AmyLiz, I'd suggest Angels and Demons first. It's got the original appearance of the main character, and DVC refers back to it a little bit. (Plus I think it's the better book, but YFictionMV.)

It's got the original appearance of the main character, and DVC refers back to it a little bit.

In the second chapter, the main character reminisces, "Wow, this exact thing happened to me LAST YEAR." It's rather amusing.

Heh. I've heard that.

I'm in total agreement, although the ending of Angels and Demons may be even more WTF.

Seen Virgin Suicides a few times. Meant something to me. Also, same with Children of Men - CoM actually sits in my Best Films Ever list, and not just because of the technical aspects.

It's really all about personal preference. It's not as if Virgin Suicides, LiT or CoM are badly made or lacking in intelligence films. It's about if people connect to the journey inside them, and/or the characters.

Also, with the supes love.

I was just flipping channels, when I came across Hair on the Retro movie channel, which I haven't seen in years even though I have the soundtrack that I like listening to from time to time. I tuned in just as "Black Boys/White Boys" was starting, and I'd forgotten how really amusing their staging of that was, alternating between women singing in the park and army officers viewing recruits of the appropriate race while singing. The black army guy with the wonderful falsetto is so terrifically stonefaced while he's singing, "My mama calls 'em lillies / I call 'em piccadillies." All while all the guys' legs and feet are dancing under the table while they remain seated.

Back to P&P:

BTW, Emma Thompson did an uncredited rewrite of the movie, and I believe Charlotte's "I never was romantic" line is hers.

It's Austen's

I pulled my copy and from page 146:

Charlotte: "I'm not romantic, you know; I never was. I ask only a comfortable home--considering Mr. Collins's character, connections, and situation in life, I am convinced that my chance of happiness with him is as fair as most people can boast in the marriage state."

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Charlotte: "I'm not romantic, you know; I never was.

Thanks for looking that up, Cash -- I meant to check at the time, but something shiny must have crossed my field of vision.

I love Supes. He's just such a damn sweetie in current canon, but not without angst! He's like, noble and occasionally snarky!

And hot!

I mean, I don't think I really got any more out of seeing the movie itself than what I knew from the trailers.

P-C said this about Children of Men, but I saw Babel over the weekend and left saying exactly the same thing. (Should have listened to Jessica's warning!) And wow, was that a ponderous movie. There were things I liked about it (mostly the settings of the different stories; I like movies that take place in lots of different locations all over the world) but I was altogether underwhelmed by the whole thing. Also, it was one of those movies where nearly every scene was fraught with horrible tension; I kept thinking, shit, the deaf Japanese girl is going to be raped! Shit, the police are going to beat that guy to death! Shit, those kids are gonna die! Shit, she's gonna jump off the balcony! Almost the whole second half of the movie was really difficult for me to watch, because there was almost no relief from that tension.