The Dark Knight

Nous n'avons pas cédé au hit du moment: la sortie du dernier Batman.
Un scénario sombre, un Batman à la voix rauque et un Heath Ledger remarquable dans le rôle du Joker. Dommage qu'il ne soit plus parmi nous...

Wall-e

Après une intense semaine, rien de mieux qu'un ciné pour se changer les idées et oublier le stress du travail.
Le hit du moment ? Wall-e… Plus qu’un hit, je trouve que c’est un pur chef d’œuvre !
Les studios Pixar sont des génies : ils nous ont fait tomber sous le charme d'un jouet, d'un poisson, d'une voiture, d'un rat et maintenant d'un robot!! Ce petit Wall-E est adorable et nous arracherait presque la larme à l’œil !...
Un robot-nettoyeur dans un monde de robots avec pourtant un cœur et une âme… L’histoire est captivante, les images de synthèse parfaites, de l’humour, de la tristesse, un message fort et une sombre projection de notre avenir si nous ne faisons rien pour sauvegarder notre belle planète bleue…
Courrez vite voir ce bijou ! No kidding !

Trois consonnes et deux voyelles...WALL-E …sont en réalité les initiales de Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class, littéralement "Compacteur terrien de déchets". Quant au robot EVE il s'agit de Extra-terrestrial Vegetation Evaluator soit "évaluateur de végétation extraterrrestre".

En orbite depuis 1995 !
L'idée de WALL-E est née dans l'esprit d'Andrew Stanton et Peter Docter (Monstres & Cie) au milieu des années 90. A l'époque, le tandem planche sur ce petit personnage, convaincu de son potentiel, mais sait pertinemment que le financement pour un long métrage sera difficile à obtenir, notamment en raison des caractéristiques de leur droïde (un héros-objet "muet" ne s'exprimant qu'à travers ses mouvements et ses bruitages). Ce n'est qu'en 2001, alors qu'il planche sur Le Monde de Nemo, que Stanton reprend l'écriture, avec la bénédiction de Peter Docter. Il faudra encore sept longues années de travail (et donc près de quinze ans au total) pour que le projet aboutisse !

Synopsis: What if mankind had to leave Earth, and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off? After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, Wall-E discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that Wall-E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet’s future, and races back to space to report her findings to the humans. Meanwhile, WALL-E chases eve across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most exciting and imaginative comedy adventures ever brought to the big screen. Joining WALL-E on his fantastic journey across a universe of never-before-imagined visions of the future is a hilarious cast of characters including a pet cockroach, and a heroic team of malfunctioning misfit robots.

Bastille day in Santana Row

Here are a few pictures of Bastille Day in Santana Row:

Get smart

Mon avis ?
Une comédie divertissante mais qui n'a franchement rien de spécial non plus. En gros : attendez sa sortie en DVD pour le voir…

Synopsis: Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell) is on a mission to thwart the latest plot for world domination by the evil crime syndicate known as KAOS. When the headquarters of U.S. spy agency Control is attacked and the identities of its agents compromised, the Chief (Alan Arkin) has no choice but to promote his ever-eager analyst Maxwell Smart, who has always dreamt of working in the field alongside stalwart superstar Agent 23 (Dwayne Johnson). Smart is partnered instead with the lovely-but-lethal veteran Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway). Given little field experience and even less time, Smart-armed with nothing but a few spy-tech gadgets and his unbridled enthusiasm-must thwart the doomsday plans of KAOS head Siegfried (Terence Stamp). --© Warner Bros. Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell) is on a mission to thwart the latest plot for world domination by the evil crime syndicate known as KAOS. When the headquarters of U.S. spy agency Control is attacked and the identities of its agents...

Visit of the historic vessels of Hyde Street Pier in SF

We are in July and our apricot tree is fully loaded with red-orange apricots ready to eat... Hey, not so long ago, San Jose and the Silicon Valley was just a vast area of fruit trees... Can you believe it?

In this sunny day, we decided to head up to San Francisco to visit the Historic Vessels of Hyde Street Pier. If you happen to have the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass – Annual Pass, lucky you: this is free.

Hyde Street Pier was built in 1922 for automobile ferries between San Francisco and Sausalito. The ferry route was part of U.S. 101 until the Golden Gate Bridge opened in 1937.
Today, the pier and five of the historic vessels are open to visitors. We spent one hour or two visiting the outside and inside of the ships and finished the visit with a yummy ice cream dessert at Ghirardelli.
Pictures of the historic vessels here ! / Photos des navires ici !

Happy 4th of July !

Today is one of those too rare holidays in the United States, no need to go to work !
Independence Day is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Independence Day is commonly associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, picnics, concerts, baseball games, political speeches and ceremonies, and various other public and private events celebrating the history, government, and traditions of the United States.
One of the famous fireworks in the bay area is of course the San Francisco's fireworks but this year, we were not too keen on taking a walkabout. So we went to the Santa Clara city fireworks in Central Park.