Day 210

I woke up this morning feeling a little out of sorts, so didn’t get much done, aside from getting the paper, doing the crossword (which I did okish on, got most of them, but still needed to much help) and watching a couple more episodes of Columbo, the film Triple 9 and reading the latest issue of Kaijumax Season 3.

Triple 9 is a pretty decent film, with a shed load of good actors (Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie, Aaron Paul, Norman Reedus, Kate Winslet, Gal Gadot and Woody Harrelson), great direction and photography (the city, the estates, offices, etc. all look great and seedy at the same time and are almost character in this film) and an interesting story, but it doesn’t quite make the best use of them. The story is basically about a heist crew, made up of ex-soldiers and serving cops, who get into a tricky situation, but as the crew members are killed off, the story becomes more straight forward and ‘Hollywoody’, all the bad guys are dead, the good guy is left standing and the good cop who cuts corners and takes drugs redeems himself. It’s still a satisfying film, but I feel that if they had carried through some of the initial murkiness to the films end it would have been a classic.

 

I’m not sure what to say about Kaijumax Season 3 #2, aside from if you’re not reading it you are really missing out on some great storytelling. They are funny bits, one liners and properly dramatic and emotional storylines going on. The only downside or problem I can think of is that the slang, like ‘my lizzers’, is slipping into my everyday conversations and thoughts!