Tuesday 28 April 2009

So near, yet so far

I must have had two numbers in the National Lottery Saturday draw now for at least the last three weeks.

It is like getting so far in a sporting competition and then just missing out.
Just as you get nothing for coming second in sport, you pick up nothing for two numbers in the National Lottery.

I have always thought £10 for three numbers is too little, though it must be about time that they looked again at the prize fund.

£50 for three numbers would be more like it, with maybe £5 for two numbers and less for the jackpot.

Meanwhile, I have a lot of respect for those people that take part in the London Marathon.
It is a gruelling 26.2 mile street race around the streets of London.

Amazingly the race started only in 1981, and since then 711,260 people have taken part.

In the early days about 7,000 people took part, but now as many as 46,500 compete in the race.

Moving on I want to see the new film State of Play.

It has a good cast in Helen Mirren, Ben Affleck and Russell Crowe and from what I have read about the plot, it sounds like a good story.

Tuesday 21 April 2009

New films wanted

Film bosses are turning to old favourites for ideas to reduce risks in the recession.

This year films such as: The Karate Kid, Robocop, Highlander and The Never Ending Story, are to be remade.

I think original films are often the best though, and remakes inferior.

For example the remade The Italian Job hardly compared with the 1960s classic of the same name, which starred Sir Michael Caine.

What about the remake of Psycho? You don't see that in lists of classic films do you?

Critics have said film studio bosses are running out of ideas, however they have defended the decision pointing out good movies are good stories and can be told over and over again.

One film I would like to see though is the planned new film version of Graham Greene's Brighton Rock.

Meanwhile, I didn't think Kenny Perry was going to win The Masters, he came very close though.

For me the most exciting part of the event was the charges made by Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. You could almost feel the electricity coming of that group.

Angel Cabrera was a worthy winner though.