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I went to donate blood this morning (I had a v. traumatizing first experience a few years back, so this was a big step for me), only I hadn't eaten anything yet so they told me to come back after lunch. Well, after lunch I had a billion meetings (or two), so I wasn't able to get back to donate blood until 3:30pm ... only to find that they were closing up shop and had stopped taking people at 3.
Oh I'm sorry; was my desire to open a vein to give you my precious life's blood inconvenient for you?!
Guess what arrived today? Late Night with Conan O'Brien - The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, that's what. I can't wait to watch it and cry tears of laughter. (The Star Wars one is CLASSIC.) We're also watching my Family Guy DVDs. I <3 Stewie.
So I read the latest JKR interview on her site, and this was probably my favorite Q&A, given my fave characters:
Also, will we see more of Snape?
You always see a lot of Snape, because he is a gift of a character. I hesitate to say that I love him. [Audience member: I do]. You do? This is a very worrying thing. Are you thinking about Alan Rickman or about Snape? [Laughter]. Isn't this life, though? I make this hero—Harry, obviously—and there he is on the screen, the perfect Harry, because Dan is very much as I imagine Harry, but who does every girl under the age of 15 fall in love with? Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy. Girls, stop going for the bad guy. Go for a nice man in the first place. It took me 35 years to learn that, but I am giving you that nugget free, right now, at the beginning of your love lives.
This weekend: Saw The Village and Little Black Book.
The Village: I liked it very much; however, this is possibly due to the fact that I was saved from being bitter about the total cheat M. Night did at the beginning of the movie. I must have been distracted, because I completely missed the legend telling us that it was in the 1890s or whatever. So I never, at any point, really believed that "the ones we do not speak of" were anything but 21st century people. I just pictured the village as being of the Omish persuasion (not necessarily Omish, but simple people, simple lives kind of thing), so for me, there was no "twist." And if you ask me, that legend was a total cheat, and if I had seen it, the bitterness of the cheat might have made me enjoy the movie less.
I was blissfully ignorant, and thus was spared. I love Joaquin Phoenix, and was v. impressed w/ the gal who played Ivy. I enjoyed M. Night's cameo, and I really liked that, at the end of the day, this movie was just a big, sappy love story. I enjoyed the UST very much, and I liked the high emotions the movie provoked, though I could have done without quite so much of the tension of Ivy in the forest.
I'm not quite sure what I think of the ending ... on the one hand, I understand the point of how we live in terrible times, and that maybe a simple life is better than the horrors of modern society ... at the same time, they were all living a lie and passing that down to their children. Not to mention, things in the modern world can't be too terrible if a girl like Ivy was able to complete her mission successfully and unscathed. Shouldn't the moral of the story have been that living a lie (and making shit up to perpetuate the lie) is never good, no matter how well intentioned? Or is the bottom line really that running away from a scary, terrible world and pretending it doesn't exist is a good thing?
If the theme and the intention is hope, I suppose the question is: Did the elders leave to find hope, or did they leave because they had given it up?
Little Black Book: Wow, this one surprised me. I liked it -- I might even see it again, one day (on video). It's being promoted as a romcom, but I don't think it is one. Rob, Jade, and I would actually label it a dramady.
Up until the very last moment, I was waiting for it to fall into the romcom formula ... Derek would show up, declare that Stacy was really the one he loved, etc. etc. And while the typical romcom formula is exactly what I don't like about romcoms ... I was actually rooting for it at the end of this one. I'm not really disappointed that it didn't happen; I admired the real ending and thought it was the right ending. I admit, though, that the idealist in me wanted to see Derek and Stacy work it out. I might have liked it more if that had been the case, but then the movie might have then fallen into that bucket where other forgettable romcoms reside for me.
The thing is, I liked Joyce and the gynecologist (can't remember her name), and there's no doubt that Stacy was kind of an asshole for what she did (though you could say, given what went down, that she had a right to be an asshole), and Brittany Murphy didn't have huge chemistry with RL ... but after the Kannie show, etc., I thought Stacy had paid for her sins pretty well, and wanted to see Derek stand up for her in front of his former gfs -- especially as I didn't particularly think Derek really belonged with Joyce, either.
Anyway ... v. refreshing flick, though I wouldn't call it "good," exactly. It was a pleasant surprise (I wasn't expecting much).
As for the icon: Just want to see if you're paying attention. Also, it reminds me fondly of IYOK6. Hahahhaahhahaa.
Oh I'm sorry; was my desire to open a vein to give you my precious life's blood inconvenient for you?!
Guess what arrived today? Late Night with Conan O'Brien - The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, that's what. I can't wait to watch it and cry tears of laughter. (The Star Wars one is CLASSIC.) We're also watching my Family Guy DVDs. I <3 Stewie.
So I read the latest JKR interview on her site, and this was probably my favorite Q&A, given my fave characters:
Also, will we see more of Snape?
You always see a lot of Snape, because he is a gift of a character. I hesitate to say that I love him. [Audience member: I do]. You do? This is a very worrying thing. Are you thinking about Alan Rickman or about Snape? [Laughter]. Isn't this life, though? I make this hero—Harry, obviously—and there he is on the screen, the perfect Harry, because Dan is very much as I imagine Harry, but who does every girl under the age of 15 fall in love with? Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy. Girls, stop going for the bad guy. Go for a nice man in the first place. It took me 35 years to learn that, but I am giving you that nugget free, right now, at the beginning of your love lives.
This weekend: Saw The Village and Little Black Book.
The Village: I liked it very much; however, this is possibly due to the fact that I was saved from being bitter about the total cheat M. Night did at the beginning of the movie. I must have been distracted, because I completely missed the legend telling us that it was in the 1890s or whatever. So I never, at any point, really believed that "the ones we do not speak of" were anything but 21st century people. I just pictured the village as being of the Omish persuasion (not necessarily Omish, but simple people, simple lives kind of thing), so for me, there was no "twist." And if you ask me, that legend was a total cheat, and if I had seen it, the bitterness of the cheat might have made me enjoy the movie less.
I was blissfully ignorant, and thus was spared. I love Joaquin Phoenix, and was v. impressed w/ the gal who played Ivy. I enjoyed M. Night's cameo, and I really liked that, at the end of the day, this movie was just a big, sappy love story. I enjoyed the UST very much, and I liked the high emotions the movie provoked, though I could have done without quite so much of the tension of Ivy in the forest.
I'm not quite sure what I think of the ending ... on the one hand, I understand the point of how we live in terrible times, and that maybe a simple life is better than the horrors of modern society ... at the same time, they were all living a lie and passing that down to their children. Not to mention, things in the modern world can't be too terrible if a girl like Ivy was able to complete her mission successfully and unscathed. Shouldn't the moral of the story have been that living a lie (and making shit up to perpetuate the lie) is never good, no matter how well intentioned? Or is the bottom line really that running away from a scary, terrible world and pretending it doesn't exist is a good thing?
If the theme and the intention is hope, I suppose the question is: Did the elders leave to find hope, or did they leave because they had given it up?
Little Black Book: Wow, this one surprised me. I liked it -- I might even see it again, one day (on video). It's being promoted as a romcom, but I don't think it is one. Rob, Jade, and I would actually label it a dramady.
Up until the very last moment, I was waiting for it to fall into the romcom formula ... Derek would show up, declare that Stacy was really the one he loved, etc. etc. And while the typical romcom formula is exactly what I don't like about romcoms ... I was actually rooting for it at the end of this one. I'm not really disappointed that it didn't happen; I admired the real ending and thought it was the right ending. I admit, though, that the idealist in me wanted to see Derek and Stacy work it out. I might have liked it more if that had been the case, but then the movie might have then fallen into that bucket where other forgettable romcoms reside for me.
The thing is, I liked Joyce and the gynecologist (can't remember her name), and there's no doubt that Stacy was kind of an asshole for what she did (though you could say, given what went down, that she had a right to be an asshole), and Brittany Murphy didn't have huge chemistry with RL ... but after the Kannie show, etc., I thought Stacy had paid for her sins pretty well, and wanted to see Derek stand up for her in front of his former gfs -- especially as I didn't particularly think Derek really belonged with Joyce, either.
Anyway ... v. refreshing flick, though I wouldn't call it "good," exactly. It was a pleasant surprise (I wasn't expecting much).
As for the icon: Just want to see if you're paying attention. Also, it reminds me fondly of IYOK6. Hahahhaahhahaa.
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Date: 2004-08-17 02:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-08-17 03:52 am (UTC)Girls over the age of 15 as well. I think she underestimates the appeal of the bad boy, Draco and Tom Felton. Not that I like the person as much as the character. *grin*
And Snape is lovable by himself. *nods* In a cold, sarcastic, dry sort of way. His character's just brilliant. He's so wonderfully caustic.
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Date: 2004-08-17 04:08 am (UTC)(Oh yeah, and Psst! It's 'Amish'. K bye.)
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Date: 2004-08-17 05:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-08-17 01:12 pm (UTC)As for 'The Village', I liked it too! My favorite aspect was definitely the fact that the movie was a love story because I found the relationship between Ivy and Lucius *swoons over Joaquin Phoenix* to be very intense and beautiful. I swear that my heart fluttered every time he found her hand. As for the 'twist', well, perhaps I'm just totally spaced out, but I didn't see it coming. The only thing I figured out ahead of time was the fact that it was Adrien Brody's character that was running around innocently scaring everyone, etc.
*suddenly takes a peek at icon* So, is that Harry that Ginny seems to be kissing??? Hmmm...??? :-)
Draco/Ginny forever! <-- had to say that (even if JKR won't ever do it)
*hugs you*