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Two excellent films to measure up to...really depends on who he's up against as that's the real meat of the story, the heist is the maguffin...though it needs to be done well and that bar is pretty high too

We've moved a bit as well but I reckon a traditional moderate Democrat would be Lib Dem still...a few years back you might have been a Tory Wet but they've moved well right now

Presumably his followers think he posts via Telepathy? I'm sure his and Musk's brains are on the same wavelength

And for a while you keep seeing it

Which is what has happened with the drive to universities. There are other ways to learn

Apologies for kicking off what's gone on below!

Jock

Wow I made a few comments that suggested I didn't like her review, that were certainly more restrained than her on Nolan, and you see that as "blasting in" Oh, and i do accept there are different views, I just think they can be moderate

Nate, get down off your high horse, accept that some people like different things, and that there are ways of being critical of things you don't like without being dismissive Otherwise you come one step away from "I'll only read it in the original Greek" pomposity

I mean, you could write that as "worlds biggest and most successful film maker criticised by niche academic" But that would be silly and reductive too

Well, that's just silly and reductive...but clearly you share her view of Nolan and nothing I say is going to make a difference There's much to admire in both, I just think one putting the other down because their version is not high brow enough is a shame

Each to their own I guess...

"it has nothing convincing to say" “lacks psychological, emotional, political and ethical depth”. "The Odyssey features his usual combination of grandiosity and superficiality" (clearly not a fan generally) "The writing is abysmal" I would argue there's a distinction between a film and a poem...

But also an academic, and to my reading, slightly pompous view of what the Odyssey is and should be I think Nolan's version will be more successful than a "faithful" production would be She might not like it but the tone is too dismissive

Greg Staples

The world doesn't do nuance any more, unfortunately If you don't agree with me completely you are completely wrongand I need to scream in your face

Carlos Ezquerra

Said this before, will again. Badenoch is the most dangerous figure in British politics. She's not as extreme as Farage or Lowe, but her impact is more pernicious. She actively prevents the British centre-right from adopting moderate positions, and thereby facilitates the radicalisation process.

The main people who need to do that are his own MPs...back his plays even if they're not exactly what they want rather than the usual ploy of the left-argue with yourself until you let the right win (while saying your leaders are Tories)

Probably written it himself then asked ChatGPT to tidy it up? I know plenty of people who do that with work communication...does mean everything gets "flattened"