Diary of an up and coming sociopath

Nikki and I went to see Closer this evening (well, night) against the advice of both of our siblings. Clearly, they don’t know what they’re talking about because it was an excellent film that’s worth downloading, if not buying. We saw it at the Odeon in Coventry though. The film had barely started when Nikki managed to explode her entire packet of dolly mixtures over he surrounding area, resulting in a mad scramble for dignity and the faint smell of licorice accompanying the rest of the film. Gave us a good laugh, though.

Not that the film didn’t; in fact, it’s pretty damn funny when it’s trying. It’s set in London, which gave me the new (to me) experience of going “hey, I know where that is!” as they sauntered past various locations. They were walking along the Thames once or twice and I kind of hoped to see where I worked, but alas, the closest I got was seeing what I suspect was Southwark bridge in the background, that being the next one down from London Bridge.

It’s probably a bit of a “couple” film, especially if yo’re the kind of couple that enjoys seeing natalie portman dance around in the nude. Even a significant portion of film being devoted to Julia Roberts didn’t ruin it for me. I’m not too inclined to do an in-depth review of it, mainly because it’s got pretty dense subject matter. Trying to talk about why it was good would just end up making me sound either stupid or pretentious, and i’ve no interest in making it that easy. To merely say that it’s probably quite realistic in its handling of relationships and love in a way that most films aren’t should be enough to let you know if you’ll like it or not. It’s just that kind of film.

I was kind of surprised to see it got only a 15 certificate given the proliferation of the word “cunt” and the quite heavy sexual descriptions that were present, even if there wasn’t much in the way of depiction.

By comparison, in the afternoon we watched “Meet the Fockers” which is the sequel to “Meet the Parents” and contains about 15% identical jokes, a few plays on the fact that the word “Focker” sounds a bit like “Fucker” and jokes to which you can apply the general template of “Robert De Niro’s character is so uptight and we are incredibly liberal.”

Except the part where the cat was sodomised by the dog.

Still, not the worst film I’ve seen by a long shot. Far better than it could’ve been, but I’m maybe most glad I saw it for free instad of paying, and saved my money for a more deserving film in the afternoon.

Well. on to less trivial things. Like, my finances. So much, I think I can safely say, for that excellent plan to keep spending down in the latter half of the month. Less than a week until I get paid again, and I’ve managed to buy in the last two days:

Can of Fanta: £0.50
2 Garbage tickets for June: £60
Petrol to drive back home: £12
Cinema Tickets: £10.40
Cost for Friday/Saturday: £82.90
Cumulative Cost: £897.69

I’m also being incredibly generous and not including a £40 gas bill cheque because the money hasn’t actually left my account yet. I’ll have to pay for some petrol tomorrow as well, and then some shopping on monday. Then a travel card. So, looking at it like that, the smallest victory I can claim will be if I don’t spend money on Wednesday and Thursday. As they might say in an episode of ExcelSaga:

Today’s Experiment……Failed.