very un-dude: February 2009

This is cool.

Paper Plane

Books I have read

Weeping Women Hotel - Alexi Sayle (funny guh huh)
Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell (a fine read)
Lost City of the Incas - Hiram Bingham (mostly very interesting - all the more so that i had just clambered over alot of the ruins mentioned).
A Spot Of Bother - Mark Haddon (made me laugh out loud - mostly in public)
The Long Goodbye - Raymond Chandler (his best in my humble opinion)
Laughter In The Dark - Vladimir Nabokov (Mwah!)
The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins (Beard of Zues - Its a fine read!)
In Patagonia - Bruce Chatwin
The Gum Thief - Douglas Coupland
The 39 Steps - John Buchan
South America on Shoestring - Lonely Planet
Argentina - Lonely Planet

Films I have seen while away

Ultraviolet - Awful Awful Awful
Apocalypto - Nice work Mel
V for Vendetta (V good)
Jumper (Short and Shit)
The Assasination of Jesse James... (Long and Shit)
Spiderman 3 - hmmm...only ok and only cos i had time to kill
Babel - nicely shot, but a bit long winded if you ask me.
No Country For Old Men - Amazing return to form for the Coen Brothers.
Rambo 4 - ok. i´ll confess. i liked it
Shrek 3 - one too many
Transformers - not bad for a bus ride
Bad Boys 2 - in Spanish and i was grateful for that
Half Past Dead - in Spanish, but who needs to hear words when Steven Segal is kicking ass
Pirates of the Carribean 3 - mas o menos
Two thirds of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
The Bucket List - Pretty darn good
Daddy Day Camp - jeez....
Lions for Lambs - a fine, fine film
300 - a bit good
You, Me and Dupree - a bit lame
Norbit - Awful - not just cos it was in spanish
American Gangster (brilliant - apart from 4 yr old kid screaming at key moments)
The Guardian (Kevin Costner and Ashton Kucher vehicle) (awful)
Butterfly on a Wheel
El Bourne: Ultimatum
Reservoir Dogs
Simpsons Movie
Shooter
In Pursuit of Happiness (twice in once bus journey - bloody awful)

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