Ummm, I think some of the people giving a report on this film should wake up and smell the irony. It's a funny film, it's a silly film, I'm British and wasn't even remotely offended. Yeh, sure, LeBlanc's character is made to look like the leader of the group and the Brits are made to look silly, but is this a true story? No. Is it trying to deliver an historical account of the wartime effort? No. Is it trying to give some light entertainment in a non-poncy, non-arty, not up-its-own-backside kind of way? Yes.
I get slightly annoyed and realise that too many people think they're film critics (and they're sadly not) when I read that a comedy which is quite amusing and includes a fabulous performance by Izzard is given an average of 5, when Takeshi Kitano's Zatoichi is given average of 7.8. By the time I came to the end of that trying-to-be-arty, wannabe Oscar-winning pap, I had lost the will to live and was rueing that I'd bothered shelling out £8 to see it.
Get a grip, folks - this is a comedy. Don't try and analyse its Oscar value; it doesn't have any.
(Bourne Supremacy is amazing, by the way...)
Dave
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dancerwh86
19 years ago
Thank you! I totally agree with you. Yes it uses some cliches, but exaggeration is one way of creating comedy. And if you've seen the movie Le Blanc ends up screwing up and the Brits are the one that figure everything out...Izzard is the scene stealer of the movie, but going into the film I figured that would be the case since one he is a professional comedian with excellent timing as well as good acting skills and two because he was probably most comfortable with certain aspects of the plot...I never expected this to be oscar worthy. Just a good time. And I'd rather see a movie like this than a movie like American Pie which has a higher rating than this.
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ragnarokdoiv
19 years ago
Yes, there are definitely waaaay worse movies out there with higher scores, and I'd like to know why. Perhaps Izzard says it all with, "I have sex with bees." Oh that fish-faced funnyman.
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lilfestival
18 years ago
hha yes! first time i saw that scene i almost wet myself. :)
(ps - used to work in a video store & im a huge eddie fan. felt like i had to see it even though i can't really stand matt leblanc)
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