Camera Obscura Blog: All
6 May 2009
I went to see ‘In the Loop’ yesterday. As always, I went to the first showing of the day but ten minutes into the film I forced my long suffering girlfriend to dump our gear and move right to the back of the cinema because sitting behind us was a big lunkhead eating with his mouth open. I mean chewing, proper slack mouth chewing. Very loud. Maybe he has some sort of medical problem preventing him from breathing through his nose holes, who knows. Because we were at the “art” cinema there was the usual exaggerated laughter, you know, “HAHA, YES! I GET THIS! HAHA, I AM VERY CLEVER! LOOK AT ME…GETTING IT! HAHAHA! UNDERSTANDING THIS VERY CLEVER/FOREIGN/CUTTINGLY SATIRICAL FILM!”
Anyway, moan over. The film is great. Peter Capaldi and Tom Hollander are fantastic, everyone is fantastic. Gandolfini’s looking bigger than he ever did hunched over the Soprano family breakfast bar breathing heavily into a plate full of last night’s leftovers. I was anticipating the ‘square go’ scene with Gandolfini and Capaldi and was not disappointed. Good swearing too, always important to be constructive with your cuss words.
Which reminds me, I’ve recently been learning how to swear Australian style. Harder than you think.
Lee
neill
said:
7 May 09
I do hope the Australian swearing/ cursing/ cussin’ isn’t modelled on the blog headline – “s**t storm”, which is a phrase used recently by our Prime Minister (to show how cool and ‘ordinary man’ he is). No Australian would say s**t storm – they would say “shitfight” certainly, maybe even shit storm very very ooccasionally, but “s**t Storm”? Never!
Willie
said:
18 May 09
My girlfriend and I went to see that very film you mention at the Quay in Glasgow last month. Peter Capaldi certainly knows how to swear. He dealt well with Tony Soprano and the other American guy too.
After the film, we went to the Laurieston Bar along the road from the cinema and you were in it with your girlfriend. I wanted to say to you how much we were looking forward to the Barrowland show, but opted out.
It’s a rare wee boozer anyway and the Barrowland show was great by the way.
Willie
Little Monarch
said:
27 May 09
oh no! whats swearing Australian style??? and swearing New Zealand style is sooooo much better broseph!!!! Anyway I just wanted to comment somewhere that you have all been a huge influence on my jewellery line and I have to share it with you all!
www.littlemonarch.etsy.com
Also, I missed all your London shows…Ive been stuck in my room making things!!! please come back soon <3
Joey
said:
27 May 09
I’m hoping that your learning is motivated by a desire to come and swear Australian with Australians in Australia sometime soon. That would be lovely!
mike
said:
4 June 09
Peter Capaldi, where have you been all these years?
Yes, come and swear in Australia!