Had an earthquake this morning around 1am.
I'd been in bed for about 10 minutes, when the bed started to vibrate. I was really expecting to start hearing some music, as I thought it was some pillock with his car stereo turned up full.
After a few seconds, when I didn't hear anything and the vibrating was continuing, I thought it was a (very) low flying aircraft.
The main shakes lasted around 10 seconds as a guess, then there was around another 15 seconds or so of it, noticeable due to my bedroom door vibrating.
Had a quick check this morning, seems to be no damage to the house.
All in all, not really scary, just unusual for England.
Wednesday, 27 February 2008
Sunday, 24 February 2008
Juno - So good, so whatever.
Saw Juno today.
It is a good film, well acted, but there is something slightly lacking in it.
Hard to say what really, certainly not as funny as I expected, there are some good lines, but nothing really that invokes a good laugh.
It certainly felt a touch long, but there is nothing I could say that could be removed to shorten it.
Biggest problem may be that now, 2 hours after I saw it, it is mostly forgettable. The story I can remember, and some of the details, but the rest just seems one big blur.
I did like the soundtrack, going to get a copy, nice to see they've got Ellen's version of the one song on it.
So, all in all, , it is fine for a couple of hours in the cinema, and has a nice feel good mood to it, just isn't going to be one I'll go out of my way to watch again.
It is a good film, well acted, but there is something slightly lacking in it.
Hard to say what really, certainly not as funny as I expected, there are some good lines, but nothing really that invokes a good laugh.
It certainly felt a touch long, but there is nothing I could say that could be removed to shorten it.
Biggest problem may be that now, 2 hours after I saw it, it is mostly forgettable. The story I can remember, and some of the details, but the rest just seems one big blur.
I did like the soundtrack, going to get a copy, nice to see they've got Ellen's version of the one song on it.
So, all in all, , it is fine for a couple of hours in the cinema, and has a nice feel good mood to it, just isn't going to be one I'll go out of my way to watch again.
Friday, 22 February 2008
Penelope (may contain spoilers)
(Contains spoilers)
Saw Penelope on Tuesday, with my 10 year old niece (now her sister has got too old to be my excuse to go see "kids" films).
Very well done, great acting off Christina and Catherine, rather predictable to a large extent (obviously the curse gets broken and she ends up with Max).
The only really surprising bit to me was how the curse was broken, as it didn't seem to really fit the description of being loved "by one of her own kind". Technically, she is of her own kind, but so is her Dad, and the film does give the impression that he loved her no matter what. Then again, not much of a film I suppose, if the curse was broken when she was about 6 months old.
One problem I did have with the film is that Penelope is supposed to be so hideous that grown men run screaming from the room when they actually see her. Problem is, she's Christina Ricci with a pigs nose, and actually looks like Christina Ricci with a cute pigs nose.
So rather than run screaming, a more realistic response would be to be somewhat taken back, realise that with the nose she is still hot, imagine that with the curse lifted she'd be hotter and say "yeah to marriage" in a second (yes, I am this shallow).
Having typed the above, it occurs to me there is another flaw in the movie. At the start it is strongly implied that the prospectives a) know about the curse b) spend some time getting to know her through them being on opposite sides of the mirror.
After a period, Penelope comes out to meet them, face to snout as it were. They then run off (through plate glass windows on the first floor). Even though they should be expecting something to be wrong, are supposed to be well brought up not to do that, have got to the point where they like her personality, and she looks like CHRISTINA RICCI WITH A CUTE PIGS NOSE!!!
Once again, not much of a film though if they didn't.
Still worth seeing as a movie though, even with the above comments.
N.B. by cute pigs nose, I mean the pigs nose is cute on Ms Ricci, not the nose off a cute pig. Pigs are not cute, they are bacon.
Saw Penelope on Tuesday, with my 10 year old niece (now her sister has got too old to be my excuse to go see "kids" films).
Very well done, great acting off Christina and Catherine, rather predictable to a large extent (obviously the curse gets broken and she ends up with Max).
The only really surprising bit to me was how the curse was broken, as it didn't seem to really fit the description of being loved "by one of her own kind". Technically, she is of her own kind, but so is her Dad, and the film does give the impression that he loved her no matter what. Then again, not much of a film I suppose, if the curse was broken when she was about 6 months old.
One problem I did have with the film is that Penelope is supposed to be so hideous that grown men run screaming from the room when they actually see her. Problem is, she's Christina Ricci with a pigs nose, and actually looks like Christina Ricci with a cute pigs nose.
So rather than run screaming, a more realistic response would be to be somewhat taken back, realise that with the nose she is still hot, imagine that with the curse lifted she'd be hotter and say "yeah to marriage" in a second (yes, I am this shallow).
Having typed the above, it occurs to me there is another flaw in the movie. At the start it is strongly implied that the prospectives a) know about the curse b) spend some time getting to know her through them being on opposite sides of the mirror.
After a period, Penelope comes out to meet them, face to snout as it were. They then run off (through plate glass windows on the first floor). Even though they should be expecting something to be wrong, are supposed to be well brought up not to do that, have got to the point where they like her personality, and she looks like CHRISTINA RICCI WITH A CUTE PIGS NOSE!!!
Once again, not much of a film though if they didn't.
Still worth seeing as a movie though, even with the above comments.
N.B. by cute pigs nose, I mean the pigs nose is cute on Ms Ricci, not the nose off a cute pig. Pigs are not cute, they are bacon.
A test post by e-mail
Just wanted to check that I can post be e-mail.
Not that I ever will of course.
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