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I think it's by David Nicholls. From memory (read it about 5 years ago), it delved into uni life a bit more and all the things that you might get up to (cliches but pretty much spot on). Also focused a bit more on the relationship between the main guy (can't remember his name - James McAvoy) and his friends from back home in Essex.


One of my favourite books.

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Finally got round to watching Gran Torino last night. Well acted, and a couple of really funny moments of Clint being grumpy, but generally just a very predictable story.


On a more childish note, I watched The Incredibles for the first time over Christmas, and it's bloody great!

Watched Manhattan for the first time on Sunday. Have resisted long time because I find Woody Allen icky.


Overall I thought it was glorious - funny and clever and touching - but there was one scene with his big old man's hand on Mariel Hemingway's teenage shoulder that just made me feel icky all over again. Not sure I'll ever come to terms with him.

funnily enough I gave Manhattan a go at the weekend as well. I didn't last very long - I just find him unwatchable even tho parts of what I saw of the cinematography looked stunning. Switched off after 20 minutes - a rarity for me


I've seen Incredibles about 5 times however - love it

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> funnily enough I gave Manhattan a go at the

> weekend as well. I didn't last very long - I just

> find him unwatchable even tho parts of what I saw

> of the cinematography looked stunning. Switched

> off after 20 minutes - a rarity for me

>


The best bit of Manhattan is the opening sequence with the rising wail of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and that iconic shot of the 59th Street Bridge. That takes a whole full minute and THEN it's OK to switch off.

mockney piers Wrote:

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> I've a feeling that's a meme bob. I'm pretty sure

> I saw the same thing about another film. I'll hunt

> around.


Not sure I quite get what a 'meme' is?


Seems like a good one though, whatever it is. Avatar is Pocahontas.. only with more explosions.

I went to see Avatar solely for the special effects and I wasn't disappointed. I wasn't that interested in the plot, which is just as well. One of the trailers was for Tim Burton's 3D Alice in Wonderland with Johnny Depp as the Hatter - that looks like a magnificent "must see".

Glasses, yes - just not cardboard in red and green. Plastic - in slightly different hues. But the principle seems to be the same.


It does look 'pretty amazing', there's no denying it. But I found the bits that didn't quite work properly (issues with 3D around peripheral vision, for example) to be distracting and drew attention to themselves in a way that pulled me out of the supposedly immersive experience of watching a film.


The 3D effects seem to be divided into 'subtle' and 'look here's a 3D effect'.


If it was hardly any of the latter and mostly all of the former I might have enjoyed it more, unfortunately as it was, the whole 'experience' made me feel thoroughly queasy.. and only subsided when I took the things off.


Guess I'm just a 3D wuss.

plus you lose a lot of the palette when viewed in 3d


I'm with Mark kermode on the 3d thing - ie no thanks. And I'm a fully paid up gadgeteer who will extol the virtues of hi-def, resolution, sound etc etc. But 3d cinema/tv is currently an ahead-of-it's-time-yes-even-still gimmick which exists purely to bolster filmco profits and adds nothing to a movie


That may change one day but not yet

Yeah.. well I tried it and I say 'no thanks' too.


One of the nice things about the beeg screen is that you're free to cast your eye anywhere you want over a huge viewing area as whatever goes on in the foreground happends.


3D seems set-up to force your eye to the focal points 'they' want you to look at, which spoils the cinema experience somewhat.


Not to mention the very real possibility of landing a pizza on the head of the person sitting in front.

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