Again, the promise of a snow-related picture had to be broken: when I visited town yesterday, I was shocked to discover that Nottingham City Council has decided to continue Christmas after 12th Night.Leaving their Christmas decorations on lamp-posts-- especially on those outside Zara near Bridlesmith Gate where this festive arrangement was documented-- NCC have generously bestowed bad luck to all! I should have used the date stamp setting to prove that this photograph was, in fact, taken on 7th January, but you will have to trust that I am faithful to my own (arbitrary) rules!
Shortly after this photograph was taken, I went to the Tesco Express on Angel Row. I then boarded a bus back to campus and everything was running like clock-work. However, on returning, I discovered that I had left half my tesco items at the checkout! And I thank NCC's poorly-timed gesture of good-will for this moment of knee-kicking forgetfulness.
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I should not complain *too* much, however. My bad luck was assuaged by my Better Half who decided we should go for a curry and watch Sherlock Holmes so as to economize bus money! I recommend S.H...I think there is something for everyone. Late-Victorian London is aestheticized into a Gothic landscape packed with a decadent inventory of props and all is thrown against a dark, grey light that seems simultaneously artificial and natural. It teases out contemporary debates about the polemic possibilities offered by scientific & supernatural theories (possibilities that collate to inspire Sherlock's inventive mind) and pays close attention to historical detail (I'm not sure about accuracy to periodization in every frame, but noticed a campaign banner which read 'Phrenology is the Future of Being'). Above all-- and this is where its popular appeal will lie-- the film is an action-packed comedy that uses light-hearted comedy throughout to undercut its otherwise dark plot.***
I think I'll leave my shopping behind more often!
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