New WWYT member: Harry Potter
Daniel Radcliffe is in the WWYT corner.
A bit, anyway. In his Big Issue interview, he said that he's
disappointed with the bland, one flavour political options, and the
way all parties kow-tow to business and the lack of 'rabble rousing'
politicians to stir things up a bit.
Welcome, Daniel.
Why Waste Your Time has another
celebrity endorsement.
Three Colours: Red
I've finally got around to watching the
last of the three films, and it's as good as the other two. Dazzling
to look at and just a great film. These three would break down most
people's resistance to foreign language films. As MM says, much
better subtitles than dubbed.
What's more, there's a scene in a music
shop, with people listening to CDs on headphones before buying, and
there was some beautiful and haunting music. So I did a quick rewind
and freeze frame and found a new source of modern classical music,
Zbigniew Preisner, who seems to compose mainly for films. In any
case, there's days' of back catalogue to listen to. I suppose it's
vocal orchestral music, or something.
Hidden (Cache)
Another French film, there's no
forgiveness for the main character as his childhood misdemeanours
come home to roost. The intrusiveness and destruction that
surveillance can cause, the devastation of a missing child (on a
spontaneous sleepover), dramatic suicide, yet it unfolds at a steady,
easy pace, shot mainly in quite claustrophobic interiors, and one of
the best scare the life of a dinner guest jokes on the big screen.
The second Ashes test, soon...
...can I just say that I can't stick
Glen McGrath. Compare Phil Tufnell. Funny, down to earth,
and, under the self-effacing humour, a keen student of the game.
McGrath is a humourless waste of a commentary-box seat.
Test Match Special need to get Tuffers out of the jungle, the pub, or
wherever he is, and get shot of the Aussie bore. No harm in a little
bit of balance, but our licence fees are paying for someone they
could replace by pulling a random rabid Aussie supporter in off the
stands.
While we're at Aussie-bashing, Ritchie
Benaud needs his national treasure status revised, too. Aussie hit on
the pads? What's that appeal all about? It was going down leg side.
England player hit on the pads? Plumb. Every time.
Last thing. It's 289 for 7. Two hundred
and eighty nine (runs) for (the loss of) seven (wickets), in full. 7
for 289 is back to front. It's just plain wrong. We shouldn't
tolerate it from them. As soon as one of their pundits starts with
that crap, bin them off and get someone who speaks properly in to
take their place.
Oh, and they can shove Kylie, too.
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