Dracula and a possible future date...?
So...I signed up for Match.com today at the urging of my wonderfully sweet ICS teacher who apparently thinks I'm fabulous and many men should want to date me. Heh. I know better. But...I'm willing to give it a shot. For 3 months, at least. Trying not to get my hopes up...
In other news, I just watched "Bram Stoker's Dracula." I've actually seen it before, but it was a long, long time ago, before I read the book. I suppose, on its own, it's a decent enough movie. But...they changed WAY too much (which, admittedly is often the case when the page is translated onto the silver screen). Dracula's back story/love story kinda aggravated me because it doesn't exist in the book at all. It may seem like a little change, but it changes the whole dynamic of the story. Furthermore, much to my dismay (and sadly, exactly as I remembered it) movie!Mina was all whiny and lovelorn and wussy. Book!Mina is wonderfully strong and independent, which was one of the most pleasant surprises about the book...possibly because I had echos of movie!Mina swirling around my head. Well, that and the fact that it was written in the late 1800's, and I was surprised that a man of that time would dare to write a woman like that.
And now to bed. I've had ightmares for the past few nights...and this morning I woke up at 6am. My mind was ready to go to work, I suppose. Bad, mind. Bad.
In other news, I just watched "Bram Stoker's Dracula." I've actually seen it before, but it was a long, long time ago, before I read the book. I suppose, on its own, it's a decent enough movie. But...they changed WAY too much (which, admittedly is often the case when the page is translated onto the silver screen). Dracula's back story/love story kinda aggravated me because it doesn't exist in the book at all. It may seem like a little change, but it changes the whole dynamic of the story. Furthermore, much to my dismay (and sadly, exactly as I remembered it) movie!Mina was all whiny and lovelorn and wussy. Book!Mina is wonderfully strong and independent, which was one of the most pleasant surprises about the book...possibly because I had echos of movie!Mina swirling around my head. Well, that and the fact that it was written in the late 1800's, and I was surprised that a man of that time would dare to write a woman like that.
And now to bed. I've had ightmares for the past few nights...and this morning I woke up at 6am. My mind was ready to go to work, I suppose. Bad, mind. Bad.