Buffalo Soldiers

American soldiers stationed in West Germany run racquets and go wild to relieve their boredom.

There's a certain surreal quality to this film, especially the action sequences which suggest the film needn't be taken altogether seriously. This is important with a lot of the film seeming at least like an exaggerated reality which would be hard to buy served straight. It also means the film is more entertaining than introspective on the issue of bored soldiers. Jarhead annoyed me by seeming to have something to say on the subject but never actually saying it, at the end here, there is at least a pat message to round things off.

Although I enjoyed the film it didn't engage me very strongly. The highlight of the film for me was when I decided Mr Phoenix should marry his onscreen squeeze and take her name to become Joaquin Paquin.

Spongebob Squarepants:The Movie

A sponge named Bob lives in Bikini Bottom frying food at the local burger joint dreaming of becoming manager. When he fails to secure the spot at the new franchise because of being a child he heads off on a hero's quest to prove it ain't so.

BBCs Blue Planet caught a mind boggling array of sea life in fabulous detail but David Atteborough kept from us important aspects of sea life behaviour. Most particularly that plankton are in fact megalomaniacal fiends. That's why so many things eat them. They have to be kept in check.

The good thing about a lot of the cartoons from Nickleodeon is their being squarely aimed at children, revelling in silliness. A silliness that those adults who still retain healthy levels of childishness can also revel in. Are you one of those? If you think Spongebob sounds cooler in French, in which he's called Bob Le Ponge Pantalon Carre then you probably are.