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The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Creased or Folded? hecklerspray Tells You the Way it is

by Chris Laverty on February 13, 2009 1 Comment

Six of one, half a dozen of the other.

Folded:

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (thought provoking, stunningly realised)
  • Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona: So, Penelope Cruz or Scarlett Johansson? (utterly pointless discussion really because you’ll never bed either. Still, don’t rule stalking out)
  • Loco Roco 2 (you’ll ever love it or want to kill everyone around you within two minutes of playing)
  • Try this voucher code at Pizza Hut online and get 50% off your bill if you spend over £30 – FOW0501XN (£15 for a feast of mozzarella goodness? You’re welcome)
  • Fruli (people will take the mick, then end up drinking half of yours)

Creased:

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (poncy critic fodder)
  • Valentine’s Day cards (to my ‘girlfriend’, ‘boyfriend’, ‘one I love’ – how about ‘to the cheapskate who never leaves the car full of petrol’?)
  • Lenny Henry (did you see him on Live at the Apollo a few weeks back? He’s still doing impressions of his granddad)
  • Creme Eggs (they don’t scan at automated checkouts in the supermarket, which makes them annoying and not tasty like they should be)
  • Letmegooglethatforyou.com (damn, the internet’s getting full)
Six of one, half a dozen of the other. Folded: * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (thought provoking, stunningly realised) * Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona: So, Penelope Cruz or Scarlett Johansson? (utterly pointless discussion really because you’ll never bed either. Still, don’t rule stalking out) * Loco Roco 2 (you'll ever love it or want to kill everyone around you within two minutes of playing) * Try this voucher code at Pizza Hut online and get 50% off your bill if you spend over £30 – FOW0501XN (£15 for a feast of mozzarella goodness? You’re welcome) * Fruli (people will take the mick, then end up drinking half of yours) Creased: * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (poncy critic fodder) * Valentine’s Day cards (to my ‘girlfriend’, ‘boyfriend’, ‘one I love’ – how about ‘to the cheapskate who never leaves the car full of petrol’?) * Lenny Henry (did you see him on Live at the Apollo a few weeks back? He’s still doing impressions of his granddad) * Creme Eggs (they don’t scan at automated checkouts in the supermarket, which makes them annoying and not tasty like they should be) * Letmegooglethatforyou.com (damn, the internet’s getting full)

Benjamin Button Is A Literary Rip Off, Says Real Author Who Really Wrote It

by Shawn Lindseth on February 3, 2009 3 Comments

In the eighties we pretty much plagiarised the crap out of everything JRR Tolkien ever wrote.

Well, we say “plagiarised” loosely. We certainly stole most of his characters, themes and settings, but we made them better by including several direct references to Samuel L Jackson (Frodo keeps babbling about Sam’s short role in Spenser: For Hire).

Our books were awesome – and Peter Jackson somehow thought so too – because he stole the whole thing and turned it into a fairly popular Hollywood franchise. Minus all the S. Jackson references.

Kind of reminds us of current accusatory Benjamin Button goings-on, actually.

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Oscar Nominations: The Dark Knight Gets Blanked

by Stuart Heritage on January 22, 2009 8 Comments

Remember all that talk about how The Dark Knight should be given an Oscar nomination for Best Picture?

Yeah, it didn’t happen. The Oscar nominations have just been announced and, while The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button has managed to rack up 13 nominations, The Dark Knight has been comprehensively snubbed.

Shut out of the Best Picture and Best Director categories, the only real hope that The Dark Knight has of winning an Oscar in a big category now is with Heath Ledger‘s Best Supporting Actor nomination. And even if he does win, his acceptance speech is bound to be crap.

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