Outlaw

We went to see Outlaw last night, because it reminded me of a book I read once and really liked.

Near the beginning was an iteration of a nightmare of mine... and I felt sick. The dodgy camera work did nothing to dispel that. Do not see this film if you suffer from motion sickness - the cameraman hasn't heard of a tripod.

I'm not sure I was the target audience - I failed really to sympathise with any of the main characters - and thus perhaps it didn't work for me as it should have. However, I did think it was a good film, if somewhat uncomfortable, spoilt only by the aforementioned camerawork. Shot selection was good - direction was good - acting was good - pace was good, with a range of action continuing throughout - but let down by one bad aspect.

More on Shockwave and Ubuntu

Instead of running the Windows version of firefox (which was slow and unstable) I can run the linux version and run shockwave through wine. Walkthrough here.

Chiquito

Also, last night we ate our dinner at Chiquito, a Mexican restaurant at the Leisure Park. Very teh yum; but we ate too much for pudding :( We had nachos - I think they're aimed at a larger group than two - but very crisp and lovely, with just the right amount of cheese and heat, a lovely creamy guacamole, a very tasty salsa and sour cream. Then I had swordfish in an orange juice glaze, served with black bean salsa, sour cream and garlic mash. On its own, the swordfish was pleasant - with the salsa and soured cream it was sublime. Colin had chicken pablano quesadilla, and the sauce was very fruity and rich and delicious, but I couldn't try it properly because of the not-eating-meat thing. We are definitely going back when I can eat meat - and also maybe not having a starter next time, because the desserts look fabulous.