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I just watched Mamma Mia 2.

If I say it was the biggest pile of steaming shite ever, am I out of the gang? Honest to God I don’t know what I wanted to gouge out first, my ears, my eyes or my brain.

Does anyone else have anything else to admit? You didn’t fancy Patrick Swazye in Dirty Dancing?

Harry was in Gryffindor, my least favourite house out of the four. (Damn Marauders.) I love the Platform 9 3/4 shop, they also have a website.

That's the one! Bless her. No, she's not 38, but my dsis is 37 and was as big of a fan as dd! I felt like a third wheel! They droned on and on with the tour guide about it all (all of which went straight over my head). Dd knew all the quiz questions. She has read the books several times. It was a massive hit with dd though. She got a good tour of London all on a HP theme. I got sore feet.

All of these tacky celeb things children in need CR etc

Yes, and when they have celeb versions of gameshows where they try to win a lot of money for said charity that the channel is throwing its weight behind and supposedly supporting. It's gravely urgent that the viewers donate every penny that they can possibly spare, even little kids giving their pocket money, for this vital cause that invests its donations in the arms trade and other dubious concerns that actually harm the poor and vulnerable people in Africa but it's all just a bit of light-hearted first-world fun seeing whether the celebs win £100,000+ to help the dying and seriously sick African children or if the chaser catches them and then, oops, only a small nominal consolation amount is therefore given to the charity.

I really like The Chase when it's ordinary folk hoping to win enough for a big holiday or a shiny new car, but this does sit very awkwardly with me.

I feel the same when governments offer to match the combined total given by individuals with the same amount of centrally-held public funds. If you have the money set aside and earmarked for those so desperately in need, then just give it all straight to them automatically - don't make it dependent on whether Beryl from Basingstoke is able to and bothers/remembers to phone in with a percentage of her pension.

Mamma Mia is the worst, most cringeworthy pile of shit I ever endured and that's from a person who spent a while performing musical theatre. Musicals rarely carry over well to the screen anyway but that really is pure car crash.

Cannot understand how or why the likes of Colin Firth, Julie Walters, Mila Kunis and well respected, established brilliant actors I otherwise love would even politely agree to look the script over in more detail.

Like drama students in sixth form came up with the idea drinking Lambrusco over the summer. Didn't know there was a second movie but rest assured that shit won't catch me out again.

Never liked or got the whole thing with boy-bands so that's always going to be lost on me especially as girls I went to school with are still paying daft amounts for tickets to see them in concert and wait in line for special screenings of crap like Dirty Dancing.

Love the music in Dirty Dancing but it's otherwise awful. Basically about a dodgy older guy with his packed lunch tightly crammed into his pants having his way with a young naïve girl and getting away with it because his dance routine for some reason wins over her Dad who gives the nod to just carry on shagging his 16yr old now he's seen the dude dance.

Soundtrack is responsible for “I've had the time of my life” played to death at every Christmas do, birthday / wedding and other shit get together. Also one of the five tracks on Smooth Radio's playlist so overall... no.

Feel bad for my daughter who at 20yrs old has been kind of forced into a world where everything is played out via social media and everyone is upset and offended and outraged about some shit or other. She shares my thoughts and has a really dark and sinister sense of humour but is a much nicer person so reserved and polite about stuff.

If it's not a documentary or related to all things about music, the ocean, dogs, horses or sent to and from YouTube at daft o'clock I don't know or care.

Oh don't get me started on Julie Walters. Her appearance makes me bodily dive for the remote. I'd rather be waterboarded.

Normally I accept these things are a matter of taste, but I really struggle to accept that there are people alive who can stand her Same with MN favourite Emma Blooming Thompson I'm afraid.

Colin Firth is lovely, though.

Howling at some of these.

@ThatssomebadhatHarry
Everytime someone uses the term ‘fur babies’ I want to vomit and slap them silly. I’d add “poor wee mite” to that.

Also grown adults who say anything along the lines of “simples” or “it does what it says on the tin”. Oh God, and the adults talking like toddlers on the Haribo advert... To be polite they make my teeth itch. In reality I want to hurt them.

@Kneehigim. And if I hear one more fucking word about cunting Brexit! Piss or get off the fucking pot.

I’m going straight to hell but when I woke up to the headline news of the moor fire near Marsden I nearly wept with joy that at least it wasn’t fucking Brexit.

Local theatre and am dram stuff, I find myself physically cringing for them

@Parley are you me? we should be friends, but, y'know, that would never work...maybe just a subtle nod?

Michael Macintyre
Mamma Mia and all similar shite
Love Island and all similar shite
Banksy

Never tried coffee
Never seen a Star Wars or Lord of Rings
Hated Emily Blunt in Mary Poppins.Hated whole film
Never been Ikea
Don't drink now.Never had prosecco.

Quinoa and cous cous are vile.
Paul McCartney is an overrated singer
as is Mick Jagger

I have never been to a car boot sale.

I dont give a crap about who you think you are - all those C list celebrities getting wobbly lipped over perceived injustices and harsh lives which were the lot of most people of the time and are in everybody's history.

I'm a celebrity get me out of here - no you're not, you are a nonentity, stay where you are.

Casualty - cant stand the emotional manipulation - 'Look, here's a nice person, like them, now watch as we do something horrible to them'

Spa days - why pay to spend a day wondering around in dressing gown and slippers, drinking hot water and having 'treatments'? I'm a grown up, I can wash my own face.

Proud to admit I have never watched a single episode of Downtown Abbey in my life - no idea who the characters were or what the big deal was about. To be honest, period dramas are an absolute turn-off for me.

I hate Mikey and Minnie Mouse is something I could never say at work as the woman who has them on everything she owns would probably kill me. She gets offended enough when I say I dont like certain Disney films.

I didn't breastfeed because I didn't want too is also frowned upon.

I dont like romcoms, shoes, handbags, shopping or own any makeup. My dd once asked why cant I just be normal like other mums.

I hate people coming round my house. I have to deal with it for my children but would never invite someone round. I just meet out and about for coffee instead.

Never seen Grease
I hate musicals and I roll my eyes when I'm at the theatre watching my nieces 🤣. Also can never watch Strictly 😬

I too didn’t breastfeed
‘Cue the pro breast feeders knocking me out’

@ gnomedeplume I'm a celebrity get me out of here - no you're not, you are a nonentity, stay where you are.
That made me laugh, and expressed my feeling better than I could have 😂

I don't like Grease, Dirty Dancing, Ghost, Pretty Woman, Titanic or Mamma bloody Mia.
Jason Momoa is overrated.
Game of Thrones is highly overrated.
I can't stand Bake Off or Strictly.

Mama Mia 1 was awful, I never understood why people liked it. The same with Love Actually and Bridget Jones Baby. The first Bridget Jones was ok but it was of it’s time, I wouldn’t watch it now.

Gavin and Stacey isn’t funny

Reeses Pieces are shite

Jonny Depp is a greasy, wife-battering hasbeen and I’m amazed he still gets work

There’s loads more and I’m in a shitty mood today so I may be back

I absolutely hated Love actually and can't see any appeal for Johnny depp (looks wise or talent wise)

Years ago I started a new job and they invited me out for a few drinks. They were all crazy love actually fans(incl and especially the boss) and arranged regular viewings of it at each other's houses. They were also devoted to JD

I was younger, and more assertive then and expressed my dislike of both.

That job never went well.

so glad someone said Banksy.
Graffiti even done by someone 'special' is still bloody graffiti.

never heard of Jason Momoa?

Adele, her screechy voice.

Tattoos. No just no. they look horrible.

I managed about 12 minutes of Mamma Mia 2. I was desperate, on a long flight, I’d watched all the good films, and I still couldn’t do it.

I watched the little plane flying over the map instead. The script was better.

I don't like Adele. The songs are derivative and her singing style drones on.

Tolkien and JK Rowling are overrated.
The Beatles are just yawn as are the Rolling Stones who need to just retire rather than rehashing the same old sixties nostalgia fest.