The Fall

I so want to see this movie called 'The Fall'... have been waiting for months for an Australian release date, as I'm guessing it would only have a limited release... but so far nothing!

If anyone hears anything about an Aussie release for this please let me know... its looks like an epic tale. Here is the trailer:

Lars and the Real Girl

Went to movies today and saw Lars and the Real Girl. The film is about a single man (named Lars) who has trouble connecting with people, and in a delusional state orders a sex doll, and introduces the doll into his life believing she is a real person, much to the concern of his brother and sister-inlaw.

Over time the small community in which Lars live all meet 'Bianca', and in support of Lars and his ill state of mind, all go along with the delusion that she is a real person... much so in that Bianca is elected by the people onto the local school board, is given a job (as a model) at a local fashion store, and volunteers reading stories to sick children at the local hospital (with the assistance of a tape recorder and talking book).

Over the course of the film we learn of Lars deep emotional scars that prevent him from forming attachments to actual people. As Lars progresses and opens up to human touch and emotion, Bianca slowly dies, eventually allowing Lars to move onto new love.

This movie was funny, yet in some parts was sad, thinking that there may actually be people living under such delusions in real life.

Defiantly worth seeing - and is playing at the Nova in Carlton.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Came across this poster on the net... Not sure if it is a legit official poster... but looks like a good 'teaser poster'. If this is an official poster, hopefully it won't be too long until we get a teaser trailer.

10,000 BC

Last night I went and saw 10,000 BC. I had heard that it was a crap film... I thought very differently.

The film (obviously set in 10,000 BC) follows a young mammoth hunter, who turns into a warrior after his village is raided by another tribe and many tribe members stolen and turned into slaves. The hunter then tracks the bandits and his people through snowy mountains, lush jungle, and vast desert, all the way to Giza (Egypt) where his tribes people join many other slaves in the task of building the great pyramids.

The cinematography is visually stunning and epic on scale. The diversity of cultures you meet in the film also makes you appreciate how man-kind has evolved differently in different parts of the world.

If your going to the movies and have nothing to see, I say you should give 10,000 BC a try!

A Rollercoaster of a week

Well the past week has been a real emotional rollercoaster... not something I am really used to. For those who didn't hear on the grapevine, Sean and I are having some problems and last weekend a number of issues came to head... which ended in a lot of upset and confussion. It also ended in Sean moving out for a couple of days... and in another world first... me actually going and seeing a psychologist (though I will still not confirm any rumours that I am psycho).

I will not go into details on the specifics of the rift between Sean and I, but will say that during the whole time we were never angry or nasty to each other, and never raised our voices.

Well, Sean is home again, and we have decided to work on what we have. Things have stabalised again, though things are shakey behind the scenes.

I really learn't this week what things mean to me. How much I love and appreciate the people I sorround myself with. I never truley appreciated how good my friends are. That they can put up with me sending them and SMS and turining up 5 minutes later and busrting into a babbling mess on them, or my friends who call me in the evening when they know I would be feeling alone, just to talk and listen, or even the friends who offer to come over with a bottle of wine and get blottoed with me!

The week started lousy, with a lot of upset, tears and emotional rollercoaster, but the good news is things improved. On Thursday I went to the VALA conference, and won an iPod! I never win anything good! A few oppertunities also presented themselves that I need to think about and confisider for my future... but more on them when my head clears a bit.

Tomorrow Sean and I are going on a 'date', we are going out for lunch then to the movies to see Sweeny Tod. Tomorrow night we are having a few guests over for dinner, so Sean is currently preparing it, and desert (chocolate moose cheese cake!) as I type this.

On my final night - life gets really good next week... Normal TV is back!!!! God bless Desperate Housewives, Lost, Dirty Sexy Money (I hope), and one of my old favourites returning, Good News Week!

Swimming Upstream

Hey, On Friday night I watched Swimming upstream with Jesse Spencer (from TV Series House), Judy Davis and Geoffrey Rush. It is based on a true story about swimming champion Tony Fingleton (played by Spencer) and his upbringing by a controlling, over competitive alcoholic father (Rush).

It was a bit along the lines of Billy Elliot, except it was set in Queensland, and included cute boys in speedos rather than to-to's!

On Saturday we laid a concrete footing for our eventual garden beds, so that was a fair bit of physical labour! Today was a rest day, we went and fed the ducks earlier (and sea gulls!).

This year we are having the family Christmas at Sean's and my place. We have already started getting things together and bought some wine for it yesterday - though it is starting to get bad as when we go to Dan Murphy's we have to get a shopping trolley!

This week marks 1 year working for Brimbank Libraries - which has spookily flown by really fast. So no doubt soon my boss will set a time for my annual review, then I can look back on things that I was planning on doing in the last 12 months but never got around to doing!

Matt Lucas from Little Britain is on Kath 'n' Kim tonight (which I don't watch cause I don't really find it that funny), so being a Little Britain fan I will have to watch that.

Anyway, that's it for me!

V for Vendetta

I watched V for Vendetta on DVD last night. I was not really expecting to like it, and thought it was going to be set in the past, but it was fantastic!

Basically it is set about 10 years from now in England. The USA started a war they could not win and has fallen into anarchy, along with most of the world. In the UK however, the lord Chamberlain has taken control of the country and has been given special powers to maintain peace and order following biological attacks against the country.

A masked stranger - "V" leads Natalie Portman on a journey to discover the truth, and that the state of affairs in the UK has all been masterminded by the lord Chamberlain to get power of the country - including the conspiracy that found the government staging the biological attacks on itself.

The movie has themes of the Holocaust, civil war, and a fair bit of action. It was a bit blood thirst at some points, but it really got you thinking.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

On Friday night I went to Sunbury Cinemas to see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. It was a pretty full session. We went to La Porchetta for dinner before hand. I had a very dry tasteless pineapple pizza.

The movie was really good, but boy have some of those kids grown up way to much, especially the one that plays Neville longbottom. They really should have dosed the kids up on drugs after the first film to try and stunt their growth. We had this really large man in the session who was really scruffy looking and had long tangled hair, so it looked like Hagrid was in our session!

I am going to Big W on Saturday to buy the final book in the series, so that should keep me busy for a while.

Tonight I am going to our 'Caroline Springs new residents information session', where we apparently receive a very exciting picnic back pack!

My sister who is with child is having a birthday party up at Cobram in a couple of weeks, so we are all going up there for the weekend and staying in a hotel. It's pretty much a BYO affair, BYO food, BYO drink, BYO glasses, ect. The only thing being supplied is the laughs at the country folk! So that should be a very interesting event.

Anyway that's about it for now, so better go and finish my lunch.

Update

Well it has been a while since I have written an update, so I thought I should post one.

Last Sunday Sean and I took my grandparents up to Cobram to see my new niece. Nice little thing (for a baby). She doesn't have much of a nose though.. it looks more like a pig snout. I forgot to take my digital camera, so I don't have any photos to share.

Didn't mention that a couple of weeks ago I went and saw Pirates of the Caribbean 3. I haven't seen the first pirates film yet, but have seen number 2 and enjoyed it. The third film was ok, but it was a bit like the final Lord of the Rings film though, where the ending just dragged on. The special effects were really good, so as an effects movie it was outstanding.

The film followed the journey to worlds end to bring Captain Jack back from the dead, to ralley all the pirate lords togeather to stand up and fight the baddies who were attempting to wipe out all pirates.

Not much exciting in the trailers before the film. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix looks good - even though it sucked as a book I am sure it will be really good as a film.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone. I hope you have a great happy, safe and prosperous 2007.

Sean and I had a quiet New Years at my place. Mum and Dad had a few of their friends over, but it was really pretty quiet with them all sitting around talking. We watched a few DVDs during the day including Carnivale' which I got for Christmas - very good, but very confusing TV series which was on the ABC a couple of years ago. You don't really get to understand the story til you have watched both seasons 1 & 2.

Another movie we watched was Keeping Mum starign Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas and Maggie Smith. It was hilerious. The story is of the family of a vicor (played by Rowan Atkinson) who live in this small little community. Pretty much the entrie family is unhappy, the Vicor has no inspiration, his daughter has a new boyfriend every week, and his wife if getting a bit on the side. Then comes along a new housekeeper Grace, played by Maggie Smith, who they don't know has escapped from prison where she is serving a life sentence for murdering her Husband and his mistress many years earlier. Well many character and associates of the characters end up falling victim to Grace, as the murders bring the family closer togeather. If you can get your hands on it, it is well worth a watch.

I'm back at work now. It has been really busy at work over the last 2 weeks, and we barely have a chance to take a breath, but it is keeping us on out toes.

Anyway, lots to do, better go... Andrew