Pre dinner cocktails
Massaman curry
April stole the dog's seat
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Showing posts with label Movie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movie. Show all posts
Monday, 13 June 2022
Friday, 19 March 2021
Rule of (at least) 6 (beers)
I've taken Monday 29th off from work. I may as well, I have effectively paid for the holidays and bank holidays already with the way my contract works. That will leave me with 11.5 left till mid August and that doesn't include the bank holidays. We're not planning to go anywhere special during that period so thought i'd make the most of the first stage of lockdown easing and have some local friends over for beers and a bbq in my back garden.
Rates are low, infact Tonbridge itself had no new cases last week (Tonbridge and Malling 14 per 100,000) , I just need to get back to some level of normality. And by normality I mean having some beers with friends.
Work needs to be done on the shed before that though as it needs a good de-spider and there will need to be a minesweeping of dog poop the morning before to ensure no mishaps.
The shed does leak so it will need to get some air into it too. Not sure how my friend's brother's 50 inch TV faired this closed season as that was a mainstay for outdoor sport and movies last summer. Fingers crossed.
Tuesday, 6 October 2020
Monday, 18 July 2016
Interesting demographics of the new Ghostbusters film
http://gb.imdb.com/title/tt1289401/ratings?ref_=tt_ov_rt
I knew there was a certain backlash about having a female only leading cast but this score is a little ridiculous. IMDB 5.2.
Looking into how this breaks down your average male gave it 4.5 out of 10. Your average female voter gave it 8.1.
I know the overall vote is not far from my earlier vote of 6.3 but come on. The internet is very retarded at times. You can always discard a few idiots that only review films as a 0 or a 10 but this is really stupid.
I don't see myself as representative of the people but the scale of disparity between the sexes is far too big. In reality the film is not great, but not bad either. Perhaps an average of mine and April's vote would be more appropriate. 6.7 / 10.
I decree, from now on all 'out of 10' votes should be decided upon a straight average between myself and April. Perhaps the general election and referendum should have been done this way too.
I knew there was a certain backlash about having a female only leading cast but this score is a little ridiculous. IMDB 5.2.
Looking into how this breaks down your average male gave it 4.5 out of 10. Your average female voter gave it 8.1.
I know the overall vote is not far from my earlier vote of 6.3 but come on. The internet is very retarded at times. You can always discard a few idiots that only review films as a 0 or a 10 but this is really stupid.
I don't see myself as representative of the people but the scale of disparity between the sexes is far too big. In reality the film is not great, but not bad either. Perhaps an average of mine and April's vote would be more appropriate. 6.7 / 10.
I decree, from now on all 'out of 10' votes should be decided upon a straight average between myself and April. Perhaps the general election and referendum should have been done this way too.
Ouch! That was pricey
We made an impromptu trip to our local cinema last night and it cost a bloody fortune.
There were rumblings in the not to distant past that Tonbridge was to get it's own cinema but that doesn't seem to be materialising any time soon so our closest is an Odeon on the outskirts of Tunbridge Wells.
2 Premier tickets cost us a total of £31.90, and when you add that to the cost of a couple of packets of chocolate, a large drink and a large popcorn it came to almost £45!
Jeez!
The film was fine though, Ghostbusters. I gave it 6.3 / 10, April gave it 7 / 10. It was funny in parts and good to see all the surviving cast show up for cameos with the notable exception of Rick Moranis. Shame.
There were rumblings in the not to distant past that Tonbridge was to get it's own cinema but that doesn't seem to be materialising any time soon so our closest is an Odeon on the outskirts of Tunbridge Wells.
2 Premier tickets cost us a total of £31.90, and when you add that to the cost of a couple of packets of chocolate, a large drink and a large popcorn it came to almost £45!
Jeez!
The film was fine though, Ghostbusters. I gave it 6.3 / 10, April gave it 7 / 10. It was funny in parts and good to see all the surviving cast show up for cameos with the notable exception of Rick Moranis. Shame.
Sunday, 19 January 2014
Miscast
Looking for something to watch on Netflix and came across Texas Rangers.
Blurb (did in a gruff voice): In a land without justice, one legendary man is chosen to lead a group of unlikely heroes who must battle an army of renegade outlaws.
Ooh, that sounds interesting, I thought. I wonder which actor they've got in to play this legendary leader. Clint Eastwood? Nope. Antonio Banderas? No. Steven Segal? Hell no!
They've cast James Van Der Been. For those not in the know, that's Dawson from Dawson's creek.
Review to follow...
Wednesday, 6 November 2013
Wednesday, 30 October 2013
Wednesday, 17 July 2013
Quick review
I watched Pacific Rim with April on Sunday night.
Verdict: Excellent! Ask April for her opinion..
Verdict: Excellent! Ask April for her opinion..
Monday, 15 April 2013
Breaking ET news
http://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/film/review-the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey-1-5000309
Only 4 months after the film's release date.
Willow
Watching Willow on the way into work. I forgot that out was a Ron Howard film.
It's good fun and some might say it's Val Kilmer's greatest work.
Saturday, 13 April 2013
The Hobbit
Watched it again last night. This time with no interruptions. Very good film. Can't wait for the next one.
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
Tonight I will mostly be drinking mead
The Hobbit turned up today. April's finishing work late so I'm watching this.
Well, it amused me...
I had a look on Imdb earlier and spotted the Cube 2. I own the Cube, or at least did... I think I know who's still got it (borrowed for over 5 years).
Anyway, in the section People who liked this also liked... I'd understandably expect to see The Cube, but the other stand out film was The Sphere.
Have I missed a new sub-category of filming genre? Are there any other geometric shape based films out there? The Pyramid exists. Not sure about the dodecahedron
Super 8
Watched Super 8 yesterday and really enjoyed it. If you like The Goonies you'll love it.
SC rating: 82/100 (1 vote)
Imdb rating: 7.1/10 (172865 votes)
Monday, 18 March 2013
Finally got round to watching
One flew over the cuckoos best. I bought it fairly cheaply in an hmv saddle years ago but had never gotten round to watching it till now. Very good film indeed. Hard to watch in bits but very funny for most of it.
Imdb rating: 8.8 / 10 (391,551votes)
SC rating: 82 / 100 (1 vote)
Monday, 26 November 2012
Film spot
Watching Van Helsing on the way into work and recognised the voice of Hyde.
Robbie Cultrane
Wednesday, 1 August 2012
Really? I can think of 20 better
Vertigo is named 'greatest film of all time'
CRITICS TOP 10 FILMS OF ALL TIME
1. Vertigo (Hitchcock, 1958)
2. Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941)
3. Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953)
4. La Regle du jeu (Renoir, 1939)
5. Sunrise: a Song for Two Humans (Murnau, 1927)
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick, 1968)
7. The Searchers (Ford, 1956)
8. Man with a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, 1929)
9. The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer, 1927)
10. 8 ½ (Fellini, 1963)
Source: Sight & Sound
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19078948
What about?
Dumb and Dumber
Grosse Pointe Blank
Dodgeball
There's Something About Mary
Man on Fire
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings
Lord of the Rings: Two Towers
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Star Wars: New Hope
Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Shawshank Redemption
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
The Great Outdoors
Office Space
Pulp Fiction
The Castl
Back to the Future
Pulp Fiction
The Castl
Back to the Future
Spaceballs
Inception
What do critics know ? Not one is later than 1968.
Sunday, 3 June 2012
Good film
IMDb: Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Saw this with April yesterday. Very good, go and see it if you can. Very nice and very funny.
SC rating: 82 / 100 (1 vote)
AC rating: 8 / 10 (1 vote)
Sunday, 6 May 2012
Another spot
The Dad in Modern family is also in the Hulk with Edward Norton. He's the boyfriend of Liv Tyler
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