Thatcher film

[kylemore]

Does anybody have any comments on this (light blue touchpaper and retire).?
I for one won't be able to comment on the film as I can't afford the time off work that would result if I was to go and see it.
Just listening to a 30 second promo on ClassicalFM almost sent me into a seizure, seeing the film would probably result in Hospitalisation or worse!

 

[Minilad]

Although I am a film fan and go to the cinema regularly I can't see myself going to watch this. The thought have having to look and listen to that face and voice is just too much. Would rather stick pins in my eyes. Not sure if its very true to life though really or just a sentimental pile of garbage meant to make her look good

 

[ainsworth74]

I thought it was good to my view it managed to avoid being overly biased in one direction or other (ie avoided portraying her as a witch or a saint). Certainly Meryl Streep's performance was outstanding she absolutely nailed the voice and the look, there were times where if you closed your eyes you could easily believe that you were listening to the real thing. Personally if she doesn't get the Oscar I think it will be a travesty.

Having said that I don't think this will be the definitive Thatcher film, it might have the definitive Thatcher impersonation but I think there will be other films that will tell the story of her rise to power and time in power better than this one.

 

[43021HST]

You know that no british actresses wanted to play thatcher, thats why they got an american. I wonder why such a film was made in the first place? Camoron must have had something to do with it. The adverts on the side of bus scare me with its face on the side.

 

[90019]

I wonder why such a film was made in the first place? Camoron must have had something to do with it.

I really hope you're not serious.

 

[43021HST]

I really hope you're not serious.

http://www.pressassociation.com/component/pafeeds/2012/01/11/pm_we_need_more_mainstream_films?camefrom=pages

Take a read of this

 

[ainsworth74]

Take a read of this

You might want to take a look at this which rather suggests the opposite of what you've put forward.

 

[90019]

http://www.pressassociation.com/component/pafeeds/2012/01/11/pm_we_need_more_mainstream_films?camefrom=pages

Take a read of this

I have and I really can't see how it's got anything to do with the film in question.

 

[Minilad]

A thread about Thatcher and already we have two different sides !!
Same old same old

 

[Aictos]

For a different view on the film, I've been told by one of my friend's who doesn't hold any political views that it's actually quite good.

 

[Max]

This isn't a Tory bashing thread so please don't try to turn it into one. It's a discussion about the merits of the film. I saw it last night and personally really enjoyed it. I agree ainsworth, it perhaps didn't tell the story in intimate detail but it approached it in quite a unique way. Despite what Thatcher did during her time in power, it was quite sad and even moving to see a once powerful figure portrayed as such a fragile character.

 

[HawkeyeTheNoo]

I like to go to the movies with the family but couldn't go to this as I heard it wasn't suitable for minors! Boom tish!

 

[SS4]

I like to go to the movies with the family but couldn't go to this as I heard it wasn't suitable for minors! Boom tish!

Go and get your coat!
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I haven't been to see a movie since 2009 and that trend is set to continue. Allow me to quote XCDriver

The thought have having to look and listen to that face and voice is just too much. Would rather stick pins in my eyes. Not sure if its very true to life though really or just a sentimental pile of garbage meant to make her look good

 

[Statto]

Apparently the movie has now been classified to a PG rating, as it may not be suitable for miners!!

 

[Oswyntail]

I really hope you're not serious.

I seriously find it odd that people still can get het up over a politician who has not been in power for almost twenty years. Hasn't anyone had a chance to change the effects of what she did since? Or are we forever doomed to live in a world of myth?

 

[Pumbaa]

It skimped a lot on political detail, so I imagine it's more accessible than people originally feared. If you didn't know who Ted Heath, Lamont, Major and maybe even Thatcher herself was before going into the film, or what they stood for politically, or how they have shaped British history, you certainly wouldn't by the end of the film.

 

[yorksrob]

I saw the film and thought it was a good film, although I can see David Cameron's point that perhaps they should have waited a bit longer before they made it.

That said I enjoyed it, I thought it didn't go into enough sociological/historical detail. for example, one moment we were in the Falklands War and the next we were at the Tory rebellion of 1990. But obviously they had a limited amount of time so things get squeezed up.

BBC 4 did a couple of excellent dramas around Mrs T in the last couple of years and I think these were very entertaining and went into more detail, and are well worth watching if you want to understand the country's social history.

 

[bladesman123]

I have no interest in it

 

[W-on-Sea]

I thought Streep was brilliant, and a few of the other parts were played extremely well too. The problem was that the film lacked a plot - it was very disjointed and incoherent, kind of like a landscape or portrait rather than a story. Some of her character and ideals did clearly come through, but there was something very incomplete about the film.

 

[Temple Meads]

I have no interest in it

Can't say it better than that.

 

[Harlesden]

I have a rather unique personal memory of Norman Lamont.
In the mid-1990's while on an agency gig working for the House of Commons Refreshment Dept. (as an alternative to being unemployed), my main summer duty involved collecting glasses on the House of Commons terrace. I found Diane Abbott charming despite her fondness for Pimms. I went to collect glasses from Mr. Lamont's table and he turned to me and politely asked if I had a spare cigarette. I was smoking Raffles at the time and he accepted it gratefully. He went back to his conversation and I went on to the next table.

 

[Butts]

I have a rather unique personal memory of Norman Lamont.
In the mid-1990's while on an agency gig working for the House of Commons Refreshment Dept. (as an alternative to being unemployed), my main summer duty involved collecting glasses on the House of Commons terrace. I found Diane Abbott charming despite her fondness for Pimms. I went to collect glasses from Mr. Lamont's table and he turned to me and politely asked if I had a spare cigarette. I was smoking Raffles at the time and he accepted it gratefully. He went back to his conversation and I went on to the next table.

I went to see the film and quite enjoyed it - as has been said Meryl Streep was very good in the title role with the voice and mannerisms.

Raffles thats a blast from the past - I used to buy them sometimes when I couldn't get Bensons. Wonder what happened to them. Did you not light Norman "Shetlander" Lamonts cigarette for him ?

 

[yorksrob]

I thought that Richard E Grant and Anthony Head were particularly convincing as Michael Heseltine and Geoffrey Howe respectively.