Followed up a Friday night out drinking by going to see The Crayon Fields at The Toff last night. Good band and the support acts were good too. The lead singer of The Crayon Fields has an interesting stage persona, his banter comes across as very introverted but quite funny at times. I particularly liked his line when they came out for the encore: "Now we're going to play some songs from the album '10' by Pearl Jam". Jens Lekman was in the crowd too which was kinda cool. Jens Lekman has a cool blog which can be found here. Oh, you know what. I watched some movies too.

'Not Quite Hollywood' (2008) directed by Mark Hartley

An interesting, dynamic and nice looking documentary about Ozploitation films, chiefly of the 1970s. I found it pretty entertaining although the heavy use of clips from the movies meant that by the end I felt like I'd just watched about forty trailers back to back. Good fun though.

'Badlands' (1973) directed by Terrence Malick

Another film that we watched for the screening series at uni. I really enjoyed this film, the main reason being the performances of Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek. They have a really interesting chemistry and this carries throughout the film. Also, the film has a raw quality and quite a strange tone that makes the story quite engrossing. There are some amazing images too, it's been shot really well.

'Inglourious Basterds' (2009) directed by Quentin Tarantino

There are some amazing sequences in this film but it doesn't feel quite as tight or complete as some of Tarantino's earlier films such as 'Reservoir Dogs'. Definitely the final chapter was the strongest for me, that was edge of the seat stuff as the film built to it's dramatic conclusion. But overall I found the film a bit patchy with some scenes simply feeling too drawn out and some dialogue not quite up to Tarantino's razor sharp standard. Many of the characters feel quite one dimensional and some, particularly the members of the Basterds, are seen just a few times and then never seen again. Having said that, it is an entertaining film with some really great Tarantino moments.