Don't bother watching 'Milwaukee, Minnesota'
Friday night we were guests at Emma and James's pad for some pizza and poker. I must confess I had no real interest in playing poker thinking that betting with cards would be an evil vice that would be more addictive than free cocaine. But the buzz of having a good hand, betting with a little strategy really stroked the ego. Playing for real money maybe awhile away but sign me up for more!
Our thrifty plan to save money for our Japan holiday continued with a pair of DVD's rented for Saturday night. Though, just hours earlier I threw caution in the wind and bought a pair of special edition Adidas Forest Hills trainers. I did need some trainers and they do look the cat's pyjamas (I'm still looking to see if anyone sells pyjamas for cats though would be certain that 8 out of 10 cats would choose a design of 3 red strips, a silver outer and blue highlights). Oh, and HMV robbed me for the purchase of Evil 9's Y4K mix and some Ibiza style sunset mix CD.
Anyway, DVD's hired were:
Milwaukee, Minnesota
I'm always skeptical about films I've never heard of, read reviews or even had press coverage on but I also like to find anything that might have been overlooked and find a cult piece to rave about. The cover looked convincing as it had received awards from some independent film festivals (I'm sure it was Sundance but thinking about it now I think it was some remote Canadian film festival). Reading the plot summary caused some interest "Albert is a championship ice fisherman, but his fortunes begin to change when his mother is killed. Tuey, her brother Stan, and traveling salesman Jerry James are new in town, and all see a financial opportunity in the vulnerable fisherman. " (from Amazon)
Albert, the main character is 'special' and either had a learning disability or had been looked after his mother far too long, but could 'hear' fish talk so he could catch them. He'd won loads of competitions with huge prizes but seemed that his mum had managed it all without him spending it (or rather too simple to want to spend it). She dies, a few more characters become interested in his money or his well-being and a story of comedy, character portrayal and sentiment unfolds. Bollox! We switched it off after 30 minutes, humour hardly registered off the zero mark with no interesting situations, phrases or banter.
Kiki's Special Delivery
Next visual feast was another Miyazumi/Ghibli (Spirited Away) film although it did sound like a porn/drug flick with Kiki delivering special aural pleasures. There were similarities to this saucy prediction i.e. a young girl called Kiki helping a community with her special, magical skills plus she had a cute pussy called Gigi. However, it was a 14 year old girl who was a witch and a black cat called Gigi. All quite fun and innocent stuff except that her skirt did rise a few more times than necessary which would excite a few pervvy Japanese old men. Interesting fact was that Kirstin Dunst (Spiderman, Wimbledon etc.) voiced Kiki back in the late 1980's. Saying that, I wish I'd watched it with the Japanese voices and English subtitles as her voice was so squealy. Overall, it was okay with Spirited Away being the better of the bunch (though still a few to go yet) with Gigi the cat being the favourite character.
Sunday was spent cycling over to Town Quay, Southampton and eating lunch there. Kerry had mussels which I tried. It didn't convert me to rubbery salt tasting fish weirdness. Looks like I'll have very little choice in Japan!
Our thrifty plan to save money for our Japan holiday continued with a pair of DVD's rented for Saturday night. Though, just hours earlier I threw caution in the wind and bought a pair of special edition Adidas Forest Hills trainers. I did need some trainers and they do look the cat's pyjamas (I'm still looking to see if anyone sells pyjamas for cats though would be certain that 8 out of 10 cats would choose a design of 3 red strips, a silver outer and blue highlights). Oh, and HMV robbed me for the purchase of Evil 9's Y4K mix and some Ibiza style sunset mix CD.
Anyway, DVD's hired were:
Milwaukee, Minnesota
I'm always skeptical about films I've never heard of, read reviews or even had press coverage on but I also like to find anything that might have been overlooked and find a cult piece to rave about. The cover looked convincing as it had received awards from some independent film festivals (I'm sure it was Sundance but thinking about it now I think it was some remote Canadian film festival). Reading the plot summary caused some interest "Albert is a championship ice fisherman, but his fortunes begin to change when his mother is killed. Tuey, her brother Stan, and traveling salesman Jerry James are new in town, and all see a financial opportunity in the vulnerable fisherman. " (from Amazon)
Albert, the main character is 'special' and either had a learning disability or had been looked after his mother far too long, but could 'hear' fish talk so he could catch them. He'd won loads of competitions with huge prizes but seemed that his mum had managed it all without him spending it (or rather too simple to want to spend it). She dies, a few more characters become interested in his money or his well-being and a story of comedy, character portrayal and sentiment unfolds. Bollox! We switched it off after 30 minutes, humour hardly registered off the zero mark with no interesting situations, phrases or banter.
Kiki's Special Delivery
Next visual feast was another Miyazumi/Ghibli (Spirited Away) film although it did sound like a porn/drug flick with Kiki delivering special aural pleasures. There were similarities to this saucy prediction i.e. a young girl called Kiki helping a community with her special, magical skills plus she had a cute pussy called Gigi. However, it was a 14 year old girl who was a witch and a black cat called Gigi. All quite fun and innocent stuff except that her skirt did rise a few more times than necessary which would excite a few pervvy Japanese old men. Interesting fact was that Kirstin Dunst (Spiderman, Wimbledon etc.) voiced Kiki back in the late 1980's. Saying that, I wish I'd watched it with the Japanese voices and English subtitles as her voice was so squealy. Overall, it was okay with Spirited Away being the better of the bunch (though still a few to go yet) with Gigi the cat being the favourite character.
Sunday was spent cycling over to Town Quay, Southampton and eating lunch there. Kerry had mussels which I tried. It didn't convert me to rubbery salt tasting fish weirdness. Looks like I'll have very little choice in Japan!
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