Books Read March

[bugshaw]

Books read (9-10)
The Collapsium, Wil McCarthy (2000)
Seraphina, Rachel Hartman (2012)

Films watched (20-31) 4 at the cinema, 6 DVD, 2 streamed
5 Broken Cameras
Mama
Silver Linings Playbook
Hugo
Mulholland Drive
Robot & Frank
Gran Torino
Bad Lieutenant
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Nirvana
Cloud Atlas
Dredd

Gigs, comedy, clubs etc (4-7)
Simon Munnery: Fylm-Makker (comedy, London)
Man Ray: Portraits (art, National Portrait Gallery, London)
Bright Club (amateur science comedy night at the Portland Arms, worth a visit)
Richard Herring: Talking Cock (comedy, Cambridge - embrace your penis! )
and I had a ticket for The Beat but was ill and couldn't go.

Books incoming 2 (both new purchases) (read 9/12)

*peers at films and gig list* Hmm, it's no wonder I didn't read much in March.

Loads of good films and gigs, I wasn't keen on Mama but most of the rest of the films were good to very good, with some awesome moments. But I have a long list of chores to get through this afternoon so less descriptions from me today...

Comments

[sphyg.livejournal.com]

Were Robot & Frank (missed this at the Big Scream) and Cloud Atlas any good?

[bugshaw.livejournal.com]

Loved Robot & Frank, still keep thinking about it afterwards, Frank Langella vg.

Cloud Atlas was enjoyable all the way through (172 minutes), they did it by splicing the six stories up and interleaving them often with very quick successive cuts between stories as a voiceover continued from another story to heighten the connectedness. The Frobisher story really came alive with Ben Whishaw as wild-eyed youth, and the Sonmi-451 section very scifi shiny. Jim Broadbent's teeth (as Timothy Cavendish) deserve some sort of award. Probably helped that I knew the stories already. Use of same actors in each sometimes reinforced eternal nature of humanity, sometimes seemed like a gimmick. Extra patterns to spot in the film.

So, yes!

[sphyg.livejournal.com]

I must remember to add them to my rental in however short a time DVDs are out these days.