Reviews
Movies, books, television, scripts, bottoms, whatever. Not music. Music is just: "what you like" or "what you do not."
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Movies
Just ratings for now, I will post the reviews as I can be bothered. Note the unusual scale: 5,4 & 3 would be good enough to make it onto my favourite movies list; 2 is still a decent program and 1 is okay only if you are drunk, stoned, beaten repeatedly over the head with a 16pound hammer or, for preference, all three. In brackets is what made the movie a bit special or, alternatively, rubbish.
Important links for movie fans:
6- irrational love | 5- outstanding | 4- excellent | 3- impressive | 2- fairly mindless but fun | 1- only has moments worth watching | 0- run away
[6] [irrational love]
The Shawshank Redemption (1999), LA Story (1991),
[5] [outstanding]
B. Monkey (1998), True Romance (1993), Arlington Road (1999), Memento, The Matrix (1999), (2000), The Mighty Quinn (Denzel Washington),
[4] [excellent]
Chocolat(2000), Things to do in Denver when you're Dead (1995), Good Night and Good Luck (2005), Before Sunrise (1995), Little Shop of Horrors (Frank Oz, 1986), Dangerous Liaisons (Malkovich, 1998), Devil in a Blue Dress (Denzel Washington), Brazil (Terry Gilliam), City of God, Dead Poet's Society, The Legend of 1900, Lost in Translation, The Departed (2007), Withnail and I, Office Space, Midnight Sting, True Colours, Breakfast Club, North by Northwest (Hitchcock), To Catch a Thief, The Professional (Leon), Dark City, La Femme Nikita, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, 5th Element, Sleepy Hollow, The Lady in the Water, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Big Fish, 12 Monkeys (Terry Gilliam), Blade Runner, Secret Window, 4 Weddings and a Funeral (script), Rocky Horror Picture Show, Identity, The Blues Brothers,
[3] [impressive]
History of Violence(2005), Shawn of the Dead, Palmetto, Before Sunset, Blow, Donnie Brascoe, When Harry met Sally, Empire Records, Layer Cake, Say Anything, Addams Family, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, Pirates of the Caribbean I & II, Edward Scissorhands, Mona Lisa, Quiet American, Lord of The Rings Trilogy, Desperado (Robert Rodrigues), The Trouble with Harry (Carey Grant), Run Lola Run, Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Matthew Broderick), Risky Business, Ladyhawke (Rutger Hauer), Glory (Broderick, ..), Notting Hill (casting), Bill Durham, A Shock to the System (Michael Caine), High Fidelity, Grosse Point Blank, The Grifters, Being John Malkovich, True Colours, Queens Logic (Danny Aurellio), One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, A Clockwork orange, Goodfellas
[2] [mindless fun]
Flushed Away (2006), The Ninth Gate, Ed Wood, Star Wars IV & V & VI, Once Upon a Time in Mexico (Robert Rodrigues), It's a Wonderful Life, Infinity, Trading Places, Top Secret, Pretty in Pink, Human Nature (odd), So I Married an Axe Murderer, The Blues Brothers 2000 (music), Kill Bill vol I & II,
[1] [has moments]
Star Wars I & II & III, Nick of Time, The Stepford Wives, You've got Mail, Mystic Pizza, Cocktail,
[0] [wasting your life]
A Night at the Museum (2006), The Matrix II & III,
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Television
Just ratings for now, I will post the reviews as I can be bothered. Note the unusual scale: 5,4 & 3 would be good enough to make it onto my favourite movies list; 2 is still a decent program and 1 is okay only if you are drunk, stoned, beaten repeatedly over the head with a 16pound hammer or, for preference, all three.
5- outstanding | 4- excellent | 3- impressive | 2- mindless but fun | 1- only has moments worth watching | 0- run away
Comedy & Satire
The Daily Show Global Edition [3]
More reliable news than most of the networks even though it's a news parody,
showing in South Africa on CNN
League of Gentlemen [4]
The world's first ever horror comedy, not spoof horror, TV series- as ground breaking as the Pythons in their day,
not currently broadcast in South Africa
Little Britain [3]
Just because I cannot rid myself of addiction to the running gag,
broadcast on BBC Prime
Black Books [5]
Quite simply the best delivered, best written sitcom in recent years. I have only seen first series.
not currently broadcast in South Africa
Coupling [4] then [2]
The best observed situational comedy to do with relationships. Ever. Excellent for at least the first 2 seasons after which it loses an important character and goes downhill.
showing on BBC Prime
Drama
Boston Legal [4]
The USA allows the joys of cutting, acerbic wit to make it into a major network show, what joy,
showing in South Africa on Monday evenings on Satellite
Sci-Fi
Battlestar Galactica [3]
A dark remake more in tune with the original vision of the writers.
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Books
Just ratings for now, I will post the reviews as I can be bothered. Note the unusual scale: 5,4 & 3 would be good enough to make it onto my favourite books list; 2 is still a decent read and 1 is okay only if you are drunk, stoned, beaten repeatedly over the head with a 16pound hammer or, for preference, all three.
Summary: 6- irrational love | 5- outstanding | 4- excellent | 3- impressive | 2a- easy, fun, light read | 2b- Intriguing but a tough read | 1- badly written regardless of ideas | 0- run away |
Douglas Adams [6] Fiction / Science Fiction/ Funny
[6] Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, [6] Last Chance to See, [5] The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series,[5] The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul,
Dave Barry [4] Fiction/ Funny
[5] Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys, [3] Big Trouble, [3] Tricky Business,
Bill Bryson [3] Fiction
[4] A Walk in the woods, [4] Notes from a big country, [4] Notes from a small island,
Lewis Carroll [3] Fiction/ Poetry
[3] Alice through the loking glass, [2] Alice in Wonderland,
Arthur C. Clarke [3] Science/ Science Fiction
[3] 2001- A Space Odyssey, [4] 3001- The Final Odyssey, [3] Rendezvous with Rama,
Ben Elton [5] Fiction
[5] Stark, [5] This Other Eden, [4] Past Mortem, [4] Gridlock, [4] Blast from the Past, [4] Popcorn, [3] Chart Throb,
Richard Feynman [5] Non-Fiction/ Physics/ Autobiographical
[6] Surely you are joking, Mr. Feynman, [3] The Character of Physical Law, [3] QED,
John Fowles [3] Fiction
[4] The Magus,
John Gribbin [3] Non-Fiction/ Science
[5] In Search of Schroedinger's Cat (physics), [1] Cosmic Coincidences (cosmology),
Graham Hancock [3] Non-Fiction
[4] Fingerprints of the Gods,
Carl Hiaasen [5] Fiction/ Fictional Satire
[4] Skin Tight, [3] Tourist Season, [4] Lucky You
Spike Milligan [5] Autobiography/ Fiction/ Poetry
[5] Adolf Hitler- my part in his downfall,
Steven Pinker [3] Non-Fiction/ Science
[3] How the Mind Works
Terry Pratchett [5] Fiction/ Science Fiction/ Funny
[5] The watch Series: [5] Guards!Guards!, [5] Men at Arms, [5] Feet of Clay, [5] Jingo, [5] The Fifth Elephant, [5] Night Watch,
[5] The witch Series: [3] Equal Rites, [5] Wyrd Sisters, [5] Witches Abroad, [4] Lords and Ladies, [3] Maskerade, [5] Carpe Jugulum
[3] The Rincewind Series: [2] The Colour of Magic, [3] The Light Fantastic, [3] Sourcery, [2] Eric, [5] Interesting Times, [3] The Last Continent,
Philip Pullman [4] Fiction/ Science Fiction
[5] Northern Lights, [5] The Subtle Knife, [5] The Amber Spyglass
Robert Rankin [3] Fiction/ Science Fiction/ Weird/ Funny
[3] Brentford Trilogy: [3] The Antipope, [4] The Brentford Triangle, [3] East of Ealing, [3] Sprouts of Wrath,
[3] Armageddon Trilogy: [3] Armageddon- The Musical, [4] They Came and Ate Us (Armageddon II: The B-Movie), [3] Armageddon III: The Remake,
Jurt Vonnegut Jr. [3] Fiction/ Science Fiction
[2b] Deadeye Dick, Galapagos [3],
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Plays
Just ratings for now, I will post the reviews as I can be bothered. Note the unusual scale: 5,4 & 3 would be good enough to make it onto my favourite movies list; 2 is still a decent program and 1 is okay only if you are drunk, stoned, beaten repeatedly over the head with a 16pound hammer or, for preference, all three.
5- outstanding | 4- excellent | 3- entertaining | 0- leave book to rot | x- book might be good in content but I could not abide the writing style
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Famous People
Just ratings for now, I will post the reviews as I can be bothered. Note the unusual scale: 6 is lust (adoration if you're feeling pathetic and weepy), 5 is admiration of a unique talent or deeds, 4 is "has entertained me", 3-1 is pathetic if you're on a famous scale and have consequently been deleted from my memory, 0 is "self publicising dullard", [-1] is idiot and [-*] is when I have to replace my television if they come on the screen.
Why [-*] you ask? Because I do not know how to do an infinity symbol in HTML.
6 lust | 5 unique | 4 entertaining | 0 publicity whore | -1 idiot | -* someone please kill these people. pretty please?
[6] Julie Delpy, Michelle Pfeiffer, Katie Fey,
[5] Nelson Mandela, Prince, Gordon Szmid, Salvador Dali, Richard Feynman, Albert Einstein,
[4] Comedians: Jimmy Carr, Dylan Moran. Musicians: The Killers, BB King, Limp Bizkit, Thomas Dolby, Green Day
[0] Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, Madonna, Tony Blair, Everyone singing Hip-Hop,
[-1] Oprah Winfrey,
[-*] Donald Trump, George W. Bush, Bono (U2), The Pope (Benedict? is it?), everyone at MTV,
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