Blogception

So after many months of accidentally avoiding and unintentionally putting it off I watched Inception for the first time.

Why haven't I seen this film before?!?!

It was utterly brilliant and I can finally see why so many people raved about it; the effects were wonderful and the storyline was actually interesting, I liked slowly learning about the back-stories of  some of the characters - the mystery of them that made you want to know more. It was also surprisingly easy to follow despite how confusing the plot was meant to be and the ending, which everyone was so unsure of was quite clear in my mind. Although I'm not sure that my brain is right - I am slightly crazy (I laugh like an idiot through most horror films where I'm guessing I should be wetting myself with fear, the concept of someone being sliced in half by a door for example, is just laughable in my mind, I am convinced that I am mildly crazy)

This film has definitely made it onto my top 10 list though and is a definite must see.

So I have decided to go through all those films that I have been putting off in the hopes that my mind will become enlightened as to the 'improvements of the media' - this should be interesting.....

Marketing, advertisements, I hate them all!

So, I was walking along ye olde town (a name of whom I shall not name) when I stumbled upon this poster:

This annoyed me possibly more than the average passer by who would just shrug it off, drop their rubbish on the side walk and carry on with their lives. It got me thinking, how do they deem such a menial act as a sin? I've had enough Religious Studies lessons to know that dropping litter, at least in Christianity is not a sin, in comparison to something like adultery. It's the so called 'exaggeration for effect' thats meant to make an impact on the public and i just think its stupid.

It's not just random litter posters, it's the whole idea of the medium of advertisement. Pictures of thin models, half naked, advertising some new brand of perfume which surprise! Makes you smell like everybody else and only for the cheap cheap price of £70 for 50ml. Companies are going to extremes to get to the top of the consumerism food chain and all I see are increasing amounts of adverts between the re-runs of my favourite Doctor Who episodes!

No Mr Go Compare man, I will not buy your car insurance because of your ludicrous 'sketches' and no Injury Lawyers For You, coming on camera at stupid angles does not make me trust you, he who is claiming to be a 'real lawyer' let alone let you take my court case. Advertisements are useless to me, unless I suddenly hit a gold mine and send it to some random guy in an envelope. Horray for safety!

Disappointing Expectations

So, onwards with a unstructured, blog that lacks sustenance.

So a few weeks ago I went to go see Tim Vine (The almost bald guy on not going out) at my local theatre/stage/thing. I was thoroughly disappointed. What I thought at first would be a stand up performance featuring the one liners he's so famous for turned out to be a 'chat show' where he brought people out from the audience to tell their funny stories/moments. This as expected was not funny at all. I will give him credit where credits due, he did try his best to make their stories marginally humorous and managed to pick it up a little at the end by doing some of his weird songs. Still, I managed to come out feeling as though my life would not have been changed an inch if I hadn't gone to see him.

These are what I like to call unfulfilled promises. Well. Only in a slight way for Tim Vine (I did say this was unstructured!) It's like buying a really nice perfume in a tall box, only to find a short tiny bottle inside. Getting hyped up by film critics and friends about the latest film and coming out of it thinking it's 'all right'. I swear, I need to lower my expectations when it comes to the media and production lines.