The Internship
WE had a office-event today seeing The Internship - an utterly formulaic "arrogant clever good looking team being beaten by a team of underdogs" movie. It was at least funnier than the trailer had led me to expect. While some aspects were a little inaccurate:
- I'm almost certain that we don't treat internships as stupid Apprentice-style contests
- we certainly don't have helplines telling people how to use gmail
the offices they show are real google offices - albeit in a specially choosing the most photogenic spots kind of way. Much like Inspector Morse spent more time around Christchurch and Magdelen than he did around say St. Catherines.
So if you're bored or in desperate need of some mild laughs, then watch the film and see the sort of place where I work now. But quite frankly unless you're desperate, I'd advise waiting for the DVD
While on the subject of films, here's a potted review based on my transatlantic flight's viewing:
- A good day to Die Hard. Bloody awful: McClane and his son single-handedly save the world from Russian nuclear terrorists. A complete waste of 2 hours
- Hansel and Gretel. Very adequate: two leathered-up siblings with gadgets fight witches in Middle Ages. Nthing wrong with it, but nothing really right either
- Jack Reacher. Quite a good who-dunnnit, if you can live with the anti-government, anti-tax Mary Jane "Isn't he wonderful? He doesn't pay taxes you know." main character
- Cloud Atlas. Very pretty, with storylines spread over centuries but is a bit on the "full of sound and fury, signifiying nothing" side. It wasn't nearly as profound as I suspect it thought it was.
- Django Unchained: fairly violent, occasionally very funny and saturated with the N word. Definitely worth watching.
- I'm almost certain that we don't treat internships as stupid Apprentice-style contests
- we certainly don't have helplines telling people how to use gmail
the offices they show are real google offices - albeit in a specially choosing the most photogenic spots kind of way. Much like Inspector Morse spent more time around Christchurch and Magdelen than he did around say St. Catherines.
So if you're bored or in desperate need of some mild laughs, then watch the film and see the sort of place where I work now. But quite frankly unless you're desperate, I'd advise waiting for the DVD
While on the subject of films, here's a potted review based on my transatlantic flight's viewing:
- A good day to Die Hard. Bloody awful: McClane and his son single-handedly save the world from Russian nuclear terrorists. A complete waste of 2 hours
- Hansel and Gretel. Very adequate: two leathered-up siblings with gadgets fight witches in Middle Ages. Nthing wrong with it, but nothing really right either
- Jack Reacher. Quite a good who-dunnnit, if you can live with the anti-government, anti-tax Mary Jane "Isn't he wonderful? He doesn't pay taxes you know." main character
- Cloud Atlas. Very pretty, with storylines spread over centuries but is a bit on the "full of sound and fury, signifiying nothing" side. It wasn't nearly as profound as I suspect it thought it was.
- Django Unchained: fairly violent, occasionally very funny and saturated with the N word. Definitely worth watching.