Good lord. I can’t even fathom the amount of piss that fell in the reviewer’s and commenters’ Wheaties this morning to spew this much hatred for a movie that is designed for kids roughly 4-8 years old. You’re looking for character development in a movie built from the ground up for kids who still sleep in pull-ups?…

I don’t think most kids under 10 care what era songs are from. Kids tend to love catchy oldies like 60s pop and 80s new wave. I don’t think they become hyper-aware of what’s current, cool and fashionable (and exclude old stuff for being “uncool”) until they hit the early teens.

I mean a bit further back there was “The Fast Show” , although I’m not sure how much of that would translate to US readers.

A writing staff that’s 90% male Cambridge graduates who performed in the Footlights

Bonjour! Fete on, Wayne!
Fete on, Garth!

We call them “The Lordship’s Oatcakes” and you’re allowed to wear your flatcap around people richer than you from 3.33pm to 6.27pm when it gets too dark and cold, then we all pile in and watch Doctor Who, Eastenders, Benefits Street and Hurry Up, Mabel!

I get what your saying, and their can be a bit of smugness when anyone publicizes their good deeds... but if he’s already going to be in the spotlight for his acting and can influence other rich people to maybe do the same; then good on him.

Noel : “Sit down there Ted and we’ll have an owld sing song”.
Ted ; “ahh no Noel, you’re alright”.
Noel ; “Ahh go on, you’ve a bit of an unusual voice, a bit like Celine Dion”

Philosopher means exactly the same thing in British English as American English. We refer to Plato and Nietzsche as philosophers too, and philosopher hasn’t had anything to do with magic for hundreds of years.

Swordfish... This is correct

No, Philosopher is the same in Europe referring to someone with a love of wisdom and knowledge. We could just understand that it referred to the person who created the stone and not simply “magic man”.

The licensing rights for the songs might cost too much, forcing the producers to sub in such hits as, ‘Amazementbarrier’, ‘AM Splendour’ and ‘Decline to Glance Behind You Furiously’.

How else do you get across the Pennines?

What thing that you own have you had the longest?

Did you live with room mates early-on (or later?). Were you a good one or a bad one?

I enjoyed the final and thought Giuseppe was a worthy winner but I do wish it was possible, nay, encouraged for reality shows and competitions to be filmed without them having to be emotionally manipulative. I cried, in short and I don’t want to cry at baking shows, shows where people repair old broken objects,…

A moment of silence for Duncan Jones’s reputation as the Next Great Auteur Director.

Based on the trailer, their accents are impossible to take seriously. I’m sure they worked hard on them, but good grief, if you’re speaking English instead of Italian anyway just do it without the damn accent.

Watching it sounds like there was nothing wrong with Jurgen’s showstopper, it just didn’t taste as good as anyone else’s. And he didn’t elevate it by having a fancy complex presentation for the baked items.