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.
Mal: Yeah, well, just be careful. We cheated Badger out of good money to buy that frippery, and you're supposed to make me look respectable. Kaylee: Yes, sir, Captain Tightpants.
'Shindig'
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."
JZ - Jan 23, 2012 10:12:27 am PST #17561 of 28332
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Connie Neil - Jan 23, 2012 10:19:33 am PST #17562 of 28332
brillig
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."
-t - Jan 23, 2012 12:51:29 pm PST #17563 of 28332
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
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...
Steph L. - Jan 23, 2012 1:10:12 pm PST #17564 of 28332
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I just bit the bullet and ordered them from Amazon UK.
TANITH LOW FOREVER.
-t - Jan 23, 2012 1:22:35 pm PST #17565 of 28332
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
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!
DawnK - Jan 23, 2012 8:14:53 pm PST #17566 of 28332
giraffe mode
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!
DavidS - Jan 23, 2012 8:43:40 pm PST #17567 of 28332
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Awww, man. Louie Zamperini, the subject of Laura Hillenbrand's book Unbroken sent her one of his two Purple Hearts after he read about her struggles with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in her story for the New Yorker "A Sudden Illness."
(He hadn't known about her illness when he was collaborating with her on his story until he read that piece. Her story really is harrowing, btw: "A Sudden Illness.")
sumi - Jan 24, 2012 4:25:00 am PST #17568 of 28332
Art Crawl!!!
Wow, that is very, very cool.
Ouise - Jan 24, 2012 4:55:51 am PST #17569 of 28332
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
Wow, thank you for that link. What an amazing essay.
DavidS - Jan 24, 2012 5:09:53 am PST #17570 of 28332
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
What an amazing essay.
Isn't it? I think for anybody who's had to deal with a chronic illness that's been hard to diagnose, dealing with the doubts of physicians and your family it's incredibly validating.
It's hard for me to read because I remember her as a very bouncy, very bright, very sassy 18 y.o. with her whole life ahead of her.
And I was in occasional contact with her during her long illness, but I really didn't understand it while it was going on. I'd send her a tape and wouldn't hear back from her for two years. I'd just presume she wasn't interested in corresponding when she was desperately holding on to the edge of her bed with hellish vertigo.