One day at a time

I went to see the 3D version of the animated version of Coraline. It was enjoyable and an amusing tale. The 3D effect was very cleverly used and didn't get in the way of the story, plus there was none of the usual tricks of objects flying at the audience. It is not a story that I would suggest taking very young children to, unless you want them to be scared of buttons for a very long time. I also have my own set of 3D glasses, which remain me of the glasses that Morecombe & Wise and the Two Ronnies used to wear - very National Health!

Went to see the movie "District 9" and it was amazing, for a science fiction story, it was very believable. Setting the main action in South Africa and the parallels with recent history for the majoring of the black population in that country can't be ignored. It's a very violent story, but in a graphic comic way, so exploding bodies is less disturbing than I thought it would be. The most difficult part is watching the mistreatment of the lead human by the establishment and how he is treated as a piece of meat by other humans. This is a movie well worth seeing even if you don't normally like science fiction movies.

Unfortunately looks like I'm going to miss the latest Harry Potter movie at the cinema. Usually go with a good friend, but he went to see it with other friends, disappointing that he didn't consider how that would effect me, but then that's life. No intention of going to see the movie on my own and the likelihood that it won't be around for much longer, movies don't stay on the main screens for long these days. No doubt I will see the movie one day and it gives me a perfect excuse to buy it on Blu-ray when it finally comes out.