William Goodall's Blog

Haywire

William_T_Goodall — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:22:30 +0000

Saw Haywire today. Gina Carano is a credible action star and the rest of the stellar cast comported themselves skilfully. The plot and the script are a bit perfunctory, simply sketching in motivation for the bone-crunching and convincing action scenes. I was the only person in the screening, on the last day of the film at that complex. Underworld: Awakening (3D) is back for another week.

Underworld: Awakening (3D)

William_T_Goodall — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:27:37 +0000

More action, less mythology. Kate Beckinsale still brings it. Better than the third one. 3D doesn’t add much. Clearly looking for another sequel if this one is successful.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

William_T_Goodall — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:57:25 +0000

Today I saw the David Fincher version of the film of the book. I think it is slightly better than the Swedish version although I still prefer Noomi Rapace’s take on Lisbeth Salandar to Rooney Mara’s.

Album of the year, 2011

William_T_Goodall — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:54:55 +0000

Last year it was this. This year I liked

best. And I saw them play live and they rocked.

Christmas Day

William_T_Goodall — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 22:00:14 +0000

Presents.

I didn’t photograph the prawn cocktail/turkey/trifle dinner. It was very good.

More Amazon Food

William_T_Goodall — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:49:56 +0000

Free delivery.

Punjabi Choley and pea soup with pork sausage. The ‘Do Not Split’ stickers are amusing

Lacuna Coil & Straight Line Stitch, Aberdeen

William_T_Goodall — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:38:21 +0000

Saw Lacuna Coil and Straight Line Stitch at the Lemon Tree. Doors 7:30, I got a front centre standing position at the barrier. 8:30 Straight Line Stitch came on and played an energetic half-hour set. It was being filmed. Alexis Brown was in good form, singing well and bouncing around the cramped stage area like a spring. Near enough to touch (as some people on either side of me did). 9:00 and Lacuna Coil came on and played for an hour before taking the encore break. Then back on until 10:30. Or thereabouts. They had more stage room and slightly better sound than SLS (as usual for the headliner). Cristina Scabbia is very tiny.

Amazon Groceries

William_T_Goodall — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:45:39 +0000

Bought some food from Amazon’s grocery department. Free delivery.

That’s spinach and cottage cheese curry and pickled cucumber soup. Delicious!

New Tassimo

William_T_Goodall — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:43:25 +0000

The old one died (the scanner couldn’t read any barcodes) so it got replaced with this one:

New Phone

William_T_Goodall — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:42:02 +0000

A £15 replacement for the £19.95 Motorola I’ve been using for the last six years or so (the battery was beginning to fade). Just transferred the PAYG SIM over and there was my credit and numbers all ready to use. That’s the third handset the SIM has been in. It started around 2002 in a big brick of a Philips that cost £19.95. The Samsung does over two weeks between charges.