When people saw this film, they said “film film film film film film film film.” And y’know what? They’re right.

This is, by far, the best film ever made. It beats Final Fantasy VII Advent Children into a bloody pulp. The acting is constantly fantastic, everything that was wrong with Batman Begins has been ironed out, and…ahhh…it was just awesome. The Joker is amazing, whether anyone apart from Heath Ledger could have pulled it off is debatable. One of the best things about the film was that before something manic happened, a noise which sounds like a cross between a siren and static, slowly builds in volume. It was funny, the action sequences awesome, plot twists shocking. The only thing that perhaps dampened it was the ending, which was overly based on morality and not really as grand as it should have been. The music was awesome. Katie Holmes, who didn’t reprise her role as Rachel Dawes due to filming clashes, must be kicking herself.

So, this will be the best film ever made…until Saturday, when Square Enix will probably show us a trailer for Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete. Oh well.

Other Stuff

• GT5 Prologue update tomorrow.
• I’ve had a haircut. It’s now very very short.
• All the trailers shown at the cinema were crap and annoying. Oh, and BBC Radio 1 can shut the fuck up.
• It’s dark and rainy. Yay! I hate sun.
• I watched the last 20 minutes of a Snoopy movie today. My, it was bad.
• When you watch The Dark Knight, it puts into perspective just how crap the latest Indiana Jones was. Although, to be fair, my cliam that it’s the best film ever made may be an exaggeration, as I’d forgotten about the classic that is The Devil Wears Prada.
• Another thing about Indy 4 - what the hell is the scene where Shia LaBoeoeoff is swinging through the trees with all the monkeys about? I mean…that was completely random.

It’s a proper picture of the new Ford Ka! Yay!

Today I went driving. Many dead, I’m afraid, many more…also dead.

I’m going to see The Dark Knight soon.

I downloaded PS3 Firmware 2.42 earlier. It’s very exciting.

This post has been updated! Report to front desk for official documents and declaration of foreign flora and fauna!

FFVII Advent Children OST arrived! Yay! And there’s another parcel at the post office which needs to be signed for. But it might not be for me. I’m listening to Advent: One-Winged Angel very loudly.

According to Odeon’s stupid website, there are no films showing for the rest of this week. This’ll probably mean having to phone them up on their amazing film hotline.

Watch the Video Of The Day. David Firth is a very…very ill man.

:O It was ROSE Album at the post office! Yay! Plus, it came with a bonus CD by Pornograffitti. I’ve never listened to Pornograffitti before. On the way there I saw someone who looked like Seb. Unless of course he has stolen Seb’s face and placed it atop his own face. He was in a large contingent of about 90 people. I hope it was Seb, otherwise that guy is gonna think I was coming onto him. On the way back I saw one of my many nieces.

Last Tuesday I weighed 11 stone, and said I would wigh 4 pounds less by next Tuesday (today). I now weigh…

..11 stone!

Video Of The Day: David Firth’s Crooked Rot

Song Of The Day: Faye Wong and some other person - Mr. Postman

Weston-super-Mare pier burtn down. Weston-super-Mare lies directly opposite Penarth. You can see it across the Bristol Channel. By the time I woke up all the smoke was gone.

I drove a car today, for the first time ever. Volvo 740. I stalled it several times, then broke 30mph onto a kerb. I went round a round-a-bout very well. If I had paid lessons that would have probably cost £25, and going by what people in school say I wouldn’t have done half as much. On Wednesday I return to the car.

I won’t be here next week. I am forbidden to tell you where I’m going, what I’m doing there or anything I see whilst I’m there. I will be here, just not…here. At least not from 9 to 5 anyway. Or is that giving too much away? I thought it was just like patient records an at? Oh shit!

Neither of my CDs have arrived. I was looking forward to playing Advent: One-Winged Angel very loudly. Awwww. On Wednesday, if I’m still alive (Sully, the perfect driving practice place, is overrun with massive lorries), I’m going to see The Dark Knight.

Other Stuff

• Shia LaBoeoeououff was arrested for drink driving. Yay! Lock him up forever. Then shoot him.
• Otsuka Ai is bringing out a new single September 10th.
• Ayumi Hamasaki is bringing out a complete singles collection September 10th.
• Meanwhile, at the San Diego ComicCon, there was a new Dharma Initiative video shown, in which the one-armed guy says that he knows the Initiative will be purged, and that it must be started up again, 30 years later.
• When will Disney release a high quality Tron 2 trailer. God!
• Last night’s Top Gear was incredibly bad taste, but at least it was done to the ultimate level it could possibly go, and was generally funny. Unlike Jimmy Carr’s World War II comments, which he seems to make on every show he’s on, which are strenuous and unfunny. Ahhh…he really is a cunt fool.
• A lot of people seem to be blaming Gordon Brown for everything. But wait! Here is a simple guide to things I disagree with that he’s done: He voted to hold terror suspects for 42 days, he voted to keep the abortion time limit as it is and not lower it, he plans to cut down on knife crime…an impossible task (I could get a knife from the kitchen right now and go and kill about 20 people), he cancelled Christmas, he did that whole 10p tax thing (I don’t fully understand it, but it was apparently bad), he didn’t say whether or not he was going to hold an election when he got into power.
• Nowhere on the entire Internet can I download a HD trailer for The Day The Earth Stood Still. I blame Apple, QuickTime, 20th Century Fox, IGN and Sony.

Keanu Reeve’s is in it. He was chosen as he could portray an “emotionless” Klaatu.

A trailer for Tron 2 was shown at Comic Con. It looks awesome.

They’re also remaking Robocop.

Note: I am clearly not the target audience for this movie.

This film lacks plot. An unstylish woman goes to work for a fashion place (because…of course, that’s obviously where she would work) and is mocked by everybody there, including her silly boss, played by Meryl Streep. So, one day she decides to get stylish and good at her job. She slowly loses all of her friends, her boyfriend, and her life. She is pursued through the movie by a guy who looks like Heath Ledger. Eventually, after she realises she’s turning into her evil boss, she decides to leave her job. She regains her friends. Awww…bloodeh loveleh.

Charlotte from Lost is in it for a minute.

I smiled twice during this film - the first being a scene where it’s a just a bunch of men talking, and they’re talking about potatoes. I like to think that this is the kind of stuff girls think men talk about when they’re not around. The second was at this quote: “I’m on this new diet. Well, I don’t eat anything and when I feel like I’m about to faint I eat a cube of cheese.”

This film is AIDS and cancer rolled into one.

I’d review it some more but I’ve decided to donate the text to a poor African country who can’t afford their own.

“We did a tally recently, just for fun… and we killed a lot of white people [on Lost]! I can almost guarantee that we will kill more white people this season.” - Daniel Lindelof. I’ve taken this quote terribly out of context, but it’s still fantastic. And a fantastic way to open a blog post!

Hikki wrote in her blog! She’s been travelling a lot between Japan and America, working on stuff (she doesn’t point out a new English album though), and she got bored with domestic flying, so she now uses a private jet. Oh Hikki. Here’s a picture of Kuma Chang on a jet.

The Chevrolet Camaro rocks all kinds of awesome.

The Dark Knight has to be the most hyped film ever, in my lifetime at least. Indy 4 was…well, it wasn’t as hyped or as universally praised as this. Plus it turned out to be a bit crap. Jamie (Daily Grumble has been frozen in carbonate on the Links ‘N’ Stuff page, I Have A Mask…who cares, his new blog is Crackuranbo!) is looking for Batman Begins on DVD. It’s a good film, a very good film. The only thing wrong with it is the fight scenes are very flashy, and you really can’t see anything. This is especially apparent in the monorail scene at the end. That’s practically the only thing wrong with it.

Other Stuff

• Doing UKCAT on August 12th. Lucky me.
• I’ve deleted the worst episodes of Radio Potato, with the overall goal of deleting the entire thing.
• Apparently, Square Enix’s massive announcement that will “shock fans in attendance” is related to Advent Children Complete. What? “COMING EXCLUSIVELY TO HD-DVD.”
• Actually, have you seen how much HD-DVDs cost now? Like…£3, with the players costing around £20. It almost seems worth it.
• Lewis Hamilton qualified 1st for the German Grand Prix.
• Hoshi = stars, eiga = cinema…or movie, I have no idea.

Song Of The Day: Namie Amuro - 60s

Song Of The Day II: BONNIE PINK - Kane wo Narashite

It’s a sad state of affairs when the best thing to watch on telly is Big Brother. That’s why I’ve come here, to fill your minds with my mind, and my mind with rice.

Prepare for my Grains of Truth!

Did you know that rice is the most popular grain in the world?

But that wasn’t a grain of truth, that was the truth about grain!

Ahaha.

Anyway, I’ve bought the Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Original Sountrack from eBay. It was either that or Vanessa Carlton’s Be Not Nobody and Chungking Express. It looks like the special edition metal case one. Ooooo.

I’ve been filling in my UCAS thingy, and learning about UKCAT. It costs £60 to take the test, and there should be a testing centre “within 40 miles of your location.” Wow! The test itself seems to be all about American landmarks and identifying countries on a map. My application for medicine is somehow only eligible if I’ve taken this test.

E3 is still, despite much wailing and cries to stop, going on. I’m watching the Sony press conference for the first time. The guy has mentioned Final Fantasy three times in 9 minutes. Now why would he be doing that? Surely he’d not want to remind people that FFXIII is coming to 360? Aha, but, on August 2nd is Square Enix’s DKHΣ3713, where “a massive announcement regarding FFVII will be made.” Gee, I wonder what that could be*. And thus, Sony say the words “Final Fantasy”. A lot.

“Let’s talk about PlayStation 2.” Oh God no!

Other Stuff

• I must show my gravy flavoured ice-cream to the establishment! Hmmyes!
• I watched the first 20 minutes of 1927 German film Metropolis. It’s the best film ever made. It’s hilarious.
• I probably would buy a Jpop edition of Singstar.
• Sony are launching a 80GB PS3 here for £299. It doesn’t contain the features that the original 60GB does (backwards compatability…shiny stuff, etc.) so think of it as 2 40GB PS3s glued together.
• Sony are launching Platinum PS3 games for £20. I may pick up Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune. I liked the demo for a number of reasons: it was pretty, it was third person and it had clever AI. No srsly thy lik shott meh in teh hed an at.
• Yoichi Wada based the location of Square Enix’s headquarters on the guidance of a fortune teller.
• Here’s a trailef for the next Terminator.

*If it actually isn’t a FFVII remake or at least a PS3 compliation finale then I declare both Square Enix and Sony to be idiots.

Song Of The Day: Logan Whitehurst - Ohmygodimonfire

The Nintendo press conference was essentially a load of people showing us their holiday photos. I didn’t watch the Sony one, but apparently they revealed that movies and TV programs would be appearing on the Store, like, immediately. On the American Store of course. And that’s basically it. There wasn’t even a trailer for LocoRoco 2. But there might be in the coming days. There’s gonna be talk of Tomb Raider Underworld at 5.30pm GMT today. Yay.

It’s the incredibly dull Lotus “Eagle” (it’s real name will be unveiled at the British Motor Show). Yay!

Oh wait here’s a LocoRoco 2 trailer. That music better not be in the game.

Other Stuff

• I now have every car in GT5 Prologue, and there’s an update on August 1st which adds…stuff.
• I have every episode of KnoxKast and A-Bomb City on mah PS3. Woop.
• I’ve written 2 lines of my personal statement. It’s amazing.
• Japanese Xbox 360 users on 2chan (the largest forum on the Internet) feel “abandoned” by Square Enix’s decision to not realese the 360 version there. Awww.
• Woody Allen is still alive.
• You’ve been hit by the
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I was getting bored with the Microsoft press conference, so I decided to stop watching, hence you’ll notice I didn’t report on the amazing looking new Viva Pinata game. Yes, quite. Anyway, who would’ve known that the president of Square Enix woud come on at the very end and say “Hey ewwyone, rook at riss movie!” and then show a 3-minute long trailer for Final Fantasy XIII, announcing that it’s no longer a PS3 exclusive. I mean, you just couldn’t have predicted that was gonna happen.

It’s still a PS3 exclusive in Japan, but that doesn’t really matter as no-one in Japan has a 360 anyway. Square Enix were in a spot of financial trouble, as I mentioned a few weeks ago, so it would seem they’ve done a deal with the Devil to ensure their future. As for what this means for the game itself, well, it was supposed to “take full advantage of the size Blu-ray has to offer”, so unless they release it on multiple DVDs for the 360, then the game is going to suffer. Oh, and the far-more-interesting-anyway FF Versus XIII is still a PS3 exclusive.

As for the trailer, well, the music was awful. Like, what happened? It was uncatchy random strings with flat generic drama in it. Just awful. The new scenes with “Pigtails girl” were awesome, especially where she grabs a disc from the sky and then summons Carbuncle, and the scene towards the end with the mountains (so..all the scenes with Pigtails girl then). Mr.33cm on his bike was great. The scenes with airships I didn’t much care for.

People’s reactions to the Xbox 360 news have been less than enthusiastic. Apparently there were people who bought a PS3 purely for FFXIII. Fools. I bought a PS3 because it’s awesome. But think - Square Enix gets money - good, Final Fantasy gets more fans - good. Of course, Sony lose lots of money, and Microsoft get lots of money…but oh well. And it was pretty funny how instead of Square Enix putting “Now for Xbox 360″ or some crap like that at the end of the trailer, they put “For PlayStation 3 Only in Japan.”

In other news, Top Gear was awesome. And I now have PSP firmware 4.05. It adds one new music visualisation - it’s either just the standard coloured background, or it puts water ripples into your custom background. Woop. I got my provisional license photo - I look like a murderer.

At their event with the stupid name in August, as well as the release date for FFVIIACC, SE say there will be a “big announcement for FFVII”. I say it’s either PS3 remake or the finale of the compilation.