David McFarlane

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Sometimes you go into a film blind, without knowing a thing about it. Sometimes you go into a film knowing almost everything about it. And sometimes you go into a film expecting one thing, but getting another.

This latter is what happened to me whilst watching The Pursuit Of Happyness.

To be honest, I was expecting a cliche-ridden Hollywood crapfest - what I got instead was a brilliant picture with an important message.

To really get the full effect you need to watch the film, but I’ll give my thoughts on what I think the filmmakers were trying to convey.

It’s a simple message really - don’t ever let somebody tell you you can’t do something (in fact it’s one of the lines in the film).

I don’t care if you want to be the Prime Minister, an astronaut, a footballer, a millionaire, anything.

As long as you believe it’s going to happen to you, that’s where it starts - then it’s just a matter of time before you get what you desire.

I’ll leave you with the trailer and a suggestion to either get the DVD or watch it next month on Sky.

Goodbye.

Is somebody having a laugh?

Dennis Wise is apparently going to get paid £1 million a year as a Director Of Football, or some such pointless role. Quite why this is, I have no idea. Considering the guy is a nutjob in his own right, why Mike Ashley thought he needed to bring him in is something only he can answer.

Maybe King Kev is brining in ex-professional players for some reason? Or perhaps Mr Wise has a video of Keegan doing something he shouldn’?

Colour me puzzled by the whole thing.

In other news, Big Brother finished last night and I see Fat Bastard won - I hope that the three viewers that show had left enjoyed themselves.

Roll on more of the Big Brother guff in the Summer.

If you’ve never seen or heard of Curb Your Enthusiasm, please leave. Now. Seriously.

Although it gets shafted in the UK (Monday nights at 10.35 on More4, what the fuck?), it’s one of the funniest shows around - Larry David, he what was one of the creators of the also-excellent Seinfeld, really knows how to do subtle (and not so subtle) comedy well.

I think that one of the unsung heroes of the show has to be Richard Lewis. I mean I’ve never really found the guy all that funny, but on Curb Your Enthusiasm he’s like a different person!

Amazing.

The episode I’ve enjoyed most so far is probably The Producers one. I’m not going to spoil it if you haven’t seen it, but trust me when I say it’s magnificent.

Which brings me to another point.

I’ve never been able to understand the minds of TV schedulers - we get rubbish like EastEnders at prime time, but decent stuff like Curb and Entourage gets stuck at ridiculous times on backwater channels.

Is it so hard for Channel 4 to move a programme with Jamie sodding Oliver to some other time of day? How about 3 a.m.?

But no, we’ll still be left to see what happens when Jamie shows people where meat really comes from or how Gordon Ramsey turns a shit restaurant into a slightly less shit one.

Idiots.

(I’ve just realised I’ve ended another post with the word "idiots" - how idiotic.)

There, I’ve said it.

I hate The Sun. I hate The News Of The World. I hate The Daily Mirror. I hate The Daily Star. I hate OK! I hate Heat.

That’s a lot of hate!

Really, it comes down to bad (or lazy) journalism - case in point, Heath Ledger’s death. The first thing that happens as soon as it’s announced is the start of bullshit rumors about how he actually died ("he killed himself", "somebody killed him", etc.).

What an absolute crock of shit.

Chances are probable that the poor guy accidentally overdosed on sleeping tablets - nothing more sinister than that.

Heaven forbid that the wondeful tabloids try and remember him for his work. Instead we are treated to endless guff about conspiracy theories that would have Elvis blushing, and almost every one of them based on absolutely nothing.

It’s the same with Britney Spears - yes, she’s clearly a bit mad but who cares?

This is the crux of my point - who actually has an interest in all this rubbish reporting?

If I wanted to read pointless nonsense based on lies and rumors, I’d be better off watching Sky Sports News.

Idiots.

Another post I meant to make earlier, but forgot.

I’ve come to the conclusion that Dunfermline are simply an average team.

Losing to Partick Thistle the other night (and against St Johnstone last weekend) helps to highlight the fact that they don’t have a team capable of getting out of the First Division - at least, not yet anyway.

It’s a shame, as when The Fat Orange Judas Bastard (aka Jimmy Calderwood) was in charge The Pars were in the top six of the SPL.

How times change.

Indeed, they have changed so much that I’ll leave you with a reminder of better times - footage of Dunfermline beating Celtic 2-0 during the 1989/90 season (it did happen, I’m not making it up!).

Cheerio.

There’s so many social networking places around, it got me to thinking - when will this end?

I mean, there’s only so many profiles you can manage at any one time (in fact, I can imagine that more work would probably be done by people if they spent less time on such sites) before you get bored - or at least that’s the case with me.

OK, I could very well be in the minority but you have to ask yourself what you’re actually getting out of these places.

Otherwise it’s just a waste of time.

What can you say?

I was/am genuinely looking forward to The Dark Knight coming out this summer, but Heath Ledger ending up dead is pretty sad news indeed.

I was trying to think earlier on if I’ve ever seen him in a bad film, and I honestly can’t say that I have (yes, I even though Brokeback Mountain was quite good you homophobes).

It’s such a waste - to think that after the Batman film comes out, he could almost literally have chosen any role that he wished.

Life sucks.

R.I.P.

Simple one this - VideoGaiden.

If you’ve absolutely no idea what I’m talking about, have a look here.

It’s by the same guys behind Consolevania, but with a bigger budget (oh, and the BBC give them three episodes that actually appear on your telly box that sits in your living room).

Quite possibly the best video game show since GamesMaster, Fat Rab and Ryan speak more sense about games than every other piece of crap magazine and/or blog out there - you must watch their stuff!

Good Lord, I’m such a geek.

Good meeting.

Twitter is a waste of time.

If I wanted to get in contact with someone, could I not just phone them?

I had a quick look at some of the folk using it - they’re either following 100 odd other "twitters" or have 100 odd following them.

Have you people not got anything better to do with your time?

Christ.

Well, the return of Kevin Keegan heralded a new era for Newcastle United - allegedly.

After tonight’s goalless draw with Bolton, it’s obvious to everyone that there are just certain players at the club who shouldn’t be there - I’m not going to name names, but if you’ve seen Newcastle this season you’ll probably know who I mean.

Keegan probably doesn’t have enough time left in this transfer window to get in the players he’ll want, so I’m expecting him to spend most of the money Mike Ashley gives him in the summer.

It’s a pity that The Messiah wasn’t brought in sooner, as he would have had at least a little bit more time to get in some players - ah well!

In other news, Dunfermline lost today (1-0 to St Johnstone) - this is but a minor setback and I’m sure we’ll see The Pars at the top of the table come the end of the season.

We can but hope!