I\u2019ve watched a few things recently which I haven\u2019t got round to writing about yet, so here they are in one whole document. Also, I had to hold down the fort for several days, so here are some of the enthralling activities I\u2019ve engaged in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Don\u2019t Look Now<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This was on the recordings, so I gave it a watch. Goshdarn it\u2019s weird. I didn\u2019t have much context for it beside Edgar Wright riffing on it briefly in Spaced<\/em>, but it was just bizarre. I like Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie in the admittedly limited amount of films I\u2019ve seen them in, but this joint doesn\u2019t work. The editing is questionable as heck (you can move from one moment of tragedy to one of complete and disparate calm). And yeah, I can run with \u2018ooh, it\u2019s a dreamy atmosphere\u2019 shtick pretty far, but it doesn\u2019t work here, probably because it’s just a bit silly and shite. Worth a watch for the sake of adding to my film knowledge, but not much else. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Death Wish<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ah, a good old-fashioned revenge tale with questionable depictions of masculinity. More my thing. Again, a good one to expand my film knowledge. I haven\u2019t seen Charles Bronson in much else besides this, and he\u2019s certainly an enigmatic screen presence. I also got a strong Falling Down<\/em> vibe here with the whole man vs society, \u2018Literally Me\u2019 thing. That feeling wasn\u2019t particularly helped by the fact that, unlike the production behind the Michael Douglas film, the director here (Michael Winner; that should have been a red flag right there) genuinely thought that a guy going around and injuring or murdering citizens because his family was attacked is fully justifiable. Hmm, that\u2019s a whole lot of messed up psychology right there. But yeah, a good film to tick off the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tears of the Kingdom (Spoiler warning?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yep, it\u2019s been out for a while now, but I had to scout out each and every one of those 1000 Korok dudes before I took down the dorf of ganon. Or Ganondorf, as he\u2019s more commonly known. Dorfius. Ganongammon (get it? Because Ganon in Ocarina of Time looked like half a pig? No? Too obscure a reference? Yeah, probs). But yeah, as much I\u2019ve enjoyed this game, I\u2019ve got to acknowledge that I\u2019m a massive Zelda noob despite the number of games I\u2019ve played. Partly because I\u2019m too darn lazy to dodge, so I frequently got KO\u2019d. Zonai devices are a game changer, on that front. Don\u2019t want to fight the big beasts properly like you should do? Just build an ol\u2019 tank or a laser machine, then find somewhere safe to cower in fear and weakness. Admittedly I didn\u2019t do that too much. But I had to it with the lynel challenge. Those dudes were scary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But back to the koroks for the moment. These guys are great. Particularly the ones that you have to take back to their korok pals. Taking the short route by yeeting them down a massive hill is a load of fun, and definitely brings back Super Mario 64 vibes when you chuck the penguin down to into the darkness of the underworld. Nice. But since defeating the dorf of ganons, I\u2019ve also 100%ed the map, got all the armour and most of the monster medals. You know, dumb nerdy achievements like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rewatched Stand By Me<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n A classic film with some classic pals. And some fine Domino’s too. Did you know they do chocolate dough balls now? Well, they do. Would recommend. Would also highly recommend Stand By Me<\/em> too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n La Traviata with pals (Another spoiler warning?) <\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019d never been to an opera before, so this was a kind of a big deal. It was a pretty impressive experience, even if my neck didn\u2019t appreciate the strain of looking up the subtitles for most of time. But maybe I didn\u2019t need to, because the performance was in English anyway, just sometimes a bit difficult to hear. Maybe not helped by a pal behind me frequently kicking my chair, bringing back minor PTSD memories of that little, shall we say, tyke (more colourful words come to mind) kicking my chair at the Hans Zimmer concert. Also, I was hoping the opera would be in Italian so I could quote Red from The Shawshank Redemption<\/em>. But I\u2019ll quote him anyway. \u2018Cause I\u2019m a nerd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018I have no idea to this day what those two Italian ladies were singing about. Truth is, I don\u2019t wanna know\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You\u2019re welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ending did drag a bit though. To the point where my internal monologue was screeching: DIE ALREADY WOMAN. JUST DIE. DIE. LET ME RETURN TO MY WARM BED AT AN EARLY HOUR AND BE THE SOCIALLY CHALLENGED HERMIT THAT I AM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n End of caps lock for irritating dramatic effect. 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