weekend round-up

[ellixian]

1. Yay for a lazy weekend following on a lazy week - I haven't slept as much as I should (OMG it's 4am *cries*), and I haven't watched ANY of the TV I was going to watch, augh. But... urm, at least I got to rest and chill out a bit?

2. Watched Blindness with a friend on Saturday - I really liked it. Not an easy movie to love, and it certainly

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[llyfrgell]

2. Blindness is one of those movies that will probably make me go, "oh I should see that" and then I won't get around to it until a year after it comes out on DVD. I read about half of the book when I was working at Borders and got tired of the premise, so I don't know how much I'd like the movie either

[ellixian]

2. Well, according to my friend, Blindness the movie is very much like Blindness the book, so if you couldn't get through the WHOLE book, maybe the film isn't for you? She said it was a surprisingly faithful adaptation. I wouldn't know, as I haven't read the book, but I DID love Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo in it. (Also, Gael Garcia Bernal was in it. He is HOT. Even though he played a crazy, crazy man.) Okay, so I'm shallow and watch movies for the cast. Is that so bad??

3. This version was adapted FROM the movie with some deleted songs thrown in - although they had Elphaba the Witch sing Jitterbug instead of Dorothy. I've no idea if the stage version YOU performed in was based more on the movie or on the book? Good thing for Ms Murney indeed

[llyfrgell]

2. I'm a bit bothered by not liking the book - it's annoying because I can see the literary merit and everything, I just didn't want to read any more. It's kind of like Lord of the Flies, which I also didn't want to finish - what do humans do in dehumanizing situations? I guess it's just a profound question in which I don't have much interest

[ellixian]

2. Awww, but sometimes these books with lots of literary cred are just PRETENTIOUS. And people love them, and I'm, like. You know, give me some good clean prose any day. I mean, I like reading these books and appreciating the literary value of it all as much as anybody. But sometimes... I don't need it, really

[llyfrgell]

2. This is true. I also have limited patience for books that try to be serious and difficult now that most of the reading I do is for law school, though that doesn't apply to when I was reading Blindness. All I can read now is YA fantasy. *cries*

3. Weird. I totally don't know enough about the movie (didn't even know there WAS an expanded soundtrack) so I will take your - or your brother's - word for it!

4. Wait, YELLOW? It's RED here! Wtf. And actually only the dust jacket is red - underneath it's white with pretty cover art. I guess the Singapore/wherever else version took the yellow = cowardly symbolism to heart!

6. Must find iPod cord so I can listen to the benefit MOOOOORE. ARGH. ADDICTED. REVIVAL PLZ? (Edit: Oops. Not technically a revival since it was never on Broadway OR off-Broadway - I retract that statement and issue a new one. NYC PRODUCTION PLZ?)

8. Sometimes you're sneaky! This just wasn't one of them. ;-)

[ellixian]

Ha, who has a million old comments to catch up on?

2. I'm glad we're agreed here. I have SO little patience and time to waste now on things that don't make me happy. And while I do appreciate some highbrow literary prose once in a whle, these days, I'm just happy with YA fantasy. WE WIN. :D

3. My dork of a brother claims to know all. I have no clue!

4. Yes, YELLOW. SULPHURIC. It's awful - literally the WHOLE thing is yellow, the entire cover, right down to the pages and ick. I googled YOUR version and it's the same one I have for Wicked i.e., beautifully illustrated with great colours. I would not read the book here for the colours ALONE.

6. NYC PRODUCTION WHEN I AM THERE, KTHX PLZ. FAIL BLITHE SPIRIT, FAIL.