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Well this book really took some reading, and there was many a time when I wanted to give up but I kept coming back to it, it has a certain something that keeps pulling you back.

I am not going to even attempt to go into detail about the content or story line but all I will say is really its at least two books in one, a story about a father and son attempting to connect and a book about the philosophy of “quality” in all our lives.

Ok if you have read the book you will know that’s way to simple but I hate to be the one that spoils the book, and it is a great book, its not a classic for nothing, and although it’s hard work at time I think its worth the effort to read and it really did make me think.

So if you want to have your mind expanded, mine felt quite stretched at times, I think it even broke once, this is a great book to read.

It also really made me want to ride a bike across the USA, but hey I wanted to do that anyway.

We saw this the other night and I have to say I am very impressed.  We saw this for two reasons, one because Michelle is a hardcore Johnny Depp Fan, if she squints real hard without her glasses on I look just like Johnny Depp, and as we were sent an invite as a fund raiser for a great charity the Mercy Hospice here in Auckland

But back to the movie, A great story, not sure how true to history it is and obviously John Dillinger (1902 – 1934) was a thief and is noted as one of the most infamous bank robbers of all time, he wasn’t a nice guy and by the end of the movie Depp has us all wanting him to get away, which of course he doesn’t. It also portrays J Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972), as a total Bastard and no better than the gangsters he was chasing.

The movie portrays a time when the Gangsters were out of control and the police force was for sale, of course we have no way of knowing how true this was but it creates a great scene for our Hero – who is the Villain.

The performance by Christian Bale as the lead FBI agent Melvin Purvis is good but he in no ways steals any of the lime light from Depp.

One thing that impressed me about this movie was the soundtrack, not the music but the great sounds the guns make, it just sounds so real [not that I have ever heard a real Tommy gun] but it is very gritty and believable.

The special effects for the wounds and injury’s was also very realistic without being overly gory as was the amount of bullets it took to kill people, and man they sure sprayed around a lot of bullets.

All in all a great movie and I give it a two thumbs up and “must see” rating, and go see it at the theatre to get the full impact and do justice to that great sound track.

What can I say about this movie, It was certainly action packed, and the CGI and action was very well done, sound was great as Michelle said “It was everything you would expect of a Transformers movie”.

But somehow I came out feeling like something was missing.

I normally leave a movie like that and think wow that was fun, I mean I don’t expect it to stimulate my mind or anything but Transformers 2 didn’t do really do much of anything for me.

Perhaps it was just me but I came away thinking , ah well that was okay, can’t put my finger on it but somehow this movie didn’t inspire me, doesnt make me say cant wait for number 3, which of course there will be, so I am afraid its just a one thumb kind horizontal bending slighlty up for me ..

If you know me you know how much if a fan of MotoGP I am and I have always been a fan of Valentino Rossi if he is not the man I am following in particular this year, Hoping for Casey to get his title back this year but I think both of them are outstanding riders.

So what did i think of his book, well it was pretty easy to read, but in my opinion it is really more of a rant about leaving Honda than really about who Valentino is, there is some good insights in there into his life and who he is. I must admit in the first pages i had wondered who this guy thought he was with some pretty egotistical statements but in the end It hasn’t made me like him any less if not really making me feel like I know him more.

So this get a half a thumbs up from me, worth the read, because it is easy to read but not in the must read category in my opinion.

Michelle and I went to see this the other night, Michelle saw it a while ago but really enjoyed it so was happy to take it in a second time so I could enjoy it to.

If you know me you will find it no surprise that i thoroughly enjoyed it, and Michelle said she enjoyed it even more the second time around.

I thought the story was well written and I liked the time paradox that meant they didn’t have to do “due diligence” to all the old movies and had a clean playing field to portray the characters as they and the actors saw fit.

I thought the character of Spock was played well by Zachary Quinto, Although I must confess a few flash backs to Heroes. I also felt Simon Pegg did a great job on Scotty, this was another face I didn’t expect to see in this movie but both these were great casting in my opinion.

For me this gets a big two thumbs up and a highly recommended, go check it out well worth the viewing!