Movie Watch

Sorry about the extra long post but i needed to get them moved over, lets hope it looks better in the end.

V for Vendetta

I quite enjoyed this film, I thought the plot was I bit all over the place at time but I thought the character of V was a good one and I did like it when it got darker. It was average with nothing that made me sit up and watch but in the same breth nothing that made me want to turn it off.

3Monkey

Tenacious D The movie

When the trailer came out for this I so wanted to watch it and even when it came out at the cinema it was something I wanted to see but alas never got the time to do so until now and I have to say it was a little bit of a let down, there was nothing I didn’t expect and even though I didn’t sit there looking at my watch I again didn’t sit there griped to my seat, bit of a shame but good music and some good bits seam to pick it up a little.

3Monkey

Talladega Nights

What a funny film, as I thought it would be and it lived up to my expectations. How does he get undressed so quick? And as for the knife in the leg I could not stop laughing. Thank you Will Ferrell.

4Monkey

Little Miss Sunshine

I heard some good things about this film and eventually got round to watching it, one thing that really stood out for me was how character driven this film is and they have done it will, somehow you get involved with everyone in it. Its good how they make you dislike and then like the same character in the space of 5 mins and how you start to understand each of their problems and come to sympathize with them. It also brings a wonderful séance of friends and family and no matter how you differ from the stereotypes of the world you will always be accepted by the people who call you family or friend. Nice change from the blockbuster run of films

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Crank

Ok I do like and think there is a place for these action packed movies, there is not much to concentrate on and that’s the idea, just look at the pretty lights and people getting killed and fast car and so on, again I hear that crank is a good film and well worth a watch and I wont be mean but it was ok, nothing new, didn’t feel like a lost anything but didn’t feel like I got anything back. Shame.

3Monkey

300

Now showing in manchster very own imax and I think you should go watch it, this is a good film and its make even better with the massive screen size and the awesome sound system, the film is good and looks wonderful thanks to blue screen and this makes it, loads of blokes with 6packs and some sexy girls with a whole lot of blood, splatter here splatter there!

4Monkey

Pirates of the Caribbean 2

I think Captain Jack Sparrow is a brilliant character and away brings out smiles but with Pirates of the Caribbean 2 it felt like they had spent loads of money on special affects and costumes and getting the stars back but very little on plot or script and it could have easily been 30/40 mins shorter. The more I think about it the less it seems that bad but I do remember thinking someone had stolen 2 ½ hours of my life which I would not get back after it had finished, lets hope the 3rd one has more substance

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El Aura (Auora)

Had a potter down to the corner house over the Spanish film festival, after my first choose was full I settle for this one and it was good, well odd but good. There would be big sections of the film with out any dialog, this for me was not the best but it had some wonderful shots and it was an enjoyable film and I would recommend it,

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Black Book

Didn’t know anything about this film upto 2 hours before watching it, knew it had subtitles which tends to put me off films but what a film, set at the end of world war 2 it follows the life of one woman and how she had to cope with the life of war, I thought it was great and added a different aspet to world war 2 and there is some nakedness in it which makes the film really really good, its well worth a watch so go now!

6 Monkey

Hot Fuzz

I have been wating for hot fuzz to come out for weeks and weeks and to be give the opertunity towatch this film very early at work I jumped at the chance and im glad to say I wasn’t disappointed at all, it was very very funny and would quite happly watch it again and again. If you’re a fan of Spaced and Sean of the dead I think you will love this film,

6 Monkey

The Last King of Scotland

In thing Fostest Witcker is a very good actor and I have loved everything he has been in and to see him playing such a strong role was a joy even with the poor racking, soft focus and the people talking on the back row (who I warned) I still enjoyed the film with events which would normally spoil a movie for me, one of the impacting point of the movie for me was the very end where you get to see footage of the man this film was based on which brings the film to a very realistic level, shame the works were cut off the bottom of the screen so im not sure what it said!
Only getting 3 monkeys as the film was good but didn’t think is was as hard hitting as I expected.

3 Monkey

El Lobo

Got this film off a friend and its about ETA in Spain and how the secret service try to get someone undercover to bring this terrorist organization to an end, its based on real events and the man (wolf) is still in hiding now due to the impact it had on ETA, now I did enjoy this film even with the sound on my laptop getting quieter and quieter as the film ran, good job its subtitled. I thought it had a strong story and being based on real events it made me think about the conflict in the area and what these people were and are fighting for, another well worth a watch

4 Monkey

The Last Kiss

Watched this film after a really really long day, to start it was a good film, some funny bits with a good story. about 2/3 the way through i stared to get board with the story and i thought this could have been a good film but from out of no ware it was back on track. looking at the whole film now i thought it was peaty good, a good honest film about all the things we have to go through in life when it comes to love, life and relationships.

3 Monkey

Wizard of Oz

Watched this film at the corner house a few weeks ago, it’s the new re mastered version and to begin with you cant tell much difference until she walks through the door and it goes in to colour, it look really well and I sat there bobbing up and down to each and every song, it was funny when the kid in the back started to cry when she had to go home and say good bye to all her Oz friends. Awww

4 Monkey

Renaissance

1st heard of this film and to be honest didn’t think I would like the France subtitled film but how wrong could I be, it’s a stunning film which looks fantastic all the way through with a really good story, not the easiest film to keep up with but nothing a second watch wouldn’t cure

4 Monkey

Perfume

This is a good odd film, the main character I thought was good if not bizarre. It has some amazing shots in with a good but not to believable story, didn’t think it would have been as good as it turned out to be.

3 Monkey

Happy Feet

Ok I know this is a kids film but I thought it was good, the story wasn’t plot ridden but who want that with a kids film? The song were good and they didn’t settle for some modern boy band but some old classic motown which made the film better, there was even a few time there I jumped all down to the big, angry looking seal and killer whale.

4 Monkey

Bond

Bond is back and is he! What a film, thought it was a welcome change from the way bonds have been going over the last few, you almost see bond as a human making a few mistakes on the way not to mention the more believable touchier seines instead of some laser. Thought the new bond bloke did a very good job and I hope to see him in more of them if this one is anything to go off

5 Monkey

Pan's labyrinth

What a film, do you like subtitled film, own a beret? Then this film is for you, good story, looks amazing and has a welcome streak of violence which was unexpected, very very good

7 Monkey

Babel

My advice, watch the first half then go, when you sit there thinking any minute now it will get better that’s the time you should go, trust me, nothing happens after that

1 Monkey

Children of Men

When to watch Children of men at the lovely Printworks in Manchester sat night, I had heard good with some mixed bad reviews about this film but the trailer looked good so thought I would give it a go and I'm glad I did, its a good film and comes across a very realistic and gritty. I think because it had a lot of real world elements which we can all be familiar with it was more easy to get in to the story but being set in the not to distant future you could believe the story. It doesn’t shy away from the violent aspect of the story and even has a war element to it which I liked. I found it to be a moving story and even kept me on my toes with the twist and turns. It was good to see no matter how big the actor they were willing to kill anyone off at any time. Clive Owen who I don’t like redeemed him self in my eyes.
Well worth a watch!

4 Monkey

Stephen Kings IT

I remember watching this film as a kid and i also remember it scared the S**t out of me so i was a little apprehensive to watch it again, i did enjoy the movie even though the DVD is a flipper but it wasn’t as scary as i remember, probably a good thing.

2 Monkey

UltraViolet

What can i say, Ding Dong! now it was just to go off the film based on script, action, flow, characters, direction i would give it 4 monkeys, if i just go off Milla Jovovich at would get a 28 monkeys, !!!!!DING DONG!!!!!!

4 Monkey

Aeon Flux

O well, it looked good on the packing but i was very let down and it never even excited me at all, could have been something worth watching but not this time! Poo

1/2 Monkey

Old Boy

I didn’t get round to see Old Boy at the cinema but from what I had heard it was worth a watch. There are not many films which make me turn away but this one did! Twice! Thought it was fantastic even with subtitles. Some good twists.

4 Monkeys

The Wicker Man

I have not see the original Wicker Man and I get different reviews of the old film but I have to say I liked this one, maybe Nicolas Cage! Just don’t know. A little long and with an American stamp but still good.

3 Monkeys

Snakes on a Plane

Now i wasnt expecting some thing close to the real world and i got what i wanted, what a good film, got to stop jumping so much on the scarry bits

3 Monkeys

Mission Impossible 3

I finally got round to watch the 3rd instalment from Eathen Hunt and as I did enjoy the first 2 i was looking forward to this one, from the trailer i had seen it looked like it could have been something good. Now it is very much like the 2nd rather than the 1st with a more shiny look and massive explosions and amazing stunts but for me it wasn’t anything special and didn’t look as good as the second, I didn’t sit there waiting for it to end but neither did i want it to keep going!

2 1/2 Monkeys

Movie Watch

Reno 911 Miami

I had to nip in to work today so while I was there I thought I would watch a film and this is something I wanted to see, now walking in to a film like this I wasn’t expecting much and for all its funny moments it didn’t break any molds. There are a few cameos like many films out at the moment but nothing which made me think ‘how did they get that person’. Being a fan of Super Troopers I thought this could have been a good funny all the way film but it didn’t produce the laughs I would have hoped for. The cast were great but the story lacked a little with not much direction but I didn’t think it’s the type of film which you should expect a strong story from. If you’re after some cheap and funny laughs give it a weal.

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Cronos

Cronos is from Guillermo del Toro who more recently has brought us Pan’s Labyrinth and Hell Boy, both very good films so spotting one of his box sets in HMV on market street it was a sure buy. So first of the mark is Cronos which is a wonderful, mystical film. It’s a dark film which made me keep asking ‘what’s going to happen’ to the distraction of my girl friend who had already seen a good portion, now I don’t like people who ask this so for me to become one of these people made me think Guillermo del Toro has a good way of making his films. This should be a must buy for anyone tiring to spend some money in HMV this summer.

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You may have notice a slight blog layout change, well not layout but look. One thing which I think need to change is ‘my movies’, I like it but it’s starting to take up the page and really slows down the page loading time. Hum, i think its chop time but plz don’t worry you will still get a glimpse in to my movie world just it will be in blog format.

Night night all.

Manchester on fire

So this morning as I get a little lie in the police in Manchester decided that this would not be the case and had there helicopter hovering over my flat form a early hour this morning, so on my way to work while I was thinking what would I do if I had a surface to air missile I noticed there were a few cops out, and they had shut a road off, and hang on that building is on fire. Yes today London was not burning but Manchester and what a fire, you can check out the BBC News web site and see some photos and videos Here

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My crime fighting day, dududududududud BATMAN

Living in Manchester being a bigger city to expect to see more of everything, like more strange people or more bars you see what I mean, now with the good comes the bad (sounds like a film tag line to me) like crime. I live just the other side of Ancoats street and there has been some car crime in the area ever sine I moved, not that I'm saying ist me, so yesterday when I decided to get my mums birthday present I got in my car just to see through the grates of my underground car park some little shit smashing the back of a cars window and run off with a bag, Well I shot out of my car park and pulled up round the corner to find a bloke stud there with a shock look on his face, I asked him if he had see the little thief and he know exactly where he had gone. So I told him to get in and off we went on our crime fighting adventure. Now before we continue I would like to point out as I was the driver I would be the main super hero and he would have been my side kick. So were rocketed down the road and cut them off a few streets down as by this time they had got on to the foot path of the cannel. As soon as they saw us they changed direction and disappeared. All the way through this I was on the phone to the police giving descriptions and locations. So after we lost them we turned around and stated to head back just to spot 2 of the 3 kids walking towards us, I thought I would get a sneaky photo while asking if they had see these 2 lads (playing dumb) but just as I got my phone out the bloke with me screams ‘STOP THERE’ well as you can imagine they decided not to do that and off we were again, they shot down a side street while we cut them off back on the phone to the police and then there were gone in to the back of a house. After a few min two big fellas came out of one of the houses and that’s when I decided that’s enough crime fighting for one day, if I would have had my batman pajamas in my boot things may have been different but I decided retreat would be the best course of action.

As after all this I got my wonderful and very expensive chocolates and a awesome card for my mum which I know she will love, now normally with my lack of shopping skills I would not have spent the time to think and find something like this but after reading manchizzle’s blog her words made a big difference to me and made me put all the energy I could muster that day to make it happen, thank you manchizzle.

week so far

Hi people in blogger land, so the week so far has been a good one.

Had to drive down to Birmingham on Tuesday for a digital conference, it’s all about how digital cinema works and how it is rolling in to the main stream cinemas to replace 35mm, now we have 2 main digital projectors capable of playing full movies in what would be said as being the equivalent of 35mm and personally I think they are great, trip was good but there were a few time I so nearly pulled over and told my boss to get out on the hard shoulder of the motorway, you know the type of passengers! The one who thinks he is driving, well listen up, you don’t like it get out and walk (and now I wait for the comments) or just check out Echo11 blog ->

So after getting up at 6am and doing 200 miles I still had the energy to go and watch a band called Shmoo at the new Troff in the northern quarter, now I had heard some of their songs before and I also had many many people telling me there are very worthwhile watching so I was glad to still have the get up and go to go watch them (you should all check out there myspace) and there are as good live as the recording I had got, well worth it.

So for the last year I have not had a haircut, now you may think scruffy bugger and you may be right but I have a reason. I have never had long hair and always got it cut short, every time I ever tried to grow my hair it got to a Certain length and I could not put up with it any more so I would just get it cut like I usually do but this time was different, so a year down the line and I have long hair but I started to become a bit TO long so time to get to cut. As after weeks and weeks of me not getting round to booking in and my hair getting longer and longer I finally got booked in last Saturday at Toni and Guys on deansgate in Manchester! Toni and guys! Me! Well at first I told the lady on the phone I just wanted a dry cut but now I know that places like that don’t do dry cuts, why would I pay someone to wash my hair when I can do it for free (hope it’s not just me thinking that) so after feeling like a plonker I got booked in and off I went. Now never having long hair I was slightly unsure how to get it cut so I decided that to keep the shape but have some off the back and sides to stop my head from looking like a mushroom but even getting such a simple cut still made me smile as I have never had my hair cut when it has been so long. Now for a little of the back and sides and a wash I still don’t think it should have been £30 but seeing as I had not paid for a year it wasn’t so bad, on my way out they wanted me to book in again, I explained that seeing as my hair had not even had chance to grow I would book in at a later date.

So this week at work it has become my week to train some of the managers and team leader in the fine art of projection, and can I say it is a fine art and you release this when you see 7 people all finger and thumbs trying to do the simple task of putting film in the projector, but bless them they did try! Well were trying!

The Hills have Eyes Vs Meet the Robinsons

On my way in to work today there was something on Xfm about people going to watch a kids film in a Manchester cinema and ended up watching the beginning of the Hill Have eyes 2, now if you have seen this film you will know what a big deal that is and for you who have not let me enlighten you. There is a woman giving birth and you can see everything, but not in a hospital, she is strapped on the bed and doesn’t look like she has been able to move in months. Once she gives birth she is then killed. Now what should they have been watching? Well after searching through all the Manchester cinema web sites and me knowing it wasn’t the Odeon made me come to one conclusion, they should have been watching Meet the Robinsons at the Lowery. This appears to be the only cinema in the area which has The Hills have eyes in a screen with a kids film.

Ops!

my back holiday weekend in a nut shell

Well hallo bogspot land and all the little bloggers who live here, everyone have a good weekend? Hope so.

For my weekend I made my way over to Liverpool to go out with some friends at a good night spot called Liquidation, its 5 mins from the docks and is a really good night out. To start the night had a few drinks in Magull and then got the train in to Liverpool and made our way to liquidation, now this is where the story takes a twist so look out for it. After having many many drinks and spending most of my time on the dance floor the night started to come to an end, people went off getting their coats and alike, one of my friends was dancing the few remaining minuets he had left to the onlookers of the bar staff and one of the door staff due to his wonderful and unique way of dancing. Nothing strange here you see, this was until the member of the door staff through some sort of piece of plastic at my friend which to me looked like he was trying to be big and clever in fount of the bar team, this piece of plastic flew through the air and hit my friend on the side of his head with enough force to make him lose balance. Now at this point I was not a happy camper and despite what you may think in my drunken state I was calm, relaxed, not abusive and not angry, so in my calm, relaxed, not abusive and not angry state of mind I make my way over to the group of staff and asked the door man for his name or badge number as I was going to follow this up, as you may have expected he declined in a abusive way, so I turned to ask the members of the bar team who were there and this is where I get hit in the side of the head by his radio and then pushed back! Yes hit in the head! What a fuck whit! Now at this point there was 2 bigger door staff behind me taking me to the exit, I would like to point out that at that time I was still calm and relaxed and didn’t put up any struggle as it would have been useless.

So once outside I had a chat with the head door man who was not very help full and again didn’t want to give any names or badge number.

Now this door staff must be such a idiot or lucky enough that’s everyone he has picked on has not been as keen to see social justice as me because I promise you now I plan to rain a shit storm so big he will think twice about being big and clever again, So to start is a letter to the manager of the venue with every last detail, next is to contact the people who license door staff and make a complaint, next is a complaint to the local council from licensing to the health and safety executive and last but not least a complaint to the Liverpool police, Now please don’t think I will exaggerate the event or my injuries which are not severer and I don’t expect the police to have enough to go on for caution or conviction nor do I think I will get the justice I believe I'm entitled to which by the way would be me hitting him with a radio in front of his friends but this is so if anyone else has the same problem this will have been logged and action may be possible next time round. I also think one letter about this incident will just get put in a pile of other people who are not happy after being kicked out but after my letter should be other letters and phone calls from the other parties I have complained to which brings a real sense of severity.

And to be honest this didn’t spoil the night, nor the idiot spraying people in the face once outside or my girl friend losing her phone or forgetting her keys meaning waking her mum up at 4am to get in, with all this it was a good night.

Bank Holiday Friday

Good bank holiday afternoon to you all, well unlike lost people a bank holiday is like any other for the projectionist of this world and another day at work but with one added benefit, double time! And its very welcome seeing as I don’t feel what you would call a million dollars after going out last night! And where would I have been you ask? Well I took my girl friend out and got some good food down at the Printworks and then off round the northern quarter, quick stop in Odd bar for some strawberry beer which I would recommend and then on to Dry bar where we spent the remainder of the night, now even with my present hangover it was and still is a wonderful night and I fully enjoyed it and only having to walk 5 mins down the road before being at home was good.

Now back to today and having to walk to work in the wonderful sun was nice until I slowly realized I was working to work where the sun would stop for a few hours, not nice, O and my roommates hamster escaped so making sure I didn’t step on anything on the way out, bet the hamsters a sleep somewhere.

Right got to go work, have fun in the sun Holiday people.

back to Blackburn, Take 1

Hi all,

Hope you have all been out enjoying the sun as i have been trying to do and did get to do today in Liverpool, i have started to realise that it is a very nice place with some fantastic bars and if all goes well i will be visiting next weekend. I know what you’re thinking ‘this bloke seams to get a lot of weekends off’ but the last few have not been planned but next week is, and I’m hoping it will be nice so I can enjoy getting boozed up.

I had a trip back to Blackburn to take my little sister out for her tea, she is not my real sister but she has known me for many many years and she sees me as her brother so i thought i would take her out and it was a nice day, i picked her up from school and took her out for the evening, some time on the play ground, stop at the shop for sweets and then on to Frankie and Benny’s for some good food. It was nice and i enjoyed it and didn’t come back to Manchester with any bad feelings, if anything it made me feel good as finally i feel like I'm where i wanted to be, living in Manchester, having a flat, nice car, a job i love and to boot a beautiful, sexy, brainy, funny, wonderful and amazing girl friend. All i need now is a house near the sea and I'm done for want in my life.

Things to do for the next few weeks –

1. 1.Go out more.

2. 2.Enjoy the sun at every avenue

Small list i know but still a list.

Night Night Peps

abut time

After living outside of Manchester for many years I was one of the people sat in their cars in the longest traffic jam you have ever see most mornings and even with the extra time I could have had in bed I do like driving, living closer to Manchester, well in Manchester, I don’t drive as much but my lovely corsa had a list of problems and with 129,000 miles on the clock it had had its day, it didn’t look the nicest but after nearly 6 years it had been a good car for me and I was never late due to it not starting or breaking down on the way to work and with a car that looked like it did people didn’t really want to break in to it. But with all the problems and the amount of money I would have to spend on it to get it back on the road with the MOT getting closer and closer I decided to get an upgrade. Now having a look at what cars are out there and what I wanted it for and that I would want something nicer that what I already had I started looking at golf’s and the SE in particular and after a few weeks of looking I found one and it nice! I could have gone for a GTI or a GTTDI but with insurance groups around 14/15 it would have cost me a lot to insure but with the 1.6SE its group 6! I’ll be honest it doesn’t stand out and looks like any other car on the road but don’t forget im the one sat in the thing not watching it drive by so I don’t mind, it has all these little things that make driving easier which most car now have as standard but not in the 97 corsa days, all I have to do is get my mp3 player hooked up and im done!

Now this was one of the many many things I wanted to get sorted out after finding a flat so it so nice to get it sorted out and get rid of the car which had cause me a few problems if you have followed my posts and now its done! So on you wonders through Manchester if you spot a silver Golf driving down the street have a look to see who is driving, does it look like a animal? May be a monkey? Well hey that’s me!

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Keeping on the topic of cars and the many times I had been sat under my car trying to fix something or even sat on the side of the road its good to see that its just the lower class cars that have such problems as you will see in my photo,

Now if you are sat there thinking there is nothing strange about this photo let me take a min to point out the bloke pushing his Aston Martin DB9 back in to his parking spot

Now I have make a great step in my wonderful relationship with my beautiful girl friend, it was something I thought I would never do and never even thought about doing but can without question recommend it to everyone out there, what could this magical thing be? Well for a friends art exhibition she need an imprint of how couples sleep so I got to paint a very very sexy girl friend with paint (naked!) so she could lie on the bed sheet and she got to paint me so I could do the same. Now I thought it would have been fun and it was but god dam not that much fun

300 hit Manchester

300 starts Thursday 22nd at Manchester's very own Imax, this is an epic movie of an epic screen. This looks like a very good film and could be made better in a 85ft screen with a sound system which could make you ears bleed.
if you have not visited Manchester Imax i suggest you make time for this film and get down there.
PS dont forget to wave at you friendly projectionist.