The Lair

Ok, so I’m finally going to act like all the cool kids and go watch Revenge of the Sith at the City Screen today. Along with planned high jinks at the El Piano afterwards. Should be fun. I’ll update this entry with a review of what I remember of the movie when I get back.

And yes, I mention what I remember because we may well adjourn to the Don’s place for more South Park episodes and more cider varieties from the local speciality shop. Unfortunately, due to a novice error with backups, hasty file deletions and the like, I discovered I’ve lost roughly a day’s worth of Jython code so I’ll need to get back to the department to catch up for lost work. Showtime in another hour and half or so, roughly. Start yer engines!

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So, I made a rash prediction about the greatest war movie and I was wrong. The results are here. And in hindsight, I should have guessed it. Somewhat flatteringly though, I had watched quite a few of the top 20. This, by the way, from someone who does not consider himself a film buff, who rarely watches movies and generally isn’t that interested in the Hollywood latest releases.

And I’m immediately giving the lie to my disavowal of film related interests by saying that there was a report on the BBC this morning about the Cannes premier of that film. And the response (which sounds credible to me) is that it’s better than the previous two; but the script is still bad and the acting is still not so good. And Natalie Portman has done a Sinead O’Connor. Not bad.

Off to London to jaw jaw jaw at some (probably) bored people and justify expenses. Might just blog from there if I can get a working net connection. If not … Wednesday or so. Toodle pip!

So I saw the Goblet of Fire trailer on TV today (direct link, snippet link). And it looks good. The dragon looked a bit weird, but the biggest upset is the choice of casting for Fleur Delacour.
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