Check out this selection of the best Michael Owen film jokes after the former England star admitted on Twitter that he hated them and confessed to only having seen eight movies in his entire life.
The player-turned-pundit tweeted the news that he had just watched his eighth movie ever, accompanied by a bluntly put #HateFilms hashtag and then proceeded to list each one he’d been persuaded to endure.
Watched my eighth ever film on the flight home. Must have been bored. #HateFilms
— michael owen (@themichaelowen) October 14, 2014
Films I've been forced to watch:
Rocky
Heat
Ghost
Jurassic Park
Cool Runnings
Seabiscuit
Karate Kid
Forest Gump
— michael owen (@themichaelowen) October 14, 2014
An aghast Twitter responded with astonishment and abuse for the commentator whose own entertainment value divides opinion, plus there were some Michael Owen film jokes:
Pesky films, getting in the way of Michael Owen's riveting conversation.
— Sport Witness (@Sport_Witness) October 14, 2014
Feels like Michael Owen finding films boring and monotonous is so ironic Alanis Morrisette should be working it into her set-list.
— David Hartrick (@DavidHartrick) October 14, 2014
Michael Owen hates films. Can't abide them. He's watched a few & said: "Yep, all well & good but not for me, thanks"- he's a cultural eunuch
— Wally Downes jr (@WallyDownes_Jr) October 14, 2014
What does Michael Owen do all day?
— Richard Whittall (@RWhittall) October 14, 2014
Idea for the weekend:
Stand outside Michael Owen's gaff with a megaphone shouting film titles. Use upward inflection to insinuate enquiry.
— Daniel Sandison (@DanielSandison) October 14, 2014
Here @themichaelowen attends a film premiere in Leicester Square. http://t.co/6cmbFHciIc not shown is him going out the fire exit #hatefilms
— the doc (@DrCMiller) October 14, 2014
Michael Owen on movie night #HateFilms pic.twitter.com/DjkGHrHgXf
— Betfair (@Betfair) October 14, 2014
How we all imagined Michael Owen's DVD shelf would look. pic.twitter.com/hIaGZzetD8
— (via @JonnyGabriel) (@JonnyGabriel) October 14, 2014
Michael Owen has only ever watched 8 films. He claims he finds them boring, but I reckon it is they who find him boring.
— Joshua Oldham (@josholdham) October 14, 2014