Best Film Ever

Episode 61 - Paddington

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This week we've got a suitcase full of marmalade, a sandwich under our hat, and have stowed away on board a postal boat in search of a new home in posh London as we watch Paddington.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, Georgia - as we wait at Cockfosters train station for someone to notice the tag around our neck.  It's a 61st episode full of British cameos as we discuss:

  • Who the original choice was for the titular Peruvian bear and how late in the game was the swap made
  • We play BFE Bingo as Ian discovers he has 4 key things he references in every episode
  • We have an absolutely uncanny Jim Broadbent fact courtesy of Ellie in Context Corner
  • We all ask if this film wastes Peter Capaldi
  • We marvel at the quality of the CGI as Paddington seamlessly interacts with the live-action footage in London
  • There's a spirited discussion about if a film has to do more than give you the warm-and-fuzzies (pun totally intended) to be declared a great film
  • We ask how an Academy Award winning actress such as Nicole Kidman can be this bad in the film and if moments of this film are a bit of a rebuke to a former partner.
  • Does this film condition children against the museum and geographers in general?
  • Whether or not Paddington is the Best Film Ever

    • Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

    Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

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