Saw 3 - will it be as good as the previous films?

I had seen a brief trailer for Saw 3 but it has appeared very quickly which is mainly because I haven't been paying that much attention.

Yesterday my girlfriend rushed up to me excitedly saying asking if I had seen the trailer and how she can't wait to go. Music to my ears.

I like the saw 3 films because firstly they are gruesome horror films which I like but they are also a tad more thoughtful and clever than the average horror film. Every scene you come to you are looking around trying to figure out what is going on, where's the trap, who is everyone. Things unfold in an unusual manner, you can't predict what is going to happen.

I think films where you don't know what is going to happen help to increase your enjoyment of the film because you are imagining different things are going to happen.

I have seen the first two saw films and really enjoyed them, I like the way you can put yourself in their shoes and think what would you do.

I have had a quick look on imdb and it all looks good, the review look very good but then people who have been on pre screening are probably all ready fans and especially if they have commented on it.

I thought I would put a link to my other blog Amusing IT Stories, if you want a laugh on IT and Office stuff go and have a look

Amusing IT Stories - 1st Edition - Get it while it's hot

I finally finished my first edition of Amusing IT Stories which is my new blog which is I finished early this morning. It took me a while but I think that it's pretty funny and has a lot of different small jokes.

It is (hopefully) an amusing fun Friday blog, with Stories, jokes and links about IT and the office in general.

Here is the link

Amusing IT Stories - 1st Edition - Get it while it's hot

go check it out and have a bit of laugh this Friday and please help me improve nexts weeks edition with some IT stories from somebody else and not just me.

Have you been seduced by a property porn show

whislt reading my MoneySavingExpert email, which is all about saving money like an expert. This week had a link to the fact the main man Marty had been on the BBC talking about the possibility of house prices going down.

This in many ways is quite a scary thought, especially as I have just brought a house, I thought they were just meant to keep going up and up. I have been thinking that for the past few years there is surely going to be a point where people have too much borrowed on their credit cards, inflation (oil, gas, water, electricity) all go up a bit and then interest rates on top of that, surely there will be some people who are going to be affected by this combination of factors. The danger is of course that once a few people start to go, housing demand drops and then off pop the lots of more. I think the biggest danger facing England is if credit cards take away the interest free promotions, woah there is going to be some people in trouble then.

Here is the link, he makes an interesting point, I suppose the constant showing of lovely houses on TV probably has had an affect and people see the impossibly lovely houses for cheap prices on TV shows and then they are up and moving. I like the fact he calls it property porn.

He makes a number of good points in the article, although he makes a few I don't agree with. The major problem is he says this is a myth

Not owning a house is a terrible thing for your finances

obviously his wording is a bit cheeky and he is avoiding the real issue if truth be told. Not owning house isn't bad for your finances but it isn't good for them because usually house prices go up and the longer you wait to jump on the bandwagon the bigger the mortgage you are going to have to borrow.

I like the point he mentions, just because a bank will lend it to you doesn't mean you can afford it, darn right, they will give you as much debt as you will take, it doesn't mean you can afford it.

It's an interesting article but of course the people with houses will disagree and the people without houses will agree.

don't forget to check out my new blog it's a funny blog about IT and the office and the first edition is this friday. I am looking for contributions from people so please please please email me any amusing stories and other stuff.

Old Boy film review

I watched the film old boy this month and the film was brilliant. I think it is a feature with lower budget foreign films because they don't have so much pressure from the finance people to make a tick all the boxes film. The film rolls along and you just haven't a clue what is going to happen next but it's fascinating.

The filming is great, it feels like you are watching the main character from somewhere in the room and observing him like some sort of scientist. The film is quite tricky to follow to start with but I think this mystery adds to the tension of the film because you don't know who to trust and how anyone is going to act.

I always like an unusual early part to a film and this film just starts with the main man in prison for 15 years, no explanation, no reason, just incarceration. How would you react, this was the question that was popping into my head but then we are all trapped in our routines of work really.

This film is one of my favourite types, a shock horror and very violent, which I also enjoy.

It gets a good score in IMDB, you can find information about the film here . I don't hold that much stock in the ratings and usually focus more on the reviews of people who watched the film.

I highly recommend the film and it was really gripping, I was only going to watch a bit because it started at midnight but I ended up watching the whole film.

I need your amusing IT stories and I need them now!

I yesterday decided to start a new blog based around amusing stories that happen to us ground soldiers of the IT industry. I will be posting some of stories which happened to me but I also need the help of other people in the IT industry, yes that's you people who are reading this.

I am hoping to create an funny blog which I will send out maybe once a week, maybe twice maybe more, depending on if people email me any amusing stories.

I am widening the net a bit to include office tales as well, mainly because our computers are usually placed in the office, allowing the computer people to observe the others doing weird things and being baffled by their computer.

here is the link to the site

Amusing IT Stories

I appreciate the first few month(s) it will be typing away trying to write something funny by my self. This would be made easier if just one person emailed me with an amusing story, go on, I know you have, everybody has an amusing story. Think if everyone emailed in one funny story we would have many funny stories to read and that my friends can only be good.

The first blog entry will be this Friday so don't forget to subscribe and go to the site this Friday.

The Departed - The best film this year

I watched The Departed this weekend which was a very enjoyable film and a lot better than most of the average Hollywood nonsense that clogs up the cinema.

The cast was full of big names, although a lot of the actors were big names rather than good actors. When I say big names I mean in a Tom Cruise mega star type of way. This big actors don't usually act that well in films but are handsome chaps and everyone knows that it's Cruise, DiCaprio, Matt Damon pretending to be who ever the main character is in the film, they aren't usually very believable but we were expecting.

The film got a few 3 star ratings in a few papers and I was slightly surprised by this but this might be because of the length, it's 2 and half hours long, which is too long for a film and they should just cut the film until it's 2 hours max, ideally films should be 1 hour 30 minutes of quality.

Jack Nicholson is in the film as the uber bad guy and is top notch. I like Nicholson and in this film he does all the things I like watching him for. He is amusing, a bit crazy, a bit calm/thoughtful and a bit evil. Nicholson is always entertaining in a film and this film is no exception.

I can't be bothered to talk about all the stars in the film so here is a list stolen from IMDB

	Leonardo DiCaprio	....	Billy Costigan
	Matt Damon	....	Colin Sullivan
	Jack Nicholson	....	Frank Costello
	Mark Wahlberg	....	Dignam
	Martin Sheen	....	Oliver Queenan
	Ray Winstone	....	Mr. French
	Vera Farmiga	....	Madolyn
	Anthony Anderson	....	Brown
	Alec Baldwin	....	Ellerby
	Kevin Corrigan	....	Cousin Sean

The film is based on the excellent Hong Kong film INFERNAL AFFAIRS. It is really the script that is the big winner, it starts off neat and fast but then brings in a completely new twist on the whole area of working under cover and the idea of a rat.

I won't ruin the story to much for you but it's interesting and clever and a good remake, with decent actors. Decaprio and Damon do okay for most of the film, they perhaps do a bit of over acting towards the end. It's actually quite odd how similar DeCaprio and Damon look, I don't know if this was done on purpose or what.

I think the dialogue is worth mentioning, Mark Walburg and Alec Baldwin do some excellent smarmy 90's cop bravado swearing and being the tough guy. It's some awesome macho bullshit in the classic TV cop way.

I would say that this is probably the best film I have seen this year (yes even better than snakes on a plane) and well worth going to the cinema for.

I would give it an give it an 8 of 10 for the films this year. If you were talking about all time, it would drop to a 7 but hey that's not bad.

From boy to man - my first use of the drill

I did my first bit of drilling round the home this weekend, wow, yes finally I am a real man.

Drilling is a fantastic experience, you have the drill in your hand, you can feel the destructive power.

I was only drilling a few holes for the flat pack drawers I was making but it felt exciting.

That's the thing with a drill, you buy the drill, bring the drill back home but then realize you haven't got a clue what to do with it, so then the drill sits snuggly in it's box, until you need to put a picture or assemble some flat pack stuff.

Saying that I might be putting up some curtains next week, so the drill might be making another appearance sooner rather than later

Play classic snes games online

Ever had a hankering to play some decent games where it gameplay over graphics.

how about wanting to go and complete the original Mario or play Double Dragon and dish out some violence.

Well these days you can fit a the whole snes game station into an applet (sort of) and you can now play all the old classics online.

here's the link

http://vnes.thatsanderskid.com/

There is also a bit of Paperboy or one of my all time favorites Legend of Zelda

If you like laughing and funny podcasts then check out my amusing podcast

http://hoskshalfhour.blogspot.com/

it's an amusing mix of standup comedy, sketches, music and funny things on the web

ill behavior

I haven't written for a while, one of the reasons is because I am lazy sod and the other was because I had this crazy virus which meant I didn't do a solid poo for 14 - 15 days, in fact I am not sure if I have done one yet.

Through my illness I lost 5 or 6 pounds, which is a fairly effective dietary regime. I often wondered that perhaps in the future people will sell a mild form of illness which will allow people to lose weight at a rapid speed.

anyway I am back and slowly getting fitter, although I am aching quite a lot everytime I do some sport at the moment.

We had the TKD yearly recruitment drive, which means we have to do a demo at the student freshers week to entice the fresh faced youths to join up. The first few lessons are a bit of a drag but at the moment as I didn't go for a while it's probably just what I need.