Library Thing
August 20th, 2006
Via Sinéad, I have just become addicted to Library Thing. Its like a last.fm for books - catalogue all of your books, rate them, review them if you have time, and browse other catalogues. RSS feeds, tags, recommendations, and all that stuff included. My brand new account is here - so far I only just added whats within physical reach of me at the moment - will get around to the bulk of my collection hopefully next weekend. I can see myself wasting thousands of hours on this as I try to get every book cover right and all the ratings in place. The downside for my friends and family is I won’t be giving away any of my books when I finish them anymore, because from now on I’ll have to keep my catalogue in tact.
In other news, I was very impressed by Snakes on a Plane. I have never seen a film that takes the piss out of itself so thoroughly. I’m sure there are people who will consider every scene a classic. I hate when people refer to a movie as being “fun” but thats probably the best word to describe the appeal of this film… I would compare it to Dog Soldiers in that respect. I was pleased to see Todd Louiso had a part, following his recent role in Thank You For Smoking… I think he’s hilarious ever since his perfect performance as Dick, the record store nerd in High Fidelity, which constituted one half of the best comedy double-act ever, with Jack Black.
Speaking of the great JB, I also went to see Nacho Libre - very much a cross between School of Rock and Napoleon Dynamite. Not as entertaining as Snakes, but plenty of laughs if you think its funny to see Jack Black prancing around doing his thing. Some cringeworthy acting from the little orphans… my dog could do a better Mexican accent. Great soundtrack though, and I’ll agree with Hi-Fi Popcorn about the peculiar track “Real Religious Man” being the highlight.
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August 20th, 2006 at 18:44 pm
I wasn’t overly impressed with Nacho Libre, funny while watching but forgetable. Apart from the Real Religous Man song though. That was fantastic.
August 20th, 2006 at 19:53 pm
Agreed, I had got the feeling that it was going to be underwhelming from the trailer, so it was as I expected.
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