and was depressing, and everyone loved it. So let's do more sweary depressing stuff". And it ends up just being hard to watch, without being very funny at all.
― JimD, Wednesday, 22 July 2009 01:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
Really loved 'Getting On', can't belive it's only 3 episodes long. Dr Pippa Moore is a genius character. Her polite, middle class niceness barely hiding a venal, careerist snob. The scene with the hamper basket was just jaw dropping in her brass neck. It is depressing but I still lol'd several times through the series.
― DJ Angoreinhardt (Billy Dods), Thursday, 23 July 2009 21:13 (3 years ago) Permalink
None of what's in this will be any news to the UK crew but this Slate piece on Iannucci is actually the best mass-media piece I've seen over here on him and most everything he's done over the years.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 24 July 2009 01:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
Literally downloading it (the show, not the movie) right now. Just joined the box dot bz primarily for this show, pretty much impossible to find otherwise (in the US, at least).
Good articles, Ned. Happy to learn the word paraprosdokian.
― sciolism, Friday, 24 July 2009 07:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
Also: interview with Iannucci on the AV Club.
― sciolism, Friday, 24 July 2009 13:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
finally got around to watching all of these after nrq recommended a while back--fuckin hilarious
― max, Friday, 24 July 2009 14:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
i understand maybe 40% btw capaldis accent and the britishisms but what i do get is rofl
― max, Friday, 24 July 2009 14:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
"i'm going to take your ipod from its tiny nano-sheath and shove it up your cock"
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 24 July 2009 14:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
"Everytime I hear a song I hate, WHICH WILL BE ALL OF THEM, I'll skip ahead BY PUNCHING YOU IN THE BOLLOCK"
― It's Not Fair And I Think You're Robbie Keane (William Bloody Swygart), Friday, 24 July 2009 14:31 (3 years ago) Permalink
it's PUNCHING YOUR BALLS iirc (well I saw it last week, and roffled at great length)
― Code Ten Abbott (country matters), Friday, 24 July 2009 14:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
there's a line about the kind of strong cheese malcolm wants, from one of the specials, i wish i could remember what it was
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 24 July 2009 14:39 (3 years ago) Permalink
multixpost
Great interview with Capaldi on AV Club too
― DJ Angoreinhardt (Billy Dods), Friday, 24 July 2009 15:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
The only film so far this year I've been compelled to see twice.
― Simon H., Sunday, 26 July 2009 07:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
I'm not a very good client for comedies in general, but this one made me laugh out very loudly and very frequently. I'm going to start the 'Thick of it' tonight.
― J4mi3 H4rl3y (Snowballing), Sunday, 26 July 2009 07:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
Thick of It is a rip-off on iTunes -- it's down as two separate series, with three episodes each
― stet, Sunday, 26 July 2009 16:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
"you ever take the piss outta Jolson again and I will remove your Ipod from its tiny nano-sheath and push it straight up your cock. And then I'll put onto shuffle with my fucking fist. A-and then, whenever something comes on that I don't like - which will be every time something comes on - I'll skip to the next track by crushing YOUR BALLS" fwiw
― Susan Tully Blanchard (MPx4A), Sunday, 26 July 2009 16:39 (3 years ago) Permalink
the explanation that the taskforce story being leaked by a disgruntled civil servant was itself a story that was leaked by a disgruntled civil servant is the most Armando Iannucci thing imaginable, you can hear him saying it in your head
― Susan Tully Blanchard (MPx4A), Sunday, 26 July 2009 16:42 (3 years ago) Permalink
i almost cheered when jamie came on while watching in the cinema. i still think RISE OF THE NUTTERS made for a better one-off special. perhaps because there was a sympathetic central charcter in it. a tory too oddly.
― piscesx, Monday, 27 July 2009 00:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
Do you mean Rise of the Nutters would've been better as a theatrical release, rather than this? I could see that.
― Jouster, Monday, 27 July 2009 08:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
it's just a better 'one off long episode' type thing than the actual film.
i think the whole thing with characters that look the same as in the show, act the same as in the show, are going out with each other/ have the same relationships with each other as in the show but are NOT 'the same character' was just pointless. a total head scratch.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 28 July 2009 03:09 (3 years ago) Permalink
No American selling point, so no go there. "Rise of the Nutters" was much better, of course.
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan noo an' aw (Tom D.), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 09:07 (3 years ago) Permalink
"in the loop" really does reward another watch - which makes me think they didn't quite slow down enough in order for people to actually get the jokes the first time around
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 28 July 2009 11:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
But it's a totally different department, so if they wanted to use the same ensemble it just wouldn't have made sense to move them all en-masse. This didn't really bother me tbh.
― Desmond Decca Aitkenhead (Matt DC), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 11:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah, they're types more than fully realized characters in the classic sense - i don't particularly care about malcolm's backstory for instance
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 28 July 2009 11:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
although a montage of simon foster campaign clips as a dvd extra would be pretty irresistible - i'd love to see some of the idealism, pre- grim reality
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 28 July 2009 11:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
That Capaldi interview is great. Looking forward to another series but still not seen the film.
― ogmor, Tuesday, 28 July 2009 11:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
Rebecca Front as an MP is a really good idea.
― Susan Tully Blanchard (MPx4A), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 12:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
They should just call her Rebecca Front.
The Popular Front
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan noo an' aw (Tom D.), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 12:42 (3 years ago) Permalink
I *really* liked the 2-part special but no lying, the film made me laugh even more and was the crowning achievement imo
― One idiot even called me "redcoat" because I'm (country matters), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 13:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
Watched episode 3 of Getting On last night - it's really quite good, isn't it? Possibly better than early Thick Of It, actually, though that's partly because the dynamic is fairly massively different, by which I think I mean it's a lot easier to keep up with. Slower pace, smaller cast and such. Performances are all really pretty excellent too, especially Brand and Scanlan - I don't think I've ever seen Jo Brand better than in the conflict resolution meeting. Glad to see it's getting more episodes next year.
― William Bloody Swygart, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 08:42 (3 years ago) Permalink
this was v. funny - look forward to watching to catch what i missed. pleased to learn there's a series behind it!
― W i l l, Thursday, 30 July 2009 03:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
DVD of this is good, loads of deleted scenes with psycho Jamie and Chad vs Liza stuff.
"I mean I don't smoke weed, but I'm not in fight club. I'm in like neutral club. The first rule of neutral club is...let's find out what all the other rules are"
Gina McKee is like wo
apparently she's 45
― Susan Tully Blanchard (MPx4A), Tuesday, 25 August 2009 22:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
don't remember seeing this
― Indiana Morbs and the Curse of the Ivy League Chorister (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 30 August 2009 02:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://twitter.com/AIannucci
end of oct.
i know right? seriously.
― history mayne, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 11:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
Wicked.
― chap, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 12:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
A to-do list that's longer than a fucking Leonard Cohen song.
― James Mitchell, Saturday, 24 October 2009 21:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
israel
― peter falk's panther burns (schlump), Saturday, 24 October 2009 21:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
This is still the funniest thing on TV.
"Knife addled rape sheds" = lololol
― Matt DC, Sunday, 25 October 2009 20:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
I find this so unfunny. I think I must be old or something.
― Ned Trifle II, Sunday, 25 October 2009 20:40 (3 years ago) Permalink