Well I seem to be missing the SG: UK love but I guess it's mostly my fault. I couldn't do the camping as I had a friend's stag do to do instead. I missed everyone yesterday as it was the joint 30th of two old uni friends. Hopefully I'll have some better luck soon... *sigh*
In the absence of any interesting news you can have some film reviews instead:
The Castle is an old Australian film, a comedy about the small guy fighting The Man that someone at work lent me. There was a good chuckle here and there but my sides weren't exactly hurting. It's more of an endearing thing, kin in spirit to the likes of Strictly Ballroom and Priscilla. Perhaps most interestingly it had a young Eric Bana and Anthony Simcoe, the guy who went on to play the big alien guy in Farscape.
Miami Vice looked as slick and as mean as Collateral but emotionally it wasn't as convincing. A nicely plotted dirty crime double-cross type thing with lots of cool guns, but not really any surprises, and the love interest for Farrell's character was more wooden than a park bench. The city of Miami was obviously the real star of the show. Glad I saw it on the big screen but I'm in no hurry to see it again.
Snakes on a Plane was just brilliant. Looking as classy as any traditional Hollywood Blockbuster it pulled off the hair-brained scheme with aplomb, featuring all manner of gruesome deaths, and not pulling any punches in the process. Mr Jackson steals the show (of course) but the supporting roles were great, with plenty of small character moments and no weak acting letting the side down. A b-movie that craps all over many an a-movie. I can't wait to see what extras we might get on the DVD.
A Scanner Darkly is a strange old beast, and certainly carries with it the spirit of Philip K Dick's fervent imagination and troubling paranoia. Some brilliant drug-addled dialogue and great turns by everyone involved. Although the narrative slightly short-changes you, you definitely empathise with Arctor's utter bafflement and confusion. I've never been much for experimenting with drugs, but if I were to speculate what it might be like, it would be embodied by this film.
I missed The Skeleton Key when it hit the cinema last year and now I've seen it I'm gutted I missed it when I had the chance. It doesn't overplay the voodoo hokum and it ratchets up the tension nicely. Kate Hudson easily shoulders the leading role, and weirdly John Hurt stars but doesn't say a thing. The soundtrack is a haunting mix of spooky orchestral stuff and period blues and jazz. The ending is pretty cool, but to say any more would spoil it.
That's all for now
In the absence of any interesting news you can have some film reviews instead:
The Castle is an old Australian film, a comedy about the small guy fighting The Man that someone at work lent me. There was a good chuckle here and there but my sides weren't exactly hurting. It's more of an endearing thing, kin in spirit to the likes of Strictly Ballroom and Priscilla. Perhaps most interestingly it had a young Eric Bana and Anthony Simcoe, the guy who went on to play the big alien guy in Farscape.
Miami Vice looked as slick and as mean as Collateral but emotionally it wasn't as convincing. A nicely plotted dirty crime double-cross type thing with lots of cool guns, but not really any surprises, and the love interest for Farrell's character was more wooden than a park bench. The city of Miami was obviously the real star of the show. Glad I saw it on the big screen but I'm in no hurry to see it again.
Snakes on a Plane was just brilliant. Looking as classy as any traditional Hollywood Blockbuster it pulled off the hair-brained scheme with aplomb, featuring all manner of gruesome deaths, and not pulling any punches in the process. Mr Jackson steals the show (of course) but the supporting roles were great, with plenty of small character moments and no weak acting letting the side down. A b-movie that craps all over many an a-movie. I can't wait to see what extras we might get on the DVD.
A Scanner Darkly is a strange old beast, and certainly carries with it the spirit of Philip K Dick's fervent imagination and troubling paranoia. Some brilliant drug-addled dialogue and great turns by everyone involved. Although the narrative slightly short-changes you, you definitely empathise with Arctor's utter bafflement and confusion. I've never been much for experimenting with drugs, but if I were to speculate what it might be like, it would be embodied by this film.
I missed The Skeleton Key when it hit the cinema last year and now I've seen it I'm gutted I missed it when I had the chance. It doesn't overplay the voodoo hokum and it ratchets up the tension nicely. Kate Hudson easily shoulders the leading role, and weirdly John Hurt stars but doesn't say a thing. The soundtrack is a haunting mix of spooky orchestral stuff and period blues and jazz. The ending is pretty cool, but to say any more would spoil it.
That's all for now
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if all goes to plan i've got 4 more to make before xmas...
plane wreck location is a secret, but i'll be using it in forthcoming porn, and maybe again in horror-related project...
every film I've seen lately has bored me shitless. cant anybody make anything genuinely interesting? bah.
Every time I go to the video shop I skip over Skeleton Key as I'm expecting it to be shite. I will now endeavour to see it.