"Kingsman" + stuff
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schneefinkVienna EUDC (European Universities Debating Championship) is over! Orgcom did a great job, I've heard only good feedback. Fortunately I had only small tasks and I could even take some time off for necessary other things. I got about six hours of sleep a night, but I usually need about eight so I'm exhausted. Part of that is probably also the heat.
Bad time to be tired though: tomorrow starts choir week! I'm already excited. (Still tired though. Two more days in between would be great.)
Successful tasks completed today: first time doing my laundry in my own apartment with the new washing machine, no problems.
Tasks not completed: sort all the apartment documents and papers, and read through the energy company's contract. Eh, it can wait. I do still need to pack my bag today.
I didn't have a lot of free brainspace today anyway, so I decided to watch "Kingsman." I heard/read mixed reviews so I didn't watch it before, but LK told me it's fun and I wanted something easy tonight.
I'm not quite sure how much I like it, but it was entertaining. It reminded me quite a lot of "Goon", actually, in the way it used and showed violence: so over-the-top it almost only registered aesthetically, nicely underlined by the music. But like in "Goon" there were a few moments that were so brutal that they broke through that veil for me and made me wince. (In Goon it was when someone repeatedly stomped on his ankle with a skate – OUCH – and in Kingsman the stakes through the head.)
I also expected it to be a mix of James Bond and Men in Black, and that was kind of accurate. The movie played with genre clichés, sometimes more sometimes less. It was very open about its ridiculous premise and that worked well. Huge underground hangar under London, built past WWI? Sure, why not.
Basically this movie was idfic. Eggsy tied to the rail tracks, yes thank you. I also easily understand the appeal of Harry/Eggsy. I already read some good Kingsman fic, and any movie that inspires good fic gets bonus points from me.
Bad time to be tired though: tomorrow starts choir week! I'm already excited. (Still tired though. Two more days in between would be great.)
Successful tasks completed today: first time doing my laundry in my own apartment with the new washing machine, no problems.
Tasks not completed: sort all the apartment documents and papers, and read through the energy company's contract. Eh, it can wait. I do still need to pack my bag today.
I didn't have a lot of free brainspace today anyway, so I decided to watch "Kingsman." I heard/read mixed reviews so I didn't watch it before, but LK told me it's fun and I wanted something easy tonight.
I'm not quite sure how much I like it, but it was entertaining. It reminded me quite a lot of "Goon", actually, in the way it used and showed violence: so over-the-top it almost only registered aesthetically, nicely underlined by the music. But like in "Goon" there were a few moments that were so brutal that they broke through that veil for me and made me wince. (In Goon it was when someone repeatedly stomped on his ankle with a skate – OUCH – and in Kingsman the stakes through the head.)
I also expected it to be a mix of James Bond and Men in Black, and that was kind of accurate. The movie played with genre clichés, sometimes more sometimes less. It was very open about its ridiculous premise and that worked well. Huge underground hangar under London, built past WWI? Sure, why not.
Basically this movie was idfic. Eggsy tied to the rail tracks, yes thank you. I also easily understand the appeal of Harry/Eggsy. I already read some good Kingsman fic, and any movie that inspires good fic gets bonus points from me.
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