Books read December

[bugshaw]

Books read (21-23)
The Mammoth Book of Cult Comics, Ed. Ilya (2014)
All You Need Is Kill, Hiroshi Sakurazaka (2004)
Player Piano, Kurt Vonnegut (1952)

Films watched (167-179) (2 at the cinema, 9 DVD, 2 tv)
Troll Hunter (rewatch)
Monsters (rewatch)
Harold and Maude
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Resident Evil: Extinction
Trading Places (rewatch)
Magic Mike
Rashomon
Goodfellas
The Hunt for Red October
Birdman
The Wolf of Wall Street
Demons

Gigs, comedy, clubs etc (36-37)
Dave Gorman (comedy, South Bank Centre, London)
Robin Ince (comedy, Bloomsbury Theatre, London)

Liked: Harold and Maude, Wolf of Wall Street, Birdman.

Comments

[stevegreen.livejournal.com]

Harold and Maude is a classic of subversive 1970s cinema. Haven't seen Birdman yet. The rest are all fine choices.

Edit: Ah, just noticed the Resident Evil instalment. Haven't seen it, not sure I ever will.

[bugshaw.livejournal.com]

Harold and Maude was great, not the schmaltz I expected. The Resident Evil series is my unexpected good find of the year - I bought them cheap from a charity shop as treadmill material (not too complex, ok with subtitles because treadmill noisy, hordes of advancing undead make me walk faster). It has a colour as recognisable as the old Technicolors, and some super shots of grand scale, dizzying pullbacks, massive swarms of birds, balletic slow motion.
Like this. I like this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yM5H_xavts (opening 3 mins of film 5)