Twenty

Time is a funny thing. This blog, for example, doesn't feel old but is older than the kids of many of my peers. Amazingly it was only eight when the Olympics happened here in London. Oh and check this - I've been posting here for oooh 4/9ths of my life. That's, like, almost half of it (and yes, that will happen eventually). I've written about movies that have since been rebooted or remade.

So it's clear to say that as sad as it may be, this blog is the longest project I've kept in my life - and will probably keep that record even if I stop now. I think I'm quite proud of that, not that it takes a huge amount of effort to post a review every now and then. I think I've accepted the fact that I'll keep posting as long as Google offer the Blogger platform (which these days might not be a given).

And continuing with the thesis, a decade is also a funny amount of time.  It can pass in a blink of an eye, and yet rationally it's a huge chunk of change. Two decades feels like two decades, but that doesn't mean anything if a decade itself feels so abstract.

Here's to 2034!

Film: Alien: Romulus

After the mild (and not so mild) disappointment of the last two prequels to the Aliens franchise, it was refreshing to hear that this latest entry would be going back to the basics that made the original films so good. After watching the film, I can confirm that Romulus indeed does throwback to the 80s... 

... But if anything it goes a little too far and in some ways becomes a bit of a photocopy. That in itself isn't a bad thing (the stakes aren't that high here people), but just a shame as the film could have easily rested on its own invention instead of labouring as it sometimes did - even some of the effects seemed like they were a few decades old. Then again, even its novelty may have gone too far - although the film is brisk it could have ended a scene earlier and been better for it.

These are all blemishes on an otherwise great film and entry into the series and one that I enjoyed. Recommended.

Food: Goda London

I'm not a huge meat eater. Sure, I'll pick a beefburger over a veggie, but am also perfectly happy with a fish or daal or chana dish. In short, meat itself isn't the biggest draw for me.

This might be because I tend to have eaten excellent meat dishes. Decades of over done not high quality meat that is only passable in a spicy dish may have contributed to my ennui.

So it's coming to a place like Goda that can have quite the effect on the uninitiated like me. Apart from the obvious novelty of an open kitchen and seeing spits being roasted, the food itself was marvellously good and even generous (we over ordered).

Service and experience were also top notch, with our platter coming surprisingly quickly. Goda is a bit on the medium expensive side, with our bill coming to around £35 (but again we did over order).

Goda was a fine place to eat and definitely recommended.