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[caddyman]

Gad. We’re meeting up in the Royal Oak after work for BEER. Two lots of friends have independently arranged similar things in the same place at the same time. It never rains but it pours.

I reckon that I shall have to push back another couple of mugs of coffee before going – I feel quite tired right now, although that will disappear pretty much as soon as I leave the office. I have just done my regular housing finance talk on the Housing Seminar and that always leaves me a bit drained/

Last night I watched a one-eyed copy of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, procured from a friend by DT sans LJ. Very enjoyable; I don’t understand how people could not like it, despite its admitted plot holes. Do they not understand the pulp genre at all? I can see the movie making my DVD collection – once it has hit the bargain bins, admittedly. I like it, but it ain’t no Oscar winner. Mind you, winning an Oscar isn’t much of a recommendation these days anyway. Forest Gump, j’accuse.

Tomorrow, the belated trip to see Kingdom of Heaven. I shall pack tranquilisers to calm Mr Townsend, as the historical inconsistencies and downright inaccuracies build. It could get nasty, otherwise.

Best get and do something now, I guess.

Or I could nip downstairs and have a smoke.

Comments

[scary-lady.livejournal.com]

Jem & I are off to see Kingdom of Heaven tonight. I confidently expect him to turn into Penan half way through.

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

Heh.

As long as he doesn't try selling machina to both sides...

[caffeine-fairy.livejournal.com]

"Do they not understand the pulp genre at all? "

Y'see, I think I do, and that was why I hated it. Don't care about the plot holes (It's A Story)...but...I may be mixing my genres, but I'm getting really tired of supposed "pulp" films with incredibly wimpy, incompetant heroines in them. I really wanted to smakc Gwyneth Paltrow's character. I've always loved the tough, feisty female characters in what I think of as the pulp genre.

Maybe I should just give up looking for films which do what I enjoy and watch "The Shadow" on endless loop...

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

I didn't think she was that bad, although the single-minded pursuit of the story and hampering the hero in the process seemed a bit daft.

[mr-h-r-hughes.livejournal.com]

I thought she was ok too, she had an illiterative name after all! It wasn't perfect but it's a genre that's so rarely done that I'll happily forgive it it's fault...and a British hero, how rare is that in hollywood.
Oh and Angelina Jolie unleashing her amphibian forces was great.

[caffeine-fairy.livejournal.com]

And her taking one photo of the ground and one photo with the lense cap on when her apparent only motivation was taking photos, and her infuriating shilly-shallying about taking photos when she only had two left, etc, etc, etc...

[captainweasel.livejournal.com]

Skycaptain wasn't BAD, it's just a "C+, could try harder" film as it could have been so much better. less Submarines, more rocket packs, that sort of thing.

[wallabok.livejournal.com]

Angelina Jolie was Sky Captain's only redeeming value....and the British "sky carriers".....

[pipsytip.livejournal.com]

Kingdom of Heaven was Fab... having managed to lose the nerdy weaponry experts meant that I could admire the elf and playaway presenter without getting whinged at.

Elf elf elf elf elf!