America's and Britian's Special Relationship...

13 years ago

Yeah, it IS a funny movie. To the brits, in the end King ralph ends up being a good guy, helping britain, but finds out that there is a person more deserving, and proper, than HE, and he convinces HIM to be the king. Ralph lives then as a regular citizen.

Just to let you know that it is more a comedy and pokes fun at ralphs character than is in any way against britain.

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Jeff Burritt

Banned 13 years ago

America and Britain are like cousins. Often we share similar tastes in music and enterprise. And yet our differences could not be more obvious. But, we both generally know how to enjoy a poke at each other all in good fun.

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sloanjim

13 years ago

I think it's a very one sided "relationship"

I mean the number of our boys their gung ho pilots kill an dnothing gets done. But yet one kid hosts pirated software and he's extradicted to the USA. Same with some of our business men. Hiked off to the US to face trial. It would never happen the other way around.
No doub tthe U.S.A. loves any country..thet plays by their rules.

I think Blair was Bush's little puppet. Just to get a few more million form the "oil wars".

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Riptor 13 years ago

John Goodman on the throne.... now there's an image I am finding difficult to get out of my head! Thanks for that.

We are not amused old chap.
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- seasoned 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Riptor
  
  John Goodman on the throne.... now there's an image I am finding difficult to get out of my head! Thanks for that.
  
  We are not amused old chap.
  
  Yeah, I KNOW you smiled but... I think they did a good job here. Ralph was practically BEGGED to come, thought he was a big deal as an entertainer, and turned out well. Still, he did right by britain. I guess you have to see it all. I offered SOME spoilers, but not HOW. He starts out looking like a disaster and the person that is power hungry ends up getting what he deserves EVEN as he makes things hard for ralph.
  
  In short, it shows human nature and shows some of the best of britain and the US, even when you doubt they can exist there.
  
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TLTheLiberator

13 years ago

I hear the relationship wasn't all that special until POTUS #26, one Teddy Roosevelt entered the White House after the assassination of #25 one William McKinley in 1901.

Before #26 I hear we and the Brits were friendly adversaries upon the world stage.

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Jeff Burritt

Banned 13 years ago

King Ralph the humpty dumpty numpty

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TLTheLiberator

13 years ago

IMHO, he was one of the UK's greatest leaders and his mum was an American.

Who was he???

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jimbo13 13 years ago

Originally Posted by TLTheLiberator

IMHO, he was one of the UK's greatest leaders and his mum was an American.

Who was he???

That's a toughie. I'm sure many people in the UK don't know he is just as American as he is British.

About the Special Relationship. Not sure many in the UK think Obama thinks there is one. He called the French of all people the US strongest ally and supports negotiation over The Falkland Islands even though it is non of his business. Oh, and he thinks his grandfather was whipped in an English Military jail out in Kenya back in the day.

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- Thomas 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by TLTheLiberator
  
  IMHO, he was one of the UK's greatest leaders and his mum was an American.
  
  Who was he???
  
  Churchill's mother was from Brooklyn.
  
  Interestingly, so was Eamon De Valera, one of the Ireland's greatest leaders.
  
  Churchill hated him with a passion.
  
  And he hated Churchill with equal vigour.
  
  Both of them made regular speeches about how dreadful the other was.
  
  Maybe their personal animosity went beyond politics, if you know what I mean.
  
  Originally Posted by jimbo13
  
  About the Special Relationship. Not sure many in the UK think Obama thinks there is one. He called the French of all people the US strongest ally
  
  OBAMA: All countries are close allies!! - YouTube
  
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RyanTH

13 years ago

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AprilCT 13 years ago

Thanks for the heads up, I love funny movies. They are more entertaining than heavy drama, blood, guts, giant explosions and kissy movies.
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TLTheLiberator

13 years ago

Eight Presidents were born British subjects:

Washington, J. Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, J. Q. Adams, Jackson, and W. Harrison.

Brits have played American presidents in at least 6 movies I can remember.

- Clear and Present Danger: Donald Moffat

- Dr. Stranglove: Peter Sellers

- Anthony Hopkins has played two White House incumbents: John Quincy Adams in Amistad in 1997 and Richard Nixon in the 1995 biopic Nixon wins an Oscar.

- Michael Gambon has also had a go as leader of the free world, playing Lyndon B Johnson in 2002 in Path to War.

- MacArthur: Dan O'Herlihy

- Kenneth Branagh was Franklin D Roosevelt in the 2005 HBO movie Warm Springs.

Upcoming...

- Daniel Day Lewis will play Abe Lincoln in a movie based on the book Team Of Rivals scheduled for release in 2013 to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address.

The film will be based on the book Team of Rivals, by Doris Kearns Goodwin, which follows the in-fighting between Lincoln and his cabinet during the US Civil War.

The screenplay has already been written by Tony Kushner.

Great book!!

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ExRat 13 years ago

Hi TLTheLiberator,

Re: America's and Britian's Special Relationship...

This song was released in 1986 and is still spot on -

Heartland lyrics

"This is the 51st state--of the U. S. A......"

The the - Heartland - YouTube
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Jeff Burritt

Banned 13 years ago

The Beatles were British right? Didn't one or two of them marry Marilyn Monroe? Or was that Elton John? Anyway, the point is that Brits produce guys like Bruce Springsteen, Justin Beaver and other great musicians all the time. Why can't we do that?

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Riptor 13 years ago

:p

Sting - Englishman In New York - YouTube
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- TLTheLiberator 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Riptor
  
  :p
  
  Sting - Englishman In New York - YouTube
  
  Recorded the movie "A Yank at Oxford" with Robert Taylor and Vivian Liegh made back in 1938.
  
  I'll check it out when I get a chance.
  
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waterotter

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Jeff Burritt

The Beatles were British right? Didn't one or two of them marry Marilyn Monroe? Or was that Elton John? Anyway, the point is that Brits produce guys like Bruce Springsteen, Justin Beaver and other great musicians all the time. Why can't we do that?

Justin Bieber is Canadian.

Justin Bieber - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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ExRat

13 years ago

Hi waterotter,

Originally Posted by Jeff Burritt

The Beatles were British right? Didn't one or two of them marry Marilyn Monroe? Or was that Elton John? Anyway, the point is that Brits produce guys like Bruce Springsteen, Justin Beaver and other great musicians all the time. Why can't we do that?

Originally Posted by waterotter

Justin Bieber is Canadian.

Justin Bieber - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Surely Jeff is taking the mick.

Some of Bruce Springsteen's songs kind of give a hint to where he is from, like ummm 'Born In The USA'...:p

And while we're at it -

America's and Britian's Special Relationship...

Where is this 'Britian' place??

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bravo75

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Jeff Burritt

The Beatles were British right? Didn't one or two of them marry Marilyn Monroe? Or was that Elton John? Anyway, the point is that Brits produce guys like Bruce Springsteen, Justin Beaver and other great musicians all the time. Why can't we do that?

If this is meant as a joke, then I sort of get it.