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defrogSo what did Team Def do this weekend?
1. Pillaged the Hong Kong Book Fair
An annual tradition for Team Def is going to the Hong Kong Book Fair, which started off many moons ago as a trade exhibition for the international book industry but has since morphed into a giant Borg bookstore that opens for one week a year, sells everything at 20% off and you have to pay admission to shop there.
The bridal unit and I went for free. Because KT knows The Right People. As usual, she scored more books because (1) 90% of the books on sale are Chinese, and (2) the other 10% are written by Stephen King, J.K. Rowling, Jodi Picoult and Donald Trump. Well, not really, but apart from the Page One stand, it is pretty much limited to pop fiction, business/self help type books and – this year – the collected works of Barack Obama.
Me, I came home with a decent handful of book booty, the most noteworthy being a hardback copy of Dai Sijie’s Mr Muo’s Traveling Couch for HK$30. Plus, I have Naomi “No Logo” Klein’s new book and Max Brooks’ coverage of the recent zombie wars. Result!
2. Saw The Dark Knight
And I’m still not sure what to make of it. In many ways it’s great, and in others it’s a little sloppy (for a start, the Nolans don’t seem to know that much about Hong Kong extradition laws, and I’m not convinced the bits with the bank raids makes much sense either). For all that, though, I find it interesting that the movie isn’t afraid to dwell on the flaws of Batman’s MO – so much so that KT declared the film “100% bullshit”. As for Heath Ledger’s Joker, it’s such a radical interpretation that I may have to do a separate post on that. I worried that he looked too much like The Crow in the promos, but thankfully the resemblance ends there.
Anyway, I found it engrossing. And I have to give good marks for any superhero movie that (1) challenges my expectations and (2) has Gary Oldman in it. And extra credit for the Blackmail Scene.
And so much for the weekend, the remainder of which was spent assembling chairs or sleeping. Naturally.
To the Batmobile,
This is dF
1. Pillaged the Hong Kong Book Fair
An annual tradition for Team Def is going to the Hong Kong Book Fair, which started off many moons ago as a trade exhibition for the international book industry but has since morphed into a giant Borg bookstore that opens for one week a year, sells everything at 20% off and you have to pay admission to shop there.
The bridal unit and I went for free. Because KT knows The Right People. As usual, she scored more books because (1) 90% of the books on sale are Chinese, and (2) the other 10% are written by Stephen King, J.K. Rowling, Jodi Picoult and Donald Trump. Well, not really, but apart from the Page One stand, it is pretty much limited to pop fiction, business/self help type books and – this year – the collected works of Barack Obama.
Me, I came home with a decent handful of book booty, the most noteworthy being a hardback copy of Dai Sijie’s Mr Muo’s Traveling Couch for HK$30. Plus, I have Naomi “No Logo” Klein’s new book and Max Brooks’ coverage of the recent zombie wars. Result!
2. Saw The Dark Knight
And I’m still not sure what to make of it. In many ways it’s great, and in others it’s a little sloppy (for a start, the Nolans don’t seem to know that much about Hong Kong extradition laws, and I’m not convinced the bits with the bank raids makes much sense either). For all that, though, I find it interesting that the movie isn’t afraid to dwell on the flaws of Batman’s MO – so much so that KT declared the film “100% bullshit”. As for Heath Ledger’s Joker, it’s such a radical interpretation that I may have to do a separate post on that. I worried that he looked too much like The Crow in the promos, but thankfully the resemblance ends there.
Anyway, I found it engrossing. And I have to give good marks for any superhero movie that (1) challenges my expectations and (2) has Gary Oldman in it. And extra credit for the Blackmail Scene.
And so much for the weekend, the remainder of which was spent assembling chairs or sleeping. Naturally.
To the Batmobile,
This is dF
