Grr computers!

Well, you won't hear much from us for the next 2 weeks, because on Sunday night our hard drive died (I'm blogging from school). We were lucky in one way - it almost did it on Saturday, resurrected itself for 24 hours (enough time for me to backup our digital photos and my documents for school - but not 2 years' worth of video footage. We're so annoyed!), and then finally kicked the bucket in the early hours of Sunday morning. Thankfully our PC World coverplan will take care of it, but it takes a while. We keep thinking of all the things we could or need to do online, and getting more frustrated. Nothing we can do about it now though.

Snapshot review of two films: The Village - very disappointing fourth film from M Night Shyamalan (whose Signs we love, and whose previous 2 films, Unbreakable and The Sixth Sense, we can happily discuss and find things to admire about even if the 6th Sense freaked us out big time). The more you think about the plot, the more holes become apparent. And obviously there's a twist, so I can't say much more. It seems like an interesting twist at first, but gradually you realise that it's really quite silly and implausible.

The Stepford Wives (new version) - better than we thought it would be, with an update on the plot of the original 70s movie (a true and, I think, admirable call to equal rights between the genders), which I won't say much about for the benefit of those who have seen neither. And, for those people who have seen neither film, rent the original version. It's brilliant. This one works quite well as a comedy, but then gets very silly at the end when they tried to update it for a modern audience.

Question for comments: can altruism ever actually exist? That's what Heidi and I were discussing as we fell asleep last night. Thoughts please!