Sunday 27 December 2009

Gran Torino


Clint Eastwood back on form (has he ever lost it?) directing, producing, writing, staring and even singing (the closing and film titled song).
The outcome was predictable, although with a twist, but echoes of Dirty Harry ghosted its way through the film.
7.3/10

Public Enemies


An early surprise christmas present from my father has seen the installation of a 37" Panasonic full HD screen with accompaning Blue-ray player into the household. Getting hold of decent Blue-ray films is a different matter so this was a first from the blockbuster up the road and whose clientele have not made the transition to this format so rather limited in choice, as is disappointingly, LoveFilm which we also subscribe to.
Anyway the movie was not bad but lacked the depth of vision to elevate it up a notch. The Pany, now linked into the stereo preformed wonderfully, and with the endless shot outs, made it sound as if WW3 had broken out in the living room.
Depp continues to surprise.
6.8/10

Friday 25 December 2009

Grumpy Old Men. (3) (Road Gritting)


Just why do we grit the roads in the UK, when we have a little bit of snow? It causes a temporary melt only to freeze over later in the day when it gets cold again. All the chaos over the recent days has been because of the black ice that has formed due to the ongoing cold snap. Well we call it a cold snap, but temperatures of around -5C do not constitute cold. Just ask those in Siberia, or in the Canadian Praries where it really does get cold but life still goes on.