Alan Partridge Film

paddylonglegs

Beefy78 wrote: »

I had Kenco coming out of my nostrils.

Mine were relatively clear

fryup

hollywood loves him...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdATmTu_lmI

PauloConn

Goin to see it this evening and can't wait. Even Bill Odie is excited to see it, what with him and Alan being great mates

http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1758

Roar

It's an absolute triumph. I laughed heartily throughout. So many terrific lines. Cannot wait to see it again.

ricero

Liquid cinema !

Ipso

With the good reviews I may have a lady boy tonight to celebrate.

Mickeroo

Thought it was hilarious.

I loved the little "what they did next" bit in the credits where it said Lynn admitted she was having ideas above her station and agreed to wind her kneck in

telekon

I too was apprehensive about a film version but ruddy hell, was I not let down. Laughed the whole way through, the funniest film I've seen in a long long time.

Only problem is I have to watch it again as I missed a lot of the gags due to laughing at the previous gags.

Beefy78

One of the things I loved about it is that it will be a film that will merit multiple repeat viewings.

adamski8

Wow, pretty damn poor! Cant believe the feedback here. Slight chuckle maybe 3 or 4 times. Rest of the crowd seemed to laugh slighlty more but not much!

Not classic alan at all. looked and acted very different. So many flat jokes. Michael and lynn had very poor involvement and stupid side characters like alans new love interest and simon delaney. I didnt get it.

e_e

"Achtung."
"Guten tag."
"SILENCE!!!" *slap*

One of many moments that had me laughing for a good 30 seconds.

my my my

i'm alan partridge

Duckworth_Luas

my my my wrote: »

i'm alan partridge

No way you big spastic, you're a mentalist!

GTR63

Ipso wrote: »

With the good reviews I may have a lady boy tonight to celebrate.

Swig...Uuuurrhhhhhh Ladyboys

Roar

adamski8 wrote: »

Wow, pretty damn poor! Cant believe the feedback here. Slight chuckle maybe 3 or 4 times. Rest of the crowd seemed to laugh slighlty more but not much!

Not classic alan at all. looked and acted very different. So many flat jokes. Michael and lynn had very poor involvement and stupid side characters like alans new love interest and simon delaney. I didnt get it.

STOP GETTING BOND WRONG!!

80s Child

Aside: I met steve coogan yesterday at Berthra (beach just outside Westport) driving a beautiful old skool aston v8! Talked to him for a minute, I didn't really want to bother him too much. Nice guy

paddylonglegs

80s Child wrote: »

Aside: I met steve coogan yesterday at Berthra (beach just outside Westport) driving a beautiful old skool aston v8! Talked to him for a minute, I didn't really want to bother him too much. Nice guy

He has the largest collection of eh, hatchbacks, in the world

johnny_ultimate

Thought it was alright, but I'm only vaguely familiar with the character through clips, quotes and The Day Today so disregard my opinion accordingly. A handful of well earned belly laughs - the glove, most heartily, and the whole window episode - but I dunno, just felt lightly amusing rather than full on hilarious overall. A lot of potentially comic setups just seemed to peeter out before reaching their potential. Pacing and story were all over the place, but even as I type that I recognise what a ridiculous complaint that is for this sort of thing. Oh well,

the seaside finale was a lot of fun.

And, hey, kudos for not just sending him on a summer holiday.

Birneybau

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Thought it was alright, but I'm only vaguely familiar with the character through clips, quotes and The Day Today so disregard my opinion accordingly. A handful of well earned belly laughs - the glove, most heartily, and the whole window episode - but I dunno, just felt lightly amusing rather than full on hilarious overall. A lot of potentially comic setups just seemed to peeter out before reaching their potential. Pacing and story were all over the place, but even as I type that I recognise what a ridiculous complaint that is for this sort of thing. Oh well,

the seaside finale was a lot of fun.

And, hey, kudos for not just sending him on a summer holiday.

Opinion disregarded accordingly : )

Back of the net!

Nervous Wreck

I thought Colm Meaney was the weak link in the film. Fantastic movie though; I was really apprehensive that it wouldn't meet the Partridge standard but it really did.

johnny_ultimate

Birneybau wrote: »

Opinion disregarded accordingly : )

Back of the net!

Such a typical Sunday comment. Sunday, Bloody Sunday!

(yeah, that's me out of quotes)

Forgot to say, the bizarre opening Koyaanisqatsi reference was sort of amazing.

PauloConn

I thought it was a great film. Forgot about the glove scene, the one for me was the dream sequence in the middle. Was brilliant....

ricero

i brought my 2 mates with me to see it and the loved it even though they have never watched partridge before. laugh out loud funny throughout the entire film.

the part at the pier with Michael

at the end of the film had us in stitches laughing and was one of my favorite parts.

ancapailldorcha

Saw it last night. I've only seen a few episodes of Knowing Me, Knowing You. Easily the funniest film of the year for me. I'm so glad they didn't go with the tired concept of a trip abroad, instead keeping Alan in familiar territory. I was consistently laughing throughout.

Duckworth_Luas

Lovely stuff! Not my words, the words of Shakin' Stevens!

JoeA3

Saw this lastnight. Disappointed. I just saw an old episode on "Gold" where he's living in the caravan with the Russian and I laughed more in that 20 mins than I did in the entire film!

Michael8000

Pure class!

Great quote.

Lynn: Pat’s Irish, isn’t he? Why don’t you donate fifty pounds to Sinn Fein?

Hippo

I was very apprehensive about this but was delighted, really funny and lost none of the original magic.

Mocha Joe

JoeA3 wrote: »

Saw this lastnight. Disappointed. I just saw an old episode on "Gold" where he's living in the caravan with the Russian and I laughed more in that 20 mins than I did in the entire film!

I think nostalgia has a lot to do with that. A lot of those quotes have become iconic which helps. I've watched a few I'm Alan Partridge episodes lately and they're not flawless. Some jokes fall flat just like the film.

The film is brilliant. It has made me an even bigger FOP(Fan of Partridge). I don't belong to AIDs though.(Alan's Internet Disciples)

Warper

Mocha Joe wrote: »

I think nostalgia has a lot to do with that. A lot of those quotes have become iconic which helps. I've watched a few I'm Alan Partridge episodes lately and they're not flawless. Some jokes fall flat just like the film.

The film is brilliant. It has made me an even bigger FOP(Fan of Partridge). I don't belong to AIDs though.(Alan's Internet Disciples)

Alan Partridge the series is brilliant. It is constantly on Gold these days and it is still as funny as ever. Michael the geordie is pure class. Tbh i have seen a trailer for the film and it doesnt look anywhere near as funny as the classic series. I will go and see it though and hope im proven wrong.

Maybe that awful new series of Alan Partridge that was on Sky Atlantic has put me off.

ricero

Warper wrote: »

Alan Partridge the series is brilliant. It is constantly on Gold these days and it is still as funny as ever. Michael the geordie is pure class. Tbh i have seen a trailer for the film and it doesnt look anywhere near as funny as the classic series. I will go and see it though and hope im proven wrong.

Maybe that awful new series of Alan Partridge that was on Sky Atlantic has put me off.

I thought the same when I saw the trailer but dont let that put you off its a hilarious film

Mocha Joe

Warper wrote: »

Alan Partridge the series is brilliant. It is constantly on Gold these days and it is still as funny as ever. Michael the geordie is pure class. Tbh i have seen a trailer for the film and it doesnt look anywhere near as funny as the classic series. I will go and see it though and hope im proven wrong.

Maybe that awful new series of Alan Partridge that was on Sky Atlantic has put me off.

Mid Morning Matters? That's pure genius and on par with anything he's ever done.

We Need To Talk About Alan is probably my favourite thing he's done. I was really not expecting much from that but it was an insanely funny book.

Beefy78

Mid Morning Matters is insanely good.

Ianucci did an interview recently in which he said that he rewatched 'I'm Alan Partridge' season two recently and couldn't believe how bad it is. I wouldn't say that and overall the two series are my favourite sit-com ever however there are definitely weak scenes and weak episodes, especially when compared with something like Fawlty Towers which is 12 perfectly crafted episodes each as strong as eachother.

Wattle

That season two was a big dissapointment. I thought they should call it a day after that.

Beefy78

There's some classic stuff in Series Two, to be fair (Dan and the Sex Festival, Stop Getting Bond Wrong, etc) . But it wasn't a comedic masterclass like the first one.

unkymo

Big fan of everything Partridge and I loved the film as well.

There were tears rolling down my face, thats how good it was!

acquiescefc

has no one mentioned the

nasal whistle?

funny as fúck

my my my

aha

Mike Litoris

Beefy78 wrote: »

There's some classic stuff in Series Two, to be fair (Dan and the Sex Festival, Stop Getting Bond Wrong, etc) . But it wasn't a comedic masterclass like the first one.

Hehe, the Manc builder on his favourite bond film - "the one where the lazer beam goes up his jaffers":P

e_e

I'll agree series 2 is less consistent but its best moments are even funnier than the first imo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5APPgmwoIQ

Warper

Mocha Joe wrote: »

Mid Morning Matters? That's pure genius and on par with anything he's ever done.

We Need To Talk About Alan is probably my favourite thing he's done. I was really not expecting much from that but it was an insanely funny book.

I couldn't stand Mid Morning Matters, i just didnt find it at all funny. Not a fan of the TV chatshow series either but adored the I'm Alan Partridge series. Gonna go and see the film with an open mind and hope i like it. I think the humour is you get it or you don't get it, not much in between.

jpm4

Have to say I've never gotten why people seem so indifferent/hostile to series 2. It doesn't seem any different to me - replace a travel lodge with a static home and that's about it. There are some pants wettingly funny moments in that series - when the South African guy is brought into Alan's "office", when we see Alan on "Crash! Bang! Wallop! What a Video!" Loads of others too.

As for the film hmmmmm.....some very funny dialogue but it just didn't seem like Partridge to me. Funny but definitely inferior to the biography, Mid Morning Matters or These are the Places of My Life.

Beefy78

See, other than the shouting of "can't" by the South African guy, that scene in Alan's office is the weakest in the 12 episodes, for me. With the door doubling as a chair and the car headlamps lighting the room.... it was really un-Partridge, IMO.

All about opinions I suppose.

green_bow

jpm4 wrote: »

Have to say I've never gotten why people seem so indifferent/hostile to series 2. It doesn't seem any different to me - replace a travel lodge with a static home and that's about it. There are some pants wettingly funny moments in that series - when the South African guy is brought into Alan's "office", when we see Alan on "Crash! Bang! Wallop! What a Video!" Loads of others too.

As for the film hmmmmm.....some very funny dialogue but it just didn't seem like Partridge to me. Funny but definitely inferior to the biography, Mid Morning Matters or These are the Places of My Life.

the 2002 series is awful compared to the original 1994 and follow up 1997 series , awful

Beefy78

It's not awful.

Grayditch

I loved it.

Mike Litoris

green_bow wrote: »

the 2002 series is awful compared to the original 1994 and follow up 1997 series , awful

In what way?

Grayditch

KMKY was the weakest of the lot, if you ask me.

Beefy78

I'm listening to the KMKY radio series again at the moment. It is very OTT and Partridge is nothing like the rounded character he became but it's still very funny.

mrsdewinter

I *loved* the movie. I loved the fact that the writers had allowed Alan to move on from where he was at the end of Series 2 of I'm Alan Partridge - so he's replaced the blazer of the chat show with a Chris de Bergh-style leather jacket. He's stopped moaning about Carol leaving him for a fitness instructor. And he's discovered online porn. But for all his hip, smartphone-loving new self, he's still clueless about how to interact with people.
I'm sickened to read that Steve Coogan was in Westport. He's on my long list of guilty crushes. *red face*