James McAvoy back catalogue rewatch #12, White Teeth
So, while England burns around me, I've been doing some stuff and have even had time to catch up on my McFassy rewatch and see the TV adaptation of Zadie Smith's White Teeth.
25. White Teeth
For anybody who's a fan of James McAvoy, I very strongly recommend this series. James's character appears properly in Episode 3, although he's portrayed but a cute little kid in episode 2 who looks very like James! Basically, and you will not believe this, James plays the son of a famous geneticist. Who has a massive picture of a lab rat on his wall.
No, REALLY. Josh (who James plays) ends up rebelling against his parents and becomming an Animal Rights Terrorist, and there's an X-men crossover waiting to happen right there.
So, remember this picture? This is Josh! Protesting his parents having a chicken in their fridge. And he always does the power/punch salute wrong, bless him.
There aren't many gifs around for White Teeth (for shame, fandom I am disappoint!) but what there are, well...
Before he's a terrorist, Josh has bad 90s glasses.
Josh's mum is the "Bitty" woman from Little Britain. I now have images... His Dad is that guy from Stephen Moffat's Joking Apart.
Josh's Animal Rights gang. He fancies the girl with the hair. Unfortunately she's married.
The gang turn on him. If you like the idea of James being tied up and threatened then WATCH THIS PROGRAMME!
More threatening. Helpless James is sexxxxxxy.
And if you need another reason to watch White Teeth, then Russell Brand and John Simm are in Episode 1.
So, other than thatI've been distracting myself from the riots by other means:-
1. I joined Pottermore
Yes, thanks to magpieinthesky I braved the madness and got an ID. I'm starrose100, sorry starrose17 ! I just hope I'm not in Hufflepuff. Because I can never get over the "Welcome to Hufflepuff" speech that the wonderful gods-of-comedy Mitchell and Webb did a few years ago.
2. I joined Carpe Brewski
I haven't got my pledge name yet but I'm hoping for something cool. If not, I'll sharpie over their faces. Honestly, right now I'm just laughing myself silly at all the carpebrewski madness.
3. I watched Super 8
Do you like The Goonies? Do you like Cloverfield? Do you like ET? Well, this is a bit like all those films. In one film. Put it like this, my hubbie absolutely LOVED it. He wants to go back and see it again at the cinema rather than go to see The Smurfs with me. Which is a little harsh, but okay.
It's a spiffing film. If you are thinking about seeing it, go see it at the cinema. The special effects are so crazy-amazing, that you have to see them on the big screen. I actually yelped at one point. I never do that with 3D films!
Also, the characterisation and the little kids are pretty awesome. I especially loved the Director kid - in yellow in the picture below.
4. I went to Broadstairs Folk Week.
Basically this is a week long festival in the small seaside town in Kent. The main event we went to see (apart from hanging out with my hubby's Morris Dancer friends) was the Sea Shanty singers. If you've never heard about 50 grown men singing sea shanties acapella, then you've never lived. They sang the song from the video below. Something about Handies. Whatever that means. Oh, and they did Sloop John B if you know that song?
There were also these pagen things called the hooden horses. I'm not even kidding, they scared the WILLIES out of me.
That's all folks. Now back to the riots...
25. White Teeth
For anybody who's a fan of James McAvoy, I very strongly recommend this series. James's character appears properly in Episode 3, although he's portrayed but a cute little kid in episode 2 who looks very like James! Basically, and you will not believe this, James plays the son of a famous geneticist. Who has a massive picture of a lab rat on his wall.
No, REALLY. Josh (who James plays) ends up rebelling against his parents and becomming an Animal Rights Terrorist, and there's an X-men crossover waiting to happen right there.
So, remember this picture? This is Josh! Protesting his parents having a chicken in their fridge. And he always does the power/punch salute wrong, bless him.
There aren't many gifs around for White Teeth (for shame, fandom I am disappoint!) but what there are, well...
Before he's a terrorist, Josh has bad 90s glasses.
Josh's mum is the "Bitty" woman from Little Britain. I now have images... His Dad is that guy from Stephen Moffat's Joking Apart.
Josh's Animal Rights gang. He fancies the girl with the hair. Unfortunately she's married.
The gang turn on him. If you like the idea of James being tied up and threatened then WATCH THIS PROGRAMME!
More threatening. Helpless James is sexxxxxxy.
And if you need another reason to watch White Teeth, then Russell Brand and John Simm are in Episode 1.
So, other than thatI've been distracting myself from the riots by other means:-
1. I joined Pottermore
Yes, thanks to magpieinthesky I braved the madness and got an ID. I'm starrose100, sorry starrose17 ! I just hope I'm not in Hufflepuff. Because I can never get over the "Welcome to Hufflepuff" speech that the wonderful gods-of-comedy Mitchell and Webb did a few years ago.
2. I joined Carpe Brewski
I haven't got my pledge name yet but I'm hoping for something cool. If not, I'll sharpie over their faces. Honestly, right now I'm just laughing myself silly at all the carpebrewski madness.
3. I watched Super 8
Do you like The Goonies? Do you like Cloverfield? Do you like ET? Well, this is a bit like all those films. In one film. Put it like this, my hubbie absolutely LOVED it. He wants to go back and see it again at the cinema rather than go to see The Smurfs with me. Which is a little harsh, but okay.
It's a spiffing film. If you are thinking about seeing it, go see it at the cinema. The special effects are so crazy-amazing, that you have to see them on the big screen. I actually yelped at one point. I never do that with 3D films!
Also, the characterisation and the little kids are pretty awesome. I especially loved the Director kid - in yellow in the picture below.
4. I went to Broadstairs Folk Week.
Basically this is a week long festival in the small seaside town in Kent. The main event we went to see (apart from hanging out with my hubby's Morris Dancer friends) was the Sea Shanty singers. If you've never heard about 50 grown men singing sea shanties acapella, then you've never lived. They sang the song from the video below. Something about Handies. Whatever that means. Oh, and they did Sloop John B if you know that song?
Click to viewThere were also these pagen things called the hooden horses. I'm not even kidding, they scared the WILLIES out of me.
That's all folks. Now back to the riots...