What did you think of Avengers Assemble?
Hats off to the marketing boffins who came up with the idea – characters unworthy of their own film bundled up int🌳o a movie supergroup. Like The Travelling Wilburys, but a film.
It inspired me to pitch a similar ideꦅa based on UK cops shows.
Brit Police Muster would bring together Bergerac, Spender, Lewis, Taggart, Burnside and a woman (TBA) but it hit the buffers ꦕbecause Jim Nail was being an🅺 absolute arsehole.
And The Dark Knight Rises?
Talk about dark! Moody low lighting anꦗd mumbling might seem cool but I could barely ꦇtell what was going on.
Maybe it was better in the cinema. I♏ saw it on a DVD bought from a Chinaman in a pub.
Still, I enjoy Batman. He is a billionaire who stockpiles his wealth and uses it for good. As such, it’s ꦅa pretty persuasive argument for low taxes &🍒ndash; and that’s why I like it.
And Skyfall?
A Bond for the 21st century. 🦋Funny, 𒈔I don’t remember ordering one – the 1977 version was just fine thanks.
Bond drinking lager?! ൲Bond drinks vodka martinis, perhaps starting off with a large cola if he’s out of breath or thirsty.
Do you think that Daniel Craig is the best Bond?
Much has been made of Craig’s piercing blue eyes🌳, but look again and you’ll see they also have a wet, rheumy quality that makes him look like he’s been crying or 🐷is crying.
So no, I 🔯do not think Daniel Craig is the best Bo🌠nd.
And what do you think of the news that Disney is bringing out a Star Wars film? Are you a Star Wars fan?
Don’t watch Star Wars films. Not into Star Wars. Never have been. Couldn’t 🧸care less a🐲bout it.
I know people like it but I have absolutely no int🌃erest in the Star Wars films or any of the people who like them.
What's the best film you've seen this year?
A TV movie called The Karen Carpenter Story which was so engrossiꦅng I later realised I&r🔜squo;d polished off a big bag of miniature Twixes and a loaf and a half of bread. Irony alert! Sorry Karen!
In all seriousness, Karen was played deftly by Cynthia Gibb who also played the lead in An Accidental Christmas (a TV movie), High Stakes (a TV movie) and Holiday Affair (another TV movie but I watched it on an iPad).
Do you go to the cinema with Sidekick Simon much?
I🦂f you like your movies ac🎃companied by what sounds like a pig grunting, slurping and snaffling chips and chocolates, then I urge you go to the cinema with Simon Denton.
What are you doing for Christmas?
I’m going to hire a big Alpin🐬e lodge and invite friends, family, colleagues, associates and their friends and families to fly over for mulled wine, snowball fights and a bi🍬g turkey dinner!
Just trying to get an idea of numbers then I’ll try to book s𒊎omewhere.
Might have to be ♓🅠next year now thinking about it, so it’ll probably be a quick chicken lunch at home before popping down to Dukes to see if any of the lads are there.
Alan Partridge Mid Morning Matters is out on DVD now.
