Finland and Trolls

A recent lack of posts has been caused by the sunshine. All sun and no rain means no time spent watching or reading things inside, therefore no fodder for the blog!

One thing I have managed to read - in the sunshine - is a children’s book I grew up with: Finn Family Moomintroll.

In the pejorative and non-derogatory sense I hear many of you shout "moomins? Pff... gay!"

What is James Bond's environmental footprint?

I know this question appears to have been created with the sole purpose of enraging Jeremy Clarkson, but watching the glitz and the beautiful locations in Skyfall I wondered if all this excess is even vaguely quantifiable. I decided no, and just went after the carbon emissions as a proxy.

Spirited Away and World War Z have something in common

What? The Japanese Shintoist belief in Kami (spirits is the closest in English) that's what! I'm going to look at this interesting notion and the effect it's had on Japanese attitudes to the environment, and Miyazaki is so useful for this type discussion I'm going to pay him another visit.

George Clooney protects Hawaiian soil

In the Descendants, father of two and husband to a horrible woman, Clooney plays Matt King a wealthy investor guy. Him and a bunch of other relatives have only one real asset remaining; a large piece of pristine land passed down to them from their distant Hawaiian ancestors.

The day the earth stood still

More like 'The movie during which time stood still' HAHAHAHA. But despite this being a rotten tomato, and probably an insult to the original that I've not seen, I found it a perfectly acceptable way to kill an afternoon. More to the point it gave me something to write about.

Year 1

This blog is one year old today! To celebrate, here are some firework gifs:

The Tree of Life and Creatures of the Southern Wild - indie nature

The most obvious similarity between these films is their use of close up, shallow depth of field, nice contrast, indie-movie shots of nature. Mmmm grass head's bobbing in the summer breeze, indie gold, cue the sound of crickets chirpping, nicccce.