Time well spent

Game On for The Guild

Jaina — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:02:45 +0000

I watched a couple of seasons of The Guild. That’s all. Don’t get me wrong, I really did like it, but for some reason, despite being a short webisode series, I could never keep up or fit it in to my regular TV viewing. There is no logic in that I know.

Despite this I Guild things still amuse me. Last year Do you want to date my avatar? made me laugh quite a lot, and I was actually impressed with it! I shouldn’t say that with so much shock implied, tonally.

I think The Guild guys have surpassed it with Game On. I’ve only just seen it, I know – incredibly slow of me! It made me laugh more. Could be the Bollywood thing. Could be the line up doing the lightbulb. They got the Bollywood so right in it! Also Felicia Day can really pull off a sari. Eh, maybe I’m bias because it is a bit Bollywood, and despite me not really liking Bollywood, it is something I grew up with so I have a well hidden soft spot for it. You judge for yourself:

100 movies: Splice

Jaina — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:34:54 +0000

Splice (27/07/10)
I’ll admit it. I was curious about this movie. For that alone, I was slightly ashamed of myself! It looked like the kind of film I shouldn’t really go and see and tell people I had seen it. After seeing the film there are bits in it which were a little bit uncomfortable and just a bit… hmmm FREAKY, however I did like the film. It’ll be the best genetic altering film I’ll see this year! A bit creepy, a bit cute – there were more ‘aww’s’ coming from the audience I saw it with than I was expecting. I wouldn’t say there’s a twist ending, something I saw coming, but it still satisfied me.
Rating: 3/5

Read more to see the full list of movies I’ve seen so far this year.

66 movies so far this year

Three Kings (4/5) 04/01/10
Defiance (5/5) 06/01/10
Frost/Nixon (4/5) 06/01/10
Dreamgirls (4/5) 07/01/10
Munich (2/5) 08/01/10
Ray (4/5) 09/01/10
Max Payne (1/5) 09/01/10
Mirrors (2/5) 09/01/10
Ali (5/5) 10/01/10
Slumdog Millionaire (4/5) 16/01/10
Australia (2/5) 16/01/10
Yes Man (2/5) 17/01/10
Shrooms (1/5) 23/01/10
Valkyrie (4/5) 30/01/10
Love the Beast (3/5) 30/01/10
Brick (4/5) 31/01/10
My Bloody Valentine (2/5) 06/02/10
Fantastic Mr. Fox (3/5) 06/02/10
Children of Men (4/5) 13/02/10
We Own the Night (3/5) 14/02/10
Outpost (1/5) 20/02/10
Push (4/5) 21/02/10
Revolutionary Road (5/5) 24/02/10
Milk (5/5) 26/02/10
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (3/5) 27/02/10
Rendition (3/5) 27/02/10
The Reader (4/5) 28/02/10
Flags of Our Fathers (4/5) 03/03/10
A History of Violence (4/5) 03/03/10
Office Space (5/5) 04/03/10
The Eye (2/5) 04/03/10
Alice in Wonderland (4/5) 05/03/10
Bolt (4/5) 06/03/10
Gran Torino (5/5) 06/03/10
Franklyn (2/5) 07/03/10
Green Zone (4/5) 11/03/10
Whip It (4/5) 12/03/10
Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (0/5) 12/03/10
Shutter Island (3/5) 13/03/10
Triangle (4/5) 27/03/10
Kick Ass (5/5) 01/04/10
Clash of the Titans (3/5) 02/04/10
Fast & Furious (4/5) 02/04/10
Silent Hill (2/5) 03/04/10
Final Destination 3 (1/5) 03/04/10
Lilo & Stitch (3/5) 11/04/10
Lord of War (3/5) 17/04/10
The Core (2/5) 25/04/10
Iron Man 2 (4/5) 02/05/10
Drones (3/5) 03/05/10
The Orphanage (4/5) 08/05/10
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (4/5) 09/05/10
Robin Hood (4/5) 15/05/10
Underdog (1/5) May
Dan in Real Life (3/5) May
In the Loop (3/5) May
State of Play (4/5) 19/06/10
Pride and Glory (2/5) 19/06/10
The Losers (3/5) 20/06/10
[REC] (4/5) 09/07/10
Inception (5/5) 17/07/10
Moon (5/5) 18/07/10
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (1/5) 23/07/10
Mars Attacks! (3/5) 24/07/10
Inside Man (4/5) 25/07/10
Splice (3/5) 27/07/10

It’s a humbug day

Jaina — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:01:26 +0000

I was hoping, what with it being summer holiday season, my drive to work would be a little less painful. Despite living only 13 miles from work, some days it can take over an hour. Thank you A40!

My hopes have been ruined! ‘They’ seem to have decided now is a good time to do road works on my usual roads! Until September!! I really do usually like August, when it can take me only 20 minutes to get work. Not this time. Damnit is all I can say.

Oh, and I still have the very attractive cold. It’s not developed into a ‘hack-your-lungs-out’ cough. It is very attractive.

100 movies: Getting back on track

Jaina — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:54:49 +0000

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (23/07/10)
I loved the first Ice Age movie. It looked lovely and the story brought tears to my eyes. But this one? Oh dear. I don’t understand why they keep giving Scrat more screen time. It’s just annoying and repetitive. I get it, he wants his nut! The underlying story of a mixed up family was done far better in Up. However the film did look great. BUT.. that’s not enough for me.
Rating: 1/5

Mars Attacks! (24/07/10)
I don’t know why I still hadn’t seen this film. CRAZY! At least the problem is rectified now. A very funny, satirical movie that’s just a lot of fun to watch. With a heck of a lot of famous people in it! Tom Jones made me laugh more than he should have. Loved the shoddy CG. A very fun film to watch.
Rating: 3/5

Inside Man (25/07/10)
I thought this was your typical bank heist movie. I was ready to settle into the usual routine of hostages, negotiator and usual action. I was a little bit wrong and very grateful for that. I spent a good part of the film trying to figure out what the hell was actually going on. I like films that tax my brain a little. But by the end make sense. Though I remained confused as to the choice of opening and closing song for the film – a very popular Hindi song. I didn’t understand and still don’t!
Rating: 4/5

Read more to see the full list of movies I’ve seen so far this year.

65 movies so far this year

Three Kings (4/5) 04/01/10
Defiance (5/5) 06/01/10
Frost/Nixon (4/5) 06/01/10
Dreamgirls (4/5) 07/01/10
Munich (2/5) 08/01/10
Ray (4/5) 09/01/10
Max Payne (1/5) 09/01/10
Mirrors (2/5) 09/01/10
Ali (5/5) 10/01/10
Slumdog Millionaire (4/5) 16/01/10
Australia (2/5) 16/01/10
Yes Man (2/5) 17/01/10
Shrooms (1/5) 23/01/10
Valkyrie (4/5) 30/01/10
Love the Beast (3/5) 30/01/10
Brick (4/5) 31/01/10
My Bloody Valentine (2/5) 06/02/10
Fantastic Mr. Fox (3/5) 06/02/10
Children of Men (4/5) 13/02/10
We Own the Night (3/5) 14/02/10
Outpost (1/5) 20/02/10
Push (4/5) 21/02/10
Revolutionary Road (5/5) 24/02/10
Milk (5/5) 26/02/10
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (3/5) 27/02/10
Rendition (3/5) 27/02/10
The Reader (4/5) 28/02/10
Flags of Our Fathers (4/5) 03/03/10
A History of Violence (4/5) 03/03/10
Office Space (5/5) 04/03/10
The Eye (2/5) 04/03/10
Alice in Wonderland (4/5) 05/03/10
Bolt (4/5) 06/03/10
Gran Torino (5/5) 06/03/10
Franklyn (2/5) 07/03/10
Green Zone (4/5) 11/03/10
Whip It (4/5) 12/03/10
Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (0/5) 12/03/10
Shutter Island (3/5) 13/03/10
Triangle (4/5) 27/03/10
Kick Ass (5/5) 01/04/10
Clash of the Titans (3/5) 02/04/10
Fast & Furious (4/5) 02/04/10
Silent Hill (2/5) 03/04/10
Final Destination 3 (1/5) 03/04/10
Lilo & Stitch (3/5) 11/04/10
Lord of War (3/5) 17/04/10
The Core (2/5) 25/04/10
Iron Man 2 (4/5) 02/05/10
Drones (3/5) 03/05/10
The Orphanage (4/5) 08/05/10
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (4/5) 09/05/10
Robin Hood (4/5) 15/05/10
Underdog (1/5) May
Dan in Real Life (3/5) May
In the Loop (3/5) May
State of Play (4/5) 19/06/10
Pride and Glory (2/5) 19/06/10
The Losers (3/5) 20/06/10
[REC] (4/5) 09/07/10
Inception (5/5) 17/07/10
Moon (5/5) 18/07/10
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (1/5) 23/07/10
Mars Attacks! (3/5) 24/07/10
Inside Man (4/5) 25/07/10

Colds Suck

Jaina — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:08:23 +0000

Why? They’re *just* a cold. You’re well enough to do things, but you feel really crappy while you do the things you should be doing. You’re not unwell enough to just have a duvet day and spend a day watching a stupid amount of TV and movies. You just have to suck it up, take some cold pills and get on.

Which is what I’m trying to do, but my duvet is calling me!

The cry baby

Jaina — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:00:24 +0000

I think I may have a problem. A serious one.

Channel hopping last night I started watching a bit of Penguin Island on the BBC. They had this story of a little penguin who’s foot was so mangled he could barely walk and it wasn’t looking good.

I started CRYING! Well not full on crying but proper tears and the sort.

Of course it all worked out at the end, he had a mangled but better foot. He was released back into the wild. At which point I head tears of happiness.

This isn’t the first time I’ve cried at wildlife/animal related TV shows. I need to stop watching them.

What to do

Jaina — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:50:39 +0000

It’s come to my attention I don’t actually use this blog much, apart from posting my 100 movies and a random sporadic daily photo, which by the way, I am still doing. I’m just a bit stuck as to what to blog about.

If anyone has any ideas, let me know. It’s just making me sad that I don’t really use this blog as much as I feel I should. Though, this is partly an excuse, my life is rarely that exciting. Though I’ve done some fun things this year like going to see Flight of the Conchords, She & Him, Penn & Teller, various theatre things and other such stuffs. Maybe I should post about some of those things…

Give me a think and the next time I do something exciting I’ll blog about it. Of course there’s the other option of you telling me what to blog about.

100 movies: Some goodies

Jaina — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:56:49 +0000

[REC] (09/07/10)
I had no expectations of this film other than I could potentially have a jump and it was in another language so I would be reading some subtitles. I sat and watched and got sucked in. Very good horror movie which actually did make me jump a couple of times. For me that’s rare. I liked the fact there they didn’t feel a need to explain things. Things happened and you just get caught up in the events and go along with it like the characters in the film did. Quite like to see the sequel now.
Rating: 4/5

Inception (17/07/10)
Chris Nolan is awesome. He picks the best cast, creates the best films and makes my mind explode and implode. I loved Inception. My brain did hurt a little while watching and after watching. I’m not going to say too much so as not to give too much away but it was awesome. JGL needs to be in more films. Please. And have guns. Also Tom Hardy was a nice surprise, he was very good! And the score was brilliant. LOVED!
Rating: 5/5

Moon (18/07/10)
This was also nothing like i was expecting, though I had very few expectations. Just that I was meant to love this. And I did. Sam Rockwell was brilliant. He carried the film amazingly well.
Rating: 5/5

Read more to see the full list of movies I’ve seen so far this year.

62 movies so far this year

Three Kings (4/5) 04/01/10
Defiance (5/5) 06/01/10
Frost/Nixon (4/5) 06/01/10
Dreamgirls (4/5) 07/01/10
Munich (2/5) 08/01/10
Ray (4/5) 09/01/10
Max Payne (1/5) 09/01/10
Mirrors (2/5) 09/01/10
Ali (5/5) 10/01/10
Slumdog Millionaire (4/5) 16/01/10
Australia (2/5) 16/01/10
Yes Man (2/5) 17/01/10
Shrooms (1/5) 23/01/10
Valkyrie (4/5) 30/01/10
Love the Beast (3/5) 30/01/10
Brick (4/5) 31/01/10
My Bloody Valentine (2/5) 06/02/10
Fantastic Mr. Fox (3/5) 06/02/10
Children of Men (4/5) 13/02/10
We Own the Night (3/5) 14/02/10
Outpost (1/5) 20/02/10
Push (4/5) 21/02/10
Revolutionary Road (5/5) 24/02/10
Milk (5/5) 26/02/10
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (3/5) 27/02/10
Rendition (3/5) 27/02/10
The Reader (4/5) 28/02/10
Flags of Our Fathers (4/5) 03/03/10
A History of Violence (4/5) 03/03/10
Office Space (5/5) 04/03/10
The Eye (2/5) 04/03/10
Alice in Wonderland (4/5) 05/03/10
Bolt (4/5) 06/03/10
Gran Torino (5/5) 06/03/10
Franklyn (2/5) 07/03/10
Green Zone (4/5) 11/03/10
Whip It (4/5) 12/03/10
Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (0/5) 12/03/10
Shutter Island (3/5) 13/03/10
Triangle (4/5) 27/03/10
Kick Ass (5/5) 01/04/10
Clash of the Titans (3/5) 02/04/10
Fast & Furious (4/5) 02/04/10
Silent Hill (2/5) 03/04/10
Final Destination 3 (1/5) 03/04/10
Lilo & Stitch (3/5) 11/04/10
Lord of War (3/5) 17/04/10
The Core (2/5) 25/04/10
Iron Man 2 (4/5) 02/05/10
Drones (3/5) 03/05/10
The Orphanage (4/5) 08/05/10
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (4/5) 09/05/10
Robin Hood (4/5) 15/05/10
Underdog (1/5) May
Dan in Real Life (3/5) May
In the Loop (3/5) May
State of Play (4/5) 19/06/10
Pride and Glory (2/5) 19/06/10
The Losers (3/5) 20/06/10
[REC] (4/5) 09/07/10
Inception (5/5) 17/07/10
Moon (5/5) 18/07/10

100 movies – A long overdue update

Jaina — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 17:45:05 +0000

It’s been a long time since this blog has been updated let alone anymore movies being added. Never mind, playing catch up now!

Underdog May
Just a poor kids movie that I got suckered into watching due to boredom, a heat wave and a cute pup.
Rating: 1/5

Dan in Real Life May
I’m not a fan of Steve Carell. I appreciate that the majority of people find him hilarious, but not me. It’s probably why this film’s been sitting on my Sky box for so long. It’s not Steve Carell as I know him, and for that I was grateful. Very sweet film with some funny moments.
Rating: 3/5

In the Loop May
I wish I could swear like one of the characters out of this film. I didn’t know what was going on for most of the first half of the film, but the swearing was fantastic. I got into it towards the end, and it got a few laughs out of me.
Rating: 3/5

State of Play 19/06/10
Brilliant thriller. Never saw the original BBC drama this was based on but eh. Doesn’t really matter. The film was awesome.
Rating: 4/5

Pride and Glory 19/06/10
This is the kind of film where I think everyone in it is really good but the plot just didn’t grab me. Typical dirty cops kind of film.
Rating: 2/5

The Losers 20/06/10
Fun film to watch on a Sunday afternoon. Very little brain activity needed. Brilliant bits of action – don’t need anything more!
Rating: 3/5

Read more to see the full list of movies I’ve seen so far this year.

59 movies so far this year

Three Kings (4/5) 04/01/10
Defiance (5/5) 06/01/10
Frost/Nixon (4/5) 06/01/10
Dreamgirls (4/5) 07/01/10
Munich (2/5) 08/01/10
Ray (4/5) 09/01/10
Max Payne (1/5) 09/01/10
Mirrors (2/5) 09/01/10
Ali (5/5) 10/01/10
Slumdog Millionaire (4/5) 16/01/10
Australia (2/5) 16/01/10
Yes Man (2/5) 17/01/10
Shrooms (1/5) 23/01/10
Valkyrie (4/5) 30/01/10
Love the Beast (3/5) 30/01/10
Brick (4/5) 31/01/10
My Bloody Valentine (2/5) 06/02/10
Fantastic Mr. Fox (3/5) 06/02/10
Children of Men (4/5) 13/02/10
We Own the Night (3/5) 14/02/10
Outpost (1/5) 20/02/10
Push (4/5) 21/02/10
Revolutionary Road (5/5) 24/02/10
Milk (5/5) 26/02/10
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (3/5) 27/02/10
Rendition (3/5) 27/02/10
The Reader (4/5) 28/02/10
Flags of Our Fathers (4/5) 03/03/10
A History of Violence (4/5) 03/03/10
Office Space (5/5) 04/03/10
The Eye (2/5) 04/03/10
Alice in Wonderland (4/5) 05/03/10
Bolt (4/5) 06/03/10
Gran Torino (5/5) 06/03/10
Franklyn (2/5) 07/03/10
Green Zone (4/5) 11/03/10
Whip It (4/5) 12/03/10
Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (0/5) 12/03/10
Shutter Island (3/5) 13/03/10
Triangle (4/5) 27/03/10
Kick Ass (5/5) 01/04/10
Clash of the Titans (3/5) 02/04/10
Fast & Furious (4/5) 02/04/10
Silent Hill (2/5) 03/04/10
Final Destination 3 (1/5) 03/04/10
Lilo & Stitch (3/5) 11/04/10
Lord of War (3/5) 17/04/10
The Core (2/5) 25/04/10
Iron Man 2 (4/5) 02/05/10
Drones (3/5) 03/05/10
The Orphanage (4/5) 08/05/10
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (4/5) 09/05/10
Robin Hood (4/5) 15/05/10
Underdog (1/5) May
Dan in Real Life (3/5) May
In the Loop (3/5) May
State of Play (4/5) 19/06/10
Pride and Glory (2/5) 19/06/10
The Losers (3/5) 20/06/10

100 movies: Robin Hood

Jaina — Mon, 17 May 2010 10:35:32 +0000

I really do love the summer blockbuster season. Every single week there’s a new film out that I want to see. I haven’t been this often to the cinema in ages!

Robin Hood (15/05/10)
Reuniting Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe for a good olde historical epic film. It’s not going to be a horrendously bad idea, considering their last historical outing together – Gladiator was damn good and pretty much set the bar for movies of its kind.

Robin Hood doesn’t disappoint. I won’t give away too many plot points, but as most non-spoilery reviewers have said, it’s not the typical Robin Hood story. More of an origin story of a sort. Which is good, as you get to see the film in its own light, rather than comparing to previous Robin Hood stories.

The battle scenes are epic and brilliantly done. There’s a nice bit of humour in the film as well. Here and there, and not overly done. Accents however are a bit patchy, mostly Russell Crowe! I honestly don’t quite know what he accent was meant to be, but I’m guessing Yorkshire. Kevin Durand’s Scottish was pretty good and Scott Grimes’ Welsh wasn’t bad, though I honestly thought he was meant to be Scottish at a few points!

It’s no Gladiator, but a damn good film in my eyes. The beginning is strong, loses it towards the middle, but picks up towards the end of the film. Worth watching for a bit of history. Can’t guarantee many truths in the history.
Rating: 4/5

Read more to see the full list of movies I’ve seen so far this year.

53 movies so far this year

Three Kings (4/5) 04/01/10
Defiance (5/5) 06/01/10
Frost/Nixon (4/5) 06/01/10
Dreamgirls (4/5) 07/01/10
Munich (2/5) 08/01/10
Ray (4/5) 09/01/10
Max Payne (1/5) 09/01/10
Mirrors (2/5) 09/01/10
Ali (5/5) 10/01/10
Slumdog Millionaire (4/5) 16/01/10
Australia (2/5) 16/01/10
Yes Man (2/5) 17/01/10
Shrooms (1/5) 23/01/10
Valkyrie (4/5) 30/01/10
Love the Beast (3/5) 30/01/10
Brick (4/5) 31/01/10
My Bloody Valentine (2/5) 06/02/10
Fantastic Mr. Fox (3/5) 06/02/10
Children of Men (4/5) 13/02/10
We Own the Night (3/5) 14/02/10
Outpost (1/5) 20/02/10
Push (4/5) 21/02/10
Revolutionary Road (5/5) 24/02/10
Milk (5/5) 26/02/10
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (3/5) 27/02/10
Rendition (3/5) 27/02/10
The Reader (4/5) 28/02/10
Flags of Our Fathers (4/5) 03/03/10
A History of Violence (4/5) 03/03/10
Office Space (5/5) 04/03/10
The Eye (2/5) 04/03/10
Alice in Wonderland (4/5) 05/03/10
Bolt (4/5) 06/03/10
Gran Torino (5/5) 06/03/10
Franklyn (2/5) 07/03/10
Green Zone (4/5) 11/03/10
Whip It (4/5) 12/03/10
Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (0/5) 12/03/10
Shutter Island (3/5) 13/03/10
Triangle (4/5) 27/03/10
Kick Ass (5/5) 01/04/10
Clash of the Titans (3/5) 02/04/10
Fast & Furious (4/5) 02/04/10
Silent Hill (2/5) 03/04/10
Final Destination 3 (1/5) 03/04/10
Lilo & Stitch (3/5) 11/04/10
Lord of War (3/5) 17/04/10
The Core (2/5) 25/04/10
Iron Man 2 (4/5) 02/05/10
Drones (3/5) 03/05/10
The Orphanage (4/5) 08/05/10
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (4/5) 09/05/10
Robin Hood (4/5) 15/05/10