Dunbar Film

Tonight’s showing is of the Sci-Fi hit, District-9.

Be there or be a large gloopy green mess of alien.

How good is The Social Network?

Well, it’s only my opinion, but it’s very good indeed.

The casting is perfect, the frailties of humanity disected and examined under a microscope very gently and even the most difficult characters have a sympathetic edge.

Zippy dialogue, great structure, moving and funny.  For me, A-.

Check it out.

It’s a great quote, that one on the poster.

Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely, a nice theme for a movie.

I love social networking, in spite of all the reservations I held about it in the beginning.

It’s allowed me to get to know a wide range of wonderful authors and people associated with writing, given me a platform upon which to stand to sell my words and has allowed me to get in touch with friends long since lost on life’s highways.

For those of you out there thinking it’s all about hearing about neighbours putting out washing or being told what their best friend’s having for tea, to my way of thinking you’re missing the point entirely.  Your loss.

I guess the fact that your here, though, means you like to dip in your toe from time to time.  Good for you.

And it’s the subject of this week’s film (Friday 30 th, 8 o’clock, Hallhill, all welcome, £5 for a ticket on the door).

I’ve not seen it, but I’m very much looking forward to it.

Maybe I’ll see you there.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1285016/

nigel

Hi.

So what can I tell you about Scott Pilgrim Versus The World?

Not much, other than it’s our next film, coming this Friday (8pm, Hallhill, £5 for non-members, feel free to bring in a drink from the bar…).  That and the starring role is taken by Michael Cera.  Mr Cera made a great impression on me in a previous film society showin, Juno.  He was the geeky dork I often feel like inside (and that might go for lots of us) though unlike me in my teenage years he has wisdom and musical talent and the most gorgeous of girlfriends.

Anyway, the in a nutshell on Scott Pilgrim is ‘Scott Pilgrim must defeat his new girlfriend’s seven evil exes in order to win her heart.’

I’m hoping to hell that he creams them all.

See you there,

nigel