Monday, June 09, 2003
That was a pretty cool weekend.Saturday we went to the library and borrowed some dvds and videos. Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring, MIB2, xXx, About A Boy, and WindTalkers. Most were great, and I was very surprised to enjoy About A Boy, as I can't stand Hugh Grant. Sadly, there's something very wrong with MIB2, though I can't quite put my finger on it, and Windtalkers is so contrived it's laughable.
Yesterday I put some air into the tyres of Brigitte's bike, and we went for a cycle ride. The plan had been to go to Willen Lake, but we stopped off at Milton Keynes shopping centre on the way to munch burgers, and it's a good job we did. Just as we were about to set off again, the heavens opened. If we'd gone all the way to Willen, we'd have been soaked, so when it stopped raining, we decided to play it safe, and headed home again.
I have to give it to Brigitte, for someone who hasn't ridden a bicycle in years, she did really well. There are a few killer hills on our route, and she only needed to get off and walk up one of them... one I sometimes walk up myself. We'll have to do that more often :-)
Last night I watched another movie... this one a little more exclusive. The Hulk is a very surprising film... brilliant, and very odd. While X-Men2 is very dramatic and Spiderman spectacular and playful, The Hulk is a whole different thing... incredible even, if you'll excuse the pun.
It's not at all easy to explain what makes this film so special, and I suspect many people won't like it... many people won't get it. It's not all handed to you on a plate, you have to work some things out for yourself, but unlike say Matrix Reloaded, the plot isn't convoluted... just... I dunno, thoughtful, perhaps.
I guess if I wanted to be blunt about it, it's a work of art... and not everyone appreciates good art. A summer blockbuster, no doubt about it, but a very very strange one.
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Steve 12:14 PM [+]
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