Websites and films

These are some of my favourite sites, check them out.

Ed Moulton's blog - www.livejournal.com/users/sugarjames

Hectorjelly recommended him and I know his praise is hard won so i flicked over and had a look. Ed's blog is one of the funniest you will read. His comments on beer, weed, gambling and pondering life's deeper mysteries are peppered with funny anecdotes and told in his own inimitable style. Not to be missed.

www.twoplustwo.com

Far and away the best site for poker debate, the forums here are graced by a number of fine players, including occasional input from greg raymer, paul phillips and david sklansky amongst ohters. Most poker forums often degenerate into abuse and technical discussion is often very poor. Conversely, here you often very good discussion on technical matters, exploring the deeper mathematics and meta-game factors involved. Also, when the abuse does come, it can be very high quality abuse.

No poker player should ignore this site.


www.twodimes.net

Excellent tool for calculating odds and EV. You'll learn most of the important things off by heart soon enough but this will solve those arguments about whether JQs is a favourite over 22.

Great films.

Highly untopical, i don't care because these were great films i only got round to seeing recently.

Bourne Identity/ Supremacy

I hadn't seen this but knew the books were popular and that these came recommended by many. So I pulled my finger out bought both DVDs and watched them.

The Bourne Identity is one of the best action films I've seen. The action scenes are all impressively done, never over the top, but it is the central character who is the focal point of the film. Matt Damon dazzles in the role of Bourne, evoking sympathy in one moment, awe in the next, underpinned by a constant, furtive, restless intelligence. He really was ( I can't say it , can I....?) born to be bourne.... (couldn't help myself!)

If you haven't seen this and like action films, then watch it, ok!! 9/10

The sequel Supremacy lacks the punch of the original, which would have been difficult once the secret is out of the bag but is still an excellent film as he battles some of his associates and outwits and outthinks the combined intelligence and might of the FBI once more, after being dragged back into the world of espionage. 7.5/10

The Bourne character is a great addition to the pantheon of cinema greats and let's hope the next film in the series, which is currently being made, can match these two.

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Lastly, but not least I have to mention the film, MOMENTO.

A great film, innovatively designed that keeps you guessing all the way through. At first the style is confusing and obscure but it is worth it as the knots in the plot untangle grippingly as the film approaches its unpredictable denouement.

Guy Pearce, plays the character very smoothly, cementing his place among Hollywood's best actors.. Not bad for a kid from ramsay street.

The ambiguities in the plot and plethora of little hints and tips to the solution are littered thorughout the film. It is well worth watching 2 or 3 times to catch these moments.

9/10