So I met up with Nick as planned to find that the showing was sold out and the next one was not for another few hours. Grabbed some ‘food’ in McDonalds and headed to The Elbow Room for some pool where I played possibly the worst few rounds I have ever done. So pool and beers and then on to the movie.
8 Mile. Not bad. The best bits are of course in the trailers but the movie stands up pretty well. Not surprisingly backed up by a decent soundtrack and possibly surprisingly backed up by some decent acting. Ok maybe not hard to do in what is afterall loosely the story of your life, but still not bad at all. There is a comment in an IMDB review that whatever you think of Enimen in the last five minutes when he is on stage he is in his domain and he rules it. That is very true in parts of the movie and I think that helps to bolster his performance.
Long before LOTR, Peter Jackson make Heavenly Creatures. A lot of the same crew as LOTR including the writing team and the beeb are showing it now. So I’m checking it out.
Joel Schumacher is to direct an adaption of Jack Kerouac‘s On the Road. Francis Ford Coppola is onboard to produce it, I shall certainly be interested in seeing how this one turns out. I have reservations about Schumacher but nevertheless, something to keep an eye out for. (via Boing Boing)
It seems that boasting about being a drugs dealer on Friends Reunited is not the smartest thing to do.
Ralph Steadman, longtime Hunter S. Thompson collaborator has his own blog and the first posting has just kicked off. Added bonus is it’s illustrated.
Something strange the past couple of days. I’ve slept a lot less than I have been doing, I wonder how that shall go on. I suppose we shall just have to see if I make it into work on time in the morning! I wonder what strange dreams await tonight.
I’m re-reading Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. I’ve never really liked Pratchett. He seems to be on of those love or hate writers and well I hate him. Admitidly it has been years since I tried one of his books but I don’t intend to try again. Gaiman on the other hand I really like. The book is not bad at all, in places side-acheingly funny.