Bad beat/Moaning/Venting thread - Wordle Gummidge

[Silver-Tiger]

If you say you haven't watched The Bodyguard more than 3 times in your life you're a liar. A film that just worked when it was released.
Was a big Prince of Thieves fan as a kid and growing up and would give it a spin again no questions asked. Although that is Rickman's movie. Not Costner. Great score in it. Not the Adam's stuff. That was only end credits.

Last two times i seen him on the big screen were Molly's Game and Draft Day. The latter being fucking horrendous but as a Browns and NFL fan, i was in.

[Solksjaer!]

I'm a liar. The Bodyguard???? Jaysus .

I agree Rickman was supreme in that RH flick . Without him it would have been a car crash. . Costner didnt even try. As for the Bryan Adam's song. Tortured us for months .

[ComradeCollie]

If you say you haven't watched The Bodyguard more than 3 times in your life you're a liar.

It could be the best movie ever, but I wouldn't know because I've never seen it.

[elbows]

Bull Durham and Perfect World are probably my 2 favs.

I’m a sucker for sports movies with him in it.

Some really lol bad sports ones that I still love (Tin Cup, Draft Day, McFarland USA etc)

American Flyers I loved as a kid (Think Rocky 4 with bikes)

Went to see Dances with Wolves in the Savoy and remember liking it at the time but haven’t rewatched it.

[ComradeCollie]

Think The Untouchables is the only Costner movie I've watched more than once.

[Silver-Tiger]

Think The Untouchables is the only Costner movie I've watched more than once.

Good shout re Untouchables.

And seriously re Bodyguard? I'd imagine it had a massive re run rate on RTE/UTV/BBC(When that was a thing). Or is it just that i grew up in female dominated house that it was on so often?

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

Chill Insurance really have the market sewn up in terms of their business model. They are ridiculously efficient. Why would anyone go direct to an insurance company - are there lower rates? Can't imagine it.

[Dice75]

Not a movie but Mrs is mad for anything horse related and i enjoyed the few series of Yellowstone and thought Costner was very good in it.

[Hectorjelly]

Just watched Free Guy, very enjoyable. Clever.

Hectorjelly what was the last movie you saw that you thought was good?

I like or love most of the films I watch. The last film I thought was good was slow west. The last film I thought was great was Burning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFfsTsdJfF8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oihHs2Errwk

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

Got these wireless earbuds a while ago from OnePlus and they are highly impressive. Love the little neck strap, but I think that might be a personal preference.€50 though. Hard to go wrong. Even if earbuds used to once-upon-a-time give you change from a tenner.

[shrapnel]

fond memories of "no way out". most of his films are pure drivel, although dances with wolves was quite impressive

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

Costner hid a bad run of movies after Waterworld that he could never back from. The last time he registered on my radar was some apparently painfully bad movie about being a postman. And the movie, seemingly, was largely just him delivering letters. I always somewhat confuse him with Michael Keaton. Maybe they look a bit similar.

[Solksjaer!]

fond memories of "no way out". most of his films are pure drivel, although dances with wolves was quite impressive

No way out was very good going waaay back there Shrap .

[DeadParrot]

Casino Royale was the last bond film I went to see. For some reason, I got the impression this was supposed to be good.

I'll never forget loudly exclaiming "that's bullshit!" in a packed cinema at the poker scenes

[hotspur]

Looking through his filmography he made some amount of sports related films.

[MysteryGuest]

Never forget the damage Daniel craig has done with is ridiculously badly fitting suits in the bond movies. Part of the clothing industry conspiracy to increase profits by saving on fabric by convincing men the need to wear suit jackets that look like corsets
slim fit = grim fit

[MysteryGuest]

Waterworld is actually decent

[MysteryGuest]

Palm Springs best movie I’ve seen in a while

watched Another Round (Druk) last night, bit of a let down

[DeadParrot]

I like tin cup a lot more than I should.
Such a fun movie

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

Palm Springs best movie I’ve seen in a while

watched Another Round (Druk) last night, bit of a let down

When I was in small-town Denmark recently it was scared in my brain that every middle aged man was a trainee drunk. Amazing how, when you only know one thing about a country, that becomes the defining feature that you see in their people.

[Pat Mustard]

Is there an ignore option any more?

[hotspur]

Is there an ignore option any more?

Go here. Scroll to the bottom. Type MysteryGuest. Click save.

[Hectorjelly]

Palm Springs best movie I’ve seen in a while

watched Another Round (Druk) last night, bit of a let down

Palm Springs looks very interesting, will watch.

[pokerhand]

Got a drive from the airport to Rome central from a seeming nice old man in his mid 80s. Guy is a flaming lunatic on the roads... Cut other drivers off and swearing (I think) at them for having the audacity for being on the same roads as him. Undertaking and overtaking performed without thoughts of other cars... I have seen bad driving before but that takes the biscuit!


On the other hand... Italian women

[Raoul Duke III]

I enjoyed Another Round but let us save that for Mads Mikkelsen Day.

Today is Kev Day.

[Goodluck2me]

Got a drive from the airport to Rome central from a seeming nice old man in his mid 80s. Guy is a flaming lunatic on the roads... Cut other drivers off and swearing (I think) at them for having the audacity for being on the same roads as him. Undertaking and overtaking performed without thoughts of other cars... I have seen bad driving before but that takes the biscuit!


On the other hand... Italian women

Both par for the course

[MysteryGuest]

Go here. Scroll to the bottom. Type MysteryGuest. Click save.

If you get tilted enough that you have had to put someone on ignore it must be extra traumatising when someone then quotes that person and you have to see that persons posts anyway .

[TheJiggaman]

Chill Insurance really have the market sewn up in terms of their business model. They are ridiculously efficient. Why would anyone go direct to an insurance company - are there lower rates? Can't imagine it.

Generally it's when renewals come around, going direct-to-seller is best. Chill don't make money off the 1st Year quote - When renewals kick in they are laughing.

[Lao Lao]

If you say you haven't watched The Bodyguard more than 3 times in your life you're a liar. A film that just worked when it was released.
Was a big Prince of Thieves fan as a kid and growing up and would give it a spin again no questions asked. Although that is Rickman's movie. Not Costner. Great score in it. Not the Adam's stuff. That was only end credits.

Last two times i seen him on the big screen were Molly's Game and Draft Day. The latter being fucking horrendous but as a Browns and NFL fan, i was in.

I can safely say, I've only ever caught max 20-25 minutes of the Bodyguard once and that was mid way through the film while flicking through channels and then moving on as it was crap.

Good shout re Untouchables.

And seriously re Bodyguard? I'd imagine it had a massive re run rate on RTE/UTV/BBC(When that was a thing). Or is it just that i grew up in female dominated house that it was on so often?

I do get the female dominated house though, my house was just dominated slightly earlier. I could almost quote Top Gun and Dirty Dancing word for word and have watched them dozens of times and would watch them again. All my older sisters had moved out by 1990 so the standard of movie watching greatly increased from then on!

[Mellor]

Never forget the damage Daniel craig has done with is ridiculously badly fitting suits in the bond movies. Part of the clothing industry conspiracy to increase profits by saving on fabric by convincing men the need to wear suit jackets that look like corsets
slim fit = grim fit

You think Daniel Craig (as James Bond) is dictated global fashion trends? That’s some pedestal.

I’d have assume who ever was doing wardrobe was easily led by whatever was trendy that day. And looks so dated.
They we’re shrunken not skim imo.

[coillcam]

Got a drive from the airport to Rome central from a seeming nice old man in his mid 80s. Guy is a flaming lunatic on the roads... Cut other drivers off and swearing (I think) at them for having the audacity for being on the same roads as him. Undertaking and overtaking performed without thoughts of other cars... I have seen bad driving before but that takes the biscuit!


On the other hand... Italian women

Standard Italian driving tbh. I was heading up the Alps in a minibus, a few years back on my first ski/snowboard trip. Snow and ice everywhere, yet the driver had no problem flinging the minibus blind into every hairpin turn while climbing up the mountains in diminishing light. Best thing to do was close your eyes and not look out the window.

[Solksjaer!]

Got a drive from the airport to Rome central from a seeming nice old man in his mid 80s. Guy is a flaming lunatic on the roads... Cut other drivers off and swearing (I think) at them for having the audacity for being on the same roads as him. Undertaking and overtaking performed without thoughts of other cars... I have seen bad driving before but that takes the biscuit!


On the other hand... Italian women

Try Turkey was going to stuntman dive out of the car .

[MysteryGuest]

What’s in it for western countries if they get involved if China does invade Taiwan- only massive negatives surely?

[shrapnel]

Palm Springs looks very interesting, will watch.

definitely a fun little movie. very enjoyable.

[V for Vendetta]

Costner hid a bad run of movies after Waterworld that he could never back from. The last time he registered on my radar was some apparently painfully bad movie about being a postman. And the movie, seemingly, was largely just him delivering letters. I always somewhat confuse him with Michael Keaton. Maybe they look a bit similar.

I was of the same view and then stumbled onto Mr Brooks a few years ago.

A really excellent and sinisterly disturbing movie. It seems it didn’t get much traction at the time but if it had I think it had the potential to give his career a rebirth tbh. Anyway if any one fancies watching a disturbing serial killer movie for a bit of light entertainment I recommend it.

[Hectorjelly]

What’s in it for western countries if they get involved if China does invade Taiwan- only massive negatives surely?

The entire world is powered on Taiwans semiconductors

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/featu...semiconductors

There's also a detailed discussion about the issue from the US perspective here - https://www.piie.com/publications/ch.../08iie4174.pdf

[dinekes]

Bull Durham, Field of Dreams... love those baseball movies
Tin Cup thoroughly enjoyed.

Another good baseball movie was with Tom Hanks as the coach of a women's team during WW2. Some great lines for Hanks
"are you crying, are you CRYing! theres no Crying in baseball"

So were you married?
Hanks "twice"
Any kids?
Hanks "one of em was!"

[dinekes]

@VforV

Forgot about that movie (Mr Brooks). Good twist in it if its the one I think it is.

[shrapnel]

Try Turkey was going to stuntman dive out of the car .

Turkey>>>>>>>>>Italy.

Istanbul

we'd done a lot of walking and decided to grab a cab back to where we needed to catch our bus. got to the taxi rank and found a cab. To my European eyes, the roads looked gridlocked. guy says no problem. i jump in the front, and the wife and kids jump in the back. guy turns up his radio full blast with some heavy techno. guy does a u turn and goes against the traffic, goes around a massive roundabout the wrong way, dodging cars left and right, then down a massive 2 way road, still on the wrong side before cutting across the divide back on the right side.
He then hammers it up the road. Sometimes, he looks at me, winks, then starts swerving like a madman and looking at the kids screaming (and eventually laughing). i'm laughing my head off at this stage. Everyone in the cab is holding on for dear life. swerve-scream-laugh goes on for a good 10 minutes. We finally reach our destination and pay the man, comfortable in the knowledge that we probably just had the craziest cab ride of our lives.

It still makes me laugh now just thinking about it.

[Strewelpeter]

Field of Dreams is the best film. Everything else pales in comparison.

FYP IMO

I mean it is unapologetically schmaltzy making it feel like a guilty pleasure but it is a very pure cinematic experience.

[MysteryGuest]

Just to circle back to yesterdays Tom Cruise conversation- didn’t see Collateral getting a shout out

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

What’s in it for western countries if they get involved if China does invade Taiwan- only massive negatives surely?

I'd imagine China won't touch Taiwan unless Taiwan declares independence. Then its a fairly obvious Cuba situation, where you have this US-funded heavily-armed pain in the ass on your border, and its automatic invasion. That's probably why the US has repeatedly warned Taiwan not to declare independence.

The current situation is nothing. Taiwanese domestic defence minister wants approval for billions of extra armaments, so he ratchets up the fear factor. China doesn't want to have billions of armaments aimed against them so they are sabre-rattling. Its all meaningless though, there won't be any 'war' when it eventually comes to it because everyone loses from destroying resources and the China-Taiwan imbalance will be so great.

[Lao Lao]

Got a drive from the airport to Rome central from a seeming nice old man in his mid 80s. Guy is a flaming lunatic on the roads... Cut other drivers off and swearing (I think) at them for having the audacity for being on the same roads as him. Undertaking and overtaking performed without thoughts of other cars... I have seen bad driving before but that takes the biscuit!

On the other hand... Italian women

I remember heading into Rome from the airport and there was debris all over the road from a car and a very badly smashed up moped. I was convinced that we were going to see the moped driver dead on the street, it looked so bad. But no, the moped driver (female) was standing by the side of road and she was a picture of complete and utter perfection. She looked like she was about to step onto a catwalk after just having her hair, make up and nails done. I don't even think there was the slightest crease in her clothes.

Turkey>>>>>>>>>Italy.

Laos >>>>>>>>>>> Vietnam >>>>>>>>>> Turkey >>>>>>>>> Italy

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

Laos >>>>>>>>>>> Vietnam >>>>>>>>>> Turkey >>>>>>>>> Italy

Based on The Grand Tour S04E02 Madagascar >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> everywhere else

[Hectorjelly]

I'd imagine China won't touch Taiwan unless Taiwan declares independence. Then its a fairly obvious Cuba situation, where you have this US-funded heavily-armed pain in the ass on your border, and its automatic invasion. That's probably why the US has repeatedly warned Taiwan not to declare independence.

The current situation is nothing. Taiwanese domestic defence minister wants approval for billions of extra armaments, so he ratchets up the fear factor. China doesn't want to have billions of armaments aimed against them so they are sabre-rattling. Its all meaningless though, there won't be any 'war' when it eventually comes to it because everyone loses from destroying resources and the China-Taiwan imbalance will be so great.

Every sentence in this lies somewhere between untrue and debatable.

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

Every sentence in this lies somewhere between untrue and debatable.

[Raoul Duke III]

I remember heading into Rome from the airport and there was debris all over the road from a car and a very badly smashed up moped. I was convinced that we were going to see the moped driver dead on the street, it looked so bad. But no, the moped driver (female) was standing by the side of road and she was a picture of complete and utter perfection. She looked like she was about to step onto a catwalk after just having her hair, make up and nails done. I don't even think there was the slightest crease in her clothes.





Laos >>>>>>>>>>> Vietnam >>>>>>>>>> Turkey >>>>>>>>> Italy

You left out Donegal

[Denny Crane]

Any bbv tips for a flying visit to Warsaw?

Had a search here, main thing seems to be avoid the food

[Hectorjelly]

I lived in Poland for a while, there are some beautiful places there but Warsaw isn't one of them

[Denny Crane]

I think I'm staying around the corner from the glove place that V (and Simon Crompton) mentioned before. Makes a nice gift.

[Solksjaer!]

Naples is laughing uproariously at other cities trying to nudge it from the top of crazy driver Supremacy. Although white van man on the M50 is wounded by the omission of his emissions

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

Any bbv tips for a flying visit to Warsaw?

Had a search here, main thing seems to be avoid the food

I'm fully convinced we all need to be doing this. Jump on a plane, spend a day or two, reset the dial, explore. Its a pure luxury and yet not necessarily super expensive if planned right.

[Solksjaer!]

You left out Donegal

Read his 1st one as LAOIS

[Raoul Duke III]

I'm fully convinced we all need to be doing this. Jump on a plane, spend a day or two, reset the dial, explore. Its a pure luxury and yet not necessarily super expensive if planned right.

if it wasn't for those meddling kids....

[DeeBrown]

On the other hand... Italian women

There are two types of Italian woman,
pre-marriage & post-marriage.
The standard diverges alarmingly.

I on the other hand have aged like a fine wine.

[V for Vendetta]

I think I'm staying around the corner from the glove place that V (and Simon Crompton) mentioned before. Makes a nice gift.

Crompton said a few years later he wasn't sure if leather gloves were worth getting done custom as they tend to distort and stretch over time. Having said that if I happened to be in Warsaw I'd definitely be checking them out!! The best gifts are the ones you get yourself.

[V for Vendetta]

As for the custom shirts I really miss Smyth & Gibson. They were at least 3x superior to Tailors mark and anything else I tried tbh. Plus the service ordering in BT and getting the cuffs and collar replaced for free after 3-4 years made them easily worth the €150 each I paid for them.

[Denny Crane]

Crompton said a few years later he wasn't sure if leather gloves were worth getting done custom as they tend to distort and stretch over time. Having said that if I happened to be in Warsaw I'd definitely be checking them out!! The best gifts are the ones you get yourself.

Yeah. They're cheaper there than "genuine leather" gloves here.

There's also two bespoke shoe shops within walking difference but that's a different price point.

My Smyth & Gibson shirts are still perfect at this stage.

[dinekes]

Just to circle back to yesterdays Tom Cruise conversation- didn’t see Collateral getting a shout out

Somebody mentioned it....underrated film.

Oblivion wasnt bad, not great mind but I'm sucker for sci fi,baseball and boxing movies

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

As for the custom shirts I really miss Smyth & Gibson. They were at least 3x superior to Tailors mark and anything else I tried tbh. Plus the service ordering in BT and getting the cuffs and collar replaced for free after 3-4 years made them easily worth the €150 each I paid for them.

Where would you be looking now, if so forced?