Everything's magic

I've basically been living in the cinema for the last few weeks, which has been strangely nice after having a few months without even going at all.

Wanted was a visually stunning film with an achingly cool concept, but what made it great also broke it in my daft opinion. The oh so hip shots of bullets bending in the air became so silly, though I actually liked the way that the love story between the two characters never really became a proper love story, but it featured a little too much for something that never really happened.

Hancock was probably my biggest surprise - I was expecting to be entertained to a reasonable level and really only went to the cinema that day because I had a bit of a craving for nachos. But I really liked it, and thought it was a novel slant to the booming "Ooh! I know! Let's make a film about a person with SUPER POWERS!" idea. I didn't really realise that Will Smith = BANK until the movie studios told me so, though. So this is a story all about how my life got flipped turned upside down...

Wall-E was predictably brilliant, with a first twenty minutes like I Am Legend, a middle hour a cross between The Matrix and The Tweenies and a final twenty minutes like, I don't know, every film ever. The love story development kind of pissed me off with its "Ooh, actually I would" quick turnaround when it suited the plot to have Wall-E get rescued, but then it was a kids movie and I didn't expect much to be complex except the rendering. I liked the Mac Vs PC aspect of Wall-E and E.V.E more than anything, but that's only because I'm a PC girl and Wall-E was the PC. If they mated (the sparks would be generated by the furious bumping of motherboards) would the babies be like an iMac with a virus or like a fax machine made of polished white aluminium with twinkly lights? Oh god, I actually am a nerd aren't I.

Kung Fu Panda might have been predictable as shit, and was far fetched even if you were to overlook the talking animals (the dragon warrior is a fat panda who mastered kung fu a two minute montage but never actually lost a pound? REALLY NOW?) but every single nuance in that film had forethought and purpose, which had thoroughly won me over by the end of it. I laughed out loud - yes, lol'd - repeatedly throughout and with good reason, the script was excellent and somehow Poe the panda didn't end up just being Voiced By Jack Black, I forgot it was even him most of the time.

Tonight, however, we went to see Baby Mama. It was a spur of the moment thing - after an afternoon of mooching around the shops (and buying some utterly, spastically cute white sandals) and a restaurant debate that resulted in us going Mexican and eating far, far too many quasedillas, we were too lethargic to do anything involving movement but were too entertained to go home.

It was that or The Dark Knight with the rest of Bristol. I don't like the rest of Bristol.

From the way that the lead actress repeatedly wore a hideous pair of brown shoes throughout and walked like she's either shit herself, or is excercising her kegal muscles by trying to hold a bollard inside herself, to the most predictable plot in the western universe, it was just a big mess.

Obviously, I'll be getting it on DVD.

It was perfectly watchable, but so bad that all I'll remember from tonight is driving home through country lanes, terrifying each other with stories of head on collisions and American-slasher-flick-style serial killers. Because that's what friends are for.

On that note, over the last few weeks my towers of strength have come from the most unexpected places. People who have always been there in the past have not seemed to care at all; people who promised to always be there in the future have apparently decided not to be.

I'm upset, but not with them. I find it hard to be angry with someone when they make the decision that's best for them. I need to focus more on the things that are great and positive in my world, and let the everything else either fall away or try again. And oh boy, there is so much that is positive in the world.

Angels & Airwaves - Everything's Magic

So hear this please
And watch as your heart speeds up endlessly
And look for the stars as the sun goes down
Each breath you take has a thunderous sound
Everything, everything's magic