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It doesn't take 90 minutes to drive to London!

posted 8 years ago by JaysonT
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My friend Helen and me decided to watch this because we like Tom Hardy. We were incredibly disappointed. A few things come to mind--

1) It does not take 90 minutes to drive to downtown London. Unless he was working in a different country, England is not that big. I've been to London many times, and the trains got us from the airport to downtown in a flash. The fact that the traffic was light and there was no gridlock confused us; how is it taking him an eternity to drive to the city? What a horrible commute.

2) You can't get fired if you're the boss. He owned the company and built skyscrapers. He got fired for no reason. Donald, the idiot coworker, should have been sacked for being a big whining baby on the phone to him. The fact that he continued to want to work after the fake termination made us cringe more. He was making six figures- he made the decisions, not Donald or the other guy he spoke to in the Indian restaurant.

3) His wife was a real tool. All he did was sleep with his secretary. *beep* happens. He was going to see the baby. That was it. She could have been more reasonable.

4) No conclusion. His commute was so long that even after the movie ended he was still driving. Didn't make an ounce of sense.

[–] WaterChestnutTheThird 8 years ago

I honestly can not tell if you are trolling or not, well done!

[–] mirta1 8 years ago

I'd say - definitely.

[–] MacMurrah 8 years ago

I once drove from Birmingham to London, absolutely mind numbingly frustrating.
Took us almost 2 and a half hours.

[–] psdhart 8 years ago

If it is at night or at the week-end, maybe (can't remember what time he was travelling in this film)
From Westminster to Hertfordshire it takes me at least an hour

[–] andyd-1 8 years ago

1) It can take 90 minutes to travel around the London Orbital motorway in rush hour, easily!

2) He didn't own the company, it was ultimately owned by a US company

3) He phoned his wife to say he had fathered a child with another woman, it doesn't always go down well.

4) The birth of the child ,did reach a conclusuion.

[–] ip-89228 8 years ago

You obviously didn't watch the movie, and have no idea how big London actually is.

[–] mark5000910 8 years ago

It does!
From the Midlands?
Minimum.

[–] Icecutter 8 years ago

from Birmingham area, yes 90 minutes, probably more

[–] marlarkey 8 years ago

I'm confused about where this HUGE building he was in charge of constructing was meant to be that was 90 mins drive from London...

Reading ? Northampton ?

I can't think of anywhere within 90 mins drive of London that would have a record breaking building.

[–] Stirchley 8 years ago

The building was in my hometown - Birmingham.

[–] alexcregan1998 8 years ago

Hush, don't embarrass yourself