View Full Version : Wick in New Robert Carlisle Movie "Flood"
Dont know if anyone has seen the new film called "Flood" where almost half of it is about Wick!! Got it today from Tesco's and was stunned to find a film centred so much round our wonderful town, wont say to much about it as i will let you find out when you watch it!!
Somehow I just assumed there was a Trainspotting sequel due out! ;)
Is it this one? http://imdb.com/title/tt0790665/
Mister Squiggle
09-Nov-07, 20:16
That's really weird ... my sister-in-law rang the other weekend and said "I've just watched some movie about where you live and it was all about it being under water, all you could see was rooftops poking out above the sea..." I told her to pull the other one, as I thought she must have been drinking too much coffee. Seems like I'll have to ring her back now and apologise.
A disaster movie set in Wick? Now that ought to get the jokes coming thick and fast. ;)
connieb19
09-Nov-07, 20:19
I only watched the first 10 minutes. It was like a scene from Take The High Road. :eek: Looked like a load of rubbish to me but I might give it another try later.
A disaster movie set in Wick?
An inspired choice of location for that particular film genre, I'd imagine.
Got the film ages ago but never got round to watching it. Have just watched first 5 minutes and I nearly fell off my seat. The "town" of wick looks like something from the set of greyfriars bobby or brigadoon with all the mist and ancient chimneys!! Never knew we were so outdated :).
Will still watch it though as looks a good movie.
Somehow I just assumed there was a Trainspotting sequel due out! ;)
Hope not that its set in Wick as the follow up to trainspotting is "Porno" !!!!
Can think of a few .orgers who might audition for it ;) .
percy toboggan
09-Nov-07, 22:09
Wow! Will look for that this weekend - thanks.
Did you see the geezer in '28 weeks later' - he was excellent - god movie too.
weeksider
09-Nov-07, 23:25
Watched it the other night and could not believe Wick was on film , so grey and misty just like the person said earlier ,still worth watching
Then today it's all about the London flood barriers working amazing !
Dont know if anyone has seen the new film called "Flood" where almost half of it is about Wick!! Got it today from Tesco's and was stunned to find a film centred so much round our wonderful town, wont say to much about it as i will let you find out when you watch it!!
if they had filmed it yesterday, they widdnae need any special effects [lol]
Wow, I really want to see this movie now.
brokencross
03-May-08, 16:44
FLOOD is being shown in two parts on ITV this Bank Holiday weekend.
Part 1 on Sunday 4 May (2005 to 2205), Part 2 on Monday 5 May (2100 to 2300).........besides very long adverts I don't know why it is 4 hours long for what is roughly a 2 hour film. May be worth setting the video.
percy toboggan
03-May-08, 17:11
I bought the dvd at top price a couple of months ago. To say 'half of it is about Wick' is severe overstatement...I only wish it had o' been !
It's a bit of a turkey actually...but an endearing turkey.
Special effects are quite good and to see London, defences overwhelmed and yielding to a tidal wave of water is somehow quite soothing.
I'm not keen on London.
the charlatans
03-May-08, 17:24
I hear London speaks highly of you Percy!
percy toboggan
03-May-08, 17:31
I hear London speaks highly of you Percy!
Moreover, you might be surprised to know I speak quite highly of 'The Charlatans'
Northwich's finest perhaps...J & S Motor-Cycle store aside.
the charlatans
03-May-08, 17:41
NO WAY.
Percy you do surprise me. And the new Charlatans album is out on the 12th May, you could hear it online on QFX website and its not bad, back to old skool Charlies. They were on Jools Holland a couple of weeks ago and I wanted to wash and cut their hair but the tune was rockin'.
I think i'll have to watch this Flood cos I love Robert Carlisle. Anyone else a Hamish MacBeath fan?
percy toboggan
03-May-08, 17:45
Don't know Hamish...the only one I know is Plockton...and that's a wee village ...wasn't it shot aroundthere..? or was it Poolewe..I forget...not that I knew in the first place.
May 12th is my birthday but if someone buys me the new album I'll bash 'em with it...:-)...I like 'em ,just not that much.
If you like Carlyle you might also enjoy 28 weeks later...although he shows his worst possible side.
just realised...isn't the 'only one I know' a Stone Roses track? Blame it on advancing age.
brokencross
03-May-08, 17:47
Hamish Macbeth repeats on UKTV Drama; only problem they are on at 8 in the morning and lunchtime. Was a great show, dry wit.
the charlatans
03-May-08, 17:48
It is Plockton.
and Percy you're a weirdo.......
percy toboggan
03-May-08, 17:48
Is this available on 'freeview' as an avid collector of mos tthings Scottish, I'd quite like this on disc. Must check oot Amazon.
brokencross
03-May-08, 17:49
Sorry not on freeview...Virginmedia cable TV
percy toboggan
03-May-08, 17:49
It is Plockton.
and Percy you're a weirdo.......
I'd prefer oddball, but will settle for owt from str8's. ;)
Mr P Cannop
03-May-08, 19:39
its on tomorrow night @ 8.05 pm
With the UK slowing sinking in the south (with the result that Caithness etc actually rise) then this scenario is probably not going to happen.
Maybe that is why the wind farms factories are being built in the north - it will be the only dry bit of Britain in centuries to come....
With the UK slowing sinking in the south (with the result that Caithness etc actually rise) then this scenario is probably not going to happen.
Maybe that is why the wind farms factories are being built in the north - it will be the only dry bit of Britain in centuries to come....
For those of you that have downloaded Google Earth, (and if you haven't, why not?), they have released a beta version which shows a predicted sea-level rise of 1 metre and the area's affected-mostly Englandshire.
Needless to say most of Scotland & the Far North will be okay,(there is a God).
After just watching the opening of the drama flood on itv I just hope people watching it don't come to wick and expect to see a quaint little village of one story houses as depicked :lol: it would be a real dissapointment for them
alistair harper
04-May-08, 20:33
where is st marys secondery school wick and why does it look like we are living in the 1960's when london lokks like present day
leggyweggy
04-May-08, 20:33
Thought that myself and im still waiting to hear the wonderful wick accent! :D
alistair harper
04-May-08, 20:36
sound like were all from glasgow no offence to any one from glasgow
yeah obviosuly wasn't wick with the hills in the background and not looking like present day. shame they couldn't have filmed up here
alistair harper
04-May-08, 21:00
even 50years ago we had tarmac on our roads not dirt tracks
aye totally agree, they could of at least filmed the scenery up here, wick that is.
just watching this on tv now, and i am in very little doubt that this film was filmed no where near wick, they just have used the name.
The typical English misconceptions about the Scottish accent. Robert Carlyle should know better too-he got married at Ackergill.
The typical English misconceptions about the Scottish accent. Robert Carlyle should know better too-he got married at Ackergill Castle.
Or he stayed there.
What a let down for Wick!!
Mr P Cannop
04-May-08, 21:52
it was filliamed at the wick radio station i think ??
dousslesh
04-May-08, 22:13
Our son just texted ( from Cardiff ) Just wanted to check the Chickens were dry !!! Bless !!
...is this supposed to be?
Is this available on 'freeview' as an avid collector of mos tthings Scottish, I'd quite like this on disc. Must check oot Amazon.
Save your money Percy - it's utter rubbish. Wooden acting, bad script, mediocre CGI and an image of Wick that makes it seem like Brigadoon...
...is this supposed to be?
I think that is taking artistic licence too far.
...is this supposed to be?
It looks to me like Penan
brokencross
05-May-08, 08:41
I am so sorry for bringing it to peoples attention, it is a load of unadulterated TISH (anagram)
percy toboggan
05-May-08, 16:12
I am so sorry for bringing it to peoples attention, it is a load of unadulterated TISH (anagram)
Oh come on...it wasn't that bad...and I paid fourteen quid for it !
It's like a British attempt at a 'Day After Tomorrow' isn't it?
Its redemption lies in the fact that it is British. The special effects are not bad...even in the first minutes..with that Granny and her middle aged daughter being drooned...I found that a mite shocking to be honest..a blunt intro whic set the scene...sadly it all went a bit downhill from there.
Another redeeming factor was the mention ( or several mentions) of Wick! I mean, have you ever heard the toon mentioned in a film before? (if so, let me know...cause I haven't)
One day I'll watch it again....perhaps when I'm tired and need a kip.
I've seen bigger turkeys though...and not just at Christmas.
£14?!?! - they saw you coming...
percy toboggan
05-May-08, 16:40
£14?!?! - they saw you coming...
They always do..TESCO down here??? cctv...on their guard.
Always.
Fancied it. Stumped up the full askin' it resides in my collection and I'm glad its there....one day my Grandchild might think it's half decent...so long as she watches it wi' me before her 12th birthday! ;)
The main road to Wick was a rough single-track, the town itself is surrounded by rolling hills, the population live in but n' bens and everybody sounds like 'Whisky Galore'. Im confused!! :confused
watched it just to see wick but where was it? what a load of tosh it was bad script rubbish acting rubbish scottish accents and if i was robert carlysle i would check out my scripts better next time.
They always do..TESCO down here??? cctv...on their guard.
Always.
Fancied it. Stumped up the full askin' it resides in my collection and I'm glad its there....one day my Grandchild might think it's half decent...so long as she watches it wi' me before her 12th birthday! ;)
The way things are going with climate change it may end up looking like a documentary! I quite enjoyed it though.
I think that is taking artistic licence too far.It's taking the something but it's not artistic licence.[lol]
Why on earth would anyone buy it when it was on tv for free? I watched it in some fascination - like all disaster movies most of the main characters survive to the end against all the odds. With one exception in this case - a noble gesture ending in death. What puzzled me was how on earth the mother from Wick, who wasn't drowned with the granny, finished up in the Greenwich camp to be reunited with her family. Her hair was wet so she'd obviously come straight from nearly drowning in Wick.
Nice touch at the end - they put up the floodline number for anyone concerned about local flooding :) . Is there nothing these days that doesn't have to be followed by a helpline? The sad thing is, it was serious - they really thought we needed it.
Welcomefamily
06-May-08, 12:57
It was an enjoyable film, not sure which route to Wick he took, but it looked like the mud road on the Thurso estate and one of fountain forestry areas. Just no river there.
It was formulaic.....and very, very, very long.
Some judicious editing and a few surprise losses would have made for a more exciting film.
Everyone you expected to survive did and those who you expected to die also did....including the father character played by Tom Courtney who I could spot as the sacrificial hero from the beginning:roll:
percy toboggan
06-May-08, 18:06
Why on earth would anyone buy it when it was on tv for free? .
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Er...'cause it was released about eight months ago...because I don't 'miss' fourteen quid, and because I have a dvd collection which brings me some small pleasure. I also like the 'extras' because I'm interested in the film-makers art.
Does that explanation help?
percy toboggan
06-May-08, 18:08
It was formulaic.....and very, very, very long.
Some judicious editing and a few surprise losses would have made for a more exciting film....
A decent script would have helped...I might have done better myself...and I'm cheap!
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Er...'cause it was released about eight months ago...because I don't 'miss' fourteen quid, and because I have a dvd collection which brings me some small pleasure. I also like the 'extras' because I'm interested in the film-makers art.
Does that explanation help?
Ok - it was a silly question, more of a comment on the film really although £14 does sound rather a lot. How the rich live (sigh :roll: ). Most films seem to end up on tv eventually so I just wait but I'd never heard of this one before.
percy toboggan
06-May-08, 19:59
I'm far from 'rich'..but can afford a dvd a week....to be honest I'd heard Wick was in it (on here) and I couldn't wait to get it in me grubby little mitt....it 's British to boot.
the charlatans
06-May-08, 20:29
But Percy, Wick wasn't on it. The name was and that was it...
However i watched it to the bitter end and then cursed myself for wasting 4 hours of my time. But then Robert 'Begbie' Carlisle was in and and hubba hubba. Although it might have been a bit more entertaining if he turned into Begbie half way through it. 'Like say ken an that'
I know it was rubbish but how come it was all hands to the deck to save London when most of the East coast of Britain would have been stiffened. We'd be a few Orgers down then. And would the server have been washed away?
Good cast, really bad writing, what a shame.
I'm sure they just used Wick as it was the furthest north on the mainland usually represented on any weather maps/forecasts.
I seriously doubt if the did any research into Wick (like most of the town is 20 to 30 metres above sea level) otherwise they might have shown the houses as slightly more modern.
Good cast? Hmmm, have to say it was like an actors retirement home - Tom Courtenay, Nigel Planer, Joanne Whalley, David Suchet... Have of them looked like they were in need a some Sanotogen...
.......... We'd be a few Orgers down then. And would the server have been washed away?........
No chance of that Char. Caithness.org is much too important with a membership stretching right round the Globe. I'm confident that the Admin here have contingency plans to ensure that we (and the server) survive. :D
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Er...'cause it was released about eight months ago...because I don't 'miss' fourteen quid, and because I have a dvd collection which brings me some small pleasure. I also like the 'extras' because I'm interested in the film-makers art.
Does that explanation help?You Capitalist you.[lol]
Kevin Milkins
06-May-08, 22:39
I found it hard work and could not get into it at all. Sorry
webmannie
06-May-08, 23:07
I seriously doubt if the did any research into Wick ...
Robert Carlisle and his wife were up here a few years ago, they had coffee and cake in the cafe in Johnston the bakers in Thurso. Thought I heard somebody tell him that it always p`s rain in Wick, that`s why it`s called the `dark side` of Caithness.
It is possible that he suggested the name, but maybe it is all a coincidence?
Maybe he just thinks that everywhere north of Glasgow resembles Lochdubh, everyone has a peat fire heating their but 'n' ben and eats haggis all the time...
Or maybe he was brainwashed by the 'tea 'n' bowlies' to wipe out all the 'Wickers' [lol]...
Robert Carlisle and his wife were up here a few years ago, they had coffee and cake in the cafe in Johnston the bakers in Thurso............
Did you happen to see what they put in the coffee or the cake? That might explain his wooden-like effort in "Flood". ;)
Maybe he just thinks that everywhere north of the Ord resembles a true Haven, everyone has a peat fire heating their but 'n' ben, the peat having been delivered, with nil cost, by Scottish Fuels and eats haggis some of the time...
Or maybe he was brainwashed by the 'tea 'n' bowlies' to wipe out all the 'Wickers' [lol]...
I'll go with your latter theory and blame the "tea 'n' bowlies" MadPict.
BTW, Haggi are notoriously difficult to trap or shoot. Some tourists have been known to question why the price of a female haggis is higher. :D
Welcomefamily
07-May-08, 08:04
Robert Carlisle and his wife were up here a few years ago, they had coffee and cake in the cafe in Johnston the bakers in Thurso. Thought I heard somebody tell him that it always p`s rain in Wick, that`s why it`s called the `dark side` of Caithness.
It is possible that he suggested the name, but maybe it is all a coincidence?
I like it, the dark side, not heard that one before, I can imagine wifies face when I tell her Im going to the dark side today.
I watched the programme Flood that your all on about...Yeah its nice to see our local area's on TV but I just wish they did come up and film it properly and not show Wick looking like what they did...As if anyone noticed there were hills in the back ground and unless I am wrong but Wick doesn't even look like that. And its a shame cos its very annoying that they cannot get things right when there ment to be filming somewhere... The place on Flood could of been anywhere and nobody would know where or what it was until they said it was Wick......:Razz
The latest series of "Heroes" may have fallen foul of artistic licence in their depiction of Cork in Ireland...
It showed the street the crew had built on a carpark at the rear of the Heroes studio. The scene looked like something from the 50's and the pub was some rundown dirty looking dump. The Cork container port was easy enough - 50 odd containers set out on the lot.
Usually the reproduction of US places is pretty good (the whole of the first series was filmed in and around LA) - maybe someone found an old postcard sent by a long dead relative when they were on vacation in Ireland....
when I watched 'Loch Ness' I was given a bit of insight as to how the Americans viewed scotland. It's depressing to know that the english depict us as much more backward! I think film makers have a duty to inject some sense of authenticity into their films. I mean all they had to do was log on to the org!
The Pepsi Challenge
07-May-08, 16:25
Am just grateful a major film company are using Caithness locations at all. We want to encourage them to do so even more in the future.
Robert Carlisle and his wife were up here a few years ago, they had coffee and cake in the cafe in Johnston the bakers in Thurso. Thought I heard somebody tell him that it always p`s rain in Wick, that`s why it`s called the `dark side` of Caithness.
Aha! So Darth Vader's from Wick, eh? ;)
Aha! So Darth Vader's from Wick, eh? ;)
Aye, they used to call him Darth Wader on account of the rain!:D
herd that this was a very rubbish way to portray wick soz if spellin off am rubbish
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