Started a new irregular job yesterday and today, which involves going to cinemas and checking that all the onscreen advertising, trailers, and banners posters are in order. I also have to try and take note of any audience reactions. Difficult to get that damned "loving it" jingle out of my head. Watching trailers is enjoyable, there are plenty of different trailers to see and sometimes there are subtle variations. Writing in the dark can be surprisingly difficult. After having had an odd job working a Snooker Hall it is great to have another job that I can really enjoy doing even if it will only be once every few weeks.

Shrek 2 was laugh out loud hilarious. Some of the review thought the constant movie references were a bit much but I enjoyed them and they provided a different level you could enjoy the movie on. The Mission Impossible bit, and the Gingerbread Giant were great too. Jonathan Ross, BBC movie critic and comedian was deeply disturbing as the Ugly Sister, barkeep of the Poison Apple Tavern. (Apparently it was revoiced for the UK and Americans get to hear Larry King instead).
There was a nice sequence in the middle of the closing credits where Donkey is reunited with the Dragon, so if you have not already seen Shrek 2 be sure to wait long enough at the end to see it.

Spider-man 2 opened with the painted Comic Book Art of Alex Ross, which recapped the previous film and with style. Although I had been dissapointed because of the hype and obligatory exposition of the first Spider-man film file that was quickly forgotten and I really enjoyed this film. Bruce Campbell, as the usher, the true villian of Spider-man 2, yay! It was an interesting decision to have Spider-man unmasked quite so much but I think they got away with it. I expected that Peter Parker was admitting going to admit to Aunt May that he was spider-man but I guess they are saving that for the sequels.
JK Simmons got a much bigger chance to bark as J. Jonah Jameson editor of the Daily Bugle, but is a litte disturbing having seen him for so long as Neo-Nazi Schillinger in HBO television prison drama OZ.
Kirsten Dunst is beautiful but I dont understand how Spider-man manages to make her look so awful, bad clothes, lifeless hair. Tobey Maguire seems to have a scar on his cheek that is shaped like an S turned on its side. Can you tell I watched it more than once?!
The ending sets things up for the Spider-Man 3:Return of the Green Goblin but I hope that Sam Raimi will resist the temptation to bring him back so soon. The appearance of Dr Conners as Peters lecturer suggests we might get to see the Lizard instead, although I'm hoping the franchise will last long enough for us to get to see spider-mans arch-nemeisis Venom.