*And thus we come to the final chapter in this scintillating narrative of seduction, betrayal, and deceit. Indeed, it has evolved out of a trilogy, but in deference to its origins, the title shall be kept.*
The day of the coronation arrived. Rejoicing vassals clamoured for their beloved prince outside the cloud cathedral. It was a [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Indefinite Trilogy: The Final Chapter
Posted in Creative Thread on January 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
All these things should make me happy…
Posted in Random Splurge Thread on January 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
… To be alone again.
Why is it that being alone is so hard? Once you’ve started dating – and I mean properly dating, not like ‘well I had sex with the same girl for a week’ kind of dating, but dating that actually involves an emotional connection between two people – it seems like you [...]
Review: Dan In Real Life
Posted in Review Thread on January 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Interesting and amusing, this film is an empathetic, laugh-out-loud character study, starring Steve Carell as the eponymous Dan, a newspaper columnist and widower, whose life revolves around his three teenage daughters. Arriving at the annual family reunion, he randomly meets a woman in a bookshop, played by Juliette Binoche, who he consequently cannot stop thinking [...]
Indefinite Trilogy: Part 3
Posted in Creative Thread on January 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »
… What of the prince himself? What was he doing while all around him people schemed? The truth was he, too, was plotting. What, I hear you cry, could the soon-to-be-crowned prince have to plot about? He wanted to destroy the entire cloud realm.Ever since he had been a little child, he had been [...]
Strike! Strike! Strike!
Posted in Random Splurge Thread on January 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I was reading on article online today about how the BAFTAs may become the most interesting film event this year. With the Golden Globes ceremony cancelled and the Oscars under threat due to the writers’ strike, the BAFTAs may be the only big English-speaking awards ceremony this year! Quite an exciting prospect, but its causes [...]
Review: I Am Legend
Posted in Review Thread on January 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In a market saturated with entirely action-based films, it is occasionally pleasant to come across a film that attempts to go deeper. For I Am Legend, its main strength lies not in its sudden scares but rather in its psychological delving into the mind of a man completely alone, in a city heaving with virally [...]
The Indefinite Trilogy: Part 2
Posted in Creative Thread on January 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
… They met secretly, in the dark chambers deep within the depths of their cloud mansions, and schemed. There were many ideas on the manner in which they could remain in power, ranging from the simple to the obscene to the downright deranged. Some were in favour of merely trying to influence the young prince’s [...]
The Winds of Change
Posted in Uncategorized on January 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I have decided, after my long absence, to completely reorganise my blog and give it some kind of structure.
There will be three sections (or more realistically three different ongoing topics – it won’t really be different sections within the blog, as I have no idea how to do this!):
1) The review thread, where I will [...]
