A diet update and a film review

Day 1 and day 2 of super diet have gone rather well. The weather is against me, the wind prevented me from cycling today (blown in canal, I think not) but i went for a walk instead. Most importantly I have eaten basically nothing and I'm getting used to being hungry. I expect my body to start consuming my ass quite soon, in order to sustain my basic brain functions.

Went to see the US version of Girl with a Dragon Tattoo yesterday and was very pleasantly surprised on many levels. Having read the book and seen the Swedish version I was quite scare of what the Americans might do to it, but it was very good. The main character was possibly better played by Craig than in the Swedish version (although he insisted on having his glasses hanging off his face half the film which drove me mad!). Overall it was a fantastic film - harrowing and surprising, with a great sound track and very well filmed. The director handled some very difficult material with care and it was dramatic without being crass.

The other interesting thing to come from that cinema trip was Sony 4k. Joni spotted this advertised on the cinema website over my shoulder and said he would go see any film with me as long as it was in Sony 4k. To which I replied what the hell is Sony 4k? What has followed is 2 lengthy discussions of film and sound, and how they work, which i will not bore you with. Suffice to say a film shown in 4k has four times as many pixels as a 1080hd film (which is what most bluray films are). It also specifies the sound comes in a .wav format, which i am assured is damed good.

But will I be able to tell the difference, I hear you cry? Let me say this. I am half blind and tone deaf. Even with my specs my eyesite isn't particularly good but i noticed. I noticed the moment the secreted came on and not the film trailers. I noticed the moment the still secreted started flashing up, while everyone was still coming in. It was like that first time you flick from BBC1 to BBChd, and you really marvel at the difference. And so I would advice you to find a cinema with Sony 4k and go watch a film, and marvel in how our technology has progressed. And after that go home and lament that all your dvds are in standard format so don't have even a quarter of the quality.