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Re: Paddington

#11 Post by Beate » Sun Nov 23, 2014 6:27 pm

Yeah I was listening out for the innuendo but it must have passed me by!
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#12 Post by chelle1973 » Sun Nov 23, 2014 7:07 pm

My nephew loved this movie, I thought it was quite good too! 8/10

The security was out with his infrared goggle!
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Re: Paddington

#13 Post by funthing29 » Sun Nov 23, 2014 11:28 pm

Beate wrote:Yeah I was listening out for the innuendo but it must have passed me by!
Among the "mild sex references" is a "comic sequence in which a man disguised as a woman is flirted with by another man".

However, it later dropped phrase "mild sex references and substituted "innuendo", while also clarifying that the swearing was "infrequent".
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#14 Post by McG » Sun Nov 23, 2014 11:37 pm

Saw this in a busy Braehead. Face painting, balloon modelling and puzzle sheets available in foyer before film. While I enjoyed the film, I do wish they wouldn't show all the best parts in the trailers.
I loved Paddington and was really looking forward to the film. I was sitting beside my 6 year old great niece who was a little concerned when the film began in black & white. I thought this was a great way to start the film as it quickly set the scene of Paddington's origin in darkest Peru.
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Re: Paddington

#15 Post by missgotty » Tue Nov 25, 2014 3:49 am

It was good to see so many FMUKers prettyxcool, ejwrank, david, funthing and vealster at Holloway. I was surprised to see that Holloway actually has a decent sized screen 6 with good seats, I've only ever been in the tiny auditoriums there.

I vaguely remember the original Paddington series as pretty slow paced and not very interesting but I definitely felt that the film was marginally better. While watching I thought I would be distracted by a few kids running around but was more distracted by the very enthusiastic woman in my row who kept shouting out what she thought might happen next. All in all I saw that the kids really liked it. 5/10

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#16 Post by funthing29 » Tue Nov 25, 2014 8:40 am

It had its charming moments but I did not find it as funny as other people in the cinema. Not amazing but entertaining enough for a Sunday morning film. 7/10.
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Re: Paddington

#17 Post by scootermcc » Fri Nov 28, 2014 2:07 pm

Went with high hopes after all the great reviews, one review in a national paper even described it "as possibly the best family film ever", unfortunately for me it failed to live up to all the hype, it did have a number of great scenes, particularly liked the one where Paddington chases the pickpocket through the streets of London, but between them I felt that it dragged a bit.

I think that kids will love it, but for me it didn't live up to expectations.

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Re: Paddington

#18 Post by The Sparrow » Sun Nov 30, 2014 11:34 pm

Utterly captivating. Paddington really did look like he was interacting with the human actors who I loved too. Nicole Kidman was a real "boo hiss" pantomime villain.

I adored the whole look of the film too some of the details in many of the scenes was fantastic. I even had a wee lump in my throat at one point.

Must check on IMDb now to see why it was given a PG cert. A future classic in my opinion.
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Re: Paddington

#19 Post by scootermcc » Sun Nov 30, 2014 11:36 pm

The Sparrow wrote:Utterly captivating. Paddington really did look like he was interacting with the human actors who I loved too. Nicole Kidman was a real "boo hiss" pantomime villain.

I adored the whole look of the film too some of the details in many of the scenes was fantastic. I even had a wee lump in my throat at one point.

Must check on IMDb now to see why it was given a PG cert. A future classic in my opinion.
Seemingly it was given a PG because of the cross dressing scene.


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Re: Paddington

#20 Post by The Sparrow » Mon Dec 01, 2014 12:35 am

scootermcc wrote:
The Sparrow wrote:Utterly captivating. Paddington really did look like he was interacting with the human actors who I loved too. Nicole Kidman was a real "boo hiss" pantomime villain.

I adored the whole look of the film too some of the details in many of the scenes was fantastic. I even had a wee lump in my throat at one point.

Must check on IMDb now to see why it was given a PG cert. A future classic in my opinion.
Seemingly it was given a PG because of the cross dressing scene.


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Of course! Because that scene was so overtly sexual wasn't it?? :roll:
What on earth do they think happens in Panto??

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