Well it has been threatening for some time now but today winter struck. The school had a daft policy of if you turn up you can stay but if you think there will be problems later take your child away. It would be of more use if they said at 8 o'clock "We are open" or "We are closed".
Yesterday Thomas and his team mates travelled to Otley RUFC. Otley are the only team to beat Huddersfield u9s this year and are quite a useful team. It had been arranged that there would be two games going on simultaneously (i.e. there will be 4 games). Tom was selected in Team 2 which is not a demotion or anything like. His team have two sets of forwards, two scrum halves, two outstanding backs who can change games and two fairly useful sets of backs. Team 2 proceeded to demolish their opposite team 2 45 - 15. They then beat Team 1 15 - 0. Tom spent a good deal of time in tears but played through it to tackle hard, be instrumental in two tries in the first match. Huddersfield Team 1 had close games in both of their matches. Getting photos is not easy as different clubs have different attitudes on the subject but photos will follow. All the onlooking spectators - well the ones from Huddersfield anyway were amazed and proud at the demonstration of the team. The 6 nations beckons.
Films of the week is an intriguing bunch. This is largely down to my own inefficiency. The best film of the week has already been on but let me heartily recommend it to you shortly. Had I posted in time I would have recommended the remake of Planet of the Apes for Saturday night. Personally I watched Diamonds Are Forever and recorded the remake for later. I also recorded Underworld Evolution which has universally been slated but which I thought I would give a look. Underworld was a ronseal film and was more style than substance. The classic of the night, and I use the term advisedly was Nosferatu the Vampyre. This is the remake of the classic 1920s film.
On Sunday we had On Her Majesty's Secret Service. This is an oft kicked Bond film which desn't deserve the kicking it gets. George Lazenby is not as bad as everyone suggests and the plot is largely faithful to the book which is a rarity.
In the evening we had several choice offerings. Wallace & Gromit's latest offering - A Matter of Loaf And Death. This is quickly followed by Shrek. There is also League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Disowned by its author, who disowns every film made of his work but probably does very nicely. Murder in the First (left) is the film of the week without equal. It is based on a true story and unlike other such films is brilliantly acted. Christian Slater, Kevin Bacon and Gary Oldman are outstanding. This is a courtroom drama par excellence. If you can see this do you will not regret it. The final Sunday night offering is Die Hard 2 which whilst probably at the weaker end of the franchise is still not a bad film.
Tonight I will be looking into Inherit the Wind which is another highly rated courtroom drama. Thursday night sees Sleepy Hollow on our screens. This is Tim Burton let loose again. The result is excellent. Johnny Depp is the lead and is ably supported by a largely British cast.
Overall not a great week for films on TV so watch DVDs instead.
