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Zee28 wrote:I agree that when grumpy old Rumpole muttered SWMBO it was amusing, in that context. I just thought it was a tiny bit derisory in terms of all our (long suffering) modelling widows! All the time we can make our models we must admit that we could do a lot worse than the good ladies in our lives!

Maybe it's just me, but my girl actively encourages me to do modelling and often joins me at the bench and reads a book or watches a movie or something. Or sometimes she goes on line to search me out images of whatever plane I'm making a mess of at the time! Not so much 'She who must be obeyed', more like 'She who must be adored'.

OK, I'll stop now, before you're all physically sick. After all, this forum is not a Richard Curtis film!

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But frankly, they don't play well online, and so she is at least jealous of the UAMF !!
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Zee28 wrote: OK, I'll stop now, before you're all physically sick. After all, this forum is not a Richard Curtis film!

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That'll be "Four Spitfires and a Lancaster" then.
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Whilst not objecting to my modelling, Mrs W finds it all rather amusing, fretting as we do over our toy aeroplanes and tanks (her words, not mine!) :ha: :ha:
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I get similar comments from Mrs. Ian.....
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AndrewR wrote:That'll be "Four Spitfires and a Lancaster" then.
Well four Spitfires is certainly enough! Oh, hang on, no, I forgot, you can never have too many...... :ha:
We can draw straws on who gets to be Hugh Grant...
Bags not me! I never liked Andie MacDowell much. I would rather have dated the late Charlotte Coleman! ('Scarlett' in the movie).

Although, having said that, Hugh Grant was hilarious as the Prime Minister in 'Love Actually', when Martine McCutcheon (Natalie) is complaining about her useless ex-boyfriend:

Natalie: He says no one's gonna fancy a girl with thighs the size of big tree trunks. Not a nice guy, actually, in the end.

Prime Minister: Ah! You know, um, being Prime Minister, I could just have him murdered.

Natalie: Thank you, sir. I'll think about it.

Prime Minister: Please do. The SAS are absolutely charming. Ruthless trained killers are just a phone call away.



That did make me crack up!

Yeah, I know it's a chick-flick, but there are so many great moments in it, particularly Bill Nighy's part.

Wouldn't you just love to have a job where you could casually utter the phrase "Ruthless trained killers are just a phone call away"

That would end so many of my problems!

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I love Bill Nighy's humour and acting!
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Prisca wrote:I love Bill Nighy's humour and acting!
I agree Prisca. He's really funny in 'Love Actually' as the fading rock star. Also very good in 'Marigold Hotel', although Judi Dench steals the show.

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I've not seen that movie actually, Marigold Hotel put on watch list. :)

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Prisca wrote:I've not seen that movie actually, Marigold Hotel put on watch list. :)
Marigold Hotel is light, amusing, moving and delightful. There's no 'action' or intensity to the plot, it's entirely character driven, but what wonderful characters they are!

The culture clash between elderly Brits a bit set in their ways and the Indian community who run the hotel are handled not in a racist way, but in a sweet amusing way with nobody coming out looking bad.

The elderly old-fashioned Londoner lady (the wonderful Maggie Smith) who's a bit set in her ways and distrusting of anyone or anything 'Foreign' is handled very delicately and plays out beautifully. She's spent her life in 'Service' (like a maid or housekeeper for the aristocracy) and now retired, she slowly warms to the little Indian girl who ends up waiting on her, it's a moving scene as the race, prejudice and language barriers slowly break down. Very nicely done.

Her distrust of Indian food is also gently amusing 'Where's me Branston pickle, I want me Branston pickle' :-D

Watch out for the scene where Tom Wilkinson meets up after many decades with his long lost gay lover from his youth, it is stunningly moving.

If one goes into it looking for a plot then it'll disappoint, it's all about the chracters and it requires attention to be paid to the dialogue, but it's a delightful film.

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I got it on DVD for Katie last Christmas, and we haven't watched it yet!
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AndrewR wrote:I got it on DVD for Katie last Christmas, and we haven't watched it yet!
Then do so, and quickly; its brilliant! My wife and I were watching it on a flight from Erbil to Istanbul, only for it to be cut off for a totally trivial reason (we were about to land) and had to buy a copy at Heathrow when we got there later in our trip so we could see the end :lol:

PS picking up on someone's comment about being an MG fan, does having three MG ZTs qualify? :???:
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iggie wrote:


PS picking up on someone's comment about being an MG fan, does having three MG ZTs qualify? :???:

That was me Iggie and yes, IMHO, three MG ZTs certainly does qualify. I'm also a modern MG owner with a 2001 MGF VVC.
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Zee28 wrote:
Prisca wrote:I love Bill Nighy's humour and acting!
I agree Prisca. He's really funny in 'Love Actually' as the fading rock star. Also very good in 'Marigold Hotel', although Judi Dench steals the show.

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See also Bill Nighy's "fading rock star" in Still Crazy - a cracking little movie from 1997 or so, complete with a small cameo from a then-unknown Mackenzie Crook.

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I've seen Still Crazy several times, it's from 1998, a good movie. Also have the soundtrack which I've listened to quite a lot. :)
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SWMBO & I enjoyed Marigold Hotel, Zee's summary above is right on, IMHO
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