BOORMAN BORES AGAIN

Fuckin hell what a LOAD OF SHIT!!! What a bunch of muppets! You fucked up India man! How could you fuck up India? No seriously India was great. The truck ride was brilliant. Just when you think you are going to see a bit of India- no. its back to Booringmans innane diary cam.

Focuses on sweaty butt.
Voice over: I am wearing the wrong trousers. I have a sweaty butt.
Switch to diary cam: My butt was very sweaty. People laughed when I walked by.
Back to Booringmans sweaty butt, Voice over: I have a sweaty butt.

later

Focus on hobbling cameraman, voice over: Camera man has twisted his ankle.
Switch to diary cam: Camera man has twisted his ankle. It might be bad.
Back to hobbling cameraman: I have hurt my ankle. I have no idea how bad it is.

Who fucking edited this crap? Hilarious.

Train goes past poor people, voice over: Ahh.. Poor people. Beside railway tracks.

India looked as amazing as usual though.

BBC: SAVED

The BBC has been saved from a fate worse than Charlie Boorman's paint drying road trip by none other than Russel Brand, who has made a proper road movie. Fucking fantastic. Isn't he mad? isn't he zany? No. he is normal. Its every other fucker. I'm not going to say anymore, just watch it.

BOORMAN: WHAT IT SAYS ON THE TIN

I have been watching Charlie Boormans trip from Ireland to Sydney on the iPlayer. Is it me? Do they just miss the interesting bits out maybe? Didn't get them on film. The first two episodes come across as really bland. Its like a fucking package holiday only they have more interpreters laid on. I'd hate to have that much back up on a trip abroad. How can you have a genuine experience of a country which is your own? I never clicked before that Charlie Boorman is the son of John Boorman. Maybe it is the silver spoon which makes it all so bland. Am I jealous? Yeah probably. Of the trip, but not the company. This sort of planning would take all the fun out of a trip for me. Its the sort of thing a snooty girlfriend would insist on. How can you film a bloody trip around the world and it be crap? Ah well. They are in India next episode so I have a bit of hope. You could fall over drunk with a camera in India and make a good movie.

For a less Boor-ring travelers tale read Tom Thumbs Hand to Mouth to India. I met this guy at the end of his journey and got one of the first copies printed in Goa. I advised Tom to approach some publishers on his return but he didn't seem too keen on the idea. I think he had had enough of his trip by then. I was pleased to come across the book selling well on Amazon a few years ago.