see that wee dude fae billy elliot??? jesus christ, he's up there with monsieur coxon himself...

By Lucky on Thursday, January 4, 2001 - 10:46 am:

How?

By I love Jamie Bell on Friday, January 5, 2001 - 09:49 pm:

I know what you mean, he's lovely I saw him on the Frank Skinner Show mmmmm....

By sarah on Saturday, January 6, 2001 - 10:22 pm:

he was pretty darn good, but overall i didn't like the film. am i the only person who feels this way? it was so sentimental and cliche-ridden. if i had a pound for every northern cliche they used then i could afford to move down south and learn to talk proper.

By Eddy on Sunday, January 7, 2001 - 11:51 am:

It must be good, it's got "A Town Called Malice" by the Jam on it!!

By sarah on Monday, January 8, 2001 - 08:21 pm:

Oh yes, I forgot about that. And that Bowie song at the beginning.

By nat on Thursday, January 11, 2001 - 09:01 pm:

good good songs! which kid? the star? anyone else think that "billy's" (jamie bell, innit?) young, dark-haired cross-dressing/homosexual best friend could pass for a 13/14 yr-old jarvis cocker? i was fascinated. so yes, mmmmm... yeah, i really liked the film. it's funny, in canada the debbie girl would be considered ugly, but she isn't, 'cos i think she has a very "english" quality of "beauty" to her: pale, freckly, thin lips, heart-shaped head... although keeping in mind that that's just my image, since i've never even been to england. comments, anyone?
have a lovelly day

By indigo on Friday, January 12, 2001 - 06:21 pm:

A lot of English girls are freckly, but thats about it. Up north people are generally paler than down south, and more freckly. While we're on crass generalisations, don't americans have terrible dress sense? Well, the small cross section of America you see at Disney World.

Feel free to post any slightly relevant ramblings.

By nat on Friday, January 12, 2001 - 08:52 pm:

i really have no idea, indigo. but as i canadian, i like to think that, whilst walking around downtown t.o, it's noticeable that we are (the people you see walking the streets), in general, cleaner, more attractive, more fit/healthy, better dressed and more diverse (i.e. multiculturally speaking) than most of the people roaming the streets of the country further south to us. that's it, really. what i feel.

so... in a round about sort of way: torontonians are on average better dressers than the americans way south. (but i'm quite sure, from what i can see of students and my image of england, that you guys dress at least more interestingly)

By BakeSale on Saturday, January 13, 2001 - 11:06 am:

No Sarah, you are not alone in not liking that film ( a bit out of date this message I know). In fact, like the majority of all British films it was terrible.

The British film industry peaked 50 years ago with 'The Third Man', saysa me.

By sarah on Saturday, January 13, 2001 - 06:22 pm:

Bakesale, you have impeccable taste! I love The Third Man, especially the scene on the ferris wheel and the music. Orson Welles has such an unmistakable sinister presence dontcha think? Anyone seen Citizen Kane??

By stereopop on Saturday, January 13, 2001 - 08:37 pm:

Yes, and I fell asleep.

By indigo on Sunday, January 14, 2001 - 10:32 am:

I just bought A Clockwork Orange !!!!!
But I can't watch it until the 26th January!!!!
Fuck fuck fuck!

(explanation - feeling generous I bought it as a present for my dad, but my mum has gone and wrapped it and hidden it! aaargh!)

I haven't seen Billy Eliot, not my sort of film. In fact, I hardly watch any films. Comes from having the attention span of a

God I'm bored with this posting.

By BakeSale on Monday, January 15, 2001 - 12:22 pm:

That Ferris Wheel bit's great isn't it ?

Oh and yes, as I'm a Film student I've seen Citizen Kane about a billion times.

PS Did you know Orson Welles provided the voice for Unicron in 'Transformers - The Movie' ?

By nittaya on Wednesday, June 13, 2001 - 06:02 pm:

what'd you think of it, indigo? (i think i nearly cried, 'cos all my fave parts seemed to have been butchered...)

so anyway, i found out that kid is called Stuart Wells & he was about 17 when he made that film (he's 19 this september?), but i still love him (he's my comp. wall paper right now, yeah)

~nat.