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New Wallace & Gromit--yay!!
I've got a bunch of films on my DVR that I think I'll be watching over the holidays: Ratatoille (sp?), Maltese Falcon, and Godfather Parts 1 and 2, none of which I've seen before. An eclectic bunch, but something for every taste, I'd think!
An eclectic bunch, but something for every taste, I'd think!
They all involve rats.
They all involve rats.
Hee.
I've never felt so larcenous as I do right now, holding the teaser poster for Watchmen, featuring The Comedian falling. But I'm going to be a Good Girl and go put it in the poster closet where it belongs... until March when I can (fingers crossed) take it home honestly.
Megan and Juliana need to see this. (Ganked from Theodosia's Twitter feed.)
My Canoe love remains undimmed.
Coraline boxes:
Knitty
Wendy Knit's box
Ravelry Group (Neil Gaiman Knitters)
another
Those guys collected more info on the boxes
Apparently, Cleolinda got one - need to go check lj for that.
Todd Alcott has done a detailed summary/analysis of Dark Knight that I am kinda in love with. There's a lot in there I want to quote, but I'll just pick this:
When people complain about Batman being foolish in The Dark Knight, they're wishing for the strong, always-right, never-wrong Batman of their imaginations. But the greatness of The Dark Knight's narrative lies in how it shows that Batman is often wrong, and completely helpless when dealing with a criminal like the Joker. There is no defense against evil, only the strength to not give in to it. "If Batman has limits, I can't afford to know them," says Bruce in Act I, and here he's confronted with the folly of that headstrong philosophy -- Batman is all about limits, and the narrative of The Dark Knight is, in large part, an examination, and definition, of those limits.
I found the movie so sad that I'm not sure I'm yet up to reading an in-depth analysis.
Wow, Strega. I started reading that, and I just don't have the time now, but it's pretty awesome so far. Who is that guy?
I do disagree with one thing, however (and it was very early on, and also minor). We aren't told that the Joker is behind the heist until he reveals himself. Viewers could assume that from the previews (since the Joker is in the movie), but anybody coming to the movie cold wouldn't know that.