tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post3873501315509440618..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRĂNMARK BLOG: My son has just introduced me to Mark Kermode's Radio 5 film reviews with Simon Mayo... they're great!Scott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-1971300174425140042018-08-16T23:11:09.239+01:002018-08-16T23:11:09.239+01:00I see that Film4 has captured the spirit of the ag...I see that Film4 has captured the spirit of the age by sticking Dirty Grandpa on at prime time.Ex-KCSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-39498479096487659642018-08-15T13:22:10.287+01:002018-08-15T13:22:10.287+01:00Thanks for the spelling lesson SDG.
You're ri...Thanks for the spelling lesson SDG. <br />You're right of course it is de Niro.<br />Apparently he's worth a staggering $200 <br />million!southern mamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12809684682512439395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-84330347790153567722018-08-01T09:33:26.364+01:002018-08-01T09:33:26.364+01:00Completely agree with your opinion. I have no idea...Completely agree with your opinion. I have no idea why de Niro has chosen to end his career on so many bum notes. He obviously needs the pay cheques. Sad..<br /><br />Our own lamentable contribution to modern film comedy is Sacha Baron Cohen who I basically cannot bear to watch. There is a strain of English humour which thrives on spiteful mockery and embarrassment of innocent people [Joe Public or Slebs] which Cohen has tapped into with monotonous regularity. It basically started with the Deniss Peniss character [played by Paul Kaye] back in the 90s and is currently being copied in a milder form by Philomena Clunk [I don't know the name of the "comedienne" and it is not worth looking up. Diana Morgan?] <br /><br />As a form of humour it is hugely derivative - think of the TV series"Candid Camera" with extreme malice and liberal use of expletives. Also, sad...<br /><br />I note Cohen [I always want to call him Bendit Cohen] was an alumnus of Christ's College, Cambridge. Perhaps they practised jolly japes of this sort and he never grew out of it.SDGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-64090092832917482822018-08-01T01:46:03.893+01:002018-08-01T01:46:03.893+01:00The gross Media Elite stuffing their propaganda do...The gross Media Elite stuffing their propaganda down the throats of us little people yet again. <br />I'm surprised the director didn't shoot a scene with De Nero taking time off from his mastabatory fantasies to scream at Trump. Maybe he did. Art mimicking life wouldn't that be wonderful and so, you know, relevant. southern mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-78147900053376185492018-07-30T10:42:48.168+01:002018-07-30T10:42:48.168+01:00I wonder whether the popularity of Talking Picture...I wonder whether the popularity of Talking Pictures, to which you have referred in various posts, is part of a reaction to Hollywood contemporary product. Sky movie channel seems to consist of nothing but this sort of banal dross. If film is a reflection of the society which produces it, it's no wonder that those of us of err...a pensionable disposition prefer to seek out movies which reflect a set of values with which we are both familiar and comfortable. Nor is it much of a surprise that contemporary US film makers pitch their product according to the tastes of their paying customers. Dirty Grandpa earned loads of money despite its overwhelmingly bad reviews.<br /><br />Good to have you back. I hope the energy levels are quickly restored.Ex-KCSnoreply@blogger.com