We in the killin' Nazi business. And cousin, Business is a-boomin'.

Today I finally saw Inglourious Basterds in it's entirety. I did see it at the cinema, but had to leave almost an hour before the end to catch a bus. Doing this bugs me, but when said bus is the last bus, there's not much that can be done. I digress. It was excellent, as almost everyone else on earth has concluded long before now. I also totally understand why Christolph Waltz is winning all his awards, but wonder why they are for "supporting actor" when he features in >75% of the screentime. Also, I feel Quentin Tarantino deserves a lot of credit for making a world war two movie that is extremely over the top to the point of being campy, completely inaccurate, full of knowing cheesiness, and lasting over two and a half hours, yet keeping it from becoming silly, boring, or being bogged down by pop-culture references as Tarantino has been guilty of in the past. Don't get me wrong, I love Kill Bill with all the old samurai movie references, but in Inglourious, such blatant homages would have been out of place.

In addition to the movie, I started playing Final Fantasy XIII for PS3. It is actually the first Final Fantasy game I have played (Kingdom Hearts 2 is one of my favourite games ever, but is more of a spin-off). Ever since I bought my PS3 over two years ago I've been waiting for a final fantasy game because I love the visual style of them, and it did NOT disappoint! The graphics are certaintly the best of any game I have played; the cinematics are above the CGI movies I've seen, and the cutscenes/gameplay are lower quality, but still fantastic. There is also a good game underneath the pretty colours; the plot has got me hooked, and the gameplay takes a while to get going, as it really holds your hand, slowly teaching you different elements of the battle system for the entire first Chapter. I clocked in about 3 and a half hours today, and have not long gotten to chapter 2, so it looks like I'll be hooked for a while; sorry, Assassins Creed 2; we'll have to go our separate ways fo the time being...

My evening has been spent editing the rest of Matt's promo photos. I am very pleased with how many of them have turned out; there is a few which I didn't even bother processing, but that is to be expected; I've managed to make the others come out as I had planned, so I feel wholly chuffed with myself just now.