wait a mo....this is a really good film

Got up at 548am this morning. God knows why but I actually woke up and fed the cat straight away before anything else. Usually owing to not liking mornings (at least not until Mr.Cafeine addict here has had a fix) I mope about for at least an hour until fully awake.

But this morning I woke up with a smile. I can't say why because I don't know. Must be the christmas spirit. Anyway... I was woken up by my daughters cat jumping all over the bed in one of it's morning induced spasms. reminds me of a hyperactive gerbal in one of those running wheels.



This cat is crazy and more fuzzy than I don't know what. I not only put four cleans bowls out on her tray...milk....Bernard Mathews chicken slices....Kitecat poach and a spoonfull of fresh double cream, and guess what...she didnt EVEN WANT ANY OF IT.
Instead, as I sat on the floor reading my email, she clawed my arm until I turned around to pay her some attention. And there before me was her little toy mouse type thing. Shes a clever cat to say the least.
Anyway...I wound the mouse up and got clawed big time on the hand and not just once or twice but in constant attacking animal instinct asault mode.
If I dont throw the mouse in .0072 of a second then she attacks me INSTEAD....grrrr

Still love her to bits though. The weired thing is. Is that my nealry 3yr old daughter can wind that cat up...pick her up whenever she wants.....carry her around the apartment like a new designer bag assessory and the cat never AND I MEAN never ever scratches her. It must be a thing the cat has against me.

I digress........

I bought a film yesterday from the local Spar shop. (poor staff having to work xmas day...but hey...they must get a fair wage right...???)
The film is called "THE GIRL NEXT DOOR" and stars "24" actress
Elisha Cuthbert as Danielle the girl next door.... and

Emile Hirsch

as high school student Mathew Kidmen.







I didn't have time to watch it last night so I put it on with a coffee and bit of toast this morning and sat back expecting to be mildly entertained for a few minutes until my usual bordom light came on.....
But WRONG...!!! because this film ROCKS and I mean ROCKS....
It's got a great storyline....great script.....fast pace......comedy moments which I might add "came" at the right time. Oh and the sound track rocked too. Especially through my sony pans and with dolby pro logic on the dvd player. I recomend full bass on this one.

The film starts off telling the story of a soon to graduate American high school senior who doesn't seem to do anything but get straight "A's" and wish on a daily basis that his life had more meaning and fun.
Together with two misfit friends he hangs out with the film gets going on the laugh stakes from the get go.

Out of the two friends who we are introduced to early on as part of the storyline setup. We learn the fact that one hates the way he looks and feels he'll never find a girlfriend unless she excepts americal express,(you get the point ha ha ha ha ha) and the other who lives life on the edge (of a playboy centrefold centre pages whilst sitting alone in his room with his right hand)
There a reference to the term/word "tripod" which you'll nead to watch the film for this to mean anything but it's real feel good moment towards the end.
All three including himself are boring and lead a little bit on the odd side lifes.
.......our story gets going soon after a new neighbour moves into the house next door to Mathews house and who has rather an"interesting secret".....and so the madness begins
He falls for her in a big way....the story pans out from here in within around 13minutes and the viewer is certainly entertained. So I recomend this film to anyone who both wants a laugh and wants to switch brain activity off for a while.

The film wants desperately to fit snuggly into the comedy romance /feel good genre but IMO it's more all of them plus edge of your seet stuff too when certain scenes get going.

***** 5 STARS/10

By for now....