Update
EXCITING NEWS. The upstairs floor of the house, heretofore vacant, has been leased. My housemate (does that count? We don't actually have to interact) is moving in next week; all I know is that she's single and attending college on the G.I. Bill. Which is enough for me to rest easy, actually. My landlord was like, "Yeah, I showed it to a couple with three kids...and a couple that was eight months pregnant..." and I feel like I dodged some pretty big bullets.
Today I watched Slumdog Millionaire, finally, which was good but didn't seem "best movie of its entire year" good, too brutal for me, and I am very taken with Dev Patel, and will now go and watch Airbender despite the massive racefail.
(Oh my gosh, he's ten years younger than me?? Oh noooo, I'm a dirty old lady!!! Okay, deep breath. Naveen Andrews is ten years older than me. It works out.)
Also, all movies should end with an ensemble dance party. ALL of them.
Oh yeah! I also went to Wolfman last night. Hmm. Hmmmm. It was nice to see Ol' Hairy running around in a torn suit. Benicio Del Toro had a weird resemblance to Lon Cheney Jr. going on; kind of a...lugubriousness? Which was cool. And Hugo Weaving is in it. For some reason, every time he showed up on screen I just bust a gut. I blame the mustache. I could not hold it in. And of course I'm sitting in the audience making personal period-appropriate snark: "Abberline? Aren't you famous for not catching a serial killer?" "He's drinking out of the Thames? There are dead bodies in there!" And--is it me, or did he finish the movie having been bit by a werewolf? Are they really going to swing for a sequel? Because I would watch that.
One thing I found interesting was the difference between the way Lawrence and his father transformed. Initially I assumed it was because Talbot Senior had years of practice and Lawrence was new to the game, but now I suspect it went so smoothly for Dad because he embraced it, and Lawrence fought it. I like it when werewolf transformations hurt. Full marks!
Still: the point of werewolves is to scare us by reminding us that the rational and irrational live within us side by side. I didn't see that theme in the movie, and wish I had.
Finally: next weekend I'm going to DC with the family to see the Chinese terra cotta warriors. CANNOT WAIT.
Today I watched Slumdog Millionaire, finally, which was good but didn't seem "best movie of its entire year" good, too brutal for me, and I am very taken with Dev Patel, and will now go and watch Airbender despite the massive racefail.
(Oh my gosh, he's ten years younger than me?? Oh noooo, I'm a dirty old lady!!! Okay, deep breath. Naveen Andrews is ten years older than me. It works out.)
Also, all movies should end with an ensemble dance party. ALL of them.
Oh yeah! I also went to Wolfman last night. Hmm. Hmmmm. It was nice to see Ol' Hairy running around in a torn suit. Benicio Del Toro had a weird resemblance to Lon Cheney Jr. going on; kind of a...lugubriousness? Which was cool. And Hugo Weaving is in it. For some reason, every time he showed up on screen I just bust a gut. I blame the mustache. I could not hold it in. And of course I'm sitting in the audience making personal period-appropriate snark: "Abberline? Aren't you famous for not catching a serial killer?" "He's drinking out of the Thames? There are dead bodies in there!" And--is it me, or did he finish the movie having been bit by a werewolf? Are they really going to swing for a sequel? Because I would watch that.
One thing I found interesting was the difference between the way Lawrence and his father transformed. Initially I assumed it was because Talbot Senior had years of practice and Lawrence was new to the game, but now I suspect it went so smoothly for Dad because he embraced it, and Lawrence fought it. I like it when werewolf transformations hurt. Full marks!
Still: the point of werewolves is to scare us by reminding us that the rational and irrational live within us side by side. I didn't see that theme in the movie, and wish I had.
Finally: next weekend I'm going to DC with the family to see the Chinese terra cotta warriors. CANNOT WAIT.