Today I finished up work with a tremendous sense of relief. Yes, I still have work to do over the weekend, but there is nothing like the feeling of easing off your shoes at the end of a day's hard work, sitting down on the floor and leaning back against the couch and just...breathing. The air is growing warmer, sweeter, and while I could really do with a great big thunderstorm, I'll take this balmly weather for now. Ahhhh.
Saw Inglourious Basterds the other day. It's the first Tarantino film I've ever seen, and I have to say...I was marvellously impressed. It was just...mesmerising. There were parts that I didn't like at all, to be sure (not all that interested in the bludgeoning of heads with a baseball bat), but for the most part...it's constructed in the most intriguing way - five or six really long scenes that are beautifully crafted, or at least fascinatingly creative, fraught with an impressive amount of tension and some truly wonderful acting. Christoph Waltz is indescribably good - difficult to keep your eyes off him, and I'm totally picking him for an Oscar nom, if not a favourite to win for Supporting Actor in 2010.
Now THAT's a pipe.
I understand Tarantino has a penchant and a reputation for violence in film, and it's carried over here, but overlooking that there is some great enthusiasm for filmmaking in his work. I'm quite pleasantly surprised. Not sure I'm going to go out and watch Kill Bill, but...
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