Day 77 - Friday, March 18th, 2011

There is no sense in returning to work for a single day after a bank holiday if one can help it, is there? IS THERE? Thank you for replying, and of course you're absolutely right, there indeed isn't. There IS sense though in indulging in a most magnificent triple cinema treat, which kicked off with viewage of Rango (6/10), an animated romp starring Johnny Depp, and jolly entertaining it was too, concocted more with adults than kids in mind, methinks.

2nd up was The Lincoln Lawyer (7/10), a hugely watchable affair starring Matthew McConaughey, Ryan Philippe, Marisa Tomei, John Leguizamo and William H. Macy - a stellar cast that did not disappoint, nor did the dialogue nor the plot.

Final flick of the post bank holiday trilogy was Submarine (5/10), a low budget Welsh offering that was technically brilliant but ultimately didn't quite satisfy. Performances were excellent (except for the mother) and the film was humorous without being funny, which naturally makes no sense whatsoever.

I took the LUAS home which was packed due to the presence of a few hundred of the 9,000 brave impoverished Irish souls who had somehow squirreled away €55 each to watch the godlike Enrique Iglesias sing for 75 minutes - oh when will this miserable oppressive recession end, WHEN?!?!


The Name's Rango........

Contentment : 12.5 / 25
Excitement :      1.5 / 10
Memorability :  1.5   / 15

Overall Score : 31% (41st out of 77)