Three Quarters- Almost There But Not Quite..

Hahahaha. This show has the most ridiculous plotline ever. So ridiculous that I have to post it here. From the makers of Shaun of the Dead, it stars Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent (!) and Timothy Dalton (I thought he looked familiar!!). So the story goes ya: one hot-shot PC from the London Met Force, a bumbling sidekick, an armament of weaponry, a towering giant, seemingly innocent (but are they really ) villagers, murders ala Scream Style and a no-holds barred shootout. All this over the Village of the Year award. You gotta watch it to believe it. But as with Shaun of the Dead, all suspension of logic and reality is advised. For a movie set in such idyllic setting- there's surely lots of blood involved. And Wiki tells me that this is their second film in their "Blood and Ice Cream" trilogy: Each film will feature a Cornetto ice cream. I'm loving all things Engrand at the moment, with the fabulous The Streets. Lurve lurve the tongue-in-cheek-lyrics! Night Nig...

Andrew called me at 5.30 pm asking if I would like to watch the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra tonight at 8 pm because he's got 2 free tickets courtesy of his lovely sister. Whom I have yet to meet, but love already. Tonight's program is Sibelius (The Oceanides), Bernstein's (Plato's Symposium) and Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, also known as From the New World. Sibelius's piece was.. interesting. It reminded me of the ocean, and rolling tides. Which apparently, according to Andrew, is characteristic of him- long phrasings that takes time to build up to nothing really. Bernstein's piece was actually quite good- it's a violin concerto and the soloist was playing a 300 year old Stradivarius. It started out beautifully but it sort of lost me halfway unfortunately. But I thought the inspiration for the piece was quite interesting- it was based on Plato's Symposium . But the highlight, I have to admit was Dvorak's Symphony. It was the first time I've hear...