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A bit too slow (rated 3 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (bigdumbobject) — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 12:12:04 GMT

Days

by James Lovegrove

Reviewed on Big Dumb Object

KAPOW! (rated 5 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (bigdumbobject) — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 19:35:34 GMT

Batman Begins (Widescreen Edition)

by Christopher Nolan

Finally got round to watching Batman Begins and it was great. A Batman movie that does justice to the comic. Wonderful. Great slow burning first half. Action packed second half. With a twist I didn’t guess. Great acting, wonderful direction.

A review of "Crash (Widescreen Edition)" (rated 4 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (bigdumbobject) — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 15:39:09 GMT

Crash (Widescreen Edition)

by Paul Haggis

Understandable why it won an Oscar, dealing with racism in LA. Made me roll my eyes in a few places but made by the scene where the girl runs to her dad.

Lacking Soul (rated 3 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (bigdumbobject) — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 12:30:06 GMT

JPod: A Novel

by Douglas Coupland

Trying to be to clever. Already out of date in the zeitgeist stakes. Funny in patches.

Read Microserfs instead.

A review of "Cloud Atlas: A Novel"

nobody@allconsuming.net (bigdumbobject) — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:45:10 GMT

Cloud Atlas: A Novel

by David Mitchell

Review on Big Dumb Object

A story about "Monster"

nobody@allconsuming.net (bigdumbobject) — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 08:26:04 GMT

Monster

What’s that coming over the hill?
Is it a monster?
Is it a MONSTER?

One for the kids (rated 4 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (bigdumbobject) — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 13:55:08 GMT

Curious George

For an adult it’s pleasant, sweet and has good music.
For the kids it’s colourful, funny and not too long.

Don't hang up (rated 5 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (bigdumbobject) — Mon, 22 May 2006 11:41:01 GMT

Phone Booth

by Joel Schumacher

Great film. Felt very 24 in style and because of Kiefer.
Constraints can sometimes make a better story!

The funniest thing on TV in the last year (rated 5 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (bigdumbobject) — Mon, 22 May 2006 08:26:23 GMT

Green Wing

by Channel 4

It’s a mashup of a sketch show and a sitcom.
It’s surreal.
It’s funny.
It’s sad.
It’s very funny.
It’s brrilliant.

Super dense (rated 4 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (bigdumbobject) — Mon, 22 May 2006 08:23:03 GMT

Counting Heads

by David Marusek

http://bigdumbobject.co.uk/archives/001316.html

A story about "Deal or No Deal"

nobody@allconsuming.net (bigdumbobject) — Sat, 20 May 2006 17:14:45 GMT

Deal or No Deal

by Endemol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deal_or_no_deal

A story about "Deal or No Deal"

nobody@allconsuming.net (bigdumbobject) — Sat, 20 May 2006 17:11:21 GMT

Deal or No Deal

by Endemol

I sort of hate it but can’t stop watching it. Noel Edmonds drives me mad. All the people believing in lucky numbers and systems makes me mad. IT’S RANDOM!

For the kids

nobody@allconsuming.net (bigdumbobject) — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:23:26 GMT

Ice Age 2: The Meltdown

by Carlos Saldanha

Okay for young kids, I didn’t think it was great, but I didn’t fall asleep.

More crime than SF (rated 4 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (bigdumbobject) — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 22:59:40 GMT

9 Tail Fox

by Jon Courtenay Grimwood

Great writing and a nice crime story. I was a bit disappointed that it wasn’t more SF.

The Shaggy Dog

nobody@allconsuming.net (bigdumbobject) — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 09:07:44 GMT

The Shaggy Dog

by Brian Robbins

Much better than I expected!

A review of "Stories of Your Life and Others"

nobody@allconsuming.net (bigdumbobject) — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 22:36:38 GMT

Stories of Your Life and Others

by Ted Chiang

review on Big Dumb Object

Why it's taking me forever to finish consuming "This New Day"

nobody@allconsuming.net (bigdumbobject) — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 21:35:01 GMT

This New Day

by Embrace

Because it’s wonderful!

A bed time story

nobody@allconsuming.net (bigdumbobject) — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 20:31:52 GMT

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

by Roald Dahl

Great book. Brilliant for kids. Amazing how close the recent Tim Burton adaptation was (ignoring the father bit).

A story about "XVIII Commonwealth Games"

nobody@allconsuming.net (bigdumbobject) — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 20:29:47 GMT

XVIII Commonwealth Games

by Commonwealth Games

Fantastic coverage by the BBC again, 5 interactive channels. Cool.

A story about "tea"

nobody@allconsuming.net (bigdumbobject) — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 15:47:45 GMT

tea

by PG Tips

I seem to be drinking lot sof tea at the moment. Don’t know why.

Drove me insane, in a bad way

nobody@allconsuming.net (bigdumbobject) — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:08:48 GMT

Angels & Demons

by Dan Brown

I really, really didn’t like this book.

The short chapters, drip feeding the plot and withholding information sent me crazy. Then there were often plot recaps at the start of each chapter, how short do you think my memory is?! Then there were huge chunks of exposition, just thrown in with no effort.

Also, having worked at CERN, its depication had me roaring with laughter. The director has a space plane (For the record CERN is actually like a big trading estate and a large chunk of the work is done by the large coalition of Universities that work there). And don’t get me started on Antimatter.

The twists and turns annoyed me too. Very often there was no way to work it out, and when there was a way it was obvious. The last few chapters were so over the top and heavy handed I was not the slightest bit surprised at each twist.

But to be honest I think the plot may have survived in better hands, but the writing was so dreadful, the plot trying so hard to be shocking….

I hated it.