Terrible Film

No U2 music in this, though Bono was among those thanked in the end credits.

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.

The Commitments - YES! Just came out of the cinema and was wondering what i could watch next in a similar vein (British/Music) and that's the one. Thought about watching Good Vibrations again but i've not seen The Commitments as an adult. Nice one.

i concur.

the important thing to remember is that i was never convicted.

I'm sorry, I thought I was clear. idiotic, unlikable and faceteous is part of my critique of the film, I'm happy to clear that up for you as you seem confused. In any exchange of views and opinions, it's my experience that when anyone who makes personal statements about the other person, it usually means that they have no comprehensive opinion of their own. You have not made clear your opinion of this movie, just your opinion of me, which means nothing to me.

Frankly, sympathy and empathy are the baliwick of the weak willed and have no part to play in reality.

As for why my personal opinion could possibly be of interest or value to any other human being, I'm not sure that you understand how these message boards work.

My original post was very far from a rant, it was my opinion of a sub-par movie, I disliked it so much that this is my first review since 2009, yours is the one that would fall into that catagory.

You're clearly a lot of things, but I'm not sure that you should class yourself as reasonable and your desire to censor the opinion of anyone who doesn't agree with you tells me that you are overly enamoured with your own opinion and that you obviously think that your opinion is of more worth than others, how boring your world must be. Where's your sympathy and empathy? I wish the world was made of puppies, kittens and magical unicorns but it's not, I didn't make the world I only try to live in it

Your semi apology at the end of the post just tells me that you even lack the courage of your own convictions and you can't even snipe from the cover of your keyboard without feeling guilty.

I am delighted to have the opportunity to introduce you to the real world and I would remind you that the earth revolves around the Sun, it does not revolve around you

Stay lucky


"Someone shoulda told ya - never give an Irishman good cause for revenge,"

I honestly have no idea what the marketing department is doing here. I can understand a slow rolling out a la 'Perks of Being a Wallflower' but it doesn't seem like they're even trying that hard for some reason. For example they could have aimed to put the cast on the MTV Movie Awards singing one of the songs from the film. They could play songs from the film on the radio to get them into the social consciousness like the marketing team did for the first 'Footloose.' The critics love the film, every audience I see it with (young and old) love the film and have a big reaction to it. This could easily be sold as the next 'Footloose' (original) for a new generation, because it is an instant coming-of-age music classic. Plus, it could easily stand out from a perfect phenomenal counter-programming angle with it's release date currently, surrounded by loud and boisterous summer blockbusters is a smaller, independent coming-of-age film that's critically and audience beloved with great music to boot - basically, making it stand out in the marketplace for being different.

I agree. As I was watching this gem I kept thinking that it was too good to be limited to a small art film venue. On the other hand, if it's not about superheros or body counts the box office options are limited.

You found the main characters to be idiotic, unlikeable and facetious...But isn't that how most teenagers are in real life? ;-P

Thank you for the correction, you're not a troll.
I will remember this lesson. I remember as a child being taught how to spell "together" I was taught to remember "to get her". I've always remembered that and now, thanks to you, I'll remember how to spell Facetious.

"Someone shoulda told ya - never give an Irishman good cause for revenge,"

Fascinating. Does your mom know you're on her computer?