Posts for "General"
The Imitation Game
Posted at December 13, 2014Another movie, yarr. If I remember correctly, I described it afterwards as “well-made rubbish”. It just felt artificial. The framing device…
Interstellar
Posted at December 13, 2014I liked it. It felt like three movies smushed together. I don’t think it entirely worked — in particular, the emotional core of the movie is…
Meta
Posted at September 22, 2014This isn’t my first blog. Back when they were still known as “weblogs”, I had a ugly little website running on TWU.net, which at the time…
Some Days It's Dark
Posted at August 31, 2014Love this song. I should watch this movie again. The Kids in the Hall were genius.
Lucy
Posted at August 31, 2014Bad movie. Horrible science. Decent token action, but nowhere near enough. Basically, if we start using more than 10% of our brain (sigh) we…
Guardians of the Galaxy
Posted at August 04, 2014Fun movie! Some of the plotting was wonky and glossed over things that didn’t make any sense, but the characters were strong and…
Edge of Tomorrow
Posted at June 08, 2014I’ve been calling this one “the new Tom Cruise” movie, because that title really doesn’t stick. “The Movie Where Tom Cruise Dies Over and…
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Posted at June 08, 2014Decent movie. There were bits that were inspired, like the slow-motion battle sequence. The future stuff didn’t really add much, and a lot…
HIMYM Finale
Posted at April 01, 2014Huh. That was considerably more melancholy than I’d expected. Which is good; one of the things How I Met Your Mother did well in its prime…
Dragon Quest IX Completion Stats
Posted at February 09, 2014… No, I’m not playing again. I dredged them up after some twitter activity: So, uh… from August 1st, 201o, here are my completion stats from…