Halloween?

Hey, Laga, how do you post from work? Do you have a desk job at a theater so you've got 'net access handy like us other...what's a polite word for stapled-to-the-chair corporate whore?

Yeah I'm the manager mmkay? Of course a lot of the time I'm stapled to the computer I could/should be out on the floor. Mostly I'm working on something in the office and popping into b.org when I get bored, I'm on hold, I'm waiting for something to load or refresh. Ferinstance right now I'm waiting for the incredibly slow home office computer to send the report I have to fill out on the day's revenues through the tubes.

edit: oh yes it was Halloween they were sneaking out of.

Ahah. Forget the people on the floor. Probably just whiners. Stick by the computer.

Besides, if they get used to me as the manager who's never on the floor I am more likely to catch them in the midst of shenanigans when I appear unexpectedly.

Just got back from seeing "King of Kong" about a hard-fought competition in the arcade game world. It;'s a very good documentary--funny, informative and it not only presents this tiny, intense slice of the world to you, it makes you care about it.

Tony Leung Chiu-Wai in The Eagle Shooting Heroes. I'm finally getting this one on DVD.

Atonement: Surprisingly, good. It's a very complicated idea translated from a novel in a novel, but the direction and script are both very tight. Keira can't act very well, but the rest of the cast are great. For oner masturbation pals, there's a 7 minute shot involving a vast area and the largest amount of extras I've ever seen on a motion picture.

Sparkle: not great, not rubbish British romcom starring Tony Head and Bob Hoskins. Although in a romcom sense it fails on nearly ever level, and from an entertainment responsibility level it flops all. Tony Head is great, and gets his drag on.

Run Fatboy Run: you can tell it was originally set in New York and spent 4 years in development hell. You can tell Simon Pegg rewrote it for the UK. You can tell watching it. But there's still a lot of fun to be had. Just don't expect Pegg doing his usual written-from-scratch-concept all over again.

Eagle Vs Shark: Totally nerdy. Great.

I saw Shoot 'Em Up this afternoon. Well, you can't fault them for false advertising with that title. I suppose it was enjoyable in a way, though I've seen gun battles more firmly based in reality in the Underworld movies.

I just got back from seeing Stardust. I'm very glad I saw it before reading the reviews in this thread! I really enjoyed it a lot. I was never sure what was going to happen and I loved the look of it. I loved the gay pirate captain and his crew and the greek chorus of dead brothers and the way Evaine would glow when she was happy. I never read the book and won't, as far as I'm concerned it was great to see, and I'm glad I saw it in a theatre.

There were trailers for The Golden Compass and Elizabeth, the Golden Age and they both look good to me.

Elizabeth, the Golden Age

Clive Owen. guh.

/shallow