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Watched it yesterday. It was OK but not sure it deserves the hype. Not having the benefit of a classical education, I managed to follow it just fine so you don't really need any prior knowledge. The casting was generally good too and the dialogue clarity wasn't bad. Certainly not as bad as other Nolan films anyway although I suspect without the benefit of iMax then it might not be as clear. At nearly 3 hours long it did feel long. Stuff was happening all the time but still felt it would have benefitted from being half hour shorter. Main thing though is that while it should have been exciting, I didn't really engage with the story or characters. The characters aren't that likeable and difficult to root for. Robert Pattinson did a decent job and they should have done more with his character, Anne Hathaway has one moment of spark and passion as well but other than that the characters all felt a bit earnest and a bit dull. The other thing is that it doesn't really take advantage of iMax and the big screen in general. Everything looks washed out and drab and it's not a spectacular film in that regard. I might have had the wrong idea going into the film - I was hoping for more of an entertaining Gladiator type film and this is a more cerebral film where I presume we're supposed to meditate on themes of guilt, responsibility and destiny. Anyway, didn't hate it, didn't love it, probably won't remember much about it.

Might go and see it later this week too but three hours? Seems excessive. I watched Oppenheimer and thought that was a bit of a mess and felt it jumped around too much without any real need to. Also, Nolan films are shit for dialogue clarity. So, better than Oppenheimer?

Complete aside but I sometimes use AI to give me scout reports on linked players cos it's not too bad at summarising stuff. Invariably it'll come back with how well (or bad) said player will fit into Russell Martin's possession based game. Seems like AI is fixated with him as much as we are.

I don't know enough about Lankshear either but if we're looking at people like Azon for 9M then I'd take Stewart back like a shot. Appreciate there will always be doubts about injuries but you know what you're getting and I still feel he has a lot to offer us. Would also be the cheaper option.

I'd be more reassured if you could tell us he definitely isn't leaving.

Good to see Andy calling out factional in-fighting in the Labour Party with a straight face.

Must win game tomorrow. COYR!

Isn't one of the drivers supposed to be about rolling up all the individual LGPS schemes into fewer larger ones and then incentivising them to invest in UK businesses? Thought I read that somewhere but could be wrong. Far as I'm concerned it's a shit idea and I don't like it. I don't want a sodding Mayor either.

Ah, I was wondering where all the distressing images referenced in the thread title were.

Obviously he's forgiven us. He did that ages ago. Clearly going into a play off final and having zero shots on target was a bit of an olive branch.

I read the Silo books a few years ago and the back story on the silos was probably the best thing in the books. They've already changed a fair bit of stuff from the books and can't imagine they'll devote as much time in the series to the flashbacks as the books did but looking forward to watching it.

I think we're all looking at his little outbursts like this the wrong way. If I'm Andy Burnham I'm thinking this is an absolute gift and all I need to do is have a little pop back, reassert our stance and act a bit tough. Instant surge in approval ratings. Might put Trump out a bit but the stupid fucker changes his mind so often that it'll make no difference whatsoever anyway.

I'm looking forward to tonight's game and think it could be a good one. Neither team is as good as France or Spain but from an excitement point of view I reckon we'll see goals and a bit of drama. No denying Spain are a very effective team and can look really devastating when they click but most of the time I don't find it them that entertaining.

Or alternatively you discount assists and just look at goals and last season he's one goal every 5 games. For a team that came second. I don't think there's any way round the fact that he doesn't score enough (and I guess if you want to get really nerdy then his xG against actual goals scored would back that up).

I'm with you. Dobbin sounds like he could be decent and if the only forward options that leave are players like Archer, BBD, Downs and Edozie then I'm quite happy with that. If it means we're losing any of the others (and Scienza would be the most obvious) then it's a bit concerning. If we ended the window losing Scienza and Stewart with the replacements being Dobbin and Azon then it would be hard to argue we are stronger than last season (with the usual caveat that none of us will really know until we've seen them play for a bit and I guess we could bring in others).