Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
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Bwah --
Depe did we stepe ourselves in drinke. Thenne – and by the waye ich assume thou wilt kepe this knowledge from dere Philippa! – we dide thynges that wolde make Alanus of Lille his hede explode. We dide thynges that wolde make Peter Damyan spontaneouslie combuste. We dide thynges that are notte even listede in Burchard of Worms. Rim, ram, ruf!
At morwe-tyde, he sayde me, “Thou knowst I am not of the scole of Edwarde II.”
“Me neithere,” quod I “‘Tis nobodies privitee but oures.”
Loved the take on Brokeback Mountain, but being the medieval lit geek that I am, I'm in awe that he managed to slash Chaucer and the Pearl-poet.
William Gibson's review of V for Vendetta, from his blog:
Just back from V FOR VENDETTA. More thumbs up than a Chernobyl pianist. Superb. Splendid. Heartening. Go see.
It seems to have gotten mixed reviews so far.
However, "More thumbs up than a Chernobyl pianist" is teh awesome....
I read Salon's review of V for Vendetta this morning. Stephanie Zacharek didn't like it, but then again, I don't like Zacharek's reviews very often. She always comes across as a little too snooty for my tastes, and doesn't seem to be able to just sit back and enjoy a movie (not all movies are FILMS, okay...), and to the best of my knowledge, she's never liked a comic book film, and seems to always want to dump on them.
I don't think there's any way this movie was going to be universally liked -- the subject matter alone is going to turn a lot of people off, let alone that it's a comic book adaptation. So mixed reviews, in this case, are a good sign, I think.
I really want to see it again.
I kinda want to see it, but I won't get the chance until it's out on DVD.
I kinda want to see it, but I won't get the chance until it's out on DVD.
Gud and I are as one.
I may find 2 hours this weekend.
If not, it'll be a while.
Yeah, the reviews I've seen have been very polarized. But a mix of "Fantastic!" and "Terrible!" is a lot more interesting to me than everyone going, "It's okay."
I did like the one review that... I can't find now, which vexes. He seemed confused by the extremism, and to not recognize it as such, which was kind of amusing.
Seeing it tomorrow. Yay!