D'ye like dags?
I'm back in Reims! Quiet night tonight, with two of my siblings (out of three) away. I'm glad to see G's getting so much of a social life. I'm always quite worried about him. Sometimes I have a sudden urge to hug him. Wish I could.
Got my requirement for the Tertiary PotC Character Ficathon, I'm going to have to work on this. I want the recipient to be happy. Am positively thrilled by the feedback I got on my Groves "Virtues and Sins" drabbles. I do adore spreading the Groves love, and this was highly enjoyable to write. Something non demanding that you still feel good about when the day's done.
Watched Ned Kelly this evening. It didn't fulfill its promises (or, really, my expectations). Geoffrey Rush and Naomi Watts are both sadly underused, such a shame. Two terrific actors you barely see. Good surprise though, a cameo from Rachel Griffiths (Brenda in Six Feet Under). Took me a few seconds to recognise her. Also, one of the main actors was Phil Barantini, whom you might have seen in Band of Brothers. I found I enjoyed him immensely in this movie. However, both Heath Ledger and Orlando Bloom disappointed me. Granted, I didn't expect much from Orly, but still, I had my hopes - his role was somewhat of a Casanova, and he played it with about as much talent as Ryan Philippe didn't have in Cruel Intentions (I believe Ryan was awesome in that one, in case you had doubts - anyone seen the trailer for Alfie? Jude is set to do a Sebastian on us, huzzah!). Orlando, this was a chance to play something different! Why didn't you take it! As for Heath, as I said, big disappointment. I found him excellent in A Knight's Tale, but his Ned Kelly did not convince me at all.
Also, bit of fun: when Heath first started speaking, I was like, oy! Irish accent! When Orlando started, I got all, "hmmm, pikey accent?" (Think Snatch, people.)... which probably just means that Orly laid it thicker. I know I'm not the best judge of accents, what with not being native and all, but at least it was a bit hard to get into it and understand them at first, so they must have done something right. Yeah. (However, it made it quite hard for Orly to be credible, for the first few minutes - it changes his voice so much, I could hardly focus on anything else. Voices matter a lot to me.)
The direction wasn't always wonderful either. However, the plot itself wasn't too bad - I'd have to have read the novel to actually be able to judge accurately, but I really do believe that it could have made a good movie, with better acting and directing. (So frustrating to not know how much of the acting not coming through is the actor's or the director's fault.) In any case, the end really got to me. Not so much Ned's end, I've got to say, as Joe's and Steve's and Dan's. I cried like a baby - hadn't happened in a while. Feels good to let out a good cry once in a while.
If only for that, I can't say it was a waste of money.
Got my requirement for the Tertiary PotC Character Ficathon, I'm going to have to work on this. I want the recipient to be happy. Am positively thrilled by the feedback I got on my Groves "Virtues and Sins" drabbles. I do adore spreading the Groves love, and this was highly enjoyable to write. Something non demanding that you still feel good about when the day's done.
Watched Ned Kelly this evening. It didn't fulfill its promises (or, really, my expectations). Geoffrey Rush and Naomi Watts are both sadly underused, such a shame. Two terrific actors you barely see. Good surprise though, a cameo from Rachel Griffiths (Brenda in Six Feet Under). Took me a few seconds to recognise her. Also, one of the main actors was Phil Barantini, whom you might have seen in Band of Brothers. I found I enjoyed him immensely in this movie. However, both Heath Ledger and Orlando Bloom disappointed me. Granted, I didn't expect much from Orly, but still, I had my hopes - his role was somewhat of a Casanova, and he played it with about as much talent as Ryan Philippe didn't have in Cruel Intentions (I believe Ryan was awesome in that one, in case you had doubts - anyone seen the trailer for Alfie? Jude is set to do a Sebastian on us, huzzah!). Orlando, this was a chance to play something different! Why didn't you take it! As for Heath, as I said, big disappointment. I found him excellent in A Knight's Tale, but his Ned Kelly did not convince me at all.
Also, bit of fun: when Heath first started speaking, I was like, oy! Irish accent! When Orlando started, I got all, "hmmm, pikey accent?" (Think Snatch, people.)... which probably just means that Orly laid it thicker. I know I'm not the best judge of accents, what with not being native and all, but at least it was a bit hard to get into it and understand them at first, so they must have done something right. Yeah. (However, it made it quite hard for Orly to be credible, for the first few minutes - it changes his voice so much, I could hardly focus on anything else. Voices matter a lot to me.)
The direction wasn't always wonderful either. However, the plot itself wasn't too bad - I'd have to have read the novel to actually be able to judge accurately, but I really do believe that it could have made a good movie, with better acting and directing. (So frustrating to not know how much of the acting not coming through is the actor's or the director's fault.) In any case, the end really got to me. Not so much Ned's end, I've got to say, as Joe's and Steve's and Dan's. I cried like a baby - hadn't happened in a while. Feels good to let out a good cry once in a while.
If only for that, I can't say it was a waste of money.