The GSCC seem to have commitment issues. Or at least that is the only reason that i can think of as to why they are dragging there god damn feet so much over finally signing me up. I mean come on guys! You said that the references were "basically a formality" and that i would be on the payroll soon. Obviously my definition of soon is different to theirs as it has now been 3 weeks since those immortal words were spoken and although i don't really want to have to directly quote any piece of dialogue that George Lucas has ever written, "I have a bad feeling about this."
Anyway, enough about that as i had a fantastic Bank Holiday Weekend! (So good it needed capital letters!)First off Jason came back from the army for a visit, so in time honored tradition we went to see an action movie, went bowling and had steak for dinner. The action movie of choice was Iron Man, which was actually pretty good. Now i have read quite a few reviews of it and i have got to say they have almost all been a little harsh. Thus a defense of the film is obviously needed. Here it comes.
The first main point people have made is that Iron Man isn't actually a super hero at all, he is just a man in a powered armour suit. Ok, but then Batman was basically a guy wearing a black cape and a modified Halloween mask and you didn't have any problems calling him a super hero.
Secondly they have said that the special effects were nothing special. In fairness i don't think there has been that many films recently where the special effects were really that different from everything else. And to answer all the other points:
- I thought the fight scenes were fine. (And although the fight scenes in Transformers were generally better you cant really compare the two films!)
- Yes, i know its political stand point is very basic when it comes to American foreign policy in Afghanistan but then it is an action movie!
- Robert Downey Jr probably isn't the obvious choice for an action hero role, but then neither was Tobey Maguire. Besides, i found his performance entertaining enough.
- The bit when he frees a group of hostages that are being used as human shields is awesome!
All in all its not a bad movie. It isn't great either, but then very few films are actually any good these days thus we have to take our doses of mediocre if and when we can find them.
Bowling was epic.
We totally abused the unlimited bowling deal and went for ten rounds. Jason won 6-4 but i did manage to bowl a "turkey". (Its when you get 3 strikes in a row in the final bit of a game. I don't know what that has got to do with poultry either.) Turns out bowling is awesome upper body exercise as well which is good, but i should think that it comes no where near balancing out the steak dinner. Buddies is awesome.Not content with that i put another 150 miles on my car and headed to Colchester so as i could see Clare and get me some lovin'! (I am going to get killed.) Highlights included watching the entire 4th season of Scrubs in a day, lying around in the sun and watching a rat see just how close it could get to a student couple without being noticed. Oh and Colchester needs its road infrastructure redesigned because the whole area seems to be some sort of test bed for every conceivable variation of round-abouts road design. Couple that with some interestingly aggressive local driving styles and it makes for some interesting motoring. You'll be pleased to know i held my own.
Next week: Either - 10 things i have learnt from Woman's Hour
OR - A Noobs Guide To Battlefield 2.
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