If you want to see a great film of the type that Hollywood would never make then I'd recommend Eagle vs Shark. All the big blockbuster films promise a lot but never quite deliver (just like the Hibs strikers sometimes) but despite this they clog up the multiplexes. At one point over the summer all you could see at some cinemas was Harry Potter, Shrek, Transformers or Die Hard. However Eagle vs Shark is an antidote to this and it deserves to be seen by a wider audience. It's a difficult film to categorise it's similar in feel to Napoleon Dynamite but different in story. It's part comedy, part drama, part animation which works together really well. Basically a guy and a girl meet at a "dress as your favourite animal party" (hence the title) but things don't go smoothly mainly due to the fact neither of them is the normal kind of person you usually see in American films. Every character in the film has their own quirks and even though these may be exaggerated, it's probably quite close to real life.
Some of the comedy moments are excellent especially when the film goes places you don't expect. The script is sharp with lots of memorable quotable lines and the performances are quite believable. In the words of Sarah "It's the best film I've seen in ages"
Of course you never do find out whether an eagle would beat a shark in a fight. It does also raise an interesting question which is what animal would you dress up as if you were invited to a dress as your favourite animal party?
Thank you to Scott for introducing me to a great new bar last night, Cloisters. It's got a great ale and whisky selection but best of all it's also part library! They have books on the fireplace which you can take away with you as long as you replace with another one. However I broke the rules on my first visit. I really wanted to read Norman Mailer's "The Naked & The Dead" but didn't have a spare book with me. So I just took it. Perhaps I should feel guilty but then I am going to be a student and won't be able to afford to buy books for the next 4 years.....
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You will not be able to buy books for pleasure but you will have to buy text books for your course - not the same is it!
Theft is a cime at common law and is the taking and appropriating of property without the consent of its rightful owner or other lawful authority!!!!!
Technically it's not theft. Someone had left the book in the pub therefore had given up ownership. I just took advantage of that......
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