I found them compelling sociopaths, and with the movie with which it's so often compared, and whose name I forget, I just thought they were nasty small people.
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Ziggy Stardust helping Wolverine fight Batman
I'm sorry, I got distracted -- there were other sentences after this? I mean, anywhere in the entire English language?
with the movie with which it's so often compared, and whose name I forget
The Illusionist?
I called the twist about 10 minutes into the book, and then had to go another few days until I finished the book. However, the reveal in the book w a little more emotional, so it evens out, I guess?
My video guy is doing a series of ads for our new tech/culture program, and has opted to use clips from movies (legal issues are settled). The first one is Napoleon Dynamite, singing at the wedding, with the message being that our employees are Napoleon Dynamite. I can't decide if I like it, but then I haven't seen the movie.
The Illusionist?
Yes. I thought they were boringly reprehensible.
Ziggy Stardust, Batman, and Wolverine - together they fight crime? Now wouldn't THAT be a movie!
I think the Illusionist is one of those Ben is Glory things. For the life of me, I can never remember the title of that movie, and if pressed tomorrow, I will probably have forgotten it.
And they just released another movie with that name recently.
Plus, Gloria Steinem is involved with the making of a documentary with the same name. It's the name of their twitter feed and startles me every time I see it.
I always think of the animated film by Sylvain Chomet (the Triplets of Belleville guy), which was wonderful.