Mr FofR » 03 – Movies

Tropic Thunder “Lance?”

Paul — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:13:06 +0000

I don’t read the script. The script reads me.

Arsenic and Old Lace

Paul — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:39:12 +0000

Got this at a bargain from HMV and watched it this lazy Sunday afternoon with Sam.

Arsenic and Old Lace

Juno, I have lost my fangs

Paul — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:56:00 +0000

I loved this film — it has that indie aura surrounding it with the shtick and the spiel, but through its lack of weirdness it has astoundingly broken into the mainstream and become a great hit. Kimya Dawson, The Moldy Peaches and Antsy Pants also make for a stellar soundtrack. A must see.

What I have been watching lately

Paul — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:40:00 +0000

Since I have been working at Ocado, developing my own sites and from time to time playing Halo 3 on Xbox live, I haven’t had time to finish off watching Twin Peaks season 2 or the last two and a half seasons of The X-files. It doesn’t help therefore that I have been subscribing myself to even more television that I simply don’t have the time for anymore.

Boston Legal:

Californication:

Battlestar Galactica Razor

Then there were the films…

Superbad (awesome)

Shooter (meh)

The Bourne Ultimatum (awesome)

1408 (good)

Disturbia (much better than expected) — Shia is someone to watch.

Shoot Em Up (a good laugh but nothing fabulous)

Now for the academics — My marks

Paul — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:05:00 +0000

1st Year (83.4% average)		Credit (CATS)	Mark (%)
ES155	Design and Computer Techniques	15	80
ES156	Professional Studies	15	79
ES157	Mathematics for Engineers	15	82
ES160	Materials and Production	15	82
ES161	Engineering Mechanics	15	81
ES162	Modelling and System Dynamics	15	85
ES163	Electrical and Electronic Systems	15	92
ES164	Fluids and Energy	15	86

2nd Year ( 81.4% average, 20% of degree)		Credit (CATS)	Mark (%)
CG203	Systems and Control	15	85
CG204	Signal Processing and Communications	15	94
ES21J	Analogue Design	15	81
ES21L	Applied Linear Algebra	7.5	92
ES21Q	Design of Measurement Systems	7.5	70
ES21R	Digital Design	15	80
ES21T	Electronic Systems	7.5	79
ES22E	Software Development	15	92
IB229	Starting a Business for Engineers	7.5	58
PX258	ULSI MOS Devices and Technologies	15	70

3rd Year (85% average including 7.5 over CATS, 40% of degree)		Credit (CATS)	Mark (%)
CG351	Digital Signal Processing	15	75
ES316	Analogue and Digital System Design 1	15	91
ES327	Project	30	78
ES335	Communication Systems	15	86
ES372	Automation and Robotics	15	86
ES379	Finance and Accounting	15	88
ES390	VLSI Design 1	15	83
PX317	New Concepts in Electronics	7.5	74

4th Year (89.3% average including 30 over CATS, 40% of degree)		Credit (CATS)	Mark (%)
ES312	Systems Modelling and Simulation	15	85
ES330	Control 1	15	92
ES410	Group Project	30	75
ES425	Engineering Business Management 1	15	76
ES436	Directed Reading for Electronics	15	78
ES462	High Integrity Systems	15	87
LL130	Learning Chinese 1	30	82
PX400	Future Electronics	15	72

Overall Degree calculated as: 86%
First Class Honours

The Worst Films Ever

Paul — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:30:00 +0000

Split into 6 categories.

Oceans Thirteen

Paul — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:15:00 +0000

A far superior film to the abhorrent Ocean’s twelve, far far better, and actually enjoyable. By no means perfect, but enjoyable, which is more than I can say for that torrid affair in Europe. The average scene length is longer than 30 seconds, there is a storyline, each person actually has a role in the team, there’s no Julia Roberts or Catherine Zeta Jones, there’s much less impossible technology and as an added bonus, we get Al Pacino and a big-nosed Matt Damon.

This is England

Paul — Wed, 16 May 2007 19:51:00 +0000

Incredible, incredible film with a stunning score by the ever-great Einaudi. I highly recommend this.

The Fountain

Paul — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:00:00 +0000

Aronofsky has done it again, with Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz; this time pulling off a magnanimous beauty — a love story spanning a thousand years with a quivering of death’s meaning. Clint Mansell with the Kronos Quartet once again provides another epic soundtrack to match their previous work made for Aronofsky’s Requiem for a Dream. Fountain is magnificent to watch and feel, a marvel. Just look.

Dumplings

Paul — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:58:00 +0000

A pretty strange and messed up Chinese film about keeping your youth at all costs. Don’t make the same mistake I did and try and eat food during this movie.