Nic René
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Nic René
@NicRene
Actual human person, Twitter spectator (mostly)
เข้าร่วม Mart 2021
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The genius of Withnail and I is that it’s the greatest comedy ever made, yet there’s not only no real jokes, a lot of it isn’t even funny by nature. I’ve been thinking about this piece of dialogue for about an hour and laughing my head off:
“Indeed I often wonder where Norman is now. Probably wintering with his mother in Guildford. A cat, rain, Vim under the sink, and both bars on. But old now, old, there is no true beauty without decay.”
To read that on the page, it’s not even funny. But within the film, it becomes hysterical. That’s down to the brilliance of Bruce Robinson’s script. It’s razor sharp, not a word wasted. His direction is fantastic too. Between Marwood’s voiceover and the way we enter the scene just as these words roll out of Monty’s never-ending diatribe, it feels like we too have been roaming the fields with him for hours. Then there’s the acting, the way these actors bring flesh and blood to the characters until they feel completely lived in. We never get the backstory, but you instantly know there were all kinds of salacious antics behind Monty and Norman’s estrangement.
That’s the magic of the film. It creates an entire world that feels like it existed long before we arrived and carries on after we leave. Much like Monty ponders where Norman is, fans can’t help wonder the same about the characters of this movie, so real they seem.
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@okayestpoet Men like these are performative for other men. They crave the approval and adulation of men, want to be attractive to men, and prefer the company of men.
They don’t actually care about what’s attractive to women or making meaningful connections. Women are the afterthought.

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No, no, no. Listen up.
Getting help for your mental health struggles is sexy as fuck. Healing, breaking patterns, taking responsibility, putting in the work? YES PLEASE AND FUCKING THANK YOU! That is PEAK masculinity.
What's unattractive is ignoring your shit, refusing help, refusing to change, playing victim while you perpetuate toxic cycles onto others. Fuck that. Step the fuck up. Talk about it. Get help
Heal like a man.

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@batcountry1980 Never had anyone been so terrifying on screen. And that scene where he argues with himself then goes and punches Winstone…
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@Fmonkeyincrisis @cowincrisis There was a cow
in the sea.
How I wish
that cow was me.
Standing there
up to my knee,
just taking in
all that I see.
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Will never understand the definition of masculinity that deems submitting to other men out of fear of their judgment as stronger than indifference to weak men's approval. I bet he had a blast & more importantly created a core memory & bond with his daughter.
Pico 🎈@Piicools
getting a daughter will have you loosing gangsta points daily 😂
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@TheStingisBack She was adorable in this. Naive and curious and full of heart. And kickass too. Super fun film. As an editor I imagine you appreciate the pacing.
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@CarmineWilding @phangender Could be, but I thought Foster’s was more of an Australian thing…
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@phangender I don’t know how you can have one of the smartest parrots and one of the dumbest parrots at the same time…


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Working in a liquor store one night, a male who looks about 16 enters the store. Please note: this happened in 2009.
Customer: *places beers on the counter* "Hi, I'll just have these, thanks, and a bottle of rum."
Me: "Uh, sure mate. I'll need to see some ID first."
The customer produces ID, and it looks real-his photo on it, holograms where they should be-but one thing stands out: his DOB says he was born in 1929.
Me: "So. 1929 huh? You sure don't look 80 to me."
Customer: "I'm over 18 though, aren't I?"
Me: "I think you better get out of my store before I call the cops, Gramps."
The kid left the beer on the counter and ran off. He also left his ID, which I kept to show off to my friends. We all had a good laugh about it!
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@batcountry1980 There’s fishnets and then there’s Ben-nets… I’ll see myself out.
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The first time I saw this I was practically in tears of laughter. The build up to this moment goes on forever and then....instantly dead. It's like something out of The Naked Gun
Billy Jarrett@billyjarrettugh
“I’ll be back with the whole fire department” proceeds to run into a coffee table and immediately die
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@DrewLeaseOnLife @deidrejowen It is, but only in Eastern Standard Time.
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@deidrejowen @NicRene At least a New York minute should be a standard length of time.
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@NicRene @DrewLeaseOnLife Too mny vowels, ineffcnt fr all th suddns
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