Inception. Wow.

Blimey. I have almost exactly the same one which extends to my not attending classes for a course I'd forgotten I was signed up for. I've also been having an unpleasant dream in recent months where the girl of my dreams (who is a real person rather than some fictitious recurring character) is getting married to the guy she's going out who I hate, which is the reason my relationship with her disintegrated. This dream probably has something to do with me thinking about her every second of the day. Another recurring one I'm prone to having is finally getting a chance to do something I've been wanting to do for ages (play for Rovers, drive a Porsche, win Olympic gold, whatever) only for me to miss a bus, a flight, a lift, an appointment etc. This is probably linked to my waking obsession with time and punctuality. I also suffer from the obligatory falling dreams too. The chase dreams stuff mentioned above is very interesting. My chase dreams always involve me running from an unknown (though very threatening) pursuer. No matter how many times I break the line of sight and regardless of the twists and turns I take to shake him, he always tracks me down. A couple of nights ago I was being pursued and ended up running onto the set of Neighbours (no, seriously). I haven't watched Neighbours in ten years I'm sure. It was ok though, they weren't filming.

I'd certainly give it a watch. That said, it's not a patch on Band of Brothers. Some of the episodes have been very poor and while it is perhaps historically accurate that the USMC sat around on their arses for a lot of the Pacific campaign (that's certainly how it's been depicted in the series anyway), it doesn't make for interesting television. In one of the early episodes the ragged Marines get shipped to Australia for a rest. They appear to have earned it, yet the audience hasn't been through the same level of intense hardship as the characters. What made the later leisurely episodes of Band of Brother so effective was the brutal campaigning that had gone before - something that anyone watching would have experienced with the men of that series. You simply don't get that from the The Pacific. I can't help getting the feeling from it that for all the expensive production values, there's something big happening elsewhere away from the narrative. Having said that, the last three episodes I've seen (6,7,8) have been very, very good.

He's underrated save for his Oscar of course.

I thought the effects from Mount Olympus were quite cool. I didn't watch it in 3D. Blimey you've pretty low standards don't you? I liked The Blind Side (the book is excellent) but 10/10 is a great stretch surely? If you're giving that top marks, what about the likes of The Godfather: Part II, Heat or Lord of the Rings?

I thought the effects were excellent, save for the rather embarrassing Medusa (The Mummy Returns anyone?). In fact the effects work was the only positive for me. The plot was both nonsensical and barely legible and the whole thing had a dull, plodding, episodic feel. I thought the actors looked just as bamboozled as they muttered and scowled their way through po-faced dialogue that made very little sense. Pretty dreadful to be honest, especially when placed next to my previous trip to the cinema: Kick Ass.

The new Splinter Cell's campaign mode is no longer than 5 hours long apparently. What a waste of time and money. The additional features are all very well but what's the point of releasing a campaign mode at all if you're not going to put the majority of the focus on it? Very irritating. Red Dead Redemption it is then.

Yes, I know.

An incredible fusion of animal and machine.

Did you not see him shrugging off the larger player in that clip? Rooney is a force of nature, Ronaldo is almost untouchable. Messi however is simply a genius.

It's not until you see a film like the glorious Kick Ass that you realise just how utterly bollokx the above types of films truly are.

The TV thread appears to have vanished. Has anybody seen The Pacific yet? I watched the first episode last week and thought it was excellent. Episode 2 isn't up to much to be honest.

My cousin sorted me out with tickets for Rage Against The Machine in Dublin on 8th June. Fantastic!

Robbie Williams is crap. If he were playing in the back garden I'd close the curtains.

M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender.

I finally got round to playing the demo for Dante's Inferno. Very impressive stuff, even if the vast majority of it is the same as God of War. I'll still purchase it come February.

It's now written in stone that he'll score on Saturday. Let's hope it's only a consolation.

The Blind Side by Michael Lewis is an excellent mix of sport and social commentary. Centering on Baltimore Ravens left-tackle Michael Oher (who just completed his rookie season in the NFL), it charts his tough upbringing in Memphis and the evolution of the left-tackle as arguably the most sought after position in the NFL (he protects the QB's blind side).

Up In The Air is fantastic. Eastern Promises is very good. Viggo's barmy naked knife fight is absolutely hilarious.

Both.

I saw The Road the other day. I loved the book and I was far from disappointed by the film. It's really very, very good. So much of it manages to replicate what was in the mind's eye when reading the novel. Comparing it to other 'End of the World' movies is inaccurate since nobody actually knows what has happened to the planet or why. It could be the US alone that has suffered this catastrophe or it could be the entire world. There is no way of knowing.

It's hardly a leap though. Aside from the sensitive scientists (along with Jake Sully and the bird who flies the chopper) the humans are depicted as a bunch of bellicose nutjobs intent on strip-mining the sh*t out of the planet. The Na'vi on the other hand are ethereal blue naturists who can plug themselves into Mother Earth and fly kick-ass dragons. Which side are you supposed to support?

That Red Dead Redemption looks awesome Cocker.

Just saw Avatar in 3D. Incredible.

It's not.