Indy! (as in Indiana Jones, not India)
# 04 June 2008 14:22
So, I saw Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull the other day:
Indy is back! Yes, you do have to suspend a certain amount of belief, and it is quite cheesy. But if you complain about that did you even see any of the first three?
People complain because it has aliens in it. So? The others had the power of god in them; which is just as far-fetched in my view. It's a fun film, like Indy should be, so just sit back and enjoy the show. :)
Oh, and you WILL have the theme music stuck in your head for days.
Labels: films
OMG: It's a blog post!
# 22 May 2008 23:24
Yeah, so I'm currently at Birmingham Airport... which sucks.
It's like half midnight and the whole place is closed... Not really sure what to do lol.
I want a drink but the Costa Coffee that seems to be open has nobody there to serve anyone; which is great. and stupid me forgot to bring any change for the vending machines... yay!
Also, airport internet is REALLY expensive! :(
Anyways what else can I say seeing as I have 20 minutes left and I'm rediculously bored already and my flight isn't for another 6 hrs...
Oooh yeah, my new job!!!
Finally managed to leave McDs after 8 years, thankfully before I lost my marbles completely... lol
I'd seen "Internet Moderator" advertised on Fish4jobs and decided to apply for it... cos--let's face it--what do I do in my spare time anyways?
So I applied and they were impressed and I got the job!
I am enjoying it too which is always a bonus. I do miss some of my friends from my old job though, but still managing to get the occasional drunken night out with them... and many of those with Duane lol.
Went to see Iron Man the other week... it was pretty good. Will look awesome on Blu-Ray lol. Talking of Blu-Ray I just bought the Sweeney Todd... Typically it's due to arrive tommorrow while I'm in India... Oh well...
Ooh and sneaky mister David booked a hotel in Earl's Court last weekend and took me to see Avenue Q! It was pretty good....very funny, lol. So now my ban on sneakiness is lifted so I must thing of something...
Although cos of this trip to India I won't get to see him again until his birthday on 8th June... will have to make it extra special! ;)
Oh yeah, that thing about Costa Coffee reminded me... I've started on coffee again, but hopefully I'll be able to keep it in moderation. I haven't been having ANY hot drinks at home recently, so it's just work that must be a bad influence. :P
Anyways, I'm running out of things to say... so... seeyas!
'til next time (whenever that may be--I'm not doing too well on this once a month thing, lol).
Take care,
luff yhooz!
Andy xx
Labels: coffee, david, dreams, drunkeness, family, films, friends, london, travel, work
# 02 September 2003 00:12
I saw The Two Towers... And now the Ring has me! Argh!
Nooo... Must stay loyal to SW... I will not turn!
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Rise of the Machines
# 31 July 2003 18:55
I saw it earlier at an advance screening before its UK release tomorrow.
It felt to me as if they were trying to be better than the Matrix, instead of trying to be a Terminator movie. I still think that T2 is by far the better of the series. Nick Stahl is a brilliant John Connor, he continues Edward Furlongs performance perfectly. The script is good, and adds more to the characters and future war.
Schwarzenegger's performance was okay. He isn't as believable in my opinion as in the previous movies, if he decides not to sign up for T4, I'm okay with that, but I'd still prefer he be in it.
The humourous parts of it weren't as subtle as they were under James Cameron, and I still feel that he should have had a role in filming the movie. I also think the soundtrack lacked a certain something, it needed more of that industrial theme we hear in T1+2.
The ending requests a sequel, and I'm sure it'll get one, probably picking the story up 20-25 years after judgement day, and showing the end of the war.
Special effects were good, but at times it looked like a video game.. . Especially the closeups.
A couple of things I'm concerned about are the fact that when they left the garage, the guy in the shop picked up the phone and, I presume, called the police. I thought SkyNet had taken control of communications?
Also Schwarzenegger refers to himself as a "T101" this is incorrect, he is a T800, Model 101. Someone messed up there.
The plot is adequate for a good movie, but in parts it just seems to be a piece of string holding a couple of action sequences together, but I have to praise them for the perfect explanation of what SkyNet is.
I still might go see it again next week, though... :)
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At last!
# 08:28
Off to see Terminator 3, after so many years of waiting... I hope its as good as T2...
Labels: films
# 19 July 2003 22:51
Just back from work, was on a 4-11. I haven't got changed yet, so if you see me on the webcam in my unifrom, that's why.
I was in kitchen for a change, and on grill side. For the first couple of hours I was getting the piss taken out of me for no apparent reason, but fortunatly Mark was off at 6, so I got a bit off peace after that.
When I was on my break, The Lost Work: Jurassic Park came on, and I'm quite annoyed that I missed the best parts... Even though I do have it on DVD anyway.
Later on we shut one of the Hoob's toys into (full) the soap dispenser, hehe... 'tis funny, was a repeat of the past incident when we did the same thing with a Clifford toy. Only the first time round, it had previosuly been dunked in a cup of water and left in the freezer.
Then I had to take off two of the grills :(
I'd never done one before, so theyfinally got round to showing me... Damn it's hard on the arms, all that scrubbing. I think I need my elbow grease back, they're feeling a little cranky...
Anyways, I need to get changed.
Labels: classic McMoments, films, work
# 16 July 2003 16:36
Well what a day... was on an open, that's 6am 'til 2pm.
Got to work at 5.50, and the opening manager wasn't there yet, but I expected that. What I didn't expect was for the delivery lorry to be there already, as it usually doesn't arrive until 6.30... So I just had a little chat with the window cleaner while we waited...
Fortunatly it was fairly good managers on the open, otherwise I might have had to shoot myself... But anyway, Me and Andy N. were doing delivery (half the staff are called Andy, so there's bound to be at least one more on the same shift as me) It wasn't a particularly huge delivery, but the 30 crates of shake and sundae mix plus the 20 boxes of fries almost killed us, lol.
Anyways, after delivery I was helping train a new staff member on the front counter, thankfully it hasn't been as hot today as yesterday, because I'd have just been hiding in the walk-in chiller all day.
When I got home my sister was watching Grease, so I had to suffer that for a few minutes, before I started watching something on TV... I can't remember what it was now, so it couldn't have been very interesting...
# 23 May 2003 22:47
Been watching a film - "The Final Countdown" was pretty good, dunno when it was made, sometime mid 70's I'd say...
This US Navy aircraft carrier was approaching Pearl Harbour, when it got trapped in some kind of storm, which transported them back to 1941, except they didn't know they had gane back in time, because they had lost communication with the everywhere, and they had to send planes up to see what was going on. Eventually they came across a pair of Japanese fighters, and got some aerial views of Pearl Habour. Let's just say they were a little confused to begin with. They decided not to change the events of Pearl Harbour, as the storm leading back to their time opened up again.
And in true Hollywood style, they left a man behind, who was waiting for them when they finally got back to the future. lol.
Labels: films
# 22 May 2003 19:25
[Note: Beeurd saw The Matrix Reloaded earlier, and it was so mindblowing that his intelligence has been reduced to that of the stereotypical AOL user]
OMG THAT MOVIE IS LIEK OEBN OF DA BESTEST MOVES EVA!!!! LOL WTF OMG LOL!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!
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# 09:58
*does the "Happy Little Ewok Dance of Joy"*
I'm off to see the Matrix Reloaded :D
Yay for me!
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