Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon on 'The Trip'

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Not sure what I think of this. It doesn't feel quite funny enough and it's not going deep enough imo to justify the potentially more poignant elements. It's so superficial and so unrevealing. But I have really laughed a couple of times.
DH thinks it's terrible but hasn't watched it properly, he's read the bad reviews and assumes they're right.
But there are moments. And it makes me wish there was a real script which could use Coogan's amazing acting. He looks like he could do anything but that there's nothing much to do here somehow. Except sort of constipatedly 'play' an exaggerated version of himself.

I think this is brilliant, really, really good.

i am quite stunned by how good an actor Steve Coogan is - his face has such expression.

Me and DD thinks it is utterly brilliant, DP is a bit about it.

I love it. The whole thing is so slow and measured and so unlike the usual frentic pace of programmes on telly today.

And I love looking at all the food.

We are going to Lumiere in Cheltenham, next weekend - they do poncey food. Perhaps we will attempt Michael Caine impressions during our starters.

I love this. I love telly like this. (I hate most telly

I love Getting On: it is not "equally" brilliant, it is enormously more brilliant :)

bumping this because I missed the thread last time

I think it's fabulous- have been glued to it. Well done Coogan for making himself out to be such a desperate, miserable arse

and he's the scenery is of course wonderful to look at as well

arf

same for Getting On. Every night, just before bed, we should offer up a silent prayer for the BBC. Gawd bless it

I'm really enjoying it too (food and walking in the dales/lakes being my favourite things). Have never really seen any work by Coogan/Brydon before but enjoying that too. However, the continuity gaffes/editing is driving me potty. Eg that viaduct which was 'just outside the hotel' is very famous and about 15 miles away along twisty tiny roads-no wonder they were gone so long LOL.

In this week's and last week's episodes when they were driving around it was cutting backwards and forwards between the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District even though they were supposed to be in the Lake District (from the hotels they were in) but over the last couple of weeks I have recognised 2 villages and a hill or two that are definitly in the dales (have been many many times).