Broken Embraces

I like the idea of exam period being the last thing before the summer. It's a kind of poetic idea of that last final push where you consolidate all your efforts to reach the reward on the other side.

My days have been kind of blending into one, like watercolours on a spoiled canvas making a dark mess. The concept of time has gone out of the window recently.

I've never been the type to stick to revision timetables which would have provided some reference point as to what time it is (i.e. when I'm revising a certain topic I know what time it is due to the timetable). Instead I just tumble out of bed too late and end up with my head in a book an hour or so later. This revision is interspersed with eating, a few brief chats with flatmates and, at the end of the day, perhaps some Xbox with Nick and Ben (my male flatmates for readers who don't know me) or a film, followed by sleep.

This has been my 'routine', one big continuous week where every day has felt the same. The furthest I have been in the last week is the Tesco superstore across the road.

Ben came up with a new rule recently to make FIFA more entertaining when we play it. If one of us loses by five goals or more they have to run around the building once in their underwear, doing an extra lap for every goal more than five scored. Needless to say, I lost.

So it was off with the kegs and round the building I went. Ben went round with me doing his three laps he owed us from back when he lost 8-0 before we made the rule where we add a goal for each lap.

Tonight I watched Los Abrazos Rotos, or Broken Embraces to you folk. It's Almodóvar's most recent film that I'd been wanting to see for ages. It's pretty good. Penelope Cruz's tits are in it so I was in.

Sam

Horse #2

Just a short one tonight folks. Recently I posted a new song from the new Band of Horses album, Infinite Arms, entitled Compliments. It's a wonderful song.
Since then, a second song from the same upcoming album has been released. So, without further ado, I present you Laredo, taken from the forthcoming album, Infinite Arms by the almighty Band of Horses.

 

I'm really liking the developments that this band (of horses) have made to their sound. Ben's vocals have always been, and still are, pleasant to listen to. Nice, light and easygoing rock music.

In other news, I bought some new headphones from Amazon today due to the fact that my old ones had broken.
I've just got back from my friend Darshni's flat. Me, her, Dan and Lucy watched an Italian film, La vita è bella (Life's beautiful). It was a wonderful film. It almost reminded me of the old Carry On... films with the first half being very much a slapstick comedy affair with a charming sense of innocence commonplace in many films from the Carry On era, despite this film being made in 1997.
I'd recommend the film to anybody and suggest that you watch it.


Well now I must sleep, for the next day awaits me.
I hate not getting my 8 hours.


Sam

Worst. Film. Ever.

Right, I realise I may be a bit slow in discovering this but I have just stumbled upon a film called 'The Room'. It is written, produced and acted in by a French guy named Tommy Wiseau. I have only seen four clips from the film but it is being branded the worst film ever.

Here is a line taken from an imdb review of the film:

This film is like getting stabbed in the head.

Says it all really, doesn't it?

Additionally, I checked out the trivia and goofs sections of the imdb page and found out the following:

Trivia: The film was shot simultaneously on 35 mm film and high-definition video. Tommy Wiseau was confused about the differences between the formats, so he used both cameras on the same mount. Wiseau purchased the cameras instead of renting them as film productions usually do.

OK, so the producer is clearly a dumbass... Surely anyone worth his salt in the film industry would know that.

Goofs: Plot holes: In an early scene, halfway through a conversation about planning a birthday party for Johnny, Claudette off-handedly tells Lisa: "I got the results of the test back. I definitely have breast cancer." The issue is never revisited during the rest of the film.

Breast cancer!? Sounds like quite a significant plot element don't ya think!?

Due to the above statements from imdb my curiosity has been triggered. I am now actively seeking out a way to watch this movie, even if I have to buy it. 

So, without further ado, here are some clips of this monumental film, The Room (2003).

Check out the brilliant acting in this first clip. The music really compliments the violence of these two gargantuan men... The whole way through this clip I was thinking, what are these kids doing hanging with this old French dude?

This second clip is quite possibly the worst scripted scene ever captured on film.

Clip 3 sees a compelling performance from Mr Wiseau, "You are tearing me apart Lisa!"

Again an example of awful dialogue in the fourth clip. I love the way he seems so angry then just says "Oh, hi Mark."

I hope you enjoyed that. I must see this film!