It’s been a while since I last posted on this blog, probably because I got a bit scared of how many people see it since I linked it to Facebook. Maybe I’ll remove the link. But anyway…

I went to see Avatar on my own last night, carving my way through the jungle of popcorn to find the only single seat which wasn’t at the front – just as well, because that really would have been like a flight simulator.

Avatar was somewhere between nature documentary and theme park. Just before the film, the Toy Story characters were holding up huge signs adverting their latest installment. Avatar was similarly well signposted – at no point did you not know exactly what was going to happen next. My school friend James once said he could always predict the next note in a classical piece; he would have had even less trouble with Avatar’s plot.

As a sci-fi film, I would say District 9 was probably the better of the two competing for Best Picture in the Oscars – and it cost under 10% of the budget to make. Yes, it had amazing special effects, great characters, and a gripping plot (that wasn’t lifted from Pocohontas), and only cost $30 million to make (Avatar was a whopping $350 million).

Having said all that, I still came out of Avatar thinking Wow.

This fantastic Video installation in Moor Street Station featured a flock of birds in black and white accompanied by a minimalist soundtrack by Ben Frosts. I was reminded of some of the haunting shots from There Will Be Blood with Johnny Greenwood’s  soundscape. The birds formed abastract shapes like fast moving clouds, or the startfield screensaver from Windows 98.

Capsule – Supersonic

We just got back from watching Sandra Bullock getting her kit off in this romantic comedy. It was basically a remake of Green Card, but Sandra Bullock is always good value and I laughed about ten times.

Goodbye old blog theme, hello new blog theme. This new look blog isn’t just a skin change, things have changed behind the scenes too. The old articles are now available at archive.edshome.co.uk. The old site was made with a CMS called Drupal, which I philosophically agree with, but for blogging (and much else), WordPress is quietly taking over the world, so I thought I’d let the tide sweep me out to sea. Hopefully the warm comfortable fur of WordPress will draw me in to posting more. I’ve adapted this blog theme myself, based on one called Bluebird, with inspiration from greyscalegorilla.com. As for the content of the posts, don’t expect much to change, there will still be lots of incoherent rambling on subjects with which I have no authority; don’t take anything too seriously. I’ve also stuck a twitter gadget at the side. Please subscribe, though, because it’s much easier that way. The link is here.

The picture at the top is me taking a picture of me in Morocco with an Olympus Trip.