What a waste

I was inspired by an article and a radio programme to have a little rant on my blog.

Shaun of the Dead

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Comedy

I'm not generally into horror films in general or zombie films in particular, but I'd heard this was good and gave it a go. I'm very glad I did. This could well be the funniest horror/zombie film ever. It made me laugh out loud throughout. Simon Pegg is excellent in the lead role, but also co-wrote it.

I managed to mostly miss out on the sit-com Spaced, but this makes me want to check it out properly, Apparently there are lots on in-jokes in the film to do with Spaced and various Zombie films, but you don't need to know them to enjoy the film.

I'll warn you that the violence is graphic and frequent. Tanya doesn't like horror and gore, but even she really enjoyed it.

Just see it

I'm not much of a political animal, but decided to try this survey. I
thought I favoured the green party on my principles, but it seems I'm
actually more of a Lib-Dem. I'm quite happy to at the opposite pole to the Tories.

Who should I vote for?

Your expected outcome:

Green

Your actual outcome:

	Labour 4
Conservative -51
	Liberal Democrat 60
UK Independence Party -20
	Green 27

You should vote: Liberal Democrat

The LibDems
take a strong stand against tax cuts and a strong one in favour of
public services: they would make long-term residential care for the
elderly free across the UK, and scrap university tuition fees. They are
in favour of a ban on smoking in public places, but would relax laws on
cannabis. They propose to change vehicle taxation to be based on usage
rather than ownership.

Take the test at Who Should You Vote For

Enigma

Rating:	★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Mystery & Suspense

This is a film that I have been wanting to see for a while due to my interest in all things related to encryption, including the role of Bletchley Park in the second world war. I actually managed to see half of it on a skiing holiday, but managed to catch the whole thing over Easter.

I read the book (by Robert Harris) some time ago, but have forgotten some of the details.

It's based around fictional characters, a slightly unbalanced cryptographer who had romantic problems at Bletchley and a bright woman who also works there. They find out that his former love had some secrets.

It's a spy thriller that works pretty well, but gets confusing at times. The period detail looked good to me. Less romanticised than it could have been, which is a good thing.

I keep saying I should visit Bletchley Park as it's not too far away. Maybe this year. According to IMDB this was actually filmed elsewhere as the real location was not convincing enough.