Queenie and Jacob were thoroughly adorable, and oh how I loved Ezra Miller (have done since Perks of Being a Wallflower).

Both Matilda and I were almost suffocatingly relieved at the end when we saw that Jacob's memories seemed to have been at least partly protected from the Obliviate spell (presumably by Queenie's kiss, since love is already established as the Deepest Magic in the Potterverse), and we'd be perfectly happy to see an amiably shambling movie or two just following them both around.

I found them both adorable. It's hard to make a character who is at heart just a good, decent person work onscreen, but I thought Jacob worked wonderfully well. His hopeful wave at the pastries when asked if he had collateral made my heart turnover with love.

I looked Jacob up in IMDB afterward because he was so earnestly, doofily endearing and because he looked so familiar but unplaceable -- turns out I had indeed seen him before, heavily bearded, in Hannibal of all things!

clearly musical intervals and beats that LMM really likes because they show up everywhere. (The karaoke version of You're Welcome makes it really obvious, because you can sing the lyrics to Washington On Your Side

In all fairness, you can sing "Somewhere That's Green" from Little Shop of Horrors to "Part of Your World" from The Little Mermaid.

In all fairness, you can sing "Somewhere That's Green" from Little Shop of Horrors to "Part of Your World" from The Little Mermaid.

making notes for next karaoke outing

Went and saw Allied tonight. I really was not interested in seeing it, but the person who invited me wanted to see it.

it was whatever. exactly what you think it will be.

I liked the clothes though, like a lot.

I saw Moana today. It was gorgeous, and the plot was very satisfying. And now I want to go sailing.

I saw Moonlight this afternoon. Very moving, excellent film.

Saw Arrival last night and loved it. It really lives up to its "intelligent science-fiction" billing.

David Bordwell has written a good piece about the depiction of time in the film. It also includes some information on the differences between the story and the movie, and why those choices were made. Of course, it's spoilerific.

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I'm working on some stuff about film adaptations as the moment, and one of the ideas I've found most helpful is actually not to think of it as adpatation from one medium to another. Instead, if you think of them as different artistic languages, adaptation becomes translation, which works much better, and is also rather appropriate for Arrival .

Not sure why this just popped into my head, but in Arrival, why didn't the aliens learn English? Or at least a human writing system?