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I went to watch this today and I can tell you now, I wasn't impressed by the trailer... I was expecting it to be shit.... And it's brilliant. No Partridge fan will be disappointed, its much better than mid morning matters and one or two scenes are absolutely hilarious, its well worth a watch Edited by INSOMANiAC at 19:23:35 07-08-2013 |
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INSOMANiAC 4,732 posts
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uiruki 5,975 posts
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Registered 18 years agoJust came out of a showing. Passed the six laugh test in less than ten minutes and kept going. Appreciated the 90 minute length too, I'm sick of films stretched out to 2 hours. No worries about the trailer spoiling the best jokes either! -
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Registered 14 years agoCannot wait to see this. The missus can't stand him though -
superdelphinus 10,507 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI'm going to try and watch this tomorrow. The other ha,f wants to watch that horror thing but I always have trouble listening and then buying the right tickets -
caligari 17,956 posts
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Registered 20 years agosuperdelphinus wrote:
The Conjuring? It's...okay. I'm not sure if it's paying 'homage' to all of the classic horror films - or just ripping them off.
I'm going to try and watch this tomorrow. The other ha,f wants to watch that horror thing but I always have trouble listening and then buying the right tickets -
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Registered 17 years agoI've got a free evening with the wife and kids away the week after next, and I was thinking of going to the cinema. If this is good I'll consider it for sure, otherwise I'll probably go to see Kick Ass 2. -
MrSensible 26,517 posts
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Registered 16 years agoPosted this in the film ratings thread, but shall do the ol' copypasta:
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Thought this was absolutely perfect and everything I've been waiting for all of these years. The best way to bring Alan to the big screen, that's for sure. The intro sequence of him in his car was gold
Only one or two jokes fell flat, everything else was on the money.
Only niggles were:
(1) Why does Alan look younger than before? (though this is a complaint I've had for a couple of years)
and
(2) Not enough Michael
Other than that it was everything I could have hoped for as the ridiculously huge Partridge fan that I am. Not one for newcomers, but fans of AP will likely love it.
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Registered 14 years agothefilthandthefury wrote:
Not seen the film myself but in his recent Empire interview, Coogan said he has a love/hate relationship with being Partridge and fully intends to retire the character eventually...
Does this spell the end of Alan, though? With the happy ending and all...
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Cant wait to see it, do we got a lot of Lyn, she is so very important.
Watched Watership Alan a couple of nights back...Perfect comedy
'Lynn please have a word with the builder cause the other day his jeans were so far up his backside you could more or less see his anus'.gif)
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MrSensible 26,517 posts
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Registered 16 years agoDUFFMAN5 wrote:
Ah you won't be let down there! Some great Lynn moments. Also, her house looks exactly how I imagined it would...
@thefilthandthefury
Cant wait to see it, do we got a lot of Lyn, she is so very important.
Watched Watership Alan a couple of nights back...Perfect comedy
'Lynn please have a word with the builder cause the other day his jeans were so far up his backside you could more or less see his anus'
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monkman76 18,987 posts
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Registered 13 years ago@DUFFMAN5 There's plenty of Lynn
Singing along to Roachford in his car was one of my highlights
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roz123 7,104 posts
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Registered 13 years agoI saw it last night and laughed my tits off. Its very, very funny.
A couple of my favourite lines/jokes for people who have seen it
*SPOILERS*
you can still get shit on a fist.
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MrSensible 26,517 posts
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Registered 16 years agoroz123 wrote:
Probably my favourite bit of the whole movie
*SPOILERS*
Lynn what are you doing, I'm trying to watch that seagull fly away -
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Registered 11 years agoWatched this in Norwich last night. Consistently funny with some classic Partridge lines. Was great seeing us put back on the cinematic map (it's been a long time since Clockwise). -
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Registered 15 years agoStrikeForce wrote:
Which cinema did you see it in?
Watched this in Norwich last night. Consistently funny with some classic Partridge lines. Was great seeing us put back on the cinematic map (it's been a long time since Clockwise).
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minky-kong 14,787 posts
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Registered 13 years agoTickets booked for Saturday afternoon. All the positive reviews have me even more excited than watching both series of I'm Alan Partridge this week. -
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Registered 16 years agothefilthandthefury wrote:
uh oh, this spoiler troubles me. I saw Alpha Papa back in April or something, part of a focus group/test screening thing. Thought it was fantastic, particularly loved the ending. The focus group afterwards confirmed my prejudices on these things: the public should not be encouraged to contribute to creative enterprises in this way. They didn't get it, mostly because most of them seemed bafflingly stupid rather than just not liking it.
Does this spell the end of Alan, though? With the happy ending and all...
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INSOMANiAC 4,732 posts
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Registered 13 years agoNo no no, the best line in the film was
'Heaven and saints preserve us! Please god let it be solid!!'
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Registered 16 years agoOOps I deleted the last post sorry sorry
my spoiler tags hadn't worked and I'd given away my dim recollection of the last line of the film, which was a bit different to INSOMANiAC's
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fucking hell, not again -
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Registered 19 years agoFilm was outstanding.
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fiery_jackass 1,214 posts
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Registered 16 years agoIt's a *real* shame that they changed the ending. Bloody focus groups, hate them. No way should armando/Coogan etc be taking direction from a group of mouth-breathers and BBC3 watchers.
Still a great movie though. The other cuts (including an entire subplot involving Lynne) probably made for a tighter film although the brutality of the edit was sometimes apparent.
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MrSensible 26,517 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI can make an educated guess, but what was the original ending like? Spoiler tag it and get it up here -
fiery_jackass 1,214 posts
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Registered 16 years agook, although on paper it looks a bit crap, worked mostly because it was beautifully timed.
It all played out much like the final version, same jarring "what they did next" text boxes that still weren't particularly funny. As in the movie, it returned to Alan in the car with his new family, however (in my memory at least) Alan was *not* enjoying the company of the teenagers.
it then cut back abruptly to the vinyl archive at Shape FM, Pat in searching for the record, Alan waking frum a daydream whilst beside the gun, just like the dream sequence with Sean Pertwee earlier. He said something like "fucking hell not again". FIN.
so yes, on paper it all looks a bit Bobby Ewing, but it made me piss myself laughing plus it casts an interesting light back on the rest of the movie, Alan can dream up his own sort-of heroics but even in a dream he can't reward himself without poisoning it a bit.
A series of bewildering and depressing reasons for not getting the ending were given by the focus group: "I like a happy ending"; "I was confused did he win or not?"; "I like closure, I like to come out of a movie feeling good about things" etc etc
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Trowel 24,512 posts
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Registered 18 years agoYou should spoiler that - doesn't give anything away directly, but how it ends for Alan is fairly key.
Was Michael more prominent in the earlier cut? Was a little disappointed he was marginalised to a couple of set pieces - totally worth it for the distraction technique on the pier though -
2 stars in The Sunday Times with them complaining that Alan had become too nice.
I think thats true he does seem a bit more sympathetic than before.
Thought the film was really funny though. The glove slapping comes to mind as well as 'Whats the worst monger?'
Only one or two jokes fell flat, everything else was on the money..gif)
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