Work & Work Related:
Well, work is work. I am almost done with my current project, and will be glad too finish it up. As with the website, it took almost no time to knock up, but the fine tuning took ages. Maybe I should plan my next thing out a little better. But testing is the biggest part of the Software Development Life Cycle (Thank You Uni).
Life:
Hmm. Last week I didn't do much. Wait no I saw Rocky Balboa, which Ill review later this post. This weekend I went to the culture capital of the world, Wagga Wagga. Went down with Alana & her family to see her cousin. Wagga is very much a small country town. Nothing much doing. Did see a fair bit of wildlife on the trip, including a frog, turtle, peacock & the native Waggarian (trust me its a kind of animal).
We stopped at Questacon on the way. I was going to drop in to see Lachie but we were only in Canberra for two or three hours, all at Questacon so maybe another time.
Went to the pool at Wagga & at the caravan park. I had forgotten how much fun the pool was. Will definitely head there more often.
Have been trying to fit a lot in during my spare time. On my immediate to do list is:
- Finish 'Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six'
- Finish Prince of Persia (Warrior Within) on X Box
- Finish Chapter 3 of 'Sultan of Sand' - Yes i changed its name again.
- Watch season 1 of Boston Legal
- Keep slugging away at The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Reviews:
Rocky Balboa:
Before this came out, Lana and I had a Rocky Marathon of sorts, over three weekends we watched the first 5 Rocky movies.
We loved the first, and second movies. Rocky is such a likeable character, and Apollo is perfect not as the villain, but as the ultimate challenge for Rocky.
The third had its moments, (The battle with Thunder Lips, "I don't hate the man, I pity the fool" and the sparring between Apollo and 'Stallion at the end), but did feel a little lacking.
The forth was my least favorite, Apollo being thrown away just to build up the Russian made me angry. The robot made me furious and the final fight was pathetic.
I didn't hate the fifth movie as much as everyone else seems too have. I think it has no place in the Rocky Universe now, and the ending was poor, Rocky being back excatly where he was at the start of the first. But i thought it was more interesting than four, and more emotional than three. So it was with mixed concern & expectation that we went to see Rocky Balboa.
Our concern was misplaced.
Rocky Balboa, might not be the most realistic movie in the series, its not the worst (Number 4's Robot Im looking at you) but it does deliver in terms of story and character.
Rocky decides he wants to box again and gets a shot against the current champ Mason Dixon, what makes this film exceptional however is that unlike three & four it doesnt focus on the fight, it focuses on how Rocky's decision to fight affects the people in his life, mainly his son. Rocky still has a demon inside him, and he decides to do what he does best, "fighters fight". I think that Rockys need to fight is to prove to himself, that no matter how he ended up, it wasnt just luck that got himthere, he deserved to be the best. Rocky isn't sure of this anymore with Adrian gone, and his son absent from his life. He needs to prove to himself that he is the man he once was.
What follows is a great movie, and a perfect end to the Rocky franchise.
Thinking about it a bit more on the way home, I think the above is wrong. I now think that Rocky is trying to bring back to his life the happiness that existed when he was fighting. With no Adrian or Rocky Jr in his life he is left with memories, and he thinks that if he can reccreate as much as possible of those memories he will be happy.
What I wouldn't mind seeing though is a spin-off focusiing on Mason Dixon, as I think he could hold up at least one movie by himself.
Gods Commandment: Must see movie of the year for fans, Should see for everyone else.
