Just a few bits and bobs before I write another proper entry.
No, we haven’t shipped yet; we’re still waiting on final definitive absolutely-the-last buglists from our test teams. Shouldn’t be long, but if they’re anything like the absolute-final-this-is-really-it buglists we’ve had before, they’ll be entirely composed of things they could have told us about weeks ago, or things that aren’t actually bugs.
I’m happy to discover Call Of Duty runs very nicely on my laptop – well enough to hold my own in an online team deathmatch, anyway. Given that it’s got graphics hardware that predates the Ark, I’m quietly impressed.
I’ve watched a couple of films I’ve been meaning to watch for ages. Insomnia isn’t as good as Memento, but that’s hardly surprising (Memento being, in my opinion, one of the best pieces of work ever committed to celluloid). What it is, though, is an excellent psychological thriller manner of thing; Robin Williams is a simply stunning actor when he’s not trying to be whacky or zany. And the opening shot of a plane flying over ice fields in Alaska is just incredible and made me want to go there, lots.
Donnie Darko made me go “Whu?” lots. I’m aware, in an abstract sort of way, that it was brilliant, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I’m just not entirely sure why. One to re-watch with the director’s commentary on, I think.
Only a couple left in the DVDs I’ve Bought But Never Watched pile now – Delicatessen is next, I think.
Delicatessen’s ace. Very quirky and slightly surreal – but I think you’ll like it.
I can’t believe you’ve only watched Donnie Darko recently… definitely one to watch with the commentary, but it gets better the more you watch it. After a while, you realise that it doesn’t need to make sense at all. I agree about Memento too – great film.