Some films I’ve seen recently including opions -
June 23rd, 2006
Hard Candy
Good, inteligent horror film. Misery and Audition are the obvious refrence points.
36 Quay Des Oufevres
Those french guys love smoking don’t they? This is a bit Internal Affairs, a bit Bullet in the Head, not as good as either. Its OK but kind of rambling and directionless and doesn’t move quick enough to cover the plot holes. Also: Why are these flabby alcoholic 50 fifty year old policemen married to hot 30 year old women?
Enron. The Smartest Guys in The room
If you want to get angry watch this. It’s pretty intelligent and generally solid though if you’re like me you’ll be constantly annoyed at the way some of the participants repeat the misaprehension that Darwinian natural selection leaves no room for altruism or cooperation.
Transporter
Homoerotic.
The Ordeal
Not as good as the films it liberally quotes from (Deliverance, Texas Chainsaw Masacre). The main character is allready too odd to give the film a normal center around whcih the madness takes place. Some funny scenes though.
Boring -
June 22nd, 2006
OK, I can’t pretend to be interested in the World Cup any more, I mean I tried for everyone’s sake but I peaked too soon. I shouldn’t have watched any group games, that’s where I went wrong and now the novelty’s worn off.
Basically when it comes to football I’m a bit of a girl, only really interested in the drama of penalties and I never really understood the off side rule (actually I understand the rule, the notion that it’s in any way a difficult rule as opposed to just a bit of a hack is just bollocks invented by thickos, I just don’t understand why they have it, seems like I’m not alone).
All this doesn’t mean I’m one of those anti-football people who say stupid things like ‘it’s just 22 men chasing a ball around’ or other dumb cliches, I know why football at it’s best can be excellent and I love the fact that it’s ultra simple to learn to play and to set up a quick game (not that I ever do that mind you I’m embarrassingly bad at all aspects of football apart from running (without the ball) and kicking the ball a long way (direction not guaranteed) both of which I’m pretty good at), it’s just that neither the high points or the fact that it’s fun to play (what sport isn’t?) can make up for the fact that I find watching most of it is either really boring or occasionally (that Italy vs USA match the other day) actively bad to the extent that I can’t be bothered to wait for the good bits. It’s a bit like the new series of Dr. Who, last years was OK, enough high points to keep me interested this year the good to bad ratio has dropped below the constant known as the Babylon 5 series 4 number which is the point at which I no longer care*. Should have probably warmed up by playing Go Go Beckham or something to ease myself into the whole thing.
Also: The fact that the whole thing’s basically a big marketing event annoys me too.
*to be fair, I don’t think it’s as bad as Babylon 5 I’m probably just more discerning these days.
Property Ladder -
June 20th, 2006
So we’re buying a flat (very slowly) so I’m obviously looking in estate agent windows all the time and stuff and paying attention to the property market in general, so that’s how I noticed that The US General Services Administration’s Office of Property Disposal has put this fabulous 3 island concrete atol on the market
Johnston Atoll consists of four small man-made islands enclosed in an egg-shaped reef approximately 21 miles in circumference. The wildlife refuge on the Atoll is a habitat for 32 species of coral, 300 species of fish, the endangered sea turtle and Hawaiian monk seal, and 20 species of migratory birds. Johnston, the main island, is 1000 yards long and 200 yards wide.
Anyway, unfortunately Emma burns easily so it’s not really practical given that there’s not much shelter there:
all buildings had been removed, there were no functioning utilities or water supply, the runway was iffy, the golf course disintegrated, the seawall containing the nuclear waste dump was insufficient, and that nearest services of any kind are over 700 miles away.
via The Center For Land Use Interpretation