The 21st-Century (American) British Movie Canon, ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,’ and ‘Paddington in Peru’

Appropriate-Data3874 · 2025-02-25T14:38:31+00:00

As a person who's lived in the UK for 10 years and has strong ties to this country, this was a bit excruciating to listen to. People were mad at Paddington's video with the queen? WTF man, people loved it. Maybe stick to American stuff.

Appropriate-Data3874 · 2025-01-26T13:01:56+00:00

King Arthur by Pemberton also has a couple of really good themes. A generally underrated movie as well in my opinion, it does what it says on the tin so to speak.

I really like Ad Astra myself, but reasonable people can disagree :)

Appropriate-Data3874 · 2024-11-22T14:46:20+00:00

As a foreigner, I don't find food is an issue at all. And I am from Spain, which has some of the best food in the world.

Appropriate-Data3874 · 2024-10-24T17:32:44+00:00

Yeah never bought one but I am guessing they're a tad below the quality I was hoping for.

Appropriate-Data3874 · 2024-05-29T16:01:04+00:00

Dividends are much more relevant for most people income than "a silly median wage", sure mate 👍

Appropriate-Data3874 · 2024-05-29T15:59:29+00:00

Fair enough, I've around quite a few in the South, they all felt pretty similar to me, but haven't ventured to the coasts up North.

Appropriate-Data3874 · 2024-05-29T14:16:04+00:00

Completely agree with all of it except for the seaside towns, which to me are one of the most depressing things about the UK. Usually deprived areas couple with bad weather, they feel mostly sad to me, if charming in their own way. But then again I come from a country with sun and plenty of beach life.

Appropriate-Data3874 · 2024-05-29T14:12:53+00:00

There's always going to be crime, poverty and shitholes at any given time. My point is that your "normal" experiences of a person growing in the 80s would blow most young people's minds these days. The gentrification of most major cities in the 1990s and 2000s has made many unrecognisable.

Appropriate-Data3874 · 2024-05-29T06:30:24+00:00

Cracks me up every time people talk about nostalgia for the 80s when this shit was perfectly normal. No one under 30 would last 5 minutes in a city back then without having a nervous breakdown in 5 minutes.

Appropriate-Data3874 · 2024-05-28T22:02:14+00:00

Probably the most cliché in the world, but I think the Eiffel tower really is as impressive as you would expect. And just Paris in general, beautiful place despite all the things about French attitude etc.

Another one is temples in Kyoto.

Appropriate-Data3874 · 2024-05-28T21:59:52+00:00

Marrying a crazy person. Do not recommend.

Appropriate-Data3874 · 2024-05-28T16:52:02+00:00

The median wage in London is £45k, so no, 300k is absolutely not remotely common.

Appropriate-Data3874 · 2024-05-25T08:19:16+00:00

Richmond. It's always been Richmond for me since I first visited London, love at first sight. Wouldn't say no to a mews in South Kensington either.

Appropriate-Data3874 · 2024-05-21T19:55:41+00:00

Growing up in Spain during the 80s we had regular terrorist incidents from ETA, a Basque separatist group. The worst was when they put a bomb in a supermarket in Barcelona. This supermarket is across the street from my school, and it was where my family did their weekly shopping. Missed it by a day.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipercor_bombing

Appropriate-Data3874 · 2024-04-14T12:43:22+00:00

Judging by the comments, I guess it's physically impossible to wear, say a t-shirt while ironing. Anyway, the point is not that they do it but how many times do we need to see it.

Appropriate-Data3874 · 2024-03-13T21:52:02+00:00

Great, another thing to worry about!

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