Why did it have to end like that? My god, Sam Tyler committed suicide to end up back in 1973!!!
I feel sick!
Showing posts with label Movies/TV. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movies/TV. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Saturday, April 07, 2007
France Eurovision 2007 entry - Les Fatals Picards
Honestly, these guys are just incredible - the video here is just hilarious. For those readers in Europe, you have to vote for them.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
The Swiss are a-coming!!!
Apparently, the Swiss recently managed to invade their aggressive, barbarian neighbour of Liechtenstein.
A few Swiss soldiers, doing their traditional long walks across the countryside managed to lose their way and enter the principality accidentally. This was not, as one would so dearly love to believe, an act of aggression by a nation deeply frustrated at its neutrality and its recognition as a clean, tidy, democratic,tax-haven.
The joke that's doing the rounds now is that, unlike their US counterparts, the Swiss managed to realise their mistake, retreat gracefully, and apologise to the ruler of the invaded nation.
A few Swiss soldiers, doing their traditional long walks across the countryside managed to lose their way and enter the principality accidentally. This was not, as one would so dearly love to believe, an act of aggression by a nation deeply frustrated at its neutrality and its recognition as a clean, tidy, democratic,tax-haven.
The joke that's doing the rounds now is that, unlike their US counterparts, the Swiss managed to realise their mistake, retreat gracefully, and apologise to the ruler of the invaded nation.
Monday, January 22, 2007
Deja vu - I've already seen it!
Okay, perhaps the pun was a tad, say, crappy. I'm trying, alright? Anyways, the flic: not bad.
I've got to admit that I wanted to see it ever since I watched the rather dramatic and somewhat audacious trailer - I mean, having the opening sequence repeat itself? Pure genius!
Wandering back to point, I found Deja Vu to be deliciously full of suspense and action.
The plot of the movie centres around a terrorist attack in New Orleans. Denzel Washington as Agent Doug Carlin from the ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives?) becomes involved in the police investigation and joins a rather special team who attempt to catch and (trying to induce suspense here!) stop the twisted psychopath who carries out attack.
And here we come to the dodgy bits. The plot is perhaps overly complicated, not really aided by the rather bizarre science. Yes, I do get the gist of Einstein's general theory of relativity (not really mentioned by the brainiacs in front of the screen) but sometimes the movie tilts towards the utterly weird. One notable scene comes to mind, where Washington drives down the bridge looking at nearby traffic with one eye, and traffic from 4 days, 6 hours ago in the other.
On the whole, a brilliant piece of screenplay, very exciting, very fast and reaches out to the humanity of the audience at times with a setting that is relevant to today's world.
(PS - apologies for the (lack of) accents you frogs!)
I've got to admit that I wanted to see it ever since I watched the rather dramatic and somewhat audacious trailer - I mean, having the opening sequence repeat itself? Pure genius!
Wandering back to point, I found Deja Vu to be deliciously full of suspense and action.
The plot of the movie centres around a terrorist attack in New Orleans. Denzel Washington as Agent Doug Carlin from the ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives?) becomes involved in the police investigation and joins a rather special team who attempt to catch and (trying to induce suspense here!) stop the twisted psychopath who carries out attack.
And here we come to the dodgy bits. The plot is perhaps overly complicated, not really aided by the rather bizarre science. Yes, I do get the gist of Einstein's general theory of relativity (not really mentioned by the brainiacs in front of the screen) but sometimes the movie tilts towards the utterly weird. One notable scene comes to mind, where Washington drives down the bridge looking at nearby traffic with one eye, and traffic from 4 days, 6 hours ago in the other.
On the whole, a brilliant piece of screenplay, very exciting, very fast and reaches out to the humanity of the audience at times with a setting that is relevant to today's world.
(PS - apologies for the (lack of) accents you frogs!)
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Borat
I saw the movie recently and boy - I was in stitches some of the time. But at the same time, like other people who've seen it, I also felt a bit uneasy at times: perhaps that was the point? Like, when at the rodeo, Borat was told that he looked a bit like a terrorist, and that he'd better get a shave or he'd be viewed suspiciously. At the same time, some stuff was pretty disgusting - like at the hotel, or at the dinner party. Though I laughed my head off at the way New Yorkers reacted to Borat's greetings, I kinda feel this is a movie I'd only watch again in about 10 years time. Partly because of the blunt, raw scenes, but also because much of the stuff raised is too true to laugh at.
An Inconvenient Truth
I haven't seen it yet - but it looks interesting (rather odd considering who's narrating it). Any one mind telling me anything about it?
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
The Colbert Report
This guy is absolutely hilarious. Worse still, everything he says is true. I love the Report (with a soft "t") and wish I lived in the US so that I could see it every week day.
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