So when I saw that the DVD was on sale in HMV for £8 last week, I snapped it up straight away.

I’d generally heard that it was beautiful, funny and original, but I never really thought it’d be that good. I mean, it was gonna be a typical story of ‘boy meets girl’, right?

Oh, how I was wrong. So very, very wrong.

I’ve always been a fan of Zooey Deschanel. For anyone who doesn’t know, Zooey is an icon of the independent film, the sister of the talented Emily Deschanel and also lead singer of indie music duo ‘She & Him’. All that and she’s gorgeous. They were onto a winner when they cast her.

Playing the boy who falls in love with Miss Deschanel who plays Summer in the movie is Joseph Gordon-Levitt. My cousin constantly talks about him and his beauty. (Never about his talent though, how shallow…) Anyway, I’ll always remember Mr. Gordon-Levitt from 90s smash sitcom ‘3rd Rock From the Sun’ and I always loved him then, so this pair as the lead roles pretty much wins.

I know what you’re thinking: rom-coms are generally always the same; boys meets girl, they fall in love, boy does something stupid to lose girl, boy does something even more stupid to try and win her back, boy succeeds and they live happily ever after. However, this rom-com is definitely an exception.

I won’t tell you what happens in the film, but the tagline is ‘Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn’t.’ Make from that what you will.

Aside from the plot, some of the ideas for the filming of this movie is simply poetic. For example, one segment shows a split screen. One screen is titled ‘Expectation’ and the other is titled ‘Reality’. You then see a situation unfold differently, according to their titles. Sounds stupid, but it is incredibly original and definitely one of the highlights.

I’m always a fan of visuals in films. (Remember my review of musical movie ‘Nine’?) This film, although it is set in the 21st century, has a look and feel of the 1960s about it. A lot of it is filtered with undertones of a light brown light and the beauty of Deschanel resembles that of only the most beautiful classic actress.

Supporting this old-age look is the impossibly brilliant soundtrack, with tracks from The Smiths, Regina Spektor and even from Zooey’s little folk band ‘She & Him’. You may not be into this music, but if you class yourself as a bit of an indie kid, then you’ll love it.

So yeah, if I did have to describe this film, it would be with the words ‘beautiful’, ‘funny’ and ‘original’, just like those fans previously said. Damn, I hate being proved wrong.

Overall Rating:

10 out of 10.

Colour It In is their first album and the only album I have. Someone actually bought me it for Valentine’s Day, but you don’t want to know about that…

So, is it a good listen or not?

Track #1: Good Old Bill – Love the drums it opens with. The random topics chosen by the band are amazing, as you learn when listening.

Track #2: X-Ray – Pretty great electric guitar to kick off the song – deadly catchy. Best lyric? “She’s got her suspicions (x-ray x-ray x-ray x-ray vision)”. Although, I could have chosen any of them, ’cause they’re all great.

Track #3: All In Your Rows – I must admit, this is one of the more forgettable tracks, but the lyrics seem far too random to have no meaning behind them. I wonder what, exactly…

Track #4: Latchmere – Definitely one of my favourites. What’s the topic of this song? Latchmere Leisure Centre in Battersea, of course. Love it. Also mentions paedos. Can’t say that for every song, can you?

Track #5: About Your Dress – Straight away, The Maccabees hit you with a great lyric. “It’s just what all young lovers do…” Very catchy. Deservedly made the Top UK 40 chart in 2007.

Track #6: Precious Time – Sums up my motto on life: “Let’s take our precious time about it.” Procrastinating forever.

Track #7: O.A.V.I.P – Obviously about an old person. A lonely, old widow, to be exact. Heart-breaking song with a juxtaposing up-beat track. Perfect.

Track #8: Tissue Shoulders – Least memorable track, I think. It’s nice to listen to anyway.

Track #9: Happy Faces – I love the way this track builds up as it progresses. Good, solid indie fun.

Track #10: First Love – Another of my favourites from the album. Very catchy and very memorable. A great song.

Track #11: Mary – Again, not sure what this song is about, but it has good lyrics anyway. I guess you can make your own interpretation!

Track #12: Lego – “…and the boys chew lego, so now we can’t build castles or robots.” Everyone loves lego. Everyone should love this song.

Track #13: Toothpaste Kisses – Perhaps the best known Maccabees song. Has an old style sound to it, with pretty lyrics. Amazing song.

Should you by this album? Duhh.

If you like bands such as The View and The Strokes, you’ll probably like them. Good entertainment here from the guys.

Overall Rating:

The Geordie four-piece band are just what the doctor ordered I think. With songs whice they decribe as ‘kitchen sink indie’ they’re easily my very favourite band.

Known for their tendency to play songs as they travel round on trams, trains and metro’s, these kids are all about having a laugh and not taking life too seriously. And yes, that’s exactly how their music makes me feel.

Their first single ‘One night in October’ managed to reach number 3 in the UK Independant Singles Chart. Their follow-up ‘Adultery’ was recently released (October the 26th if I recall correctly), with their first album coming into shops in the new year.

Other catchy foot-tappingly good songs of theirs include ‘Lost time’, ‘Friday (Don’t need it)’, ‘Joanna’ and ‘Dancing Song’.

As I haven’t yet had chance to go and see them live (boooooo…) I just have to rely on other’s opinions when they say that they re incredible in person. Feel free to buy me tickets to go see them. Or just buy me the boys.

All I can say is a big thank-you to Robert, Michael, Matt and Mark.

You guys are awesome.