I can say "readers" with confidence because I know that some nasty person in the blogosphere (or possibly some nasty automated machine) just posted a spam comment on my Jingle Bells blog. I have allowed free access to those who wish to comment (thank you, Steve) but the downside of choosing not to moderate comments is what just happened. The only way I could find to get rid of the comment was to get rid of the post, so here it is again for your seasonal delectation and delight.
The Christmas season has officially begun. We have just got back from seeing Aladdin at the Tanglin Club, and we are most definitely in the Christmas spirit. There's something about 100 children screaming "He's behind you" that somehow just gets you in the mood. We are spending Christmas in Singapore this year, a novelty for us, and we're off to Hong Kong for Hogmanay. Chris got back from the UK today, and is busily planning the festivities - he is clearly a man in need of a project.
While he was away I saw the new film version of A Christmas Carol, which I really loved. One of the best things was sitting in the dark in an (over) air conditioned cinema, so that it really was possible to feel that it was Christmas Eve in the northern hemisphere. I think I have seen and pretty much loved every film about Christmas ever made,and I could cheerfully fill the time between now and December 25th watching them all over again.
Although there were a fair number of littlies at the showing of A Christmas Carol that I went to, they were all incredibly quiet, unlike the teens that I shared the cinema with when I went to see New Moon, the second film of the Twilight series. As soon as the vamp and the werewolf got their kit off (in human form, of course) the screaming started. I could understand it for the werewolf (seriously hot, with abs you could bounce off), but not for Edward the vampire (what sort of name is that for a vampire, anyway?) who used to be Cedric Diggory in one of the Harry Potter movies and who looked like he had abs of custard, rather than steel. If I were writing a haiku review of this film I'd say:
Disappointing pap
Save your money to go and
See a real movie.
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