It’s amazing how much clarity a beer can bring.
I’ve decided that the meaning of life is this; you work hard trying to make your life a positive one, you do what you think is right, you work hard and you stay out of trouble. But then trouble finds you, and it’s unavoidable. It can come in all shapes and sizes, small or big people, cars or websites. So basically, whatever you do in life will be undone by the most trivial things. Rinse and repeat.
“Today sucks. Today is a sucky day.” (Popeski, 2006)
dan Jibber Jabber beer, life
So I went to see The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift last night, expecting it to be a travesty of a film and guess what? Yes, that’s right, it wasn’t. As far as acting goes, it’s not exactly up there with Amelie, in the lead role you’ve got Caleb from American Gothic (though no longer about ten years old, but with the same odd accent) and an odd supporting role from Lil’ Bow Wow (who I might add is alright really).
Acting aside, I’d argue the real stars are the cars, which are so ludicrously over the top it has a kind of reverse effect of not actually seeming that stupid (apart from Lil’ Bow Wow’s car, that’s just wrong). If you can forgive the first hour’s mindless crashing and trashing (I whinced, more than once) of some sweet little motors, then you’ll thoroughly enjoy the next forty-odd minutes worth of “drifting”.
So, to conclude, if you’re after a fun film to watch that doesn’t require any thinking power whatsoever then I’d gladly recommend this. It’s harmless, and not as bad as those boring wannabe film-bores might suggest.
I would give this film 6/10, terrible acting but good entertainment, Japanese women are hot and the soundtrack is awesome.
dan Reviews
11 things to do when your hosting dies for 11 hours.
- Organise a charity football event for low-paid health workers
- Eat a lot of pizzas. Weigh yourself before and after.
- Write a Shakespearian soliloquay and perform it before some elderly welsh fisherman.
- Watch Big Brother.
- Write numerous complaint emails, before realising they’re not going to get there for a while.
- Swear repeatedly at Firefox’s ‘Site not found’ message.
- Think of a great idea for a new business, then forget it the second the hosting is fixed.
- Find a friend with the same hosting package down, and whinge with them.
- Rent a bouncy castle. Jump on it.
- Watch the Godfather trilogy, and then play the game for two hours.
- Plan revenge against someone who has once done you wrong.
I hope this proves helpful to someone in the future.
dan Jibber Jabber
Which got me thinking, this is probably going to be the first birthday that doesn’t fall close to my car tax running out. So for once, I’m not going to end up with car tax for my birthday.
So what shall I get? Shall I get me some money, spend it all on penny sweets and football stickers? Or shall I get a load of nice new clothes from the NEXT catalogue, and then promptly just wear them for work because that’s about all I seem to be doing these days?
Or, shall I go for the surprise late entry, spending it all on booze and strippers in a single night of debauchery.
Answers on a postcard.
dan Jibber Jabber
