sinister apples

[greygirlbeast]

I think Frank the Goat has been at the mainframe again.

I woke up cold this morning, feeling the autumn in all my bones, aching, stiff, half dreamsick. Feeling -20, instead of only -02. This house can be a dark hole. A very cold dark hole. So we ate breakfast, then got dressed and had a good walk out to Freedom Park. Lots of sun, but not much

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[setsuled]

Thanks for all the comments the last couple of days. They've been appreciated.

I know how it is. But don't feel bad if you didn't get any for this entry--apparently your journal's not showing up on people's friends lists (I checked my own, robyn_ma's, and sovay's. I guess Frank still needs to cough up a few nuts and bolts.

thanks to Setsuled (setsuled) for the new Yoshitako Amano icon.

You're quite welcome. I also posted some extra icons on my journal, and you're welcome to any of those, too.

Terry Gilliam's Tideland.

I just got back from seeing it, and I agree with your assessment. I'd been strongly looking forward to the movie and I wasn't disappointed in the slightest. It's definitely my favourite movie of the year and I can't wait to have it on DVD.

I loved all the little references to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, especially when Dell started quoting the Caterpillar--or speaking as the Caterpillar. And I loved Jeliza-Rose, which was an extraordinary thing for me. Kids in movies usually annoy me, but Jeliza-Rose didn't, and the

[humglum]

This is a pretty good interview http://ifc.com/news/article?aId=17942 and explains a lot about the casting of the girl who played Jeliza-Rose.

[setsuled]

Thanks for the link.

"All these scripts are written with these super-smart kids with lines that adults should be doing, except let's put them in the kids' mouths, isn't that cute? I hate that."

My sentiments exactly.

[greygirlbeast]

Maybe Silk made you a celebrity in the spider world and the ones biting you are spider paparazzi?

Personally, I fear I'm the victim of arachnid double-dog dares...

I just got back from seeing it, and I agree with your assessment.

Good. That's a relief. I was so afraid this was gonna be another of those me-against-the-world things, and I hate that dren.

[edwarddain]

Personally, I fear I'm the victim of arachnid double-dog dares...

This sentence fills me with mirth at the sheer nonsensical beauty of it.

[setsuled]

I fear I'm the victim of arachnid double-dog dares...

Heh. Could be. Like Jackass: Arachnitopia.

I was so afraid this was gonna be another of those me-against-the-world things, and I hate that dren.

Well, it's still probably a matter of a few of us against the world. In a moment that clearly illustrated to me how insulated Richard Roeper is, he said he wanted to walk out of the movie. The guy subbing for Ebert was also thoroughly disgusted. But several critics have also loved the movie. I have a feeling it'll end up a classic. Maybe a more extreme version of what happened with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

[robyn_ma]

'It's definitely my favourite movie of the year and I can't wait to have it on DVD.'

It's coming in February. But if you've got a region-free player it's available now.

[setsuled]

But if you've got a region-free player it's available now.

I saw that when you posted it on your journal and I was sorry then, too, that I don't have a region-free player. But I guess I can wait for February. Maybe it'll be a nice Criterion edition.

[robyn_ma]

It won't be; ThinkFilm is releasing it. That's not to say there won't be a Criterion edition somewhere down the line.

Get a region-free player, dude. You can get a decent one pretty cheap.

[setsuled]

Get a region-free player, dude. You can get a decent one pretty cheap.

I'd like to, but it's still too expensive for me now that I have my stupid teeth to deal with. It's not that I mind having ugly teeth, it's just the pain is a distraction. Still, the DVD player is tempting. I've certainly done more irresponsible things in my time.