Sunday, October 21, 2007

Top 10 People in Public Life Who Make Me Angry

1. Jade Goody
2. Liam Gallagher
3. Hazel Blears
4. Davina McCall
5. Prince Edward
6. Ruth Kelly
7. Gordon Brown
8. Patricia Hewitt
9. Stephen Byers
10. Victoria Beckham

11. Linda Barker

Apologies that there's so many politicians. I will update the list when I think of others.

UPDATE: Now this is a well-considered list. I will take note.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Top 10 Most Recent Films I've Watched on DVD

I'll update this list whenever I watch something new.

From the top, the latest films I've watched, the date I watched them, my mark out of 10 and a comment:

Letters from Iwo Jima - 29 Oct 07 - 9
The Lives of Others - 20 Oct 07 - 8
Babel - 19 Oct 07 - 8
Where Eagles Dare - 18 Oct 07 - 9
The Jungle Book - 15 Oct 07 - 9
The Matrix - 13 Oct 07 - 9
This is Spinal Tap - 12 Oct 07 - 9
Die Hard 4.0 - 8 Oct 07 - 3
Apocalypto - 5 Oct 07 - 8.5
The Constant Gardener - 4 Oct 07 - 7.5
Planes, Trains and Automobiles - 27 September 07 - 7.5 - Rush hour to the extreme. Amusing
Heat - 26 September 07 - 8.5 - Two greats collide in superb Los Angeles crime saga
The Gods Must Be Crazy - 14 September 07 - 7.5 - Amusing African story with Benny Hill effects
The Queen - 2 September 07 - 8.5 - Superb acting, but how much is fact?
Downfall - 28 August 07 - 8 - Fact-based last days of Hitler. Noted attention to detail
It took me 2 month to watch 24 Season 5 between June and August
Inside Man - 26 June 07 - 8 - Clever bank heist flick. I might give it a go
Hostel - 4 June 07 - 6 - Another generic slasher movie with a couple of genius moments
The Wind that Shakes the Barley - 29 May 07 - 7.5 - Does for Ireland what Braveheart did for Scotland. Brits out!