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Month: July 2005
Once Were Warriors
I think I have a strike of movie rush once again. Don’t worry, it will pass. I know. I had it before. And for now a quick mention of “Once Were Warriors“.
Directed by: Lee Tamahori
Genres: Drama
Cast: Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell, Julian Arahanga, Taungaroa Emile, Rachael Morris Jr., Joseph Kairau, Cliff Curtis, Pete Smith, George Henare, Mere Boynton, Shannon Williams, Calvin Tuteao, Ray Bishop, Ian Mune
IMDB raintg: 7.9
My rating: 4.0 [rate 4.0]
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Olga and I went to the cinema today to see a long awaited “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy“.
Directed by: Garth Jennings
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Cast: Bill Bailey, Anna Chancellor, Warwick Davis, Mos Def, Zooey Deschanel, Su Elliot, Martin Freeman, Stephen Fry, Richard Griffiths, Dominique Jackson, Simon Jones, Thomas Lennon, Mark Longhurst, Kelly Macdonald, John Malkovich
IMDB raintg: 6.8
My rating: 8.0 [rate 8.0]
I really liked the film. It was much better than I expected. Actually, it was kind of difficult to expect anything, because the book seemed to me very unscreenable, so to speak. The book is one of those that I consider very hard to base a movie on. So, I was rather suspecious. But the film turned out to be great.
I don’t know though how difficult it was to find any sense for those who didn’t read the book.
First of all the Vogons. They were absolutely fantastic. They were even more disgusting than described in the book. Both Olga and I exclaimed a loud “Ewww, yuck!” when we saw the first one. That’s a compliment, by the way.
Secondly, I thought that the solution to the “second head” of Zaphod was great. It’d be kind of tough following a two headed guy with all the articulation and random stuff that he was supposed to do, but not having a second head would be unbooky. The way they went about it was creative, original and entertaining.
Thirdly, the whole planet building factory was unbelievable. It rocked. It was my favourite scene by far.
Fourthly, Marvin was something. Using the voice of Alan Rickman was the absolute genious thought.
Overall – the film was great. It is one of those film that keeps the audience glued to the screen. Mostly because the said audience has no slightest idea of what’s going to happen next. Even those few who read the original book. Not many movies do it these days. Eh, Hollywood…
Strongly recommended.
Madagascar
It’s good to watch an animation once in a while. “Madagascar” is one of those freshlhy released, so I decided to check it out.
Directed by: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
Genres: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Cast: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, Tom McGrath, Christopher Knights, Chris Miller, Conrad Vernon, Eric Darnell, David Cowgill, Stephen Apostolina, Elisa Gabrielli
IMDB raintg: 6.3
My rating: 7.5 [rate 7.5]
Deep Purple in Cyprus : Pictures
Finally I got my act together and processed all the pictures. Out of 250 frames I selected 125. Mostly those are of Ian Gillan with a microphone. Steve Morse with his guitar and Don Airey up at his keyboards are the next most covered. Basist Roger Glover and drummer Ian Paice were on the other side of the stage, so their pictures aren’t as spectacular as of others, but I’ve go them covered anyway.
I’d like to thank Slava who started the whole argument with the security stuff and found out that it was OK to bring in the photo camera and that only video cameras were banned. If it wasn’t for him, I would leave my camera in the car and none of this pictures would have seen the light of the Web.
Without further a do…
Album location: /photos/2005/2005-07-15_Deep_Purple_in_Cyprus