Cinema fun

Last night I went with Cez and Rachel to The Filmworks to watch a couple of movies. We got in free for Criminal because of Rachel’s divine influence (or perhaps the fact that she works there), which was most amusing because the only people who actually went to that screening were us and another member of staff so The Filmworks didn’t make much money out of it. 🙂

As films go, Criminal wasn’t too bad, but as Cez pointed out once you’ve seen one con movie you’ve seen them all and the ending was a bit predictable (a bit like Ocean’s Eleven in some ways). Some of the tricks the conmen pulled were quite good, although I’d seen the old “ask for change for a tenner, then give them that change back and ask them for twenty” stunt several times before. All in all it was watchable, but not something I’d be rushing out to see again. Then again, I didn’t pay so I’m not too bothered either way.

After Criminal we nipped back down to the Box Office to see what was on. Upon David’s earlier recommendation, we deciced upon The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Unfortunately this was on its opening weekend so we couldn’t get in for free, but it was only £3 for us money grabbing leechers students although Cez had to pay full price. We got in to discover that Tim and Chris had decided to see the same film, so we sat with them.

The Life Aquatic started very strangly, and for half of the film I felt like I did the first time I watched The Matrix—i.e. sat there wondering “what on earth is going on here?”. Some of the jokes were funny, but there didn’t really seem to be much of a plot and a number of people left before the end. Overall it was something worth watching on a Saturday night when you’ve not got anything planned, but again not something I’d be rushing back to see.

In other news, yesterday I went to see another house with Kirk, although it was pretty dire and there were lots of little things that the landlord could easily have taken care of (a few lightshades would have helped) but obviously hadn’t. That one is probably at the bottom of my list (top are the flats in Fallowfield that were really nice but towards the upward limit of my budget) as a result.

I’ve also found out that Warped’s annual Blackpool Pleasure Beach trip is going to be on a Sunday this year, which could be a good or a bad thing. On the one hand Sunday might be quieter, but there are fewer trains going so unless there are enough people driving there I could be getting the train on a Sunday which I don’t really want to do because they aren’t all that frequent and the last train leaves quite early. I’ll have to see tomorrow how this one pans out.

Finally, one good bit of news is that I’ve finally got a cheque for the rest of the money I’m owed by Compsoc for the new server (which is now up and running at last), so that makes me feel a little less poor. 🙂