Or: why I am disinterested in BBC's Sherlock and dislike the Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes movies. (Yeah my first real dreamwidth post will be complaining about two very popular things. Sorry about that.)

I have two works which have largely formed how I approach mystery fiction- the television series Homicide: Life on the Street and the Watch books ( Read more... )

So. X-Men First Class. Definite racefail. Definite sexism. (see this plurk for some details) ...definite large amounts of Magneto. Definite kudos for the set decorators ( Read more... )

Ages ago, pretzelcoatl asked me for my top 5 villains! This turned out to be incredibly difficult, I picked out the top 2 right away and then got stuck. I spent a good deal of time agonizing over who to choose, and for what reasons. Eventually I decided to limit myself to completed canons (which is why Christopher Carrion of Abarat is not on here) and to stop ( Read more... )

Last Sunday, I went to a special showing of Sin City. Because getting to see movies you love but have never before seen on the big screen on the big screen for five bucks is pretty sweet. It was an excellent thing to do on a Sunday afternoon. It did, however, remind me of how deeply disturbed that movie is. I hadn't seen it in years, after all ( Read more... )

I often strive for objectivity. One aspect of that is being aware of the failings of my favorite creators. For example, while I will endlessly encourage people to read Otherland and The War of the Flowers and love Tad Williams for them, I cannot honestly recommend his Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series. Some creators have to grow into things. Some ( Read more... )

Though "The F***ing Departed" might be a somewhat more appropriate title. Seriously, watching any amount of that movie makes me feel like 1) I should have a Boston accent and 2) my life has a very sanitized script.

So yes, I have finally seen all of The Departed! Yes, this merits its own (several days belated) post! karakael, you will no longer have to ( Read more... )

First off-
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO proud_illusion AND magicdragonomg!
( Also, I am pretty sure I missed someone's birthday the week before last, I am sorry. ): )

Anyway, I figured it was time to post the full results for the IMDB keyword meme. There was only one movie that wasn't guessed! You lot are educated~ ♥ ...Or I just made it too easy. :P

( I should have done 25, really. )

1 movie left to guess on the IMDB keyword meme.

On the technology front, is anyone else on my f-list a mac user? I find myself desirous of an m4a to mp3 converter that'll work on a mac.

But what I really wanted to do was give in and make a completely useless post that I've been wanting to do for a little while now. You have now been warned of ( Read more... )

Welcome new people! ♥

I...had a bunch of things to blather on about, from dance to anime recommendations (those will come in the near future). But Russian homework has killed a surprising amount of brain. Also that Chinese Culture midterm I have tomorrow. And needing food probably doesn't help.

Anyway, let us celebrate movies instead! With a meme ( Read more... )

First, a note that is completely unrelated to the rest of this post. Putting pecans into cheesecake is a brilliant idea. Especially when cinnamon is also involved.

But now! Onto and extremely overdue round of "Orlando inflicts you with her increasing levels of film geekness."

( Duplicity, Breach, and Good Will Hunting )