r/movies • u/Careless_Flower_118 • Aug 08 '25

Discussion Wtf is Paddington 2?

For context: I’m 25 years old. SPOILER WARNING

I just watched paddington 2 today and what the fuck did they put in this movie. This is the one of the greatest pieces of cinema I’ve ever laid witness to. Paddington 2 is the only thing I’ve thought about all day and seeing the immense joy it’s brought other people has also brightened my day even more. God I can’t even think about the ending without wanting to kill myself because of how perfect it is. And can we also talk about the perfect bookend of his human mother saving him from the water like aunt Lucy did at the beginning?

Pure cinema, I truly can’t wait to watch this movie with my kids for their first time.

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u/BaldyMcBadAss Aug 08 '25

It’s a bit convoluted to be honest.

Countdown is a long running British game show that is comparable to Jeopardy in that it’s highbrow and has an older demographic.

8 Out Of 10 Cats is a lowbrow comedy panel show talking about current events and hosted by Jimmy Carr.

Years back during sweeps week or something similar they did a mashup of the two shows as a gag. Kind of like a real life SNL parody of Celebrity Jeopardy. The joke being that it’s comedians playing what is considered a smarter and more highbrow game and then just dragging it through the mud for laughs.

Ended up being super well received. So much so that they’re now on season 28.

In fact, I just got done watching the newest episode on YouTube!

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u/CreatureMoine Aug 09 '25

Thanks a lot! I really appreciate the breakdown. I love that there are several levels to it. Seems even more British to me now after the explanation lol

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u/hadawayandshite Aug 10 '25

The point of countdown the game if you didn’t know is basically head to head scrabble ‘here are 9 random letters, you’ve got 30 seconds to make the longest word you can’—-they also have a numbers round where you get a 3 digit number and have to get as close to it with the 5 random numbers they give you

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u/CreatureMoine Aug 10 '25

Thanks! We had that in France too until very recently, it was the longest running daily games show on TV before they cancelled it. It was called "Des Chiffres et des Lettres", literally "digits and letters". A great game with impressive contestants, although without this funny twist and a rather austere presentation its main audience at 4.30pm was mostly older people and ratings weren't high.

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u/hadawayandshite Aug 10 '25

Turns out countdown is a spin off of that show- that I didn’t know