About 6 months ago I started looking at a new car. My last car was a Seat Ibiza Fr, this was a sporty version of the Ibiza, I had the diesel version. It was economical, cheap tax, low insurance cost and it was pretty sprightly which is the reason I bought it. I’m now a few years older and decided I wanted something a bit more grown up. I had a few ground rules of what I wanted as well. I wanted something with a bigger boot, 5 doors rather than 3 (it has always been a nightmare to get people in the back of my Ibiza), fairly economical, not ridiculous to insure or tax but most importantly I wanted something that I’d enjoy driving and I wanted it to stand out from the normal ‘boxes’ on the road. I love driving and I wanted it to make me smile every time I drove it. Oh and I had to be able to afford it (always forget that one!!)
I set about the task to find my dream car, I looked at everything from Kias to Jaguars, Mazdas to Aston (got a bit carried away, you know what it’s like!).
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If you’ve seen the original TV series, like me, you’re probably intrigued to know how this box office version compares. I loved the TV series, I loved the fact it was a little bit absurd, that they could make a tank out of just a wheel, a battered up old car and some drain piping, it was silly but in a good way. The A-Team was over the top, fun and entertaining, it never took itself too seriously and that was the point.
So what’s this version of the A-Team like? Well, in one word, disappointing. Yes there were some OK moments but these were few and far between. It’s not a bad film but it just didn’t do it for me. I was left thinking ‘why wasn’t that as good as I hoped?’
We pick up the four soldiers in various parts of Mexico half way through a mission. After successfully complete this mission we jump to Iraq where the team have formed a very successful alpha unit with many missions under their belts. They are then asked to perform one final mission in Iraq to recover plates for printing 100 dollar bills that were used to print a
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Having seen Memento, The Prestige & both batman films, I have consistently been immensely impressed with Christopher Nolan’s film making skills, even with a comic book film in The Dark Knight he produced not just one of the best comic book movies I’ve seen but a top notch movie which stands alone. So when I first heard about his new project I couldn’t wait to see what he would produce this time.
As I heard the cast list slowly announced, my excitement grew as you realized this could be something special (or at least hoped it could be), quality was just oozing from it in all directions. However it’s all to easy to build your expectations too high and then be immensely disappointed with the end result, as I have done once before. So in order to try and avoid doing this I managed to avoid all reviews and comments about what the film was really about, except the very basics that I will share with you later and just caught the trailer. However, as I entered the cinema to see Inception I couldn’t help but feel a little excited, fingers crossed then that it’s good!
Well no it’s not
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It’s the world cup soon, just in case you didn’t know, the one time I wish I didn’t work with a whole load of women, none of which are football fans and aren’t really excited about the World cup at all. All I get is a ‘typical bloke obsessed by football’ comment. I never moan when other things are discussed that don’t interest me! Anyway, that off my chest I thought I would discuss my views with you, yes you, whoever you are. I’m not saying my opinions are right they are just opinions but I’d love to hear your views!
Friendly performances
So first the recently friendly performances. Yes, they weren’t great but lets not slate them, if it was Spain or Brazil or whoever we’d be saying ‘it’s a sign of a good team not playing well and still winning’ if England play the next 8 games that badly and win I don’t think anyone we’ll remember how bad the performances were. Winning is the most important thing, end of!
The only quibble I have with the friendlies is I just feel we need to be better at defending set pieces, I am sure, however, Mr Capello will
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Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) has now announced to the world that he is Iron man and will continue to protect the US and strive for world peace, however he is under pressure from the government, the press, and the public to share his technology with the military. He is unwilling to let go of his invention. Stark also faces various other issues in his life and on top of that over in Russia, a slightly unhinged man named Ivan (Rourke) is out to kill him. Stark, along with Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), and James “Rhodey” Rhodes (Don Cheadle) must work together to confront and beat the enemies.
Returning from the original Iron Man are Stark’s trusted assistant Pepper Potts and army liaison “Rhodey” Rhodes (Now played by Don Cheadle not Terrence Howard as in the original Iron Man). There are also a host of new characters to get your head around to, the main ones being Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson), Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell) and Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke).
I was a big fan of the first of the Iron man films, it was a bit of a surprise package, slightly different from other
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