Filling time when you are not well

Absolutely gutted this weekend - all ready to go wild camping on Friday night followed by a 20 mile hike on the moor only to be struck down by some virus - sore throat, high temperature feeling very tired. Not going was the right thing to do but still gutting!

Not feeling well also means I don't feel like painting either so I ended up watching Season of the Witch.

What did I think of it?

Well battle scenes at the start were poorly done - crusades without horses? Charging 250+ metres across desert in full armour? Actually the armour was from the wrong century 11/12th and it is set in the 1330s. Nick and Ron had the worst helmets in the army, looked a bit playmobil.

The film ran like a RPG campaign - you could see the GM putting the background story together to get the characters to work as a team on the quest and adding in NPCs, followed by the "twist" ending where the party have to fight zombie monks and a demon (sorry spoiler there) - lots of d20 rolls needed there! Nick Cage's (and the bloke who played the scoundrel) accents were grating but I suppose within a fantasy realm acceptable. Overall a very average film not sure it made 3 out 5.

From the sick pit! :(

Update - Iron Sky 

Very silly but I liked it - some good satire in there. I'll rate it higher than Season of the Witch, so a solid 3/5.