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defrogWrapping up a three-day weekender here in HK, though as reported earlier, much of that was spent watching the rains come down. Today was relatively precipitation-free, which is good as they only just managed to clear off the road to Tung Chung this morning. More rain forecast for the week, though.
I heard last night that on Saturday alone we got 20% of our average annual rainfall. Climate change? Fah!
Meanwhile, we’ve spent the time either arranging the new flat, going out for some dim sum for the Tuen Ng holiday, or going to the movies. Here’s how the latter’s gone:
1. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
The good news: it met my expectations. The bad news: my expectations weren’t that high.
I was such a big fan of the first three films that I was nerdy enough to buy a fedora and leather jacket and wear them in public. But I was wary of a sequel coming 19 years later. I was worried it would look too much like those Gilligan’s Island reunion TV movies.
Having seen the results, I think I was justified.
It’s not bad, mind – the X-Files MacGuffin is a good one, and some of the action bits are great fun. But really, nothing in it lives up to anything in the first three. And yes, I’m sorry, but I have trouble believing even Indiana Jones can manage such an active lifestyle at his age. Unless he’s milking that glass of Grail water from The Last Crusade for all it’s worth. Come to think of it, it’s probably the only way to explain the ludicrous refrigerator scene.
VERDICT: Reasonably entertaining but arguably unnecessary.
2. The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian
This was of more interest to the bride than me, as I wasn’t particularly knocked out by the first film (the book is another matter). This one is somewhat better in terms of character development, but it’s basically yr average fantasy film with talking animals and a big-ass battle scene at the end. And the bad guys are Spanish for some odd reason. No doubt conservative talk show hosts will have fun using it as an allegory for what happens when you let too many people with Spanish accents into the country.
VERDICT: Meh. It’s okay for what it is, but I’m decidedly not its target audience. It says a lot when the best thing about a film is a cynical dwarf (Peter Dinklage) and Eddie Izzard voicing a swashbuckling mouse.
Let’s get small,
This is dF
I heard last night that on Saturday alone we got 20% of our average annual rainfall. Climate change? Fah!
Meanwhile, we’ve spent the time either arranging the new flat, going out for some dim sum for the Tuen Ng holiday, or going to the movies. Here’s how the latter’s gone:
1. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
The good news: it met my expectations. The bad news: my expectations weren’t that high.
I was such a big fan of the first three films that I was nerdy enough to buy a fedora and leather jacket and wear them in public. But I was wary of a sequel coming 19 years later. I was worried it would look too much like those Gilligan’s Island reunion TV movies.
Having seen the results, I think I was justified.
It’s not bad, mind – the X-Files MacGuffin is a good one, and some of the action bits are great fun. But really, nothing in it lives up to anything in the first three. And yes, I’m sorry, but I have trouble believing even Indiana Jones can manage such an active lifestyle at his age. Unless he’s milking that glass of Grail water from The Last Crusade for all it’s worth. Come to think of it, it’s probably the only way to explain the ludicrous refrigerator scene.
VERDICT: Reasonably entertaining but arguably unnecessary.
2. The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian
This was of more interest to the bride than me, as I wasn’t particularly knocked out by the first film (the book is another matter). This one is somewhat better in terms of character development, but it’s basically yr average fantasy film with talking animals and a big-ass battle scene at the end. And the bad guys are Spanish for some odd reason. No doubt conservative talk show hosts will have fun using it as an allegory for what happens when you let too many people with Spanish accents into the country.
VERDICT: Meh. It’s okay for what it is, but I’m decidedly not its target audience. It says a lot when the best thing about a film is a cynical dwarf (Peter Dinklage) and Eddie Izzard voicing a swashbuckling mouse.
Let’s get small,
This is dF
