Sep. 29th, 2010

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Forgot this one in the general rush to get it actually read in time for book club. I first read it a while after it came out. I'm starting to realise that Myers-Briggsing as an introvert (*) isn't good for prompt receipt of new and interesting books, and by the time I'd read it I was already slumming it in a rusty rat-infested caravan in rural Oxfordshire due to lack of "proper jobs". But I was still young enough to appreciate it all without cynicism, I guess. Whereas now the main characters are fairly slappable, and I can no longer remember whether Coupland is a shrewd observer or whether I just started living the book. It doesn't really matter - I did enjoy it and get a lot out of it, and will almost certainly read it in 10 years time with even more of the wry and slightly smug, slightly relieved benefit of hindsight that now lets me smile benignly on 20-something women who "will do anything by my maaaaaan - he's the one who made me what I am".

The footnotes were great, actually, whereas the story was by necessity slight. But it was sharply observed and well-written, and made me remember why I liked Coupland in the first place. It's probably a classic, and should be compulsory reading at 15, 25 and 35.


* see '101ism'
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Book review = "Abe Lincoln - vampire slayer" (Seth Grahame Smith). I only picked this up because I recognised the name from bookclub, and to be frank, I was expecting it to be a bit shit. But it wasn't. As I know nothing much about Abe Lincoln, I can only say that it seemed credible enough, and seemed a good imitation of a history book (I don't know much about these either :)). But best of all, it was a good story and I enjoyed it. Would probably recommend.

Film review - Resident Evil 3D. Again, much much better than I expected. That'll teach me for reading the Guardian reviews. I liked the fact that Milla Jovovich seemed (within the confines of film concepts of mature women) more grown up and comfortable, and less airbrushed. She's always appealing, let's face it, but she actually made an action heroine that I admired. The plot was just about enough for such a film, and the 3D-ness was quite good. The only complaint was that after a while there were so many ripoffs of nods to "28 Days Later" that I was starting to mental reframe the timelapse captions as 28/7 of a year later. They'd actually put 3D effects to good use, rather than make a film and 3Dify it. And yet again, they left room for a sequel ;)

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