I feel much the same way about the novel. The movie has some of that too, but it's so very pretty that I can really relax into the sheer atmosphere of it.
Spike: At least give me Wesley's office since he's gone. Angel: He's not gone. He's on a leave of absence. Spike: Yeah, right. Boo-hoo. Thought he killed his bloody father. Try staking your mother when she's coming on to you! Harmony: Well…that explains a lot.
'Destiny'
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Gris - Aug 10, 2006 7:23:04 am PDT #3434 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Zenkitty - Aug 10, 2006 8:06:25 am PDT #3435 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I think I identified overmuch with the girls in Virgin Suicides. The completely unnecessary misery and loss of them, their poor misguided parents, and the older one's boyfriend who abandoned her at exactly the wrong moment and never could understand why he'd done it... it was a tragedy, and whether or not it was well done, it hit me hard in soft places.
Glamcookie - Aug 10, 2006 1:11:33 pm PDT #3436 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
We watched Clean last night. It starred Maggie Cheung as a Courtney-Love-like woman whose husband ODs. It was not very good, unfortunately, and we were really looking forward to seeing it. Next up is Brick.
Zenkitty - Aug 12, 2006 1:29:20 pm PDT #3437 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I posted my review of The Descent on LJ. Hie thee there forthwith, y'all, read and tell me what you think.
Edited for bad tagging, oops.
Polter-Cow - Aug 12, 2006 3:35:12 pm PDT #3438 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ha! I just got back from that! I'll go read.
Polter-Cow - Aug 12, 2006 4:28:55 pm PDT #3439 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Excellent review, Zenkitty! Here's mine. I linked to yours.
Zenkitty - Aug 13, 2006 4:44:25 am PDT #3440 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Thanks, P-C!
Lee - Aug 13, 2006 6:35:21 am PDT #3441 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Woohoo! White Nights is coming out on DVD at the end of the month. Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines dance, and Isabella Rossellini looks pretty!!
Polter-Cow - Aug 13, 2006 9:50:27 pm PDT #3442 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just saw Inside Man. I remember there was a lot of love for the movie in this thread. It was good stuff. I'm a Spike Lee fan.
My relatives, however, have no blinking clue who he is. We were all baffled by his use of a popular Bollywood song at the beginning and end (I still don't understand why the hell he used it).
"It must be an Indian director," my aunt said.
"It's SPIKE LEE!" I cried.
"Famous action director," my uncle said.
"He's not an ACTION DIRECTOR!" I said. "Do the Right Thing?"
"Famous Asian director," my cousin said, and I threw a pillow at him. "What, his name is LEE!"
Le sigh.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 14, 2006 5:48:42 am PDT #3443 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
DEADWOOD: Loved Action!Al what with the leap off the balcony to go to Alma's aid and, of course, stomping the everlovin' shit out of Hearst's lackey (or was he more of a toady?) before settling on a more permanent means of dealing with him. Plus a great one word command: "Wu". Heh.
Also, a recent TV Guide had a short interview with Robin Weigart, and a photo of her in non-Jane mode. Never would have recognized her in a million years. Apparently she enjoys poker in real life, and was talking about how poker-playing Deadwood fans in Vegas wouldn't recognize her, but after interacting with her would be all "Don't I know you from somewhere?"
She was also talking about looping dialogue for syndicated airings to come, and how awful it was having to replace profanity with things like, I kid you not, "cob-shucking". Which I may have to start using IRL because it made me laugh and laugh.