I seriously love the film Sin City, and now I have other responsibilities couldn't hope to get the cinema to see Sin City 2 so have been anticipating getting it on DVD (or blu ray) at a later date.
I waited till after xmas just in case someone got it for me and hey presto my wife got it for me :)
I didn't get a chance to see it until a few days after xmas so the anticipation was palatable, then I sank just a little bit. The first thing I noticed was that the make-up for Marv was a little different from before but that didn't bother me too much the dialogue was deliberately ham'ed up which I kind of like. But the stories were, well...dull during Nancy's last dance I wanted it to end, I'd had enough. Such a shame.
The gambler in a bad night part 2, I mean really WTF! I expected him to die but not to have a pointless end, just makes his very existence in Basin City a waste of protein.
It could be far worse, I did still like the way the film was shot and the way it gives the impression of a comic book made real I find amazing. It was as bad as Promethius now there is a fantastic pile of crap, amazing backdrop questionable acting and virtually devoid of any storyline.
Monday 29 December 2014
Wednesday 26 November 2014
Benefit or not?
I just had a discussion with someone about the fact that the government has raised the amount of tax free earnings a person is entitled to.
On the face of it this seems like a wonderful thing that would benefit the lower wage bracket of the UK, which I am sure it does...however what most people may not realise is that it also benefits the large earners that circumvent the taxation system by using means that adhere to the letter of the law but not the spirit of it.
Take for example someone who 'earns' a lot however they're self employed and the company is the entity that gets the actual money, the self employed person can now pay themselves a larger chunk of profits without needing to pay tax as an employee whilst at the same time allowing the company to offshore income and pay the owner a dividend on profits.
Since the number of self employed has risen dramatically I imagine lots of people are doing this.
So on the face of it a nice gesture to the underpaid, in reality yet more kickbacks for the rich
On the face of it this seems like a wonderful thing that would benefit the lower wage bracket of the UK, which I am sure it does...however what most people may not realise is that it also benefits the large earners that circumvent the taxation system by using means that adhere to the letter of the law but not the spirit of it.
Take for example someone who 'earns' a lot however they're self employed and the company is the entity that gets the actual money, the self employed person can now pay themselves a larger chunk of profits without needing to pay tax as an employee whilst at the same time allowing the company to offshore income and pay the owner a dividend on profits.
Since the number of self employed has risen dramatically I imagine lots of people are doing this.
So on the face of it a nice gesture to the underpaid, in reality yet more kickbacks for the rich
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