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Time for some christmas roundup type things, I really did have a great time during our extended break, so much so that I didn't post all the tedious minutiae (can you tell from my embiggened vocabulary I've been playing a lot of Scrabble?), so I'll try and revisit some of it, starting with things what I did watch.
Night At The Museum - Ben Stiller, in a museum, at night. Not mentioned in the title (but figure-out-able from the poster) is that everything comes to life. So bits of lots of nice family fantasy films like Jurassic Park and Jumanji and things rolled into one, with plenty of extended cameos from big names like Ricky Gervais and Steve Coogan. Cheesy, and a kids film really, but worth seeing.
Holes - watched the same day, by chance, on TV, absolutely great. Cheesy again, but a great story line linking characters through several generations. A bit of a feel of a film like The Shawshank Redemption. But good.
Hmm, Even though we didn't watch any xmas day TV, and haven't seen much apart from our Amazon DVD rentals for most of the year, and even missed Hogfather and the new Dracula filmed at Eastnor Castle, I'm sure I watched more than that. Perhaps I'll return to this theme.
Not watching: Celebrity Big Brother. Yet. All the papers were full yesterday of rumours of more interesting participants (than Jermaine Jackson, Danielle Lloyd, Ken Russell, Jo O'Meara, Leo Sayer, Shilpa Shetty, Cleo Rocos, Carole Malone, Donny Tourette, Ian 'H' Watkins, and Face out of The A-Team), rumours planted mostly by people working on the show. The final list are far less famous / interesting than anyone had expected, I was hoping to see Justin Hawkins cracking up on screen personally. Without viewing any of it I would say Dirk Benedict is my favourite, I hope he doesn't turn out to be too much of a twat. Seems he is a vegan so I guess it's a safe bet he's ALRIGHT.
2007 :: Comment / reply
Mar22
24 Hour Party People Club Night...
24 Hour Party People "Do" is tonight at ULU...
There is an "official club promo night" for the film at ULU (Malet St, London) tonight (Friday 22nd of March)... there will be a load of giveaways of merchandising and music of the film, and it's only three quid to get in... Disk Jockeying comes from Eko and Jared, from the biggest indie clubs in town, and beer is at student union prices.
Buy the soundtrack album (featuring Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays, 808 State etc) and the book by Tony Wilson...
I've got a t-shirt now with Steve Coogan as Tony Wilson on it, and the word "TWAT"... nice...
pauly :: 2002 :: Comment / reply
Mar15
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I have seen the film a considerable amount of time before you...
"24 Hour Party People" is the story of Factory Records and The Hacienda, as experienced by Tony Wilson (played by Steve Coogan). And it's ace. It's a great story, mostly true, has a natural soundtrack, which is put to good use, it has funny bits, it has nudity, it has the lot.
After a brief "talking to camera" intro from (Coogan as) Tony Wilson, the film proper opens at a Sex Pistols gig, Manchester, and follows the lives of the real characters through the creation and destruction of Factory Records, Joy Division, The Happy Mondays, clubs, rave culture, and everything that was Madchester.
One of the most entertaining things is the sheer quantity of characters you already know, played by recognisable faces... an extra twist is that there are cameos in the film played by the real people who are portrayed by other people in the film... Eh, what? For example Paul Ryder plays a gang member, Mani is a sound engineer, Howard Devoto is cleaning a toilet... there's so much material here you'll have to go back for a second viewing. Was that really Morrissey at Ian Curtis' funeral?
The only complaint you could have with the film is that it doesn't cover everything in more detail, but that would need a film that lasted ten years... A more realistic downer is the lack of sympathy you feel for most of the characters, even at the tragic end of Ian Curtis. These mancunians come across as a pretty harsh lot, particularly Hooky (Ralf Little), the Ryder brothers (Danny Cunningham and Paul Popplewell) and Wilson himself.
It's not perfect, but it's very close. Go see it. Nice one. 11 / 10
pauly :: 2002 :: Comment / reply
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Steve Coogan The Lyceum Theatre 05 Oct 1998 Fairly bland sets of Tony Ferrino and possibly Alan Partridge, but warm up came from Simon Pegg.
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