![]() It's been designed with an irregular triangular shape from base to top and will be covered entirely in glass. The Shard will stand 1,017 ft high and have 72 floors, plus another 15 radiator floors in the roof. It's already the second highest free-standing structure in the UK after the Emley Moor transmitting station. Ie: not impressed, but that's me and why I'm glad I saw London before they started to totally ruin it.Known as the "London Bridge Tower" before they changed the name, when completed in 2012, it will be the tallest building in Europe and 45th highest in the world. I assume those are pigeons flying over-head and not buzzards. Marie writes: They call it "The Shard" and it's currently rising over London akin to Superman's Fortress of Solitude and dwarfing everything around it, especially St. Besides, it was a nice afternoon in Vancouver and her condo has a view of False Creek.smile. For of all the friends I have, she's the most different from myself the contrast between us, a never-ending source of delight. I saw her recently and took photos so that I might show and tell, in here. We lost touch after high school, moving in different directions til in the wake of a trip to Venice and eager to practice my bad Italian and bore friends with tales of my travels abroad, I sought her out again.We've kept in touch ever since, meeting whenever schedules permit Marta traveling more than most (she's a wine Sommelier) living partly in Lucca, Italy, and happily in sin with her significant other, the great Francesco. ![]() Micheal's where I met my Canadian-Italian chum, Marta Chiavacci (key-a-vah-chee) who was born here to Italian immigrants. Peter's, Our Lady of Mercy (which was anything but) and finally St. But it is awesome and totally worth a watch.Marie writes: I attended three different elementary schools St. It’s not Brian De Palma’s best film, neither is it Nicolas Cage’s. It’s not a long film so it never out stays it’s welcome and never feels boring or over-long. Perhaps its not the tense mystery thriller that people were expecting but the plot is interesting if not a little predictable. It’s entertaining, its flashy and its lively editing and directing keeps you on your toes. That accolade still lies firmly with Scarface. ![]() But this is probably not De Palma’s greatest film. It’s done quickly, stylishly and with panache. In that it shows the same event over and over from different characters perspectives. There are a lot of impressive shots in the Once the film gets going, it has a similar gimmick to the recent Vantage Point. This is the film’s stand out moment I reckon, but the rest of the film is still shot impressively. ![]() I don’t even want to think how much work went into that shot, or how many failed takes there were. The shot covers impressive ground and sets the stage for the mystery to unravel. The opening shot is a seemingly non stop steadicam shot that weaves in and out of the stadium, up stairs, through corridors following Santoro as he screams at passers-by, chases down a thug and talks to his girlfriend and wife on the phone. One thing I noticed straight off was that director Brian De Palma does a great job. Finishing off the supporting cast is the always awesome Carla Gugino who plays a mysterious woman who the two leads spend half the film trying to track down. Santoro stayed in the sewer and became a dirty cop whilst Dunne took the (equally corrupt) road into the military. They’re relationship is an interesting one as well, boyhood friends who took very different paths in life. He’s a lot of fun to watch alongside Cage. Now in this movie Gary Sinise has a great talent of acting like the friendliest guy ever one moment, and looking extremely evil the next. Playing his boyhood pal, Commander Kevin Dunne, is Gary Sinise. He is played with gusto (perhaps an understatement) and flamboyance and is just so much fun to watch. Nicolas Cage plays Rick Santoro, a corrupt Atlantic City cop who switches between talking to his wife on one line to his girlfriend on the other without a second thought. I feel Snake Eyes is one of the more underrated Nicolas Cage movies and I wanted to set that straight. In the 90’s you could hardly move for all the Nicolas Cage. In this decade you had some downright excellent action films like The Rock, Con Air and Face/Off (not to mention his Oscar win). Yaaay! It’s Nicolas Cage time! Snake Eyes comes from my favourite era of the master’s work, the 1990’s.
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