Monthly Archives: September 2011

Sex and the City

Mr W couldn’t believe that I’d never watched SATC so he obtained it for me and I’ve been making my way through the seasons over the last few weeks. I’m completely hooked. I love everything about it: the fashion, the characters and the city of New York. There’s a bit of every character in me. Above all I’m very happy to be watching something where strong women and their friendships take centre stage.

4 Jan 2012
Having now seen the films, I’m particularly pleased that Carrie, the main character, is child free and living a fabulous life. You just don’t see enough of that on mainstream TV.

Limitless

This film looks stunning, has Bradley Cooper, De Niro and Beth the lesbian from Brookside in it. What more do you need?

The Hangover & The Social Network

The Hangover is a great film to watch when you have a hangover, which tends to be the state of affairs on a Saturday daytime. I loved this film. It was so silly and just what I needed yesterday afternoon. One of the best parts was when Mike Tyson makes the guys listen to his favourite part of the song In The Air by Phil Collins:

I’ve been listening to In The Air on Spotify this morning and giggling.

EDIT (27 Nov 11): I hadn’t seen this before but In The Air has another comedy incarnation – The 2007 Cadbury advert:

Yesterday I also watched The Social Network. It was very enjoyable; it was fast paced, I had to concentrate to follow all the dialogue (a good thing) and I liked how unusually unlikeable the characters were. But the fact that Facebook was created by shallow, dysfunctional people only confirms my own negative thoughts about Facebook: I feel shallow and dysfunctional when I spend too much time on it.