One Zombie in a Billion

Is it just me or does Nolan’s Joker look more like Tim Burton style than the one in the 1989 batman movie? The makeup is very reminiscent of Beetlejuice.

Okay I’ve been listening to the Crow soundtrack again, some new arts to go with.

Think I’ve abused that brush pen with a fill-in for the last time.

So after a great movie night of Casino Royale and Pulse, tonight I’m gonna hit the books.

Of the movies in question Royale was the strongest, Craig makes a fine Bond with a far more fleshed out character (who owes more than his blond hair to Jack Bauer) the story was fantastic and a welcome departure from the doomsday mcguffin that weighed down the later James Bond movies.
It was a little strange to hear Eva Green with an English accent, but I thought she did a wonderful job as Vesper Lynd and between her and Craig, they really sold the horror of Bond’s work. I really look forward to seeing where this series goes.

Pulse was alright, Kristen Bell is always lovely to look at, but story wise it fell flat. Like a lot of the Japanese to American horror films — this one was Kairo in Japan — they eschew the social subtext and bring shock after shock, which are telegraphed to the point that I wonder when blank space and foreboding music ever led to a viewer being shocked. There’s some excellent cg work though that really pops, so that helps.

Now onto the stock pile of books, in my current pile:

• Layout — Gavin Ambrose, Paul Harris
• Nemesis The warlock
• Strontium Dog
• Lunar Park — Bret Easton Ellis
• Geometry of Design — Kimberley Elam

Somewhere between all that I need to design this place…

After three weeks of waiting I finally got my hands on Clerks 2 premiere tickets!

Coupled with my Art School Confidential tickets, this year’s film festival is looking sweet.