Weekend In Review

[kingandy]

Friday evening at mistressp and sareuth's wedding disco was fun - I look forward to seeing pictures or something of the ceremony itself (to which I was not invited).

Saturday went over to batelf's for an evening of light conversation and alcohol. everybody present has an LJ account but I am lazy so will not link them all. wiserabbit was shocked and appalled by the same topic of conversation not once but twice, leading me to conclude that there is some sort of profanity filter between her short and long-term memory. In her mind we are all delightful folk who do not discuss each others' genitalia or who has taken whom up which orifice. She is a delicate flower to be treasured. Later, those of us dirty stop-outs who slept over watched Moulin Rouge, which destroyed me, as it always does. I am not sure why I do not yet own this movie. I want to make love to it.

... Anyway.

Sunday involved a journey to the cinema to watch Over The Hedge. This was not without difficulties. Our first cinema (Red Cinema at the Lowry) was broken by the rain; there was a sudden torrential downpour (still audible when we entered the theatre) and, five minutes into the movie, it cut out and the lights came up. Ten minutes later they got the projector rolling again but the film had been running all that time and could not be rolled back. The staff were surprised when we asked for our moneys back. So we proceeded to another cinema (AMC, in the city centre) to enjoy the whole thing. It turned out that the ten minutes we'd missed were possibly the most important in terms motivation and character introduction, so we were glad we'd decided to see it in full.

BTW, it's a damned good movie, and I'm not just saying that because I'm a sucker for a well done super-speed sequence (q.v.) .

Got in to work to find a client has sent over some requested changes in the form of a Powerpoint™ presentation. Who does that? What kind of mind does that? Oh well. Off to work we go.

Comments

[kneeshooter]

I remember going to see Existenz at the cinema. The sound for the first few minutes was strangely distorted but I thought "Heh, no problem, it's a David Lynch film." Then the manager came out, apologised for the sound distortion and after a brief pause they started playing it again with "proper" sound.

[batelf.livejournal.com]

I am not sure why I do not yet own this movie. I want to make love to it.

That's something I never needed to know.

[kingandy]

COME WHAT MAY
COME WHAT MAY

[samharber.livejournal.com]

I saw a film a few years back, can't remember the name but it was about the run up to the Vietnam war and CIA involvement. The sound cut out for about 30 seconds 5 minutes from the end. I've no idea what I missed, but I presume it was the bit that explained what the hell was going on.
When I asked for the money back, the manager asked if it was an important bit...

[kingandy]

"Either it was an important bit, sirrah, or the entire movie was nonsensical drivel, in which case I still want my money back."

[renniek.livejournal.com]

The "entire film is crap" argument doesn't work - Karl tried it after watching Hulk

[mrssshhh.livejournal.com]

That's because he was wrong.

[kingandy]

Thank you!

[wibblefish.livejournal.com]

if you do decide to make love to the move, and choose a DVD as victim, do be careful they can shatter into quite viscious pieces on rough handling & hate to think what could happen if one was being amourous with it at the time.

[kingandy]

I don't want to know how you know that, but rest assured I'm more in love with the idea of it than the physical object of its presence.

[wibblefish.livejournal.com]

I know how CDs & DVDs break on rough handling as have destroyed many for data security purposes. I do not know of anyone being affectionate with such discs, suspect the hole would be somewhat small...

[kingandy]

Ya no shit.