So you're supposed to roll the ball in such a way that it hits the space (the "pocket") between pins #1 and #3 (or #2 if you're a lefty) at an angle. This means that the ball has to travel in a wide curve, or that a straight ball has to make a sudden twist just as it's about to hit the pins, or that you make the ball go any which way you please so as long you hit the sweet spot at an angle. In bowling parlance this is called a "hook". Do as much damage as you can with a hook in your first of two chances in a "frame".
Roll the ball hard, slow, or something in between the two. Use the markers on the lane to help you with your aim – or not. It would also help if you have your own personal ball as opposed to using house balls. And if your ball's a bit too heavy for you to hook, go ahead and invest in a wrist support as well.
I've yet to buy myself my own ball, but if I do I'm going for a shiny 10-pounder.
Tuesday 19 October 2010
Sunday 17 October 2010
So I saw 'Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps'
Shia LaBeouf's stock has just gone up with his taking on a big role in this sequel to Wall Street (1987). Actually, labelling the movie a 'sequel' doesn't do it justice. 'Sequel' is nowadays synonymous to uncalled-for-but-what-gives. Wall Street part two, on the other hand, is very much called for.
Director Oliver Stone captured the greed of the 1980s in Wall Street, which features Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko and Charlie Sheen as Gekko's protégé Bud Fox. The movie was released in the States in December 1987, only two months after Black Monday, which was a coincidence that played nicely into the movie's hands to make it all the more relevant.
Two decades later, Wall Street greed cost us the 2008 global financial crisis and in the States people were even talking about a second Great Depression. And so came the perfect time for Stone to bring out Gekko once more.
It's 2001 and he's just been released out of jail where he's done time for insider trading. As he steps out of the gate, nobody's there to welcome him.
Fast forward ahead some years, right to the verge of the crisis. LaBeouf's Jake Moore is a young Wall Street guy who works for ageing Wall Street heavyweight Louis Zabel (Frank Langella). The two share a mentor-protégé bond; in fact, Zabel's almost like a father to Moore.
Apparently, Wall Street likes its old masters to take care of its young and hungry: at some point, Wall Street shark Bretton James (Josh Brolin) makes an attempt to take Moore under his wings, who in turn rather seeks counsel from Gekko. And James too – ruthless and confident as he may be – answers to somebody, namely Jules Steinhardt (Eli Wallach), who enjoys a Yoda-like status in the Wall Street universe.
So just you don't forget where all this is taking place, Stone takes shots of Manhattan that soar high above rooftops and helipads of skyscrapers before they plunge down to dizzying effect. The analogy should be obvious, as is Moore and James' need for speed.
Look forward to a cameo by Sheen as Fox. It's as if he's just walked off the set of Two and a Half Men as his Fox grins to Gekko while balancing a babe on each arm. Fox seems to point up Gekko's own maxim: "It's not about the money – it's about the game."
(Running time: 133 minutes)
Director Oliver Stone captured the greed of the 1980s in Wall Street, which features Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko and Charlie Sheen as Gekko's protégé Bud Fox. The movie was released in the States in December 1987, only two months after Black Monday, which was a coincidence that played nicely into the movie's hands to make it all the more relevant.
Two decades later, Wall Street greed cost us the 2008 global financial crisis and in the States people were even talking about a second Great Depression. And so came the perfect time for Stone to bring out Gekko once more.
It's 2001 and he's just been released out of jail where he's done time for insider trading. As he steps out of the gate, nobody's there to welcome him.
Fast forward ahead some years, right to the verge of the crisis. LaBeouf's Jake Moore is a young Wall Street guy who works for ageing Wall Street heavyweight Louis Zabel (Frank Langella). The two share a mentor-protégé bond; in fact, Zabel's almost like a father to Moore.
Apparently, Wall Street likes its old masters to take care of its young and hungry: at some point, Wall Street shark Bretton James (Josh Brolin) makes an attempt to take Moore under his wings, who in turn rather seeks counsel from Gekko. And James too – ruthless and confident as he may be – answers to somebody, namely Jules Steinhardt (Eli Wallach), who enjoys a Yoda-like status in the Wall Street universe.
So just you don't forget where all this is taking place, Stone takes shots of Manhattan that soar high above rooftops and helipads of skyscrapers before they plunge down to dizzying effect. The analogy should be obvious, as is Moore and James' need for speed.
Look forward to a cameo by Sheen as Fox. It's as if he's just walked off the set of Two and a Half Men as his Fox grins to Gekko while balancing a babe on each arm. Fox seems to point up Gekko's own maxim: "It's not about the money – it's about the game."
(Running time: 133 minutes)
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