Classic!!

I've been hearing this song a lot lately!! Completely forgot about The Verve, and of course everyone knows Bittersweet Symphony which is great, but this has to be my favourite song from them! Makes me a little emotional! :(

LISBOA 2009!!!!!

I have just come back from an 8 day holiday in Portugal with Miss Rachie-Pie @ Leopard Print and Lace, and Miss Hood and Proper! It was soooooo much fun!!! Just being out of London and being somewhere totally different was just amazing! I did think that NY was one of my favourite Holidays, but because it was so similar to London means that i didnt really experience anything 'new'!! Like Morocco and Nigeria, Portugal has lovely weather, beaches, culture, food and people!! and I hope that i'll get to visit there again soon!! It was also a cheap place (cheaper than LDN anyway) to live!! As per usual I over spent, on food and clothes, which means there were numerous trips to a Millenium cashpoint!!!

Aaaaaaaah Lisboa!!

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Drag Me to Hell????

Long time....no post!! Well I have been caught up in a whirlwind of assignments and trying to finish uni, having amazing vacays in Portugal/NYC, which means I have been slacking on my blogging duties. But seeing as this is my form of release, which none of my friends would care to listen to for long enough, and neither would I be selfish enough to subject them to a rant about films, means that I had to do a 'small' post about something.

Director Sam Raimi's work ranges from his groundbreaking cult horror classics, to his success in superhero mega stardom, then back again to his roots in a film I saw yesterday Drag Me To Hell.

Now this was much anticipated by me, just because I knew what Raimi had done before and although I'm not a huge fan of the Evil Dead films, I thought he would come along and show all these slasher/gorey filmmaker newbies like James Wan (Saw), and Eli Roth (Hostel) how its supposed to be done, but also bring something new to the game!!

I loved the Spiderman films, and always thought it good that a guy from a low-budget horror background, could make such great blockbuster movies. Anywho, I went in seeing the film not consciously expecting too much, but just to be scared stupid. But within the first 5 minutes I remember why I disliked the Evil Dead films (which I don't know why slipped out of my memory). The gory slapstick horror genre, never particularly 'got me going' and it didn't this time! With my bff jumping and screaming every 5 mins next to me, and her brother on the other side shouting 'oh my days, this is peng!' (East end slang for, 'oh my, this film is very good!), I realised that maybe I was subconsciously expecting too much, and in the end Raimi gave audiences what they should have been expecting when going in to see one of his horror movies, not a psychological horror that I personally would enjoy & which would make me sleep with one eye open. But something with 'big moments' intended to scare (but it was so obvious when they were coming), basically a simple minded horror film, or as the London Paper described it, a 'horror film for dummies'.

Although I wasn't thrilled, the film knew not to take itself too seriously,which was evident in the laughter of the audience, the odd person taking the piss and shouting out 'behind you', to an old lady drooling on your face, a dodgy Asian psychic, projectile nose bleeds!! Not my cup of tea!!!

Now to think of it, the only one who seemed out of sorts in the movie was the boyfriend played by Justin Long (loved Jeepers Creepers), I cant think of one moment when he was part of a gag, or had a metaphorical sly wink to the camera, it was almost as if he was in a separate film!


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