Have you seen the movie, P-C? The scenes that were based on The Reptile Room just broke me -- not only do I shallowly just want to live in that house, but Billy Connolly gave such an amazingly warm, affectionate, heartfelt performance as Uncle Monty.
'Just Rewards (2)'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Whaaaat, I thought the movie only covered the first book!
Is the movie good? I was thinking of watching it after I finish.
Is the movie good? I was thinking of watching it after I finish.
Everything about the movie is great. Except Jim Carrey. Who, unfortunately, is in all of it. But the design is great, the actors are great (including Meryl Streep in a great comic role), the end credits are great, the kid actors are great.
All except Jim Carrey. Being very Jim Carrey-ish.
Everything about the movie is great. Except Jim Carrey.
This is why I haven't rewatched it since I saw it in the theatre. Jim Carrey made me SO MAD.
The movie covers at least the first three books, possibly with bits and pieces of later ones. Carrey is a huge black hole of suck, and he's everywhere, but virtually everything else about it is pretty damn stunning. Connolly and Streep are especially great--excruciatingly comical, then turn on a dime and, without changing anything about the characters or the way they play them, gently and tenderly crush your heart.
Oh, Uncle Monty . . .
I get very tired of "And they lived happily ever after--until we crushed their hopes and dreams again and they're miserable."
Steph L. and Dawn and anyone else who may have raved about Skullduggery Pleasant, thank you! I finally got around to reading the first one and it's just wonderful. I'm already thinking about what I will do when I run out of easily accessible e-books in the series...
I just bit the bullet and ordered them from Amazon UK.
TANITH LOW FOREVER.
Yeah, I'm getting the sense that that is in my future. But I've got a couple of e-books to devour first.
Love Tanith Low! LOVE!
Oh Steph, when I have more time we need to discuss the last one. I finally (!!) finished it and OMG! But I have to go to bed now 'cause I have a job interview in the a.m. and I need to look half-way rested and not puffy. But soon we will discuss!