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April 27, 2007

1145: Lay back and think of movies.

Very, very, very excited about this...

Click here to visit the director's site.

Hugs and kisses to everyone who saw the kid who first appears around 1:45 and did a double-take. It's not him, obviously, but for a second there, didn't you kinda want to punch your monitor? What's awesome is that without even having met the person in question, some of you have undoubtedly guessed who it is and are feeling the same monitor-punching desire. And what's even more awesome is that I'm pretty sure he's reading this... so, maybe he'll punch himself and spare everyone else the effort!

In any event, I'm 100% excited about this movie. Pete, I promise this won't be another Football Factory situation. The biggest tragedy about that movie is that... wait, the whole thing is a tragedy. I don't want to get myself started on that one but how is it that you can make a movie about football hooligans and yet fail to show them even watch ing any soccer? This movie seemed to be more about how there's a shortage of cab drivers in the greater London area or something. I guess the answer is to rip off scenes from other movies (ahem, Goodfellas), crush out anything powerful or well-executed in those scenes, and then pump up the God-awful soundtrack to a point where no one can hear what's being said anyway. Ugh! What really breaks my heart about The Football Factory most of all, aside from everything, is that it destroyed whatever hope I had that Outlaw would be what I hoped it would be -- which is the film that I married and grew old with.

But seeing what an incapable director Nick Love is... well, I think I'm just going to have to settle down with Taxi Driver. Well, it's probably for the best anyway. We've been together for so long.

And because any blog entry on England wouldn't be complete without him...

Posted by ashley at April 27, 2007 03:54 PM

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