Be my breath; there's nothing I wouldn't give
I spent today - like many of my days off - at the cinema, watching first The Orphanage and then The Assassination of Jesse James.
Before I tell you about them, let me just say that like many of you, there are certain typos and misspellings I can happily ignore when I come across them online, and certain ones that drive me crazy. For example, I know people who can't stand misuses of There/Their/They're and Its/It's but these don't tend to bother me so much, while I've mentioned on here before that there is nothing worse than seeing Then instead of Than and vice versa. Here's another one that pisses me off something fierce: People who get Breath and Breathe confused. Most commonly found on song lyrics websites, this one - like then/than - makes my brain spazz out because the sentence I'm reading suddenly doesn't sound right.
Anyway, films. El Orfanato (The Orphanage) is a ghost story directed by Juan Antonio Bayona and produced and presented - i.e., his name is the most famous so it has to go on the posters - by Guillermo Del Toro. It is very similar in many ways to Pan's Labyrinth, and thus very good. It's in spanish with English subtitles, but if that puts you off going to see it then I don't want you reading my reviews. I'm quite elitist.
Grant rather wonderfully described the early parts of The Assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford as like being in a room with an uncle who doesn't like you. There's an uncomfortable feeling and you're just hoping something changes soon. And apparently it did. Casey Affleck's superb performance as Robert Ford - a man who in equal parts fears and idolises Brad Pitt's outlaw Jesse James - draws you in. With excellent casting, direction, cinematography, acting, writing and everything else, this is both one of the best films I've seen this year and a fine choice to try out the Gallery with.
The Gallery, by the way, is how you visit the cinema in style. As much free popcorn, nachos and soft drinks as you like to be enjoyed in the most comfortable seats in the screen. Plus there's a bar. Working there, I get buy one get one free on Gallery tickets which is, I have decided, pretty cool. Still, now I've tried it out I'm going to save it for Really Awesome Films and special occasions. The free seats are good enough for me most of the time.
Before I tell you about them, let me just say that like many of you, there are certain typos and misspellings I can happily ignore when I come across them online, and certain ones that drive me crazy. For example, I know people who can't stand misuses of There/Their/They're and Its/It's but these don't tend to bother me so much, while I've mentioned on here before that there is nothing worse than seeing Then instead of Than and vice versa. Here's another one that pisses me off something fierce: People who get Breath and Breathe confused. Most commonly found on song lyrics websites, this one - like then/than - makes my brain spazz out because the sentence I'm reading suddenly doesn't sound right.
Anyway, films. El Orfanato (The Orphanage) is a ghost story directed by Juan Antonio Bayona and produced and presented - i.e., his name is the most famous so it has to go on the posters - by Guillermo Del Toro. It is very similar in many ways to Pan's Labyrinth, and thus very good. It's in spanish with English subtitles, but if that puts you off going to see it then I don't want you reading my reviews. I'm quite elitist.
Grant rather wonderfully described the early parts of The Assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford as like being in a room with an uncle who doesn't like you. There's an uncomfortable feeling and you're just hoping something changes soon. And apparently it did. Casey Affleck's superb performance as Robert Ford - a man who in equal parts fears and idolises Brad Pitt's outlaw Jesse James - draws you in. With excellent casting, direction, cinematography, acting, writing and everything else, this is both one of the best films I've seen this year and a fine choice to try out the Gallery with.
The Gallery, by the way, is how you visit the cinema in style. As much free popcorn, nachos and soft drinks as you like to be enjoyed in the most comfortable seats in the screen. Plus there's a bar. Working there, I get buy one get one free on Gallery tickets which is, I have decided, pretty cool. Still, now I've tried it out I'm going to save it for Really Awesome Films and special occasions. The free seats are good enough for me most of the time.