i ve never tried it. am i going to get anything out of this? and i think what s interesting is that this feels topical and this is just chance, but i spent the whole film thinking about the lionesses, and thinking about all those conversations we had when they won the euros, about the women who d gone before england footballers, other footballers who never got the recognition or the money, and, goodness, i mean, just a parallel story in the world of surfing, just in a different sport. completely. it feels very topical, as you say, by coincidence. but i think that should hopefully give it appeal to people. as you say, i knew very little about surfing, not particularly into it, but this is a human story and it s a story about equality in sport. yes. i mean, there really is some rampant sexism in the early days of that. i think from what i know more than very much more so than in the world of football. but that s to do with the sport as well, isn t it? but really, it s really it s quite a
because she s so self absorbed? life is all about her, and it doesn t matter what impact she has on other people, and she is meant to be 30 in the film. and ijust thought, you know, everyone s a bit self absorbed when they re 20, but really you re still behaving like that at 30? so by the end of it, i really wanted to shake her. right, interesting, because i sort of sort of fell for her a bit more as the film went along. initially she was annoying me and then i realised, i know people like this, and when you re with them you actually kind of, you know, transfixed by them because they lavish you with all this attention. so i could sort of believe why people were hanging out with her. but yes, to watch it, you know, with a bit of distance, you can see, yes, she s incredibly selfish. but i do think a little bit more depth is revealed towards the end of the film, and ijust enjoy decoding her character. it was really fun to do that. yes, you might be right there. you re probably a better pe
in the surf scene since then, and the sort of groundwork that these women laid for the women now who finally are getting equal pay when it comes to the competitions. yes, and only very recently getting equal pay. and i watched this thinking, i know nothing about surfing. i ve never tried it. am i going to get anything out of this? and i think what s interesting is that this feels topical and this is just chance, but i spent the whole film thinking about the lionesses, and thinking about all those conversations we had when they won the euros, about the women who d gone before england footballers, other footballers who never got the recognition or the money, and, goodness, i mean, just a parallel story in the world of surfing, just in a different sport. completely. it feels very topical, as you say, by coincidence. but i think that should hopefully give it appeal to people. as you say, i knew very little about surfing, not particularly into it, but this is a human story and it s a story
if you can stomach it. all right. really intriguing, for sure. for sure. what s your second choice this week? so, girls can t surf. obviously an ironic title. this is a documentary from australia about women on the surfing scene in the 80s and 90s. this was a time when they were not being taken seriously, and this kind of renegade rogue days for these women who were absolutely incredibly talented, but they were coming up against a lot of sexism. and this documentary mixes archive footage with modern day interviews with these amazing women. there are so many great, witty, wonderful women in this film sharing their recollections of the past in a very lively and funny way. it s not a moan fest, you know. they re saying, 0k, we have these challenges, but we have this sisterhood. we got through it and this is how we got through it. and there s a sense of celebration about how far things have come in the surf scene since then, and the sort of groundwork that these women laid for the women
and it did remind me of worst person in the world, which i m afraid i thought was better than this. but there are things i liked about this a lot and it s really nicely acted, really nicely put together. she s terrific, playing anais. that said, she s quite an annoying character, isn t she, because she s so self absorbed? life is all about her, and it doesn t matter what impact she has on other people, and she is meant to be 30 in the film. and ijust thought, you know, everyone s a bit self absorbed when they re 20, but really you re still behaving like that at 30? so by the end of it, i really wanted to shake her. right, interesting, because i sort of sort of fell for her a bit more as the film went along. initially she was annoying me and then i realised, i know people like this, and when you re with them you actually kind of, you know, transfixed by them because they lavish you with all this attention. so i could sort of believe why people were hanging out with her. but yes, to watc