The line up for V this year is patchy at best - now its just got a lot worse. Seasick Steve myspace revealed that he has been chucked off the bill and replaced by the blond (should that be bland?) Shania Twain - Taylor Swift.
Really not good and another sign that this year is turning into a muddier T4 On The Beach
This Virgin Media's page outlining their commitment to fault-fixing. Gallows humour at its finest as in the week I've had my V box, its been faulty more days than not.
This adaptation of the Danny Wallace book is really just a series of Jim Carrey set pieces - but an excellent supporting cast including Rhys Darby and the adorable Zooey Deschanel makes it above average entertainment in the end.
The headliners and the first batch of acts for V Festival 2009 were announced yesterday. I posted back in January how Seetickets and V Festival organisers emailed a survey asking What acts you would like to see at V2009 - well I guess they didn't listen to my suggestions.
Even by V's standards, this years line-up seems particularly boring and there's a huge feeling of deja-vu all round with half the acts returning from two years ago and the lack of any surprises on the stages so far.
I reckon the upstart Green Man festival on the same weekend has a lot to do with this - it would be ridiculous to say it was a direct competitor, but what it does do is pick up many of the curios that would occasionally pop up to enliven the V line up of previous years.
This year offers Bon Iver and Wilco - and is a good bet to join Bestival and Latitude as a highlight of the alternative festival circuit.
Where Part Two feels like a movie in its own right, Part One's open ending only enhances the feeling of it being incomplete.
Unlike how Part Two opts for a more direct re-telling of events in Bolivia, Part One employs flashbacks and narration, with Ché giving his opinions of events to a journalist before going on to speak at the U.N - these constant cut aways from the story of the Cuban revolution spoil the flow and as you are never really sure what point Soderbergh is trying to make with the inclusion of this footage, makes Part One feel more disjointed and the lesser of the two parts of Ché.
Ché, Part Two
The better of the two parts that make up Soderbergh's Ché - which could also be argued works even better when viewed as a standalone piece.
Stripped of the flashback and narration that spoilt part one, the second half is a more immersive experience as the sense of foreboding steadily increases to the inevitable conclusion of Ché's death.
Del Toro's performance is more restrained this time around, but also the better for it, portraying the weary Guevara with flickers of the fire that we saw from him first time around.
