That song ISN'T sung by the Dixie Chicks,

Its actually Alecia Moore, or far more famously known as Pink, who is singing the song 'Hey Mr President'. This song takes the angle of a person asking tough moral questions to the Bush. The song is so touching, yet so filled with disdain for George Bush that I automatically thought it would be the Dixie Chicks. And who said Pop music was just fluff material. One of my favourite sections of this song is:

"Let me tell you bout hard work
Minimum wage with a baby on the way
Let me tell you bout hard work
Rebuilding your house after the bombs took them away
Let me tell you bout hard work
Building a bed out of a cardboard box
Hard work
You don't know nothing bout hard work"

Its such obvious things, but at the same time its inspirational. Speaking of inspirational things, I would highly recommend you take a little while out to watch "Shut up and Sing", the documentary of the Dixie Chicks in the wake of their criticism of Bush during the start of the second Iraq war. The review from SMH pretty much sums it up quite well, so I won't repeat it here. I find movies like this restore my flagging faith in society and humanity in general. They may be celebrities but they are people too.

Its all good and well for Pink to stick it Bush when the rest of the US finally has realized he done more damage to the world than good, but the Dixie Chicks showed that the majority doesn't make it right.

Transformers the Movie

You know how bulletproof vests are associated with Kevlar, the nonstick material is associated with Teflon?
Best Movie of 2007 should really be associated with Transformers.

I saw it today with mates and I loved it, and I'm questioning why I did. Mates from work bagged it out and I could not understand why. Yes there was product placement, but it was hilarious in your face placement as opposed to less-than-subtle annoying placement. For example, they transform a Nokia phone into a evil Decepticon and the annoying soldier guy says "sophisticated technology, these Nokia phones, you have to love Japanese technology". The Australian chick goes "But Nokia is Finnish?". One thing that product placement does is make it seem more real, its not some future time or world, its here and now.

The transformers were amazing works of CGI and looked absolutely awesome whether standing still or beating each other to a pulp. There wasn't as much involvement of the Transformers as say the cartoon and it really was about the humans for a change and I think it was for the better.
I watched Transformers the original series, some of the later series, the movie and even Beast wars and some of the dialogue can be extricating bad but in this movie they kept it to a minimum. There were some hilarious bits in the movie such as when all the Autobots are trying to hide from the main character's parents. The Decepticons were awesome to watch as they are (as per the cartoon) loaded with weaponry and its fireworks spectacular. I would have liked to see more of Starscream but I suspect he'll come into his own in the sequel (and while it does wrap up nicely, it does leave enough avenues open for a sequel).

And finally, the lead actress Megan Fox is one of the hottest new talent I've seen. Ok not so much about the talent bit but definitely the hot bit. I don't think I've seen anyone as gorgeous in a sultry way on screen for a long time.

This movie is definitely worth your 15$ even if you never got into Transformers.