Tarantino Special

We went to see Inglourious Basterds at the weekend with the usual gang of king_chiron, darthhellokitty and mamishka. The verdict was unanimous - this film is a long, intricate, violent, twisted, funny, tense, dramatic and totally cracked piece of WWII AU fanfic.

The jury was undecided on whether Brad Pitt was Mary Sue.

Some critics have disliked the juxtaposition of the humour and the cruelty. Some critics have complained it's too long, and some scenes too 'talky'. I disagree with them. It's not without flaws, but this film wants to have everything, and it almost makes it. Seriously entertaining. Even when it makes your skin crawl.

On the Tennis

I keep rewatching that ridiculous shot Roger Federer played to set up match point against Djokovic in the semis. Roger leaps into the air yelling, then looks down and smiles, 'Yeah, I know I couldn't do that again' XD. And as for poor Djokovic, he just looks floored - 'WTF am I supposed to do?'

It's sad that Roger lost his match today, but not even such an astonishingly graceful athletic genius can win every time. He's still human. As Mr Nice Guy proved by swearing, which he probably regrets now :-) But he played well, he fought hard, and sometimes that's how it goes. The difference from a year ago is that nobody will be writing him off!