Zorac (zorac) wrote,
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Warm and fuzzy...

So, I went to see Hot Fuzz today, another excellent piece of it's-not-quite-a-spoof-it's-just-really-funny cinema from the team behind Shaun of the Dead and the ultimate fanboy sitcom, Spaced. The gentle comedy of the first half does a great job of setting up the full-on (albeit slightly silly) action movie second half. Pegg and Frost are on form as usual, and Timothy Dalton is clearly having far too much fun hamming things up, plus the who's who of British actors and comedians - Jim Broadbent, Bill Bailey, Steve Coogan and the seemingly obligatory Bill Nighy cameo. An unexpected bonus was having a lot of the film shot in the cathedral city of Wells, which is where my Gran lives, so I know it quite well. Many familiar sights - the best moment being a chase scene down the pathway which run's behind Granny's garden - it's a small world, after all.

In other news, my quest for a Wii remains entertainingly doomed. Bricks-and-mortar retails seem to be barely stifling amusement if you have the optimism to enquire if they have any in stock. As for online, I have found a nifty stock-checker-alerter website, but thus far the stock has only appeared either as part of a full-price bundle including a bunch of games I don't want, from shops which will only deliver to the registered credit card address, or exactly when I'm not online. Yes, I could reserve one, but I should have done that months ago, and do do so now would be just cheating! (I'm deliberately not reserving a PlayStation 3, because there's no way I'm paying that much for a games console).
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  • 3 comments

sophie10

February 18 2007, 15:52:36 UTC 14 years ago

I suspect you'll have to give up the idea of using a Wii to get fit...

:p

zorac

February 18 2007, 20:58:15 UTC 14 years ago

Oh, I don't know. Tramping all around Oxford trying to find one involves a fair bit of exercise...

sophie10

February 18 2007, 21:04:09 UTC 14 years ago

Tis true. I'm sure you'll manage to get one before Christmas.