Yeah yeah...

I realize how much of a crappy blogger I am. It's dubious if I can call myself a blogger at all. But I try, sometimes, I really do. Not most of the time, but still.

On a brighter note, let me give a quick update of things I've watched/read in the recent past (in no particular order):

Movies:

1. Inception - I'm sure if my friends didn't build up my expectations so high, I would have found this movie a lot more impressive. As it is, I still think it's a very enjoyable movie, and the rules and logic of the dream world are pretty delicious to analyze. But there are also holes in the story and loose ends are not as neatly tied up as they should be. Also, one of my friends complained the movie was unnecessarily long. Some of the fight scenes in the snow did not add to the story and could have been cut. I have no problems with violent, creative fight scenes but I do see her point. But then I also have no problems with overly long movies.
2. Wild Target - See, no one built up my expectations for this movie. And it turned out to be great. Well, I kind of randomly stumbled on it and got hooked due to the cast. Bill Nighy (Davy Jones from Pirates of the Caribbean)plays a by-the-books 55-year-old assassin, Emily Blunt is his free-spirited target with no morals, Rupert Grint (of Harry Potter's Ron Weasley fame) is a clueless young man who fumbles into the act and Martin Freeman (from A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and more recently, Dr. Watson from the BBC-produced Sherlock) is the creepily smiling secondary assassin with absolutely no gravitas. This thing is a comedy, don't get me wrong. The plot isn't all that important; what matters is these quirky characters come together and thin
3. Toy Story 3 - Need I say more? Pixar, Woody and Buzz Lightyear. Hmm... strawberries.

This is only violently outdated. I do apologize.