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This week's moofie

A comic vid of sorts

Life Bla

Hey all,

Just a quick bla to let you know that I still exist. I've hammered my internet this month, and so there is a clear lack of videos this week, but they will be uploaded on Sunday when the clock ticks over and I have regular internet speeds again.

University classes are coming to a close. Next week is the last week of classes, which means it is also the last bit of time I have left to finish assignments and that kind of thing. I think I've got it covered, but it's going to be a bit of a hammer fest.

Then Sunday I begin preps for a Shakespeare play that I'm involved in:

Master Of The Revels: An Elizabethan Interlude

Showcasing Shakespeare's Comedy 'Twelfth Night: or What You Will' (By Murdoch Uni Students)

Start Time:	Wednesday, 11 November 2009 at 19:30
End Time:	Saturday, 14 November 2009 at 22:30
Location:	Nexus Theatre: Murdoch University
Street:	South Street Campus, South Street
Town/City:	Murdoch, Australia

Description

This year's Murdoch University Shakespeare production in Nexus Theatre by Theatre and Drama students promises a lively performance of this delightful Shakespearean comedy.

Please come and watch to see the journey of the characters in Illyria as well as the stylings of the Revels...

Devised and Directed by Jenny De Reuck with consultation from Melissa Merchant, Andrew Kocsis and Murali Pillai.

Performances will be held at 7:30pm on November 11th to 14th. (With secondary school performances at 10:30am on each day)

Tickets: Bookings ($10 per ticket) can be made by contacting Janet Payne who can be contacted during office hours on 08 9360 2504; email: j.payne@murdoch.edu.au

http://www.murdochtheatre.com/

I will be playing guitar for this rollocking romp, so come along. The tix are only 10 bux! DO IT!

In other news, if any of you have noticed the lack of book club postings on here it's because it's died in the butt a little bit. There were a couple that I didn't really record properly (on paper and on here, that is) and there were a couple where only Noelene and I sat and talked about books. This is fine, and if it comes down to it we will continue to do so, but we want to try and re-launch the club again to encourage more people to attend. We also kind of missed the clubs 1 year celebrations, SO this December come over and celebrate the 1 year celebrations and athe re-launch with us. No fixed book for December's club; just bring what you've read in the last couple of months to chat about and we'll eat Xmasy grub.

It will be held on the second Tuesday of December at our place; 7pm. Be there ;)

In other inane news, I've also been playing a lot of Ultimate Alliance 2 which is a fantastic nerd game, reading a lot of comic books, and I've almost finished viewing both Degrassi High and The Sopranos. YEAH!

Now for this:

USING ONLY ONE WORD! It's not as easy as you might think! Copy and change the answers to suit you and pass it on. It's really hard to only use one word answers. Be sure to tag the person you received it from! (tagging aside, this is from Mr Scott Miner :) )

1. Where is your mobile phone? Lounge

2. Your significant other? Noelene

3. Your hair? Greasy

4. Your mother? Albany

5. Your father? Albany

6. Your favourite thing? Sex

7. Your dream last night? Strange

8. Your favorite drink? Coffee

9. Your dream/goal? Graduation

10. What room you are in? Spare

11. Your hobby? Reading

12. Your fear? Death

13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? House

14. Where were you last night? Cafe

16. Muffins? No

17. Wish list item? PS3

18. Where you grew up? Rockingham

19. Last thing you did? Type

20. What are you wearing? Little

21. Your TV? Heavy

22. Your pet? Non-existant

23. Friends? Please

24. Your life? Continuing

25. Your mood? Chilled

26. Missing someone? Yes

27. Car? Bus

28. Something you're not wearing? Shoes

29. Your favorite store? Comiczone

30. Your favorite color? Red

33. When is the last time you laughed? Today

34. Last time you cried? Tuesday

35. One thing you're not? Efficient

36. One place that you go to over and over? Toilet

37. One person who emails me regularly? Kate

38. My favorite place to eat? Hoi's

39. Why you participated in this survey? Unknown

40. What are you doing tonight? Eating

...and that's that. Hope you are all having a tops time of it.

jej

Moofies - Up, Fighting, Moon, Whatever Works, G.I.Joe

Hey kiddies. Here's my new tatt:



Okay, on with the moofies:

Up is the latest Pixar film, and I think that this, along with Wall - E is their best work yet. They seem to have perfected the art of condensing totally likeable characters into a very short period of time. I was crying within the first 10 minutes. It's just this beautiful, smart, really well designed film. Awesome.

Next up, Fighting.


I came to this film expecting a fun, crappy, teen flick about fighting; something similar to Never Back Down. What I ended up getting was this really well acted thing that I didn't expect at all. It still has a pretty straight forward predictable storyline about a guy who fights for money finding love and friends, bla, bla, bla, but all the performances were pretty convincing. Even Channing 'boofhead' Tatum here got me into the story a little. This wasn't amazing, but it wasn't bad at all.

Moon is the first feature film from Duncan Jones, son of David Bowie. This began a discussion between my brother and I about whether or not there are some kind of artistic genes or predispositions or something in certain families that mean a similar sort of creative spark or whatever. I think that surroundings probably has more to do with creativity than anything else, but just by having a famous father does not necessarily mean that the work of the kid will be similar. I can see similarities between the work of David Lynch and Jennifer Lynch, but if I didn't know they were related I would never even think to compare their films because they are not really that similar.

Anyway, BLAH! How is the film? It feels like an old school science fiction film from the 1970s. It's kind of slow and measured and pretty much stars Sam Rockwell alone, and Kevin Spacey as the voice of a robot. Rockwell is working a 3 year stint on the moon, all alone, and then he sees something strange. I won't wreck this for you, like the trailer kind of did, but the twists are not all that important. I figured out what was going on extremely quickly, but it was still nice to see it played out in a way that respected my intelligence. It's a low budget thing, but this meant that it had to be smart to represent what could have been high budget ideas. I think not seeing something but just having it hinted at means that it feels more realistic, more believable. It also takes the focus away from the spectacle ane more towards the ideas and the importance of being human, bla, bla, bla. It's a top film.

Whatever Works sees Larry David take the role that Woody Allen would normally play in his own films. It's no surprise that David pulls it off really well. He's being doing an extremely similar thing to Allen for years, so now he finally plays him. Woody Allen films are pretty ridiculous, but I think that they're likeable anyway. Despite being pretty retarded, the whole 'message' of the film is that if you can find love then take it. 'Whatever works', no matter how strange or whatever, just go with it. It's kind of nice I guess.

One more, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is the latest piece of crap from Stephen Sommers. Sommers is to blame for all those terrible Mummy films and the worst travesty of recent cinema history Van Helsing. I think Sommers knows he's making crap films and he just wants to make something fun, but he goes way too far for me normally and I just can't go there. For whatever reason, I could with G.I. Joe. It's not a good film at all, but I enjoyed every second. It's impossible to get bored; there aren't any embarrassingly bad performances from people like David Wenham; the special effects are really decent; there are stupidly buxomy hot babes throughout the film; and most importantly, the plot is simple and easy to follow. I HATE the stupid Transformers movies, mostly because they could at least be fun, but they have these overly complicated plots that don't make any sense and are impossible to follow. At least G.I. Joe is just 'they bad. we good. we kill the bad guys'. It's so basic and fun.

That's it.

jej

fifty two moofies - Week 6

Some more comic book blab