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Another weekend going, going, gone.
Jan. 23rd, 2005 02:48 pmOn Friday evening, I played soccer with a bunch of my students. It was at the old warehouse on Montcalm that was recently renovated; the second floor has 3 (small) soccer fields, complete with fake grass! It was fun. I hadn't played soccer in so long, I'd forgotten how much energy it demands, and I didn't even move around that much. My legs still ache today, because though I dance and run every week, soccer uses those same muscles in different combinations.
The drain in my kitchen sink has decided it doesn't feel like working anymore, the pipe's been clogged since yesterday afternoon. Apparently, a plumber will show up today or tomorrow... Looks like I'll have to take my dirty dishes to G's house and wash them there.
G and I watched The Chronicles of Riddick last night. I'd heard it wasn't a very good movie, so I wasn't expecting much of anything except cool visuals, which were delivered, with computer-generated landscapes that didn't look quite real enough but were cool anyway. I was disappointed because it COULD have been a better film. The problems were the pacing, the miriad things left unexplained and the confusing jump cuts during fights.
Rarely do I ever ask "What's going on?" during a movie -- I wait until the end to see if things come clear in the end. This, however, was ridiculous. A fight scene had us thoroughly lost, as the camera cut so quickly between the several participants that we couldn't tell what was going on. Near the beginning, a character inexplicably leaves his hiding place, presumably to lead the soldiers away from his wife and child, but he does it in such a way that it looks like he's just strolling out to get the mail. The movie's full of little things like that.
The ham acting didn't bother me, it was rather fun, especially coming from the bounty hunter. Also amusing were Thandie Newton and Karl Urban (Eomer) as a power-hungry Necromonger couple. Yes, the dark force spreading out across the universe calls itself the Necromongers. There are also a race called the Furians and a planet named Crematoria. Sounds like a jolly place, eh? A planet with a truly scorching sun that serves as a maximum security prison, which makes sense, I suppose. The prison is underground, just a large shaft sunk into the earth, and every once in a while the guards release warg knock-offs to... eat the prisoners that don't have time to scramble into their cells and lock themselves in? *scratches her head* There don't seem to be very many guards, either, and both they and the prisoners were pretty much dressed the same, as far as I could tell.
Another thing I feel the need to comment on is Eomer's absolutely hideous hairstyle. It's like a semi-cornrowed mullet that's shaved underneath. It's awful. It's also black, and coupled with his dark grey armour he looks slightly bluish. Come on, Thandie, get him to a proper stylist! Not that the rest of the Necromongers (barring Thandie) have great style either; the leaders wear this funny little beanie that looks kind of like a metal centipede. And why do these people, who have access to guns that shoot energy (or something like that, anyway), fight with huge, clumsy battle axes?
And is it just me, or does the title sound like it's about a place and not a person? The Chronicles of Narnia and all that, I guess.
The drain in my kitchen sink has decided it doesn't feel like working anymore, the pipe's been clogged since yesterday afternoon. Apparently, a plumber will show up today or tomorrow... Looks like I'll have to take my dirty dishes to G's house and wash them there.
G and I watched The Chronicles of Riddick last night. I'd heard it wasn't a very good movie, so I wasn't expecting much of anything except cool visuals, which were delivered, with computer-generated landscapes that didn't look quite real enough but were cool anyway. I was disappointed because it COULD have been a better film. The problems were the pacing, the miriad things left unexplained and the confusing jump cuts during fights.
Rarely do I ever ask "What's going on?" during a movie -- I wait until the end to see if things come clear in the end. This, however, was ridiculous. A fight scene had us thoroughly lost, as the camera cut so quickly between the several participants that we couldn't tell what was going on. Near the beginning, a character inexplicably leaves his hiding place, presumably to lead the soldiers away from his wife and child, but he does it in such a way that it looks like he's just strolling out to get the mail. The movie's full of little things like that.
The ham acting didn't bother me, it was rather fun, especially coming from the bounty hunter. Also amusing were Thandie Newton and Karl Urban (Eomer) as a power-hungry Necromonger couple. Yes, the dark force spreading out across the universe calls itself the Necromongers. There are also a race called the Furians and a planet named Crematoria. Sounds like a jolly place, eh? A planet with a truly scorching sun that serves as a maximum security prison, which makes sense, I suppose. The prison is underground, just a large shaft sunk into the earth, and every once in a while the guards release warg knock-offs to... eat the prisoners that don't have time to scramble into their cells and lock themselves in? *scratches her head* There don't seem to be very many guards, either, and both they and the prisoners were pretty much dressed the same, as far as I could tell.
Another thing I feel the need to comment on is Eomer's absolutely hideous hairstyle. It's like a semi-cornrowed mullet that's shaved underneath. It's awful. It's also black, and coupled with his dark grey armour he looks slightly bluish. Come on, Thandie, get him to a proper stylist! Not that the rest of the Necromongers (barring Thandie) have great style either; the leaders wear this funny little beanie that looks kind of like a metal centipede. And why do these people, who have access to guns that shoot energy (or something like that, anyway), fight with huge, clumsy battle axes?
And is it just me, or does the title sound like it's about a place and not a person? The Chronicles of Narnia and all that, I guess.
