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He ain't heavy, he's my brother
As you get older, you don't spend a lot of time with your family. You move away maybe. You get your own families, and they have their own demands on your time. Your lives move in different directions. You end up meeting at churches and at Christmas. You rarely get just to 'hang out' . While we're on the way to 'there', it can be often that families don't get to share like maybe they should.
And recently that has indeed started to get me down. So its more the pity, and something that should change.
While working down in London I got to 'hang out' with my younger brother a bit more. It was very enjoyable. I think we learned a lot from and about each other. We have amusing stories to tell: we have our Planes Trains and Automobiles moments. I enjoy spending time with my brothers - its always enlightening and fulfilling when we take time out to sit down and 'shoot the breeze'. Its amazing what you learn. A new years resolution was to make more effort to do that, I'm not doing that badly I think. It can be an effort, but a worthy effort.
So, on we go. What with appointments and planning and diaries an' that I managed to be able to get to take my little brother to the pictures this evening. Luckily, he is not 6 - like I always think he is when people ask how old he is. He is in fact 26. He found out that I was not in fact 40. I like to think we kind of averaged out both being right. Which was nice.
He even paid.
I'm still in shock, for thats not the sort of burden he bears.
Cloverfield was our movie of choice. We'd seen trailers when he tagged along to watch Transformers with the kids. 'Monster runs amok in New York' can be the summary - and HOW it runs amok. A terrific film - and I'm using 'terrific' here in the full 'terrified, terrible, fear, calamity, horror' sense. Stunning. Essentially the premise is "this is a film found in central park 'after' the 'event'" - so the film's viewpoint is from a hand camera, oddly shot 'home' movie perspective of a creature attacking downtown NY. How they've combined the CGI creature footage with the 'home movie' is pretty seamless and beautifully done.
Its not often I come home and want to tell people about a film I've seen - I've seen some good films recently Charlie Wilson's War for instance, I liked the craic in Bee Movie - but 'come home and must talk about' well there is little except for Transformers and Hairspray, but then nothing sticks out until Million Dollar Baby.
Cloverfield is 'on the edge of your seat' stuff. You *know* what is coming. And what is coming is Not Good. Its classic movie horror - terrible events are rarely shown in full blooded gore. The awful events are implied: a scream; a splatter; a shaking figure in a hunched aftermath of frozen terror with half uttered phrases of incomprehension.
Gripping.
Sometimes, its difficult to watch.
It is one of the few films I've seen with no music score. It misses nothing for it.
Rocking up as two blokes in a cinema of couple was an odd experience mind. It did seem to be all eyes on the gay couple. I will have to advise my brother on not wearing the tight fitting t-shirts when we go out. What was slightly comedy was listening to the comments on the way out: as each couple left there was either a female '*i'm picking the next film' or a bloke 'well, that was canny wasn't it pet'. I expect there'd be a lot of unsaid conversations on the way home from SR1 this evening.
My brother and I had a very nice curry ably supplied by the good people at Midnight Moon. I would comment on those who decide that 'chips' are an appropriate side dish for a decent curry but quite simply, words fail me.
So in conclusion - go see Colverfield, if you are in Sunderland, have a curry at Midnight Moon - I can recommend the padina gosht and saag aloo - but don't go dressed as a construction worker and a native american, people get the wrong idea.
Luckily, we're strong enough to carry on. |
Posted: 11:29, Sunday, February 10, 2008 |
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Brothers
are great aren't they? I mentioned in my blog, shortly after reading yours that my brother was over here for the weekend and it was fantastic. There was a long time in our lives when me and my brother lived out of each others pockets, we were virtually all that the other had. Its a special bond and one which I cherish everytime we get to spend time together these days
Edited by TAFKARLC on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 11:33 |
Posted by TAFKARLC at 11:33, Tuesday, February 12, 2008 |
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