August 18, 2006
ftw, ladies, ftw :D
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August 15, 2006
*does the "I've Got a Job"conga*
I've got a job!
It's only for this week, it pays pittance, but it's a job!
...I feel so much better about myself having a job. o_0
August 6, 2006
Bloggage. Now Tailor-made to your needs.
If I don't get comments I'm going to cry. More. Because I can and because I've been catted.
For your blogging pleasure, your hostess requires that you view this easy-to-use flow chart. Thank you for flying Katy Airlines.
Section A.
I went to the cinema this weekend, it being a sibling unit birthday and there being a lack of other interesting things to do. The pickings are somewhat slim out there at the moment, since we'd seen Pirates already, I held my nose and went to see Miami Vice.
Like the rest of the right-thinking world, I am quite fond of the original TV series. It has flamingoes, guns and adorably awful eighties chic. It has white suits and music that fluctuates between supreme awesome and supreme musical evil.
Miami Vice the movie has none of these things. Except the guns. Admittedly trying to recreate the 80s feeling could have turned out like an awful Starsky and Hutch fiasco, and I give Michael Mann credit for avoiding that. But...the substituted new millenium grit just really doesn't have the same appeal. The music was close to driving me mad by the end of the film, for its awful "we may be Linkin Park, we may just be another awful band that sound like them" factor. Ugh. So generally bad, apart from the song on the ending credits. Which wins the award for the worst choice of any artist to cover ever if you're a popular beat combo in the modern world. o_0
AND DID I MENTION THERE WERE NEITHER FLAMINGOES NOR PEOPLE ROLLERSKATING IN BIKINIS HOLDING BOOMBOXES?
Section B.
So,as the good people who followed my flow chart will not know, I went to the cinema t see Miami Vice this weekend. If you cheated and are just reading straight down, you suck and you evidently don't appreciate the huge amount of effort I put into making bloggage. :p *pouts*
I write this section as a fan of Miami Vice the TV series, but also a fan of Michael Mann's films. Let no one say he can't direct, particularly where people with guns in their hands are involved. Heat is a fitting testament to that one. I think, however, that by getting involved in Miami Vice, Mann presented himself with a bit of a problem. People loved Miami Vice in the eighties because it was cool, but people love it now because we all wear cheese-tinted spectacles and it's just great fun to watch. In making the new film version, therefore, Mann was always going to leave someone dissatisfied. Either you make a film that recreates the way you felt watching Miami Vice then, or how you feel watching it now.
He did, of course, plump for the former, and actually I'd give him credit for that. He certainly didn't manage to recreate Miami Vice how we see the TV show, more Miami Vice for 2006. In which case I'm inclined to call it Vice Cops Who Happen to Be in Miami, rather than Miami Vice. Colin Farrell is not Crockett by any stretch of the imagination, but for the purposes of this review, that's irrelevant.
Looking at it as Vice Cops Who Happen to Be in Miami, it's a pretty solid film. There are a few bits of fairly plodding and pointless filler and the obligatory random sex scenes (which I can't *really* complain about because they had those in the TV show, but still...eugh) but for every bit of boring filler there's a running-jumping-climbing trees and shooting scene. Which is all to the good. And it has a superb shootout towards the end (MM, so natch :p) as well as a couple of bits that really did make me jump. Be warned, however, if you do see it in the cinema, the fight scenes are very, very loud. o_0 I know that's what really happens if you fire that sort of weaponry but then this is one of the manifold reasons I don't use said weaponry. ^_~ Also, y'know, no one would ever trust me with anything more dangerous than a water pistol.
And it's very nicely shot, too. Besides the amazing shoot out, the scenary is just gorgeous. It really does shine in the night-time scenes (if only because I'm addicted to cityscapes at night :p) but there are some great pieces shot in Colombia too. For instance the stunning overview of the waterfall el Drugs Baron lives next to. It's worth going to the cinema to see that. I wasn't so keen on the handycamming during missions. Yes it gives us the feeling we're there and all that crap but after a while doesn't it give you nausea? o_0
But in general, it's not a bad film, but it's not the best film Michael Mann's made. Bu Colin Farrell's hair is hypnotically bad and they do purposely put him in as many speedboats and convertibles as they can for this reason. Look at his hair fly, ladies! Look at it! But it's got shooting and Moo managed to stay awake for most of it. Which was a result.
Section C.
For those of you who either don't want to know or don't care about Miami Vice. Or, y'know, are bored enough to want to know what I'm doing at the moment.
When I get round to it, I will try to do a proper entry about how enjoyable it was going to Tate Modern with her and her. I am now utterly mad about the place, particularly the room full of Rothkos and the absolutely incredible Wine Crucifix I had to buy a picture of for my wall. But they will have to wait until I have the proper time and attention to lavish upon them. Suffice to say it was excellent.
As was the rest of the weekend before last, hanging about in London, watching Seventh Doctor dvds (YAAAAY ACE!!! MY HEROINE SINCE I WAS FIVE!!) and going to see Tashular's new apartment. And helping clean it up. ^_____^ Ungeehee...de-fluffing the carpet was so fun. ^________________^ Rolling about on the carpet making fluff katamaris. It's an obssessive-compulsive's dream. ^___________^
And one last plug. When I next see everyone, you will be subjected to Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. It was recommended to Liz and me by Daniel and now we know why. ^_______________^ I'm not spoiling any more of it than that.
And PS, does anyone have any of my Playstation games? I'm missing some. Kingdom Hearts, Klonoa, DMC and so on. Did I lend them to someone and forget? ^_^;; It seems likely but I can't remember! ^_^ Do let me know if you know where I put them! ^____^
