Layer Cake; The Boat That Rocked

Enjoyed watching Layer Cake again tonight; had it downloading during the day (7 hours' total!). It's hard not to envy Craig's lifestyle - the aesthetics, from his lean body, to stylized clothing and home decor - not to mention his glamorous and exciting job, are all pretty cool!

Still, it's hardly fulfilling from a Christian perspective. Why is it that these material and aesthetic elements have such high appeal? Why is it so hard to see the beauty and attractiveness of Christ?

I remember reading an interview with Daniel Craig regarding the fate of his character at the end of the film. A sequel was being discussed, and he stated that there was some ambiguity as to whether XXXX had been fatally wounded. There is no such confusion when watching, and retrospectively resurrecting characters for a sequel tends to cheapen the original (cf. Advent Children, Crank 2).

The best part of The Boat that Rocked was the music: I need to get a hold of some of that original, 60's rock and roll! Aside from the musical highlights which formed the soundtrack, the film was afflicted with pacing issues: the entire second half of vomited onwards, with weak character development (we get it; the protagonist's mother is a slut!), not to mention the feel that many of the actors are only superficially bolted on - see silent smoking guy and Rhys Darby's character

Oh, and Kenneth Branagh overacted as usual.