Films
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More nothing
I’m not sure if it’s the lull after the last few frantic weeks but I find myself ebbing between tasks, bumping around on the current, rudderless for the moment, with nary a breeze to prod me gently onwards. In saying that I did re-organise the bedroom yesterday, whilst Louise shampooed the living room carpet. We…
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Indiana Jones and the sunny weekend
Ahhhh what a nice Bank Holiday weekend that was. Visited my Mum for lunch, then popped into to see my Gran for a while before heading home before the rush started (catching the end of the Scottish Cup Final). Saturday evening and we were out with friends for dinner and a screening of the latest…
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Round up the usual suspects
I love movies. I love the thrill of them, the cinematography, the way they move you, the way they lift you up and make you soar, or the way they quietly affect you and alter your point of view. I love big ridiculous blockbusters, loaded with special effects and noises, that don’t care about plot…
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The art of complaining
Apparently we are rubbish at it, us Brits. We’d rather quietly seethe than give voice to any kind of negative comment or any hint that we are complaining. I’m an occasional complainer, mainly because I just don’t see the need to bother with things I consider mundane so I tend to save up my complainments*…
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Vantage Point
IMDB information Metacritic score I always enjoy movies that take a little care to be different and don’t pander to or ‘feed’ the audience too much. Vantage Point manages all this whilst remaining a fairly standard Hollywood blockbuster type movie. The story of a Presidential assasination is played out from several different viewpoints, each one…
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Needing a diversion
We are considering going to the cinema tonight. Vantage Point looks like a nicely escapist kind of movie to take our minds of the state of our house at the moment, and the hassles we had last night. I’m not going into the details but suffice to say that I had to fill in an…