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#51 Post by bobsters » Thu May 10, 2012 9:21 pm

[spoiler]helicopter omg! funniest scene ever! did anyone catch the name he gave when he got arrested? they mentioned it in the news report after the helicopter ...[/spoiler]

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#52 Post by Jayman » Thu May 10, 2012 9:27 pm

bobsters wrote:[spoiler]helicopter omg! funniest scene ever! did anyone catch the name he gave when he got arrested? they mentioned it in the news report after the helicopter ...[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Emergency Exit only[/spoiler]
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#53 Post by Celini » Thu May 10, 2012 9:28 pm

bobsters wrote:[spoiler]helicopter omg! funniest scene ever! did anyone catch the name he gave when he got arrested? they mentioned it in the news report after the helicopter ...[/spoiler]

[spoiler]On SBC's mugshot, he was called Alison Burgers, but on the News they mentioned Emergency Exit Only[/spoiler]
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#54 Post by Beate » Thu May 10, 2012 9:30 pm

We got there so early and then they didn't even open the balcony (only for VIPs apparently)! Had to sit with the plebs (and Mr G and cliveas) and watch the excruciatingly boring red carpet footage. I did however spot soonforgotten walk the red carpet at shortly before 7pm (I am pretty sure it was him anyway). Apart from him, it was all Z celebs and Mohammed Al-Fayed. There was Russell Kane, Louie Spence, Craig Revel Horwood, Nick Knowles and some people who looked like straight out of TOWIE or thereabouts. Film only started at 7.22pm but was over already 80 minutes later! I might have missed out on some after-credit scenes as Alex Zane spoke to an actor before about a scene at the end and I don't rememember seeing it. So was there anything after "Are you having a boy or an abortion?"

Of course, it was typical Sacha Baron Cohen fare, but I thought, as much as you can say that with him, that it was kind of toned down and less outrageous than Bruno. It was still very funny and yes, there was some gross out stuff, like the scene when the woman gives birth. The "why not have America as a dictatorship" scene was pretty sharp satire though, and even though I may be in a minority, I don't find under-arm hair gross. OH was so immersed in the film that he never drank his Dr Pepper and proclaimed the film "very interesting" afterwards.

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#55 Post by Celini » Thu May 10, 2012 9:36 pm

we were actually lucky at Vue West End, the film started at 6.55pm; there was indeed several scenes during the credits (impro (?), outtakes and deleted/alternate scenes)
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#56 Post by redgrant » Thu May 10, 2012 9:40 pm

Quite good actually. Much better than my low expectations (which was a re-hashed Middle Eastern Borat).

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#57 Post by canadian_turtle » Thu May 10, 2012 9:46 pm

Beate wrote:Apart from him, it was all Z celebs and Mohammed Al-Fayed. There was Russell Kane, Louie Spence, Craig Revel Horwood, Nick Knowles and some people who looked like straight out of TOWIE or thereabouts.
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Re: The Dictator

#58 Post by Flabber » Thu May 10, 2012 10:01 pm

As expected... a few good scenes but nothing to really shout about...
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#59 Post by Beate » Thu May 10, 2012 10:03 pm

God knows, they looked really plasticky and fake-tanned.
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#60 Post by weliveandbreathewords » Thu May 10, 2012 10:18 pm

some people who looked like straight out of TOWIE
I believe they are from Geordie Shore, only know cause my bf told me :blink:

That has got to be the second movie(after 21 jump street) that has had me in constant fits of laughter for pretty much the entire movie, so crude, so daring and hilarious!
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