I love reading, though I don’t read half as much as I’d like to. I have plenty of books, I just never seem to be in the mood for it as much as I should be.
One thing I thought I’d try was an audio book, in all honesty to see if it annoyed me to the point of wanting to read a book myself, rather than have someone read it to me as if I’m a child!
The one author I’ve always wanted to like and have really tried to like is Stephen King. I just can’t get on with him or his style. This isn’t to say he’s a bad author, it’s just there’s something between his writing and my brain that just don’t seem to fit.
Despite this I recently picked up a copy of The Shining and it’s long awaited sequel Doctor Sleep. I adore both film versions of these stories and have always felt I should have read them. I really want to enjoy them when the time comes to read them and so to see if I can get Kings style, if I can somehow learn how his books flow I downloaded the audible version of his classic I.T.
I have to admit I am enjoying it, given I can’t see any page numbers I have no real idea of where I am in the story, Georgie has met his sad demise and we have just met an adult Stan and his wife so it’s still early, but I’m getting it. I’m starting to see the rhythm in his style. The spiel on the file says it’s 44 hours, so I have a long way to go and I imagine there’s a lot in there that didn’t make it into either film adaptation. But, I’m looking forward to finishing it and to finally starting an actual, old fashioned book once again
My favorite type of film has always been adventures, things like The Goonies, Indiana Jones, Lord Of The Rings, The Mummy are right up my street, but I am very partial to a good old disaster movie too, probably down to watching things like The Towering Inferno, The Poseidon Adventure and the Airport films (70, 75, 77, 79)
So when I sat down to watch MoonFall, the latest big scale disaster movie from disaster master (or master of disaster…….hang on, that’s Apollo Creed!!) Roland Emmerich I did so with a very childish happy feeling.
Emmerich has got form with this sort of thing, Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow make for some serious credentials when it comes to filming the end of the world and MoonFall is no different. Staring Patrick Wilson and Halle Berry, who are admirably supported by John Bradley (Sam from Game Of Thrones), MoonFall is an absolute wild, totally unhinged 2 hours of how and why the moon is out of orbit and getting closer and closer to the Earth, with apocalyptic consequences.
Emmerich has never been afraid to throw absolutely everything at a film and he does so here with the same reckless abandonment that we know and love. I won’t say too much as I know it’s a fairly recent film and not everyone has seen it, but if you want 2 hours of absolute nonsense, with the fate of the world at stake, this is for you!!
Take it easy guys, the podcast will be back soon!!
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