BARE FILMS!

Hi I'm Nick, a Film boffin and a friend and colleague of Sam. In this short blog im gonna be writing a few short reviews on the summer movies i've seen and those which are coming up.

Transformers - I saw this film on friday, not knowing what to expect since being born in the 90's meant I didn't have time for transformers. I went to the film thinking it was going to be brilliant. It didnt live up to my expectations. It was a ok film but it dragged on a bit and was a bit stupid due to the fact that basically the robots were fighting over a dead explorers specs.

3 stars out of 5. ***

Simpsons Movie - Unlike transformers i went into this film knowing what to expect since i am a big fan of the show.I thought the film was gonna be good but boy did it beat my expectations.It was one of the funniest films ive seen in a while with many bizarre yet funny moments(A brief glimpse of Barts genitalia!) and the typical humour associated with the series i.e Homer putting a deadly hornet nest in the flanders' mailbox.

I give this film 5 stars out of 5! *****

Die hard 4 - I saw this film not thinking it was gonna be that great because after all, Bruce willis is an old boy now in his early fifties. I was wrong, Die hard 4.0 is a great film and successfully manages to combine violence and action scenes with a good story without it being a bunch of old tripe. The special fx are great and overall its a great film

i give it 4 stars out of 5. ****

Shrek 3 - I saw Shrek and Shrek 2 and thought they were great movies however Shrek 3 is ok but nowhere as good as the other 2 and in all honesty I think I can say the creators are running out of jokes as some of them in this film are really unfunny.


Coming Soon: The movies still coming this summer include:

Evan Almighty: Evan Almighty is a sequel to the Jim Carrey 2003 Movie,Bruce Almighty minus Jim Carrey.
The film follows the exploits of Bruce nolans ex fellow news anchor and now congressman Evan baxter as he is ordered by God to build an ark.To be honest although i haven't seen it i don't think its gonna be that great as the plot is really basic and the only good thing happening that i can imagine is the film ending much to the delightment of the cinema audience.

Bourne Ultimatum: This film is the third book in the series by Robert Ludlum involving the Exploits of Spy and Amnesiac Jason Bourne. I really enjoyed Identity and Supremacy as they were Spy films but 100 times grittier and cleverer.The film looks like it should be good with plot twists mentioned in the trailer including Jason Bourne getting his Memory Back. Also this movie looks like its full of car chases, similar to those that were part of the reason why identity and Supremacy were such good films. I hope my blog has encouraged you to go the cinema! ciao for now, Nick.
P.S Piracy is Illegal!!

[damn...... cheers loads nick!]

New, Young, Local, Good, Talented bands

If you like music check out some of these bands because apart from being extremely good, their MySpaces contain details of upcoming shows which are usually dirt cheap to get into.

Harlequinn
- An All Girl band, not likely to challenge girls aloud in their territory, but their songs are amazing, ranging from heavier almost hardcore style to gentle acoustic songs about city life and expectations.

sorry, I don't mean to sound like a stupid pretentious critic!
I am in the possession of an EP , courtesy of Robyn, the drummer and the songs can all be heard on their Myspace.
unfortunately, they live in Oxford, which makes shows difficult to attend, but check them out before a label swallows them up, which can allow you to say you knew them WAY before anyone else.

Rosco McQueen - Amazingly talented musicians, and lo, they are from my school!
Brilliantly Hyper tunes, drum machines, chants of "C-H-A-V!" bright colours and all, add to the effect of agressive electro punk type.
One of my aims this summer is to see them play, so if anyone else does, go and support them!

Sketches- Previously Known As The Chase*, and Sketches In Tecnicolour, This Band is on the side of Indie, and i mean just check out the list of quotes, on their Myspace saying how good they are. They have apparently grown, and developed as a live Band, since I saw them last summer.
Recent gigs at The Loaded Dog in Leyton have gone down well among my "homies" !

We Are Not Superheroes Anymore - New Hardcore Band, with a pianist, and they are becoming BIG, just check out their tour (the list is on their Myspace)...

oh, and the drummer has the best drum kit i've seen in ages! Actually, they're pretty damn as pop as hardcore can be.

Blind Kids See Ghosts - A Bit more Hardcore, They Have good tunes, and they were good live. Some good mosh action! ye-ah! So go and see them!

anything to add?

Harry Potter

Some people bloody love it to the point of a weird obsession(see above), and some people have a weird obsession with hating it to death.

But I like Harry Potter. Don't know why.

I also remember how on our school ski trip to Colorado, a woman, said "Hey your from England? That's where Harry Potter's from!"
I nearly slapped her.
But this sort of Idiocrisy points out that Harry Potter has overtaken the world. Completetly.

Has anyone seen the new film? Apparently it's really good?

And the new book? so far I'm on page 30. go me.


Hermione? what are you doing?

But if you click on the comment ting just below, you can have your say.

now, onto page 31 for me.

[UPDATE:] The reason i've posted about it it because there is no doubt that a 600 page book won't take along time to read, therefore curing boredom?

Has anyone finished it by now?

oh dear.....

the best five second video EVER!

Games...

I don't play all that many games online, (apart from funky truck found on teagames.com which is in the link section over there >>
but maybe this is because i don't know many good ones.
Slow internet doesn't help me in my quest for games playing(?) either but i've done some research and found some cool sites.
ch-ch-check em out.

1. amazingly retro platform games like adventure elf, Granny In Paradise, and a Sonic the hedgehog game are all found on GameGarage.co.uk

2. Channel4.com/games - this has loads of games, in genres and charts, with user feedback comments and ratings and stuff, so you know what the games are like before you play them. there are some really cool ones actually! (it's where i found funky truck)

3. Mellownade.com - apparently, this can be accessed through school's firewall.

4. College Humor

5. www.Miniclip.com!!!

"crypt raider" = ace game --> yes bruv!!

give it a go ... first few rounds are boring but once you get into it youll be hooked.... and the little mans feet maske kl noises =]

(from steff x)

6. wo there, i didn't do that much research.

7. Do not play Club Penguin on Miniclip.com. It's creepy.

8. But, do play Scribble on Miniclip.com. It's good!

Header

what do you think of the new header?

and the included sudoku game on the right hand side!

like it? you better.

the included picture - courtesy of google images.

for which i thank.

Fantasy Football

Fantasy Football is nang!


it takes up a whole year, and is proper addictive.
If you get into it, and sort of care, it is really fun even, but i'm not going to admit it, as it's a bit sad.

What you do, is create your team, with choice from every available player in the Premier League, and then the players score points from how well they do in the real life matches.

basically.

And You get £100 million to buy your team with and then you can make as many transfers each gameweek as you like. For the girls, you can design your kit in pretty colours, and call your team something stupid.

You can join leagues and stuff as well.

go and sign up and whatnot.

then, join our league! [courtesy of the one and only James Hartnett]

the code for it is 99224-23541

A Sad Day

the waterfight has officially been cancelled.

the police have become involved.
they have stepped in the way.

the reason why, i suppose is justified, as they say it could very well be a huge target for terrorists.

dramatic eh.


sad, sad, sad day.

Random Stuff to do.

Suggestions and ideas from some strange brains:

Make popcorn,
you could try to lick your elbow,

The Impossible Quiz

Bored.com/getannoyed

remix a nursery rhyme,

start a Fantasy Football Team in time for the new season.



any more please?

The Water Fight Flashmob

This is gona be big.

This post was always gona happen, i've saved it till now.

I know quite a few people know about this already, and we ever went up there expecting it, but we got the days wrong.

so here's the real details.

Date: Saturday, July 14, 2007
Time: 1:00pm - 1:10pm
Location: Hyde Park



it only lasts ten minutes I thought to myself? But then I realised the small fact that it's illegal, and the fuzz may turn up, all hot, and will ruin the fun.

but shhh, no one needs to know that.

it's been organised through facebook, and the group which was set up has nearly 70,000 members. even if 4,000 people turn up it will still break the world record.

anyone want to go?

more details HERE, including a code of conduct! haha