Pretentious Fuckwits!

[CheekyShepherd]

I'm casting my mind back a few months to when I was in a bar local to me and I overheard a smartly-dressed man talking to three attractive young women on a nearby table.

I don't normally eavesdrop, but, what set my ears on fire was when Mr. Welldressed mentioned to the three Miss good-looking's that he was an assistant director, in town to work on the new Bridget Jones' movie.

I listened in, thinking if he were the real deal, I could maybe pitch my recently finished screenplay idea to him. The girls were certainly impressed by his line of work, making kissy-faces and fluttering their eyelids at him.

However, when he mentioned that he enjoyed working with Sharon Maguire, the female director of Bridget Jones, I suspected this fella was a bit shifty. Sharon Maguire was the director of Bridget Jones' Diary, but not of BJ: Edge Of Reason, the director of which was Beeban Kidron.
:confused:
This guy's a bullshit merchant!
:eek:
My suspicions were confirmed when one of the Miss Naive's asked which director he enjoyed working with most. He replied Brian de Palma, on the set of L. A. Confidential. I almost choked on my beer, and had a sudden urge to lean over to his table, spit in his face, and point out his lies for the benefit of these three young, ignorant, ladies sucked into his web of deceit.
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Alas, they all left the bar together and probably had a menage a quatre, leaving me to wallow in the shame that I should have spoken out against the lying fucker! Maybe I could have conned them into my bed myself!
;)
Have any of you guys had a similar experience?

[Fisting Ackbar]

Well yeah, I know that my behavior wasn't exactly honest but come on, a guy's gotta sell himself when there's three attractive women around.

That menage a quatre was indeed nice, just so you know.

[CheekyShepherd]

Originally posted by Fisting Ackbar
Well yeah, I know that my behavior wasn't exactly honest but come on, a guy's gotta sell himself when there's three attractive women around.

That menage a quatre was indeed nice, just so you know.

Come on, man! I'm sure YOU know the difference between Brian de Palma and Curtis Hanson.

p.s. Did you get their phone numbers? If so, share the wealth. ;)

[Fisting Ackbar]

Originally posted by CheekyShepherd
p.s. Did you get their phone numbers?

Nah, in the morning I woke up in my bathtub without a kidney, so I wasn't in any shape to ask them.

On-topic, I have known pretentious fuckwits that thought they knew more about film (read = the newest big blockbuster that just arrived in town) than others and pretended to be better for it. Not surprisingly, this was in high school, but I can imagine this trend continuing later in life as well.

[Scarface98.9]

Shoulda called him on it. If he was a true blue player, he'd've had a good backup response. It'd've made for a good schmoe story at least :)

[Beeblebrox]

Cheeky, I think you're learning the wrong lesson here. :)

But honestly, if these women are impressed by an AD, then there's no chance of them knowing who De Palma is, much less if he directed LA Confidential or not.

This dude knew it and used it to his advantage. Don't be a playa hata!

[Cronos]

ive come across people who think they know something about a film which is actually complete bullshit...i also like to see their expression change when i correct them on their stupid ways

[Nachokoolaid]

If this was in a normal everyday conversation with a friend or coworker, I'd say hell yeah, call him on his bullshit. But then part of me knows the difficulties of the dating world (read: getting booty world) so this was obviously this guy's angle, and even though he was retarded and misinformed, he was pulling it off. So I say, don't cock-block!

[bigred760]

You coulda pulled a Matt Damon in Goodwill Hunting and called him on it. Hell, you could've gotten their numbers (and maybe done that "I got her number, how do you like them apples" line, if you so chose).

[therealjohng]

Originally posted by bigred760
You coulda pulled a Matt Damon in Goodwill Hunting and called him on it. Hell, you could've gotten their numbers (and maybe done that "I got her number, how do you like them apples" line, if you so chose).


"Apple sauce, bitch."

[CheekyShepherd]

Originally posted by therealjohng
"Apple sauce, bitch."


See, I knew you'd be in here regurgitating Gordon Wood :D