Livin' in a material world...
One of the downsides of living in New York City is that things are so freakin' expensive. Granted, the upside is that if you don't want to spend money, there's usually a whole load of things to do, but when you want to do something that shouldn't cost "too much", it always costs way more 'cause it's in the City. For example, when did movie tickets get so expensive! I swear.
Last night I went out with rhymester and her boyfriend to see Mirrormask and then we caught Serenity. Both were awesome in understandably different ways, as they told very different kinds of stories. Without giving anything away, here are some thoughts:
Mirrormask, I've been told, was a deliberate remaking/reworking of Labyrinth with David Bowie*. It holds up well as its own story, and the combination of the script and the artwork and the music is quite breathtaking. I also thought that the main casting worked really, really well. It's in limited release right now, but if you can, go see it. Or come up here and see it. Whichever *grin*
Serenity was a film I've been looking forward to in a vague sort of way; the 'vague' only because while I'm not a rabid fan of Joss Whedon's Firefly series on which it's based**, it looked really interesting and I wanted to know/see more about them (due to Milliways' plots, if nothing else). So I went as not quite a Fan, but aware of the plotlines. And I thought it worked really well. It was great to see the show's cast and plots able to stretch and fill a big screen, and man, I really like that Joss Whedon is very focused on telling the true story, rather than what the audience would want to happen, necessarily. He's not catering to people: what happens is very true to the characters and the circumstances. Go see it. If you like sci-fi movies, or geeky geeky fun, go now :o)
So now I am fully tired-out and took a nap all day. Now it's time for dinner! Mmmm, salad and stuff. Ooh, see my new Sandman moodtheme. Isn't it pretty?
Cheers!
*If you haven't seen this movie, you're really missing out. Yes, it's campy (and David Bowie's pants shrink alarmingly throughout the film) but there are Jim Hensen muppets! And 13-hour clocks! And David Bowie can juggle glass balls! It's FUN!
**This is mostly due to the fact that I keep forgetting that Firefly is on, and so I should watch it. Absent-minded a lot, me.
Last night I went out with rhymester and her boyfriend to see Mirrormask and then we caught Serenity. Both were awesome in understandably different ways, as they told very different kinds of stories. Without giving anything away, here are some thoughts:
Mirrormask, I've been told, was a deliberate remaking/reworking of Labyrinth with David Bowie*. It holds up well as its own story, and the combination of the script and the artwork and the music is quite breathtaking. I also thought that the main casting worked really, really well. It's in limited release right now, but if you can, go see it. Or come up here and see it. Whichever *grin*
Serenity was a film I've been looking forward to in a vague sort of way; the 'vague' only because while I'm not a rabid fan of Joss Whedon's Firefly series on which it's based**, it looked really interesting and I wanted to know/see more about them (due to Milliways' plots, if nothing else). So I went as not quite a Fan, but aware of the plotlines. And I thought it worked really well. It was great to see the show's cast and plots able to stretch and fill a big screen, and man, I really like that Joss Whedon is very focused on telling the true story, rather than what the audience would want to happen, necessarily. He's not catering to people: what happens is very true to the characters and the circumstances. Go see it. If you like sci-fi movies, or geeky geeky fun, go now :o)
So now I am fully tired-out and took a nap all day. Now it's time for dinner! Mmmm, salad and stuff. Ooh, see my new Sandman moodtheme. Isn't it pretty?
Cheers!
*If you haven't seen this movie, you're really missing out. Yes, it's campy (and David Bowie's pants shrink alarmingly throughout the film) but there are Jim Hensen muppets! And 13-hour clocks! And David Bowie can juggle glass balls! It's FUN!
**This is mostly due to the fact that I keep forgetting that Firefly is on, and so I should watch it. Absent-minded a lot, me.