Comments on: I’d Like To Thank The Academy http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/farrago/id-like-to-thank-the-academy/ I'm a dad, designer, China expat and blogger Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:41:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ryan http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/farrago/id-like-to-thank-the-academy/#comment-3569 Ryan Mon, 20 Nov 2006 13:18:21 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2006/11/20/id-like-to-thank-the-academy/#comment-3569 Just finished watching Infiltrados, or The Departed as it's called in English... Scorsese and Monahan did a good job with it. Typically Scorsese - long and with lots of shots to the head - and all the more fantastic for it. Ah, hell... I'm going to do a quick post on this. Just finished watching Infiltrados, or The Departed as it’s called in English… Scorsese and Monahan did a good job with it. Typically Scorsese – long and with lots of shots to the head – and all the more fantastic for it. Ah, hell… I’m going to do a quick post on this.

]]> By: Tom http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/farrago/id-like-to-thank-the-academy/#comment-3567 Tom Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:00:06 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2006/11/20/id-like-to-thank-the-academy/#comment-3567 Britain? Drab? Well, Mr Wondrously-Colourful-Canadian.... Actually, you´re pretty much right, inner cities in England (Manchester as my primary example) wrote the book on being drab. There´s adverts for this film everywhere in Barca, think I´ll give it a whirl. Been the cinema loads recently, seen some crackers and seen some absolute toss too... Crackers - Little Miss Sunshine, Infiltrados (can´t remember the English title to save my life but it´s got DiCaprio, Matt Damon who I normally can´t stand, Mark Wahlberg, Jack Nicholson... the list goes on) and Borat (great British humour) Toss - The Black Dahlia (I went on the basis that it would be an intriguing view into the history of Elizabeth Short´s murder... instead what I got was overly (and somewhat vomit-inducingly) melodramatic BOLLOCKS with a host of bad accents and terrible acting. I realise it was probably meant to be melodramatic in a 1940/50s style film... but it was CRRRRRRAP), The fucking Devil wears fucking Prada (three concise words - WORST FILM EVER. I´m not gonna waste my time typing about it, I´ve tried to repress the memory that I went to see it), and Russell Crowe´s A Good Year. Vomit. Big pile of. Absolutely sickeningly cheesy. Urrrrgggghhhhhh. Britain? Drab? Well, Mr Wondrously-Colourful-Canadian…. Actually, you´re pretty much right, inner cities in England (Manchester as my primary example) wrote the book on being drab. There´s adverts for this film everywhere in Barca, think I´ll give it a whirl.

Been the cinema loads recently, seen some crackers and seen some absolute toss too…

Crackers – Little Miss Sunshine, Infiltrados (can´t remember the English title to save my life but it´s got DiCaprio, Matt Damon who I normally can´t stand, Mark Wahlberg, Jack Nicholson… the list goes on) and Borat (great British humour)

Toss – The Black Dahlia (I went on the basis that it would be an intriguing view into the history of Elizabeth Short´s murder… instead what I got was overly (and somewhat vomit-inducingly) melodramatic BOLLOCKS with a host of bad accents and terrible acting. I realise it was probably meant to be melodramatic in a 1940/50s style film… but it was CRRRRRRAP), The fucking Devil wears fucking Prada (three concise words – WORST FILM EVER. I´m not gonna waste my time typing about it, I´ve tried to repress the memory that I went to see it), and Russell Crowe´s A Good Year. Vomit. Big pile of. Absolutely sickeningly cheesy. Urrrrgggghhhhhh.

]]> By: Jason S http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/farrago/id-like-to-thank-the-academy/#comment-3563 Jason S Mon, 20 Nov 2006 08:54:22 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2006/11/20/id-like-to-thank-the-academy/#comment-3563 Hmm, couldn't you just order it online? If even that is impossible in China I've got way too much to look forward to. Hmm, couldn’t you just order it online? If even that is impossible in China I’ve got way too much to look forward to.

]]> By: Steven http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/farrago/id-like-to-thank-the-academy/#comment-3561 Steven Mon, 20 Nov 2006 06:43:57 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2006/11/20/id-like-to-thank-the-academy/#comment-3561 thanks for the heads up in that movie. this is the first i'd heard of it, even though i read the guardian everyday, which is usually great for media and culture news. u forgot to mention Shaun of the Dead in that list of top brit apocalyptic movies - ok, it's a comedy, but it's still awesomely good. steven http://peoplesrepublicof.blog.com/ thanks for the heads up in that movie. this is the first i’d heard of it, even though i read the guardian everyday, which is usually great for media and culture news.

u forgot to mention Shaun of the Dead in that list of top brit apocalyptic movies – ok, it’s a comedy, but it’s still awesomely good.

steven
http://peoplesrepublicof.blog.com/

]]> By: Gabrielle http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/farrago/id-like-to-thank-the-academy/#comment-3559 Gabrielle Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:27:55 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2006/11/20/id-like-to-thank-the-academy/#comment-3559 Thanks for reminding me that this movie existed. I saw the preview of it before leaving the States and really wanted to see it. Lucky for me, I do live in China, and will be soon adding this to my movie collection. Thanks again. Thanks for reminding me that this movie existed. I saw the preview of it before leaving the States and really wanted to see it. Lucky for me, I do live in China, and will be soon adding this to my movie collection. Thanks again.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/farrago/id-like-to-thank-the-academy/#comment-3558 Ryan Mon, 20 Nov 2006 03:22:54 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2006/11/20/id-like-to-thank-the-academy/#comment-3558 I've heard about this comic, likely during rumours of it being made into a movie or in relation to some other post-apoc movies. You show me a way to read it in China and I'll show you an interested reader ;-) I’ve heard about this comic, likely during rumours of it being made into a movie or in relation to some other post-apoc movies. You show me a way to read it in China and I’ll show you an interested reader ;-)

]]> By: Jason S http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/farrago/id-like-to-thank-the-academy/#comment-3552 Jason S Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:19:55 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2006/11/20/id-like-to-thank-the-academy/#comment-3552 You should check out the comic book "Y: the Last Man". It's done by Brian K. Vaughn and it' phenomenal. It's another post-apocalyptic world in which reproduction is no more, not because of the inability to procreate, but because a crazy disease has killed every male on the planet. Except for one guy of course, the protagonist. (I actually heard they were making a movie, but now after Children of Men?.....who knows) You should check out the comic book “Y: the Last Man”. It’s done by Brian K. Vaughn and it’ phenomenal. It’s another post-apocalyptic world in which reproduction is no more, not because of the inability to procreate, but because a crazy disease has killed every male on the planet. Except for one guy of course, the protagonist.
(I actually heard they were making a movie, but now after Children of Men?…..who knows)

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