Watching Spooks in all its ten-season entirety was, in the words of Vic Reeves’ Tom Fun, a lotta fun. A lotta fun, that is, if you’re willing to accept that the characters you’re most invested in get offed on a regular basis. And Spooks made killing off central characters cool before it was cool. That’s right Game of Thrones, this traumatising shiz got there and hit the feels years before you did. Killing off key players made for great dramatic tension, something that’s particularly welcome in an era of copious superhero films where people frequently ‘die’ yet are subsequently resurrected in the same film. Great. Your favourite character’s back, so let’s continue with more mindless action and destruction with no emotional consequences.
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Just about every scene in Blade Runner deserves in-depth analysis, but unfortunately there’s no time for that in a single post. Instead, I’ll focus on the Las Vegas scene, whose apocalyptic orange mist has become synonymous with the film itself. Roger Deakins, give yourself multiple pats on the back.
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To drink alcohol or not to drink alcohol? That is the question. And it’s a question that should be considered when you’re trying to stay awake for about 24 hours straight. You need that sugar rush to give you that extra oomph so you’re not crashing before the party starts. What if you don’t drink alcohol, you ask? You’ll never make it, you say? Pah. There’s plenty of sugar-related products on hand to keep me pushing through. See below.
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Forget about those braaams for a moment (y’know, that big BWAHH noise which Inception popularised). They were great at the time, but became so overused in movie trailers that they don’t have that same zing. Hans Zimmer certainly wasn’t happy with the way they become so popular, so take some advice from the maestro and give those loud boys a back seat for the moment.
Continue reading “Minimalist Moments: Inception”Minimalist Moments: The Royal Tenenbaums
‘He had made a request for his usual escort, the one from his days on the circuit, to meet him at the pier by way of the Green Line bus. As always, she was late’
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