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It's the longest day of the year, my favourite one! And yet, sadly, this morning my iPod, my good ol' G-ERTI, had a technical malfunction. Probably my fault for giving it that name. Anyway, the volume thingy got stuck (yes, I am a creature of immense mechanical aptitude too), and according to the website it would cost at least 100 euros to get it fixed. In other words, new iPod. I ordered one from the website, so that I could have the engraving too. Pictures to follow when it gets here, probably on monday morning.
In the afternoon I wore my Tony Stark shirt and went to the cinema to see Star Trek Into Darkness, because here in Italy it came out last week. And yet I had managed to avoid any and all spoilers, go me. By the way, I chose the Tony Stark shirt because I don't have a Star Trek one, and that's appalling, considering I've loved Star Trek since I was 11. RedBubble, here I come.
Spoiler-free review! I loved it. I absolutely loved it. The first part was good, but nothing special, but the second part was fantastic, and made me cry and jump in my seat and feel like a kid again, watching the original series on my old tv (the one that exploded - long story). There are only two major flaws that I can see (well, three, but the third is a huge spoiler, so it goes under the cut): first, that annoying, completely pointless shot of Carol in her underwear. It had no reason to be there, except that she has boobs and we need to see them. And it makes even less sense considering that she's a competent, smart character with a compelling storyline. So what the hell. The second flaw is that we didn't really get to learn enough of John Harrison's past. I'm not asking for flashback, just a couple of dialogues more would have helped with understanding other characters' reactions to him.
Also, Benedict Cumberbatch was extraordinary. I mean, I already knew he was good, he is one of my favourite actors for a reason, but here he was... absolutely incredible. Way above the other actors, who are all really good. He's just completely on a league of his own. Holy shit. And I watched the dubbed version (an amazing Simone D'Andrea, who really managed to re-create his speech patterns), I can only imagine what the original version must be. My head will probably explode.
( Off to spoilerrific land! )
And now, off to dinner! \o/
In the afternoon I wore my Tony Stark shirt and went to the cinema to see Star Trek Into Darkness, because here in Italy it came out last week. And yet I had managed to avoid any and all spoilers, go me. By the way, I chose the Tony Stark shirt because I don't have a Star Trek one, and that's appalling, considering I've loved Star Trek since I was 11. RedBubble, here I come.
Spoiler-free review! I loved it. I absolutely loved it. The first part was good, but nothing special, but the second part was fantastic, and made me cry and jump in my seat and feel like a kid again, watching the original series on my old tv (the one that exploded - long story). There are only two major flaws that I can see (well, three, but the third is a huge spoiler, so it goes under the cut): first, that annoying, completely pointless shot of Carol in her underwear. It had no reason to be there, except that she has boobs and we need to see them. And it makes even less sense considering that she's a competent, smart character with a compelling storyline. So what the hell. The second flaw is that we didn't really get to learn enough of John Harrison's past. I'm not asking for flashback, just a couple of dialogues more would have helped with understanding other characters' reactions to him.
Also, Benedict Cumberbatch was extraordinary. I mean, I already knew he was good, he is one of my favourite actors for a reason, but here he was... absolutely incredible. Way above the other actors, who are all really good. He's just completely on a league of his own. Holy shit. And I watched the dubbed version (an amazing Simone D'Andrea, who really managed to re-create his speech patterns), I can only imagine what the original version must be. My head will probably explode.
( Off to spoilerrific land! )
And now, off to dinner! \o/
