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Jun 8, 2015 13:13:48 GMT 10
Post by pim on Jun 8, 2015 13:13:48 GMT 10
Anyone seen this movie yet? I recognised one or two of the actors. The woman playing the CIA chief also played CJ in The West Wing and the main character's female colleague and best friend, who has a very plummy English accent, is played by the same woman who played the character "Chummy" in the BBC series Call the Midwife . It's supposed to be hilariously funny in a slapstick kinda way and I guess if I'd been able just to stay with the slapstick I might have managed the odd laugh and been entertained in a low rent kinda way. But what I kept seeing was that it was all at the expense of a middle aged gauche frumpy woman with low self-esteem and a weight problem. Let's call it for what it is: the lady in the movie, the lead actor, is fat. Ok, let's be brutally frank, she's obese. And we're supposed to laugh at her obesity? Sorry! I'm not trying to be precious here! The main character in the TV sitcom Rosanne is fat too, but the message is very different. The main character in Spy is portrayed as a grotesque freak. Ok, I'll admit that I did laugh when she got scrubbed up to rub shoulders among gangsters and tycoons in a gambling casino, but that was because she suddenly looked like Gina Rinehart's twin sister. I couldn't help myself, the Devil made me do it. I wouldn't recommend this movie. I think it was nasty
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Spy
Jun 8, 2015 16:05:32 GMT 10
Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2015 16:05:32 GMT 10
Interesting observations Pim
As is typical, the promos at the Cinema always make a good show of it, picking the best bits to try an take you in. I must admit, I thought it looked...amusing, but if it is as you say, I too wont bother.
The cast selection was interesting...Miranda Hart (the tall posh one, Chummy) Jason Statham (bald dude...action hero type) and a few other surprises which escape me now. It makes you wonder what draws them to a role?
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Spy
Jun 8, 2015 17:13:07 GMT 10
Post by pim on Jun 8, 2015 17:13:07 GMT 10
Just a personal observation on my part, Grim. Someone else may well come onto the thread and tell us that it was a hoot!
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Spy
Jun 9, 2015 6:56:05 GMT 10
Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2015 6:56:05 GMT 10
And that is why we contribute to these pages, Pim
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