the holidays have begun (in earnest) for me! my last paper on friday went horribly- i forgot like 1000 things and got tested on another 1000 which i had no idea about. the only good thing is that i just flipped open netter's and realised that i tikam-ed the correct answer for one of those questions - the small saphenous vein runs lateral to the tendocalcaneo - so clearlee, i rock! haha.

anyway i have quickly gone from like not watching a single movie in the past 2 months to having watched 2 movies in 2 days! the first was casino royale, which as mark says was very bang for the buck, because there was so much action in so little time. i have only ever watched one other bond film (yes, i need to be Educated) and that was die another day, so pierce brosnan is the only bond i can compare daniel craig to. i think the disparity looks-wise is obvious cos i mean HELLO WHAT WERE THEY THINKING??? but i admit i'd have a hard time envisioning pierce brosnan doing a lot of the highly physical stunts in the show, and watching ancient reruns of remington steel on channel 5 certainly hasn't helped change that impression of him. also, i predict the torture scene would have been radically different if it was pierce instead of daniel, because we all now know that daniel's looks certainly improve exponentially when he's in a dark chamber with no clothes. oops, that did not just come from me :D

as for the holiday, i thought it was a little draggy. the whole depressed-single-finding-love-on-christmas thing is just so overused these days that holiday movies have become really predictable, and are no point watching unless they can be rescued somewhat by a great cast and good comedy. and basically this one just had a lot of sex. i find it hard to believe that you can decide that someone is your soulmate after spending less than 2 weeks with the person, especially if the only knowledge you are acquiring during the majority of the time is carnal. also, while i find his english accent highly attractive, i did not know that jude law had such a hairy chest!

more later!