Monday, January 25, 2010

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James Cameron's Avatar

It 's a good show great Avatar, the' last James Cameron's film .

Sci shades fantasy, is a story that brilliantly exploits the mechanisms of the classic confrontation between good and bad. Like every product of the Canadian filmmaker, is built for a fact that success is not failure.
The film cost a lot, with its $ 237 million is the most expensive production in movie history. But with the billion and 800 million which has already gathered, is also the most profitable film.
All the money spent on the film are gone (as well as the actors and the director) in special effects. The film it is shot with a novel technique that allows a performance in stunning 3D and is populated by wonderful characters that move in a world more beautiful. The planet Pandora.
I was not able to find a place in a 3D room and I settled for a normal projection, but I must say that the effects are still outstanding and that during the many air battles, I'm surprised a little unbalanced on the chair to follow the evolution of us!
The story is useless to tell you about a little bit because I never do, but also because the plot has been traced anywhere. But I do not think it wrong if I say that in the script there is a little Matrix and a little dancing with wolves.
Two splendid film 's note.

short, will not change the history of cinema as it has been said by many (at the bottom of the story is not very original) but certainly from here and for many years, we heard about the fantastic world of Pandora and its high residents, Na'Vi.
For me, no doubt to be seen for over two hours of pure fun!

Thursday, January 21, 2010

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The Cathedral of the Sea by Ildefonso Falcones


I purchased "The Cathedral of the Sea" intrigued by the commercial success enjoyed. I waited for the 'output' s paperback (large Tea), and at that point, dropping my 13 €, I've brought it home.
The Cathedral is a story, indeed a true historical novel, which tells in 640 pages of family adventures Estanyol, originally sharecroppers and serfs of the Catalonian countryside.
The story begins on the day of the marriage of young Bernat and ending with the maturity of his son Arnau.
In half, 64-year history of Barcelona, \u200b\u200bfull of historical references and accurate reconstructions of places and customs of Catalonia of the fourteenth century.
In romanzone there is a little bit of everything, the rise, fall and redemption of a family. And wars, famine, religious persecution and pestilence. Loves, rapes and inquisition. All at 'shade of the yard of the Church Sea, the church of the people in Barcelona, \u200b\u200bin its construction during those years.
's ability Ildefonso Falcones is surely to make a script that manages to contain its lightness with this wealth of topics. The narrative is fluent and can be read with pleasure, indeed, the end pages slipping fast. A pleasant reading.
And then, is a mine of information about life during the fourteenth century and in particular on that of Barcelona, \u200b\u200ba city I have visited many times but whose story I knew very little.
The many characters in the novel are a diverse and comprehensive gallery of the figures of the time (whose character, however, are also transported to the present day), without thickness or shine with originality.
conclusion, a very interesting book that is read and pleasantly.
missing in my opinion, the spark of absolute genius, but it's a job well done. Without disturbing
Manzoni (there is also a pest here!), Who had read the Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet, will find many similarities.
For those who had not read, honestly, I would recommend you start than that!

Monday, January 11, 2010

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Emmaus Baricco

Emmaus is the latest novel by Alessandro Baricco and before talking about it, a premise must be author of Turin.
Baricco is a writer who has always divided the critics. His "supporters" appreciate the elegance of the prose pleased, as well as the skill with which tackles the most diverse and original. In short, for them is a cook nouvelle cuisine, which is always delicious and refined dishes, playing with many different ingredients.
His critics, however they perceive it as a technical fop who packed very good knowledge of business best seller, but with no value. In short, this chef's dishes are beautiful to behold and well cooked but do not know anything.
I, synthesizes the two theories, thinking that this is true before, but at the same time that Baricco is a little too inclined to approach the latter.
With this in mind, to speak of Emmaus, will be much easier, because in none of his story like this, there is so much material for the supporters of both factions.
It 's the story of four little boys still minors, pervaded by a deep (?) Catholic faith.
It 's the story of how IlSanto, Luke, Bobby and the narrator (the name does not come out throughout the book), the journey that will lead from the quiet acceptance of tradition, faith and the path designed for them parents and the community, awareness of themselves, their very existence and of 'adventure it is.
ferry to the other side of this awareness is Andre, a beautiful girl, by the innate class and androgynous traits. A girl's life marked by evil and corrupts everything and everyone that approach. At first set and then on their own, the four friends will travel this way, each to different directions and with different outcomes.

It 's a story-style Baricco, I would call for fans, where you will find everything that characterizes - in good and less good - the writer. What can I say? I liked it, but I confess, I am a fan.

To give you an idea of \u200b\u200bthe conflicting passions that triggers this writer, there Linko two other reviews, I suppose professional, taken from two different newspapers on-line. Here
review here friend and one less friend ... Enjoy!

Thursday, January 7, 2010

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Restaurant: Friends

Here's another review for those who want good food in Lucca and Versilia.
The Friends of taste is a little restaurant, just over 30 seats arranged one pretty close to the 'other. And 'situated in the center of Viareggio, Via Cavallotti in at number 45 and from outside, apart from the' teaching, we recognize (barely) for a single light in the room.
The kitchen is strictly fish-only and exclusively serving the catch of the day, the choice can sometimes be limited. Not bad though, because all the dishes are definitely worth mentioning.
But we go to order, how it works.
Meanwhile, you should book well in advance. Additional tables are few and do not rotate during the evening, so having an assured place is a privilege that must be won with patience and determination.
The number is 0584 945 157. Segnatevelo and armed with tenacity. A week ago, shortly after New Year, the first night with vacancies was May 5 (not bad for reservations four months eh?), So the 'There is only one, hoping that someone has since withdrawn.
As luck helps stubborn, you may hear that there is a place to respond. Well, you're ready for Phase 2: pappatoia.
It begins appetizers with seafood of course, in memory 8 courses. Change often, just because depending on the fish but we had:
aubergines stuffed with sea bass
-grouper and shrimp dumpling
-polenta with sauce whitebait
-octopus and beans
-bundle of radicchio and ricotta shrimp
-marinated cod
-cicadas
- Slices of fish that I do not remember it ...
all very good and cooked with skill.
To drown the appetizers, we first used a ball of sparkling wine.
The first four plates were available:
-linguine with prawns Catalan
ravioli with spinach-and-bass
spaghetti with fresh clams with noodles
-redfish
We chose a trio of tastings for the last three, which meant in practice is the first of three courses and asked to have a second bottle of Yellow Ribolla. Excellent all three, even four including Ribolla.
For the second choice was between:
-fried paranza
-fried boneless (squid and shrimp)
-grilled prawns.
In two
we opted for the fried boneless (wonderful), while two others chose the king prawns (good, but they were only three each!).
For the latter, we used a bottle of Grecanico (a note, though good bad choice because it was lighter than the previous year) showed that there is no two without three.
and take the time to finish all four an expression somewhere between the 'stupid and happy and there's the homemade cakes (delicious) and coffee (decent).
Preda now have mystical visions that attracted stylites holy fasting in the column, the owner invites us to the digester. We choose a whiskey and it brings us in front of a shelf containing dozens of bottles (for my modest culture) the most valuable. I ask for a whiskey that is not peaty Laphroigh the table and puts us on a full bottle of a special selection of production on the 'island of Islay. Obviously, we test the generosity with 'great spirit.

Well it's time to go, because even at midnight, as a sign reads, it's time to go to sleep.
The bill, all inclusive, is 35 eur each.

A rare place that deserves the acrobatics necessary to book. Excellent raw materials, excellent cuisine (no inventions, but solid kitchen Viareggio) comfortable and cozy, cellar smart labels without garish but good wines by the correct price and ultimately honest account of the confines of 'naive.

might be able to come back often ...!

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

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taste in Viareggio Lucca Restaurant: Bread and Wine

Because every now and then because of my well-known Lucchese acquaintances, friends and acquaintances ask me about local hotels and restaurants in Lucca and Versilia, as well as to suggest this site ( Toscanagrandtour ) for any indication of a general nature or suggestions, I thought to post a few reviews on some addresses that I would recommend.
The first is that the carry-over 'wine-tavern Wineries Bernardini, in the Suffrage 7, in the heart of Lucca.
The restaurant is located inside the ancient cellars of the palace Bernardini, one of the most prestigious palaces of Lucca and is therefore located in an underground room, with vaulted ceilings. As I said this is a wine tavern, so do not expect covered Habillé and silver cutlery. E 'furnished with elegant simplicity and on the tables, you will find in paper tablecloth and crystal glasses, so to speak.
The menu offers a choice enough range of dishes and the combinations particularly well managed.
To give an idea, we got as appetizers:
- flan with truffle cream and onion (delicious custard cream and even better: delicious combination)
- salmon trout on grilled polenta (again, delicious combination) As early
instead:
- maltagliati polenta with kale and sausage (really good but substantial)
- tagliatelle with porcini sauce with white meat (very mild)
How I opted for the second leg of a stuffed rabbit the chopped pistachios, but a look of disapproval has led me to give up. And so, we passed to desserts, in my opinion the least deserving of the meal, with:
- cottage cheese with lemon and toasted almonds to 'orange (good but not memorable)
- English custard tart up chestnuts (same as above )

Since we were at lunch, we were limited to two glasses of red Monte Carlo, indeed, alas, very bad.
We got up and relaxed satiated and we paid 50 eur (probably the bill was slightly higher, but the owner is our friend, so he rounded up in our favor).

said Massimo, the owner, and very kind of ' environment that puts at ease, it is worth tasting the delicacies offered by this restaurant. The food as I said, are made with skill and good ingredients and combinations designed with intelligence. Just good.
Desserts hano I went crazy and basically are a cut below the rest of the proposals.
mention apart from the wine. It 's true that we choose between the two proposals by the glass, and both economic zone in the area and that the product is good' oil, but a wine I was expecting a better wine by the glass, if only out of respect for the goodness of the dishes .
Surely, if it was dinner time and I chose a bottle of fine wine, I would not even this fact, but so be it.
Finally, the opening hours. Call for more information, because sometimes open for lunch, some dinner, and others all day, but I have not found a link that allows me to give you directions and therefore, best to book!
Finally, some details to be improved, but surely a location to be advised.