A week now with no camera (left my charger in USA and have been waiting on a new one off eBay). Have been going insane without it. Today I spent half an hour looking for the new Playstation game that I bought... eventually I found it in the fridge.

To fill the void, I have been lounging and watching movies. In the past 24 hours, I have seen the following:

Vargtimmen (1968)
Put this on at 2am last night thinking it was a werewolf movie, didn't realise it was an Ingmar Bergman film, and was very pleased by it. "Hour of the Wolf", refers to the time before dawn when your dreams are most disturbing, when insomniacs are haunted by their fears, when most babies are born, when most people die. An artist, tormented by the past, living in isolation with his wife on an island... very atmospheric, some great scenes, a movie that you could discuss for hours I think. One of my favourite Berman flicks for sure!

Appaloosa (2008)
A western starring Ed Harris, a sharp-shooting marshall with bad vocabulary, and his deputy (played by Aragorn). It also features one of West Cork's most famous castle-dwellers, the legendary Jeremy Irons. But despite this, it still gets one and a half thumbs down. I see what they were trying to achieve, but it fell flat and was not believable in the least, and it was a huge mistake casting Renée Zellweger whose face is all swollen up like an allergy to a bee sting or something.

Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Straight into another Ed Harris movie, completely by coincidence. Don't know how I've gone for so long without watching this. It has been referenced so many times in popular culture, it is nice to finally see where Old Gill came from Very obviously a play more so than a movie, but so many great monologues like this one - [link] which I can't quote on here because of the obscenity count. Was actually disappointed when this abruptly ended, I could have watched another two hours of these guys in action.

The Bank Job (2008)
I can't remember whether I watched it this morning or late last night... it's all a bit of a haze right now. Based on a true story, which makes it somewhat interesting. I'm going to say that it was decent but not particularly memorable, because to be honest, I've forgotten most of it already. The characters were weak, but the plot was good, but the movie was carried well by Jason Statham - technically a weak actor, but he has great charisma in these "rough but amiable geezer" roles. Worth a watch mainly because it really happened.

Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)
Documentary film about torture practices of the US, by Alex Gibney, who did "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room". Starts with a taxi driver in Afghanistan who gets tortured to death in prison. Disturbing stuff, but all the scenes of dust storms in the desert of Iraq, or the sun setting over a warren of caves in Afghanistan, in my head I kept thinking "add to +fav". I think this means that I have overdosed on DeviantArt in the past two weeks.

Tomorrow I intend to get some fresh air at some point, so maybe I'll venture out into "the world". Will probably end up watching another 5 movies. Recommendations are always welcome, +comment below le bhur dtoil.