So, The Pianist. It's quite a long film.
What I learned watching this film: Even spineless, useless, tin can grasping saps can survive the holocaust by hiding behind bins and generally being shit.

What film have you watched, and what did you learn from it?
( Druid, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 18:59, archived)

Do you mean The Pianist?
The Piano had Harvey Keitel in the nip, and no holocaust.

Couldn't tell you what else it was about though; last time I tried to watch it, I sort of glazed over and the next thing I knew the credits were rolling.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:01, archived)

Yes I did, and I've changed it now.
Either the servers are being slow, or my connection is. It's like the olden days of 33kbps here.
( Druid, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:04, archived)

I saw Young Victoria
I learned that sleeping in a cinema is surprisingly easy
(bogus official shove it up your cunt, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:02, archived)

It is.
They're nice and warm and dark and with big, soft seats.

I slept through nearly all of Ghost Rider. Still saw enough to know it was shit, though.
(MooCow_Byter, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:04, archived)

There was a point where I thought 'Ghost Rider might be quite good'.
It only lasted a few seconds, then I came to my senses. The only good thing about Ghost Rider is the Zombina & The Skeletones song.
( Druid, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:06, archived)

my dad goes straight to sleep as soon as the lights go down.
and snores.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:08, archived)

I fell asleep during Snakes On A Plane

(bogus official shove it up your cunt, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:12, archived)

Matrix II for me
and I snored. In Henley.
( Three Dog Man, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:43, archived)

I'm glad I only saw that on the telly.
Or was it on DVD? It was at my parents' house, in either case. My mum thought it was rubbish, too.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:46, archived)

I have also fallen asleep in a cinema
However my excuse is that I was quite drunk at the time.
( Pickle Fairy is clumsily dancing away this fear, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:09, archived)

The Piano was about the holocaust?
wow, they hid that well.
( scott,, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:03, archived)

I'VE CHANGED IT NOW YOU SPACK.
How are you?
( Druid, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:04, archived)

yeah i saw that
i'm pretty good thanks
( scott,, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:06, archived)

I watched Dune
and discovered that unlike the book, you also needed supersonic teapot-shaped blasters to overthrow the Imperial overlords. Pah to the spice and worms and crysknives and family atomics. Teapots FTW.
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:04, archived)

utah teapot
u u u utah teapot
( spacefish bong!, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:06, archived)

I'll just nod knowingly
and secretly fail to get it. Sorry. me being rubbish.
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:07, archived)

post is unconnected
it just appeared in my mind when you mentioned teapots. possibly due to hypnotic suggestion for all i know
( spacefish bong!, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:11, archived)

What have teapots got to do with saints?
Unless there's a patron saint of tea.
( Druid, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:15, archived)

the utah teapot is a computer drawing of a teapot
it is famous because teapots are quite hard to draw if you are a computer
( spacefish bong!, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:17, archived)

Oh yes. I do remember hearing this.

( Druid, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:42, archived)

Haha I don't even remember it had that
Do I have to rewatch it now?

Read all the books at least three times
( mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:22, archived)

I believe they remade it again into a more faithful TV series
but I didn't have the stomach for 6 hours of story I already know pretty well.
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:32, archived)

Yeah, got that on DVD too
it's actually pretty watchable
( mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 20:35, archived)

The last film I saw was Star Trek
I didn't really learn much apart from the fact that I never knew Winnona Ryder was Spocks mum
( Boris Johnson's Press Secretary, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:04, archived)

She'll be anyone's mum for money. That is if she's not too busy picking
your pockets.
( Druid, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:06, archived)

It's a bit insulting
considering she's only about six years older than the actor playing Spock.
( in vino veritas, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:11, archived)

Winona Ryder,
goin' inside her.

/not big or clever.
( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:13, archived)

eek! a spider

( spacefish bong!, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:30, archived)

I watched 24/7 last night
and I learned that Les Battersby was in it. And he was a cunt.
( Blue Star was working part time at the 5 and Dime, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:05, archived)

lol typecast

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:08, archived)

I learned that Bruge is in Belgium.
My dad has just told me off for swearing on facebook again.

I AM THIRTY-ONE YEARS OLD.
( Wicca'd Witch needs ideas for a new sig on..., Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:07, archived)

Thats why I wont add mummy
She would be terribly sad.
( Cleisthenes morning sickness is a bitch, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:09, archived)

I don't care, it makes you look unintelligent,
and Billy Connolly was funnier when he didn't swear.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:10, archived)

It was my honest reaction to the news that Nick Griffin is the MEP for the North West.
Sheer rage and frustration.

Also, Billy Connolly has always been sweary, and anyone who says that swearing isn't funny has never listened to Derek & Clive.
( Wicca'd Witch needs ideas for a new sig on..., Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:37, archived)

just quoting my parents here,
have you seen In The Loop? That's pisscunts fuck funny.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:38, archived)

I love you.

( Wicca'd Witch needs ideas for a new sig on..., Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:41, archived)

I learnt that being in Bruges is like dreaming, but your actually awake.

( Druid, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:11, archived)

everywhere is like that for me

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:15, archived)

Not too old to go over my knee, young lady!

( in vino veritas, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:14, archived)

The last film I saw was Night at the Museum 2
and it taught me that pi has only five or six digits (I forget which) after the decimal point.

I'm so glad children's films are accurate. Like Barnyard with the "boy cows" which have udders.
( in vino veritas, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:10, archived)

how do pet
kicking back and relaxing after the work?

EDIT maybe they're transvestite cows with prosthetics? And it saves them having knackers in a disney/pixar/whoever family film
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:11, archived)

I'm feeling rather disconnected and worried after all the pressure has been released
I don't know what to do with myself. Other than that am fine. You?
( in vino veritas, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:13, archived)

My boss told me to book a holiday
doesn't want me to burn out, methinks :-)
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:18, archived)

Either that or you've been annoying him recently
:)
( in vino veritas, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:21, archived)

Today I broke a toughened glass panel
and didn't break a normal one with the same test. I'm contrary like that...
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:27, archived)

CHICKENS WITH TEETH

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:14, archived)

Yeah that too
Although I don't find that quite so sinister.

Apparently the animator thought that udders looked funny. I have issues with female secondary sexual characteristics being thought inherently amusing, but leaving that aside - why not make the lead character a female if you want them to have amusing udders?
( in vino veritas, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:19, archived)

A female lead character?
Conservative Americans would go crazy! What sort of message would that send to the children?
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:21, archived)

EXACTLY
and then you couldn't have sinister girl-cows with udders, chest swellings roughly where human breasts would be, earrings and a sidekick role.
( in vino veritas, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:24, archived)

udders and boobs, eh?
reminds me of pottery classes in school when we were making birds, and were explicitly told not to do a mouth underneath the beak, because that's just stupid. But apparently that's quite a common mistake otherwise.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:25, archived)

I watched The Grudge and I learned FUCK ALL because the subtitles don't work on this fucking DVD

( Gilgamesh gazed in wonder as Frampton came alive, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:16, archived)

You learnt that the subtitles don't work on your DVD.
Not much consolation, really.
( Druid, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:18, archived)

Do you really need subtitles
to understand that rubbish?

(I didn't like it)
( Frisbee OG wanker, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:19, archived)

You haven't missed much.
It's gash.
( Blue Star was working part time at the 5 and Dime, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:32, archived)

I saw Bolt and learnt that dogs that think they are superheroes but are actually actors are not very entertaining.
Oh, and we watched Never Been Kissed the other night and I managed to convert a self-declared chick flit hater to appreciation of such films.
( LimeyTreat Bitch. Lover. Child. Mother. Sinner. Saint., Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:20, archived)

Haha, I missed Wormulus' flounce.
Boo hoo.
( Esme Weatherwax I swear on my tash it's daycent hash, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:29, archived)

I missed that too.
Has it been deleted I wonder?
( Druid, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:40, archived)

no it's still on the popular page

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:41, archived)

popular page

( Gilgamesh gazed in wonder as Frampton came alive, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:43, archived)

he remembered you in his parting comments

( Gilgamesh gazed in wonder as Frampton came alive, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:41, archived)

I know, I cried:(

( Esme Weatherwax I swear on my tash it's daycent hash, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:53, archived)

His tirade about me is like a boat built by someone who's never seen the sea.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:58, archived)

Terminator: Salvation
I learned that McG should be shot in the fucking face.
( FoldsFive, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:45, archived)

Star Trek
I learned that I still hate Star Trek with a passion.
( Templeton Blah, blah, blah..., Mon 8 Jun 2009, 19:48, archived)