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[williamjm]

On Saturday I went down to London. In the afternoon I met up with dsky and kalorlo and we went to see [i]The Dark Knight[/i] at the cinema. It was a very good film, I'm considering saying it's the best superhero film yet. I thought Ledger's Joker was one of the more memorable screen villains I've seen (I'm currently trying to decide whether he's the best so far this year, possibly Anton Chigruh is more effective because he seems so unstoppable) and a very impressive piece of acting (I don't think I would have realised who the actor was if I hadn't already known it was so different to his past roles). It did feel like a very long film, the pace is fairly relentless from the start, but I don't think it was too long, there weren't really any unnecessary scenes that I can think of. I particularly liked the tense scenes with the two ferries especially the "I'm going to do what you should have done ten minutes ago" bit. The [i]Heat[/i]-like opening bank heist was very good as well. I could make some small criticisms, some of the supporting characters weren't given much airtime, it was sometimes a bit predictable (especially bits of Two-Face's story arc) and although it was an intelligent film I'm not sure it really said anything that wasn't fairly obvious. That said, I don't think there were any serious flaws in the film and I think I'll probably go see it again at the cinema sometime. I'm also curious to see what they'll do for the next film, it's difficult to see where the franchise will go next.

The film finished about 5:30 which coincidentally was about the right time to wander down to the Leicester Square area and meet up with isis_newton, podrick, slickmongoose, tom_foster, Conor, Eloisa, Eloisa's boyfriend[1], Snowleo and Snowleo's boyfriend. It was good fun, although the pub was maybe a bit too hot and stuffy to be entirely comfortable - when the person visiting from Utah is complaining about the heat you can tell it's a bit warm (although their complaint was more about the humidity).

Today was also too hot, at least in my flat. Due to the lack of any wind opening the windows didn't really cool it down much and allowed lots of insects to fly in and congregate around any lights that were on, although fortunately they seem to have mostly flown out again. Naturally, despite it being hot and sunny most of the day when I did go outside briefly there was a sudden thunderstorm complete with moderately heavy rain. I suspect my work colleagues who were doing a London-to-Cambridge charity bike rider did not particularly appreciate today's weather.

[1] Eloisa's boyfriend (whose name I've now forgotten) may be about the geekiest person I've met (which I'm sure he would take as a compliment), given the competition I think this is quite an impressive achievement. In an odd coincidence, we found out that he had just started a new job which happened to be the same job in a game store next the British Museum that werthead turned down earlier this month - it's a small world.

Comments

[isis-newton.livejournal.com]

I think it is fair to say that we were all outgeeked that day. Shame on us.

That day will live in infamy...

[werthead.livejournal.com]

Someone geekier than me came out?

Impossible.

[williamjm.livejournal.com]

I think if you had shown up you would definitely have been outgeeked as well, unless you've been hiding some extra geekiness in reserve for just such an occasion.