Met up with Nick last night and we went to see The Ring the US remake of the cult Japanese classic Ringu. For a remake it wasn’t bad at all. It was true enough to the basics of the story and nothing that they changed made a massive difference to the movie. Well, except that the original was far more insidious in the horror and worked much better as a physiological piece. Still it was very enjoyable.
Little bit of a strange night, we met up, picked up some tickets and went for some drinks. Had a couple of hours to kill before the movie and so hence came in the drinks. Well, just lemonade for me, I’m actually going to display some willpower for a while now*. Anyway we get to the cinema about 5 minutes before the movie is due to begin. We walk into the lobby and right then the fire alarm goes off. The cinema is evacuated. After about 20 minutes the all clear is given and eventually the film starts.
* A while now being generally planned to last until Friday. Patrick is having a birthday party in town and that could be quite a night. Cute girls shall be in attendance too.
Listened to The Flaming Lips’ Yoshimi Versus the Pink Robots a few times over the past couple of days and I’m really getting into it. I have been trying to think about who they sound like, but they don’t really sound like anybody else out there. Well, worth a listen. I also found out this morning that perhaps the reason I could not find that Mull Historical Society album at the weekend was because it only comes out today. Doh.
The second Ultimate Spider-Man hardcover was excellent. Read it through last night and really enjoyed it. Top Bendis stuff. Nothing compared to his latest two issues of Daredevil but still a great book. Um nothing else springs out has having been really great, but I shall report more later when I have read everything.