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Thursday, June 7, 2007 08:06 p.m.
All you are is a collection of atoms. You are entirely made up of them. If you look at an atom on its own all it does is react how it should given the various influences on it. Why then do you thinkyou have any control over the atoms in your body. All you are is a collection of atoms, reacting as they should to the other atoms around them. When you fall in love it is as complex a reaction as a rock rolling down a hill. We are all very simple, trying to understand how amazingly complex we all are.

Thursday, June 7, 2007 08:00 p.m.
Here i go again, typing into oblivion. funny how you can put your shit out there but no one ever gets to it.

Friday, July 6, 2001 01:41 p.m.

Cecil B. Demented.

DVD. 4 stars.

This movie is completely ridiculous, has some amazingly bad acting in it and never really takes a serious view of the issues presented, preffering to make bitingly sarcastic jokes about the increadibly bad cinema hollywood produces. But, all these things work for the film, not against it.
John Waters has presented to the world something I wish would really happen, a bunch of drugged up kids make a movie with 'Real people, real terror' and kidnap a famous hollywood actress who constantly phones it in to star. Melanie Griffith is the perfect choice for this role. I get the feeling she took the role to become cool but failed misserably to achieve that goal, yet delivered a sterling performance as the kidnapee. Stephen Dorff is brilliant as the insane director who has a vision, many of them, and urges his cast and crew onward at every turn forever disappointed in the slightest lack of comitment shown by any of them.
This movie full of swearing and violence and jokes about cencorship. When it wants to take on family films or people who talk in the cinema it just straight out tells you they suck. I loved this movie because it hates all the things I hate about modern cinema. This movie made me laugh my arse off. Oh yeah, Hayes, see it.

Sunday, July 1, 2001 03:37 p.m.

The Boiler Room

VHS, 3 stars.

The stock market was never very interesting to me so I was pleasantly surprised when this movie hooked me with a great character, Seth played by Giovanni Ribisi.
The story is Seth's move from his illeagal backyard casino into the world of stock broking. The sinister heart of the firm he works for is imeadiatley apparent and creates a nice undertone in the scenes of all these young men having a great time making millions. This movie may have worked as a big suspense thriller but instead chose a less travelled path of an emotional journey with Seth as he tries to please his father, chooses whether to keep the illeagal casino running and figures out how best to deal with this too-good-to-be-true stock broking firm. The other notable players, Vin Diesel and Nicky Katt give good performances and play off each other well in the emotionally charged scenes.
This movie hits its mark but not hard enough in my opinion. Maybe the producers shyed away from the "fast money can only be bad" moral to the story.

Saturday, June 30, 2001 06:17 p.m.

Stone

DVD 1.5 stars

This movie is an Aussie seventies biker movie set in Sydney. Hmmm... can you say "crud on a stick"?
Tennis playing, hard arse, biker copper Stone joins the Satanic Grave Diggers bikie gang to find out who is killing them one by one. Stilted action scenes and poorly directed motorbike scenes begin and continue throughout the movie, the only good directing coming in the drug induced scenes which makes me think the director had plenty of experience in the area. Bad Aussie acting at its best here kiddies with no apologies, which probably make it "cult classic" enough to get itself a DVD release.
There's nothing special on the disc so if it's cheaper to rent on video... actually, I don't really want to see this movie more than once so I shouldn't advise you to see it at all. the most interesting point of the movie is that the Grave Diggers hide out is the same place as the bad guys hide out in MI:2. If you want acting watch "High Fidelity". If you want cool bikes get "Crusty Demons of Dirt". If you want a combination of the two that comes no where near that standard get "Stone".

Saturday, June 30, 2001 05:32 p.m.

Moulin Rouge

Cinema 3.5 stars

This movie was very cool. I never thought I'd ever see a musical with songs by Madonna, David Bowie and Kurt Cobain all being sung by a Jedi and a Mario Brother but, this is not you're average movie. Aussie director Baz Lurman has gone completely mad on this one, with cartoon sound effects, extremes of overacting, twisted pop music classics and more colour than a pack of gummi bears. A delight to listen to and a delight to watch.
Ewan McGregor (Christian) is great as the young bohemian obsessed with love and Satine (Nicole Kidman). The chemistry between the two principal players sucks you right into the love story, that at its heart is pure schmaltz covered in cheese but, the cheddary centre is covered over with enough humor, song and dance to let me forgive it (but if you cry at the end of this one punch yourself in the head for me).
The true star of this one is the music. I haven't enjoyed a musical since I was 10, every time a disney charachter burst into song made me feel like throwing something at the screen, this time whenever a charachter started singing you could see the mischevious twinkle in their eye as they began to add to this vast musical collage. The many new interprations include the Nirvana classic"Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Roxanne" by the police (my personal fave) and the disgusting old dude remix of "Like a Virgin".
The minor players all took to thier parts with gusto and in the end you feel like you had a good time watching it because the movie makers had an absolute ball making it. More movies should surprise people like this, unfortunately Hollywood is more interested in a tried and tested formula than a new one. Go see this movie if only because every other movie is the same as some other other movie, but this one isn't.

Friday, June 29, 2001 05:55 p.m.

X Men

VHS. 4 stars

Hugh Jackman (Wolverine) is the scene stealing standout in his first big Hollywood flick, moving seamlessly from prancing around and singing about his corn in the stage production Oaklahoma to beating the crap out of rednecks between slugs of whiskey. Famke Jansen (Jean Grey) and James Marsden (Cyclops) round out the love triangle that produces the best acting in the movie, and the funniest lines. Patrick Stewart (Proffessor Xavier) is brilliant as the mentor and his scenes with Sir Ian McKellan (Magneto) are gold.

The one sore point of the movie for me was the major plot device, a big shiny thingy with fast moving metal bits. Really quite lame but when has anyone ever cared about the plot of a comic book movie. It may have worked in a comic but not on the screen.

All in all a great action movie with enough romance placate some of the babes but not enough to turn off the male teen target audience. Not so good on video as the big screen but still well worth a look.

Stuff I'd like to see in the next X Men movie

1. I was going to say Halle Berry's knockers, but they're in Swordfish so there's no need.

2. Wolverine beating the crap out of some more rednecks.

3. The Sentinels

4. Somebody squinting in the glare coming off Patrick Stewarts shiny bald head.

5. Someone beating up magneto with a big stick.

Friday, June 29, 2001 05:49 p.m.

Look at this, a new entry!