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Post by kal on Dec 17, 2023 8:21:31 GMT
I got one. Heat is an excellent film but Al Pacino is utterly shit in it and almost completely ruins the whole film. Luckily he dials it down in ‘that scene’ and it’s brilliant but the rest of the time it is an absolutely ludicrous performance and somebody really should have taken away his cocaine and given him a good talking to. Apparently Pacino was playing him as a coke addict, but a scene that showed him chipping coke had been cut, so it's all inferred. I think pacino disclosed that on a panel a few years back. Playing a coke addict, and being a coke addict and acting appallingly badly because of it are totally different things. It’s an an absolutely terrible performance. Truly awful. |
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Post by cubby on Dec 17, 2023 10:14:30 GMT
OK, I mean, no one has ever claimed he's been high on set but you believe what you want to.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Dec 17, 2023 10:22:48 GMT
Appropriately enough on a few levels, my hot take that probably belongs in this thread is: I really don’t like Heat.
It’s too long, the talky bits are boring and, yeah, Pacino is an absolute ham.
Ronin is shit, too.
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Post by jeepers on Dec 17, 2023 11:35:32 GMT
The idea that Heat would have De Niro and Pacino acting together was awesome.
The film itself was shit (apart from a gun fight scene that any other pair of actors could have done).
And The Irishman was irredeemably shit.
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Post by Vandelay on Dec 17, 2023 11:56:04 GMT
I have noticed as I've got older I care less and less about dessert in general. I really love chocolate but I eat that as and when. When it comes to dessert at a restaurant or Christmas or a birthday I always pass on it. Same. I like desserts (tiramisu, crème brulee, sticky toffee pudding are my go-tos), but generally give me the starter over a dessert every time. Having said that cake is awesome. Happily eat even the basic supermarket bought Victoria sponge. |
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Post by barchetta on Dec 17, 2023 12:20:45 GMT
Reading the last page or two feels like being stuck at a party in between two conversations, both of which you could chip into, at risk of losing the thread of the other!
I will say though that the greatest cake I ever ate was made by my son during his home economics classes in year 8.
A Victoria sponge that was light and airy, neither dry or too moist. Was magnificent but sadly never quite matched by subsequent at home attempts. Sure, it was a little lopsided during school bag transit but appearance was certainly deceptive.
I'd like to think it may have been his hot HomeEc teacher who made it for me under the guise of all his own work but I'm just kidding myself, he really did just ace it on that day.
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Post by dfunked on Dec 17, 2023 12:54:33 GMT
Do you know who else likes cake? Al Pacino.
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Post by Vortex on Dec 17, 2023 13:25:42 GMT
Adds user dfunked to the list of cake hating weirdos.
What's not to like in a Victoria sponge?
I'm not a fan of chocolate cake tbh, but classic Victoria sponge, carrot cake or coffee & walnut cakes? Oh aye.
A long cycle with a coffee & cake stop is a great thing. 😀 ☕🍰
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Post by Garfy on Dec 17, 2023 13:37:20 GMT
Cake is indeed fantastic.
Buttercream is Satan's jizz tho
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Post by Aunt Alison on Dec 17, 2023 13:44:15 GMT
I once had chocolate fudge cake that was incredible but I could feel my heart hurting while I was eating it. Probably taken years off my life but it was worth it
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Post by Blue_Mike on Dec 17, 2023 13:46:00 GMT
Angel cake.
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Post by JuniorFE on Dec 17, 2023 13:49:42 GMT
Buttercream is Satan's jizz tho And the downside? /s |
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Post by nazo on Dec 17, 2023 14:15:03 GMT
Surely no-one could hate a Jaffa cake?
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Post by askew on Dec 17, 2023 14:28:55 GMT
Dry and claggy
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Post by Danno on Dec 17, 2023 15:13:24 GMT
I ate 36 in ten minutes for a bet and haven't been able to stomach the thought of eating another one in 21 years now.
Jaffa cakes, not asses.
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Post by mrpon on Dec 17, 2023 15:23:38 GMT
Dry and claggy?
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Post by dfunked on Dec 17, 2023 15:27:36 GMT
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Post by kal on Dec 17, 2023 15:35:33 GMT
OK, I mean, no one has ever claimed he's been high on set but you believe what you want to. To be honest the cocaine theory benefits him otherwise there’s even less explanation for what a woefully shitty performance it is. |
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Dec 17, 2023 21:21:42 GMT
Surely no-one could hate a Jaffa cake? Hate is strong, but I would choose virtually anything else on the biscuit/snack aisle other than maybe a viscount over one. Every element of them kind of sucks and I don’t think it improves when they are combined. |
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Post by Lizard on Dec 17, 2023 21:32:59 GMT
Cadbury's mini rolls are bottom of the pile IMO.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Dec 17, 2023 21:38:50 GMT
Don't disparage a mini roll. Although the M&S mini rolls are fucking godlike.
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Post by Frog on Dec 17, 2023 21:45:55 GMT
Mint and chocolate is nasty.
As is orange and chocolate.
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Post by Vandelay on Dec 17, 2023 21:47:55 GMT
Orange chocolate is meh. I'm not going to dismiss it, but don't know why you would pick it over just regular chocolate.
Mint chocolate is lovely though.
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Post by Blue_Mike on Dec 17, 2023 21:57:17 GMT
Surely no-one could hate a Jaffa cake?  |
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Post by Jambowayoh on Dec 17, 2023 22:00:47 GMT
Orange chocolate is meh. I'm not going to dismiss it, but don't know why you would pick it over just regular chocolate. Mint chocolate is lovely though. Oh no. A chocolate orange is brilliant. Fuck I'm going to have to get a few when I go to England this weekend. |
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Post by Lizard on Dec 18, 2023 0:23:56 GMT
I'll tell you where mint definitely doesn't belong: in drinks. Unless it's mouthwash.
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Post by Nanocrystal on Dec 18, 2023 3:25:41 GMT
Was literally drinking mint tea as I read that.
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Post by cubby on Dec 18, 2023 6:39:42 GMT
I was just enjoying a morning mojito when I read that.
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Post by LegendaryApe on Dec 18, 2023 7:00:40 GMT
Here I am, balls hanging out, left armpit hair on full display, taint sweaty, drinking a mint milkshake while S Club 7's greatest hits blares from the YouTube Music app.
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Post by hicksy on Dec 18, 2023 7:46:38 GMT
/tips hat
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