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Alan Partridge
St. Anthony
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Just a heads up that the movie premiere is on BBC2 tonight at 21.20..
Pretty good movie, though he does look rather different to the TV show.
Some great jokes in the first twenty minutes particularly.
Pretty good movie, though he does look rather different to the TV show.
Some great jokes in the first twenty minutes particularly.
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Good movie, the premiere in Leicester Square was good fun when Alan turned up.
Agree. I turned off after 30 mins.
Plus, Coogan just seems off in his performance; I don't know who or what the character was that he played, but it wasn't Partridge. It wasn't even a 'developed' version of Partridge, that some try to argue - it just seemed a nondescript comedy character there to pull funny faces and deliver lines.
Bit of a letdown really.
While I'm not saying his career is in terminal decline, I do recall that when he got his Hollywood break, Coogan did give the impression that he now considered himself too big a star for British telly.
What's the old showbiz saying? "Be nice to people on the way up ... ".
Another agree here, it was ok, but films need a plot, a beginning and a conclusion i.e the big chase/shootout scene and it didn't suit Partridge.
I'm sure I read somewhere that Coogan wanted Alan to be acting out his obsession of being the Bond hero which kinds of makes sense.
The sitcoms were much better because they played out the mundane life that Alan has, they don't need a big climax at the end.
Mid morning matters was much better
I'm not a great fan of the gibbons brothers writing, far poorer than the Armando innuchi series.
I'm can't remember a single line from that film and coogan was not really partridge.
The only bit I laughed out loud was the glove slap.
The rough kissing in the disabled toilet was pretty good too and the line at the end about Lyn getting ideas above her station.
I enjoyed it, pretty good.......bit disconcerting seeing the bloke from Star Trek though......you know, out of uniform.......:D
It is he - Alan Rothwell.
I though it was ok for a bit of entertainment, but I agree it doesn't stand comparison with the previous series and the changes to Alan's character are making him less funny, even a little bland.
Yeah, but I think that's a problem with a lot of comedy films, as although I'm big comedy fan there are very few comedy films that I find amusing and this wasn't one of the them. Like you say I think that comedy generally works better in a half hour format as you can have an episode that's just about one scenario without having to worry about fitting it into a bigger story.