I think Amélie is the only movie that lived up to its "she'll change your life" promise, and even then the effect was limited to the decor of my bedroom.
Mal: Okay. She won't be winning any beauty contests anytime soon. But she is solid. Ship like this, be with ya 'til the day you die. Zoe: 'Cause it's a deathtrap.
'Out Of Gas'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 28, 2005 10:28:56 am PST #4176 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Betsy HP - Jan 28, 2005 10:30:17 am PST #4177 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I have a couple of friends who claim that South Pacific turned them gay.
Tom Scola - Jan 28, 2005 10:33:19 am PST #4178 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Hee. I was just reading this blog entry about a movie that's showing today on TCM, with a fanciful story about why the movie even exists in the first place.
Hil R. - Jan 28, 2005 11:55:22 am PST #4179 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I am totally with Alibelle on Wuthering Heights.
Dana - Jan 28, 2005 11:56:11 am PST #4180 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I was so disappointed in Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff can stay the hell away from me, thanks, that psychopath.
Gris - Jan 28, 2005 12:19:02 pm PST #4181 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Love Steinbeck. Hate Catch 22. Love THHGTTG. Love Wuthering Heights, but calling it a romance is a terrible terrible idea - the whole point of the novel, to me, is the horribleness of the characters. And the beautiful gothicness of it. Jane Eyre is closer to a romance if you want a Bronte romance, but we're still not talking Jane Austen.
Tim should adapt all of these books I like. That way, I'm on topic.
Jars - Jan 28, 2005 12:49:23 pm PST #4182 of 10001
I couldn't love Catch-22 more. Same goes for Jane Eyre and 1984. Wuthering Heights made me want to gouge my eyes out.
My secret shame? I've never read a Heinlen in my entire life.
bicyclops - Jan 28, 2005 12:57:54 pm PST #4183 of 10001
I love Catch-22. My son (17) just started reading it. I think he'll like it.
Polter-Cow - Jan 28, 2005 1:04:52 pm PST #4184 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
My secret shame? I've never read a Heinlen in my entire life.
There's no shame in that. Neither have I.
I recently read Wuthering Heights and didn't see what all the fuss was about. I liked the narrative structure, though.
Alibelle - Jan 28, 2005 1:05:34 pm PST #4185 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
Jane Eyre is closer to a romance if you want a Bronte romance, but we're still not talking Jane Austen.
Funnily enough, I took a class on Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte, because I think they're awesome. Unfortunately, it was a hideously boring class, and I spent a lot of time in it putting my Kings and Queens of England playing cards in chronological order. But Charlotte is a different Bronte, and I enjoy her aesthetic more than Emily's, despite many of the similarities between the sisters.
I wouldn't put it past Tim to have one of his characters in possession of a crazy wife in the attic, though.