Monkee

Have my contribution for today (some classic 90s indie):

 

Mansun - Being a Girl

You've got to add "Fight For Your Right" by the Beastie Boys onto the list, that'd be such a cool song to play on GH.

I haven't played GH or GHII in aaages. I stopped for a while because I had a really sore shoulder from playing so much. I couldn't lift anything with my right arm. I really need to get back into it again. I have problems when you have to use all four fingers though and I haven't even attempted all 5 buttons yet! I have very short fingers and not much control over my little finger so using 4 buttons is a struggle for me.I also go the Prince of Persia trilogy for my birthday which I haven't played much. I like it but I remember getting stuck in one of the rooms and not being able to get out so I gave up and went back to Lego Star Wars for a while.

Hmmm I was actually dreaming about Lego Star Wars last night. I was running around with Han Solo and Chewbacca trying to find minikits and shooting Stormtroopers...And then I found a ghost in my bedroom and was shooing it out of the window with a sweeping brush.

I watched Talledega Nights yesterday. What a shit film. I thought it'd be funnier than it was but it was crap.

I have no idea when it comes to betting or odds or whatever but I just managed to make a bet on Kimi Raikkonen to win the F1 Championship this year. And I put another bet on for my mate than Felipe Massa will win the Championship.I was told the odds aren't that good though as Raikkonen's favourite and Massa's 2nd favourite. They're both 2/1.

Downfall

 

I thought this was a really good film. I love this subject-matter anyway but this film really showed how schitzophrenic Hitler was during his last few days. It was a very claustrophobic film I thought - lots of intense close-ups and it really made you feel like you were in the bunker with them. I didn't quite understand the role of "Peter" though. I didn't say at the end what happened to him after the war. Was he real?

 

 

United 93

 

Probably one of the best films I've seen in a while. I had to be in the right frame of mind to watch this. I liked how it was in real time and that it really drew you in without exploring the characters too much. You know how it ends but you're still rooting for them to succeed. Powerful and touching.

Wow... Monkee in shit taste shocker (again).

I've heard Smoking Aces is very much style over substance, is this not the case then?

I wouldn't have said that myself but I can see why someone would think that. It is very stylish - again, this is coming from someone who doesn't usually pay attention to that sort of thing. There isn't THAT much of a storyline and because of all the intermingling characters it takes a while to get where it's going but because it's quite fast-paced it didn't drag at all. But as I said, I still found myself being able to connect with the characters and anticipating what was going to happen.

SMOKIN' ACES

 

A dying mob boss takes out a $1 million contract on the life of his former prot

Did you make the film or something?

And you expect a serious answer to that?

It shouldn't be watched in any mood. It sucks.

Yeah. Thanks for that.

I just watched The Break-Up.It was a good film but maybe shouldn't have been watched in my current mood.

Oh no, I think I may be veering towards becoming a gamer.I got a PS2 for Christmas. I now have an injury known as "Guitar Hero shoulder" where I am unable to move my arm in certain directions before I have severe pain in my shoulder.I got several games (some of which I soon discovered were shite) including: Guitar Hero and Guitar Hero II, a Smarties game, a Sonic game, a Simpson's game, a fucking ding-ding-ding frog thing game, and Lego Star Wars. I'm now in love with Lego Star Wars and have almost finished the game. So I have now per-chased Lego Star Wars II and Canis Canum Edit although I'm yet to play both.

I saw Big Nothing last week.

 

It's Simon Pegg, David Schwimmer and Alice Eve. I was in two minds whether to see it but there wasn't really anything else at the cinema I wanted to see. It was really good though. It was a very black comedy in the same vein as Shallow Grave. There was something quite British about it. It's quite tense with twists and turns that are quite unexpected. Pegg's American accent is hard to get used to but I think it's the first time I've ever seen Schwimmer not be Ross from Friends. I definitely want to see this again.

 

Oh, and Rammstein's played quite a bit.

My two favourite clips of the moment:

 

Proof the Iceman has a sense of humour.

 

Well, I was on holiday. It was on TV on Sunday evening. I'd been shopping and was killing a couple of hours before going out for some dinner. It was on TV and I just thought "Oh, I remember this. I'll watch 5 minutes.." before having a shower. And I ended up watching most of it. The only English-speaking channel on the TV was BBC Worldwide so I decided to watch this instead. I did also catch the Polish version of Deal or No Deal too. Now that was slightly weird.And where can I get some of that intriguinol? Sounds... erm... intriguing?

Why what?Why did I watch the Super Mario Brothers? Why did I watch Walker - Texas Ranger? Why was I in Poland? Why was it dubbed in that way?

I watched the Super Mario Brothers film in Poland. It was weirdly dubbed though - some Polish guy just talking over the top of the film rather than a script with different people for different characters. I remember seeing this film in the cinema though. It's still shit. I also watched Walker - Texas Ranger in the same style.

Hot in this picture, but kinda average the rest of the time, Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac:

She lives next door to my brother.

I watched Jakob The Liar last night. Robin Williams really is an outstanding actor when he decides to actually act. Same with Jim Carrey.Anyway, basic plot of the film - set in a Jewish ghetto in WWII Poland. A rumour is spread that Jakob has a radio and has heard the Russians are coming to liberate the ghetto. Everyone's hopes are raised and they're happy. But then the gestapo find out someone has a radio and Jakob has to come clean. It's a really good film with some great characters in it. And, predictabley, it made me cry.

I was ill last week so I rented a few films from Filmflex. I saw:Just Friends (very funny - probably my momentary favourite)Miss Congeniality 2Just Like HeavenEverything Is IlluminatedFlightplanAnd I got Cock & Bull Story from Silverscreen today but not watched it yet.