it feels very surface y. and jane austen fans got very cross when they saw the trailer, and the trailer is pretty much the tone of the film. the trailer is even more flippant than the film itself, but it s kind of passably entertaining for what it is, with some great performances, but it really doesn t have any depth at all. although, that said, put it next to thor: love and thunder and it s war and peace. it s a masterpiece! i mean, it looks beautiful, but i felt i didn t, yes, didn t know what to say much more, apart from that. that s the thing. when what you say about it is, it looks beautiful, what that means is. 0k. brian and charles, i have not seen, and i m so interested, because i m kind of intrigued by this. so, touchingly absurdist comedy about a lonely man living in a cottage in the welsh valleys. he makes inventions, and one day, he finds a mannequin s head and he takes into his inventor s workshop with a washing machine and he comes out with a robot that calls itself cha
hi again, mark. and what do you have for us this week? well, hopefully something for everyone. we have thor: love and thunder, another superhero movie. we have a new version of persuasion coming to netflix. and brian and charles, a robot movie with a difference. i m intrigued about number three. good. but anyway, we will start with thor. love and thunder, which is the sequel to thor: ragnarok, which i know that you did go and see. i did see that, although. you see, there we are. i had to be reminded that we d seen it, in a kind of why are we married? sort of way, because i didn t remember every detail of the film. which one is this? ok, so this is once again directed by taika waititi. so the plot is driven by christian bale s gorr the god butcher, who is on a mission to butcher gods, as his name would suggest. he must be stopped. meanwhile, thor is pining forjane foster natalie portman who was around a while ago
with the accent a little bit. it feels very surface y. and jane austen fans got very cross when they saw the trailer, and the trailer is pretty much the tone of the film. the trailer is even more flippant than the film itself, but it s kind of passably entertaining for what it is, with some great performances, but it really doesn t have any depth at all. although, that said, put it next to thor: love and thunder and it s war and peace. it s a masterpiece! i mean, it looks beautiful, but i felt i didn t, yes, didn t know what to say much more, apart from that. that s the thing. when what you say about it is, it looks beautiful, what that means is. 0k. brian and charles, i have not seen, and i m so interested, because i m kind of intrigued by this. so, touchingly absurdist comedy about a lonely man living in a cottage in the welsh valleys.
this guy is so lonely that he kind of builds himself a companion, and the companion looks ridiculous. it s a big box with a small head that calls itself charles. and, ok, on one level, that shouldn t work at all, but it does, and it works for two reasons. firstly, the film isn t about robots. what it s about is companionship and friendship and the universal need to have companionship and friendship. and secondly, an awful lot of it is to do with, look, you either buy into this or you don t, and at first when you look at it, you think, that is the most absurd robot i v e v e r se e n p. but then that absurdity becomes childlike, and when charles goes out into the garden, for example, he says, how far does the outside go? does it go beyond the tree? and i was thinking of room you know, the questions that are asked with the young survivor of room. yes. and there is a kind of innocence to it. now, obviously, in expanding it from a short film to a feature film, they have to introduce
he makes inventions, and one day, he finds a manikin s head and he takes into his inventor s workshop with a washing machine and he comes out with a robot that calls itself charles petrescu, with whom he develops a strange and, i have to say, rather wonderfully touching father son relationship. here s a clip. they re just boiling cabbage and chilling out. can i have some now, please? no, no, no. you wait for dindons. so impatient! what are you doing?! are you dancing? are you dancing for me? that s nice. that s nice! oh, look at those hips! look at those hips! watch me go! so, look, here s the thing. this group out of, firstly, an internet radio show and then a standup act and then a short film in 2017, which is about their relationship.