Weekends are <3
Saw Stardust last night with Lisa and Andrew. While the ending is predictable and it uses a couple of cliches to get there, on the whole, it's a magnificent step away from typical Eragon-style overly-cliched fantasy movies. There are more twists in this film than on a Chubby Checker record. I mean, yeah, it has the typical become-a-swordmaster-in-two-days tactic, but it more than makes up for it.
At the end of the movie was an interesting message... it's based on a book with the same title by Neil Gaiman, the guy who co-wrote my favorite book, Good Omens. I'm a bookaholic. I went out, bought it, and read it. There are a lot of variations between the versions, which is to be expected. I don't know which I prefer, to be honest. The book's ending is a lot more believable, and it doesn't have the instant!swordsmaster (just add water) thing going on. But the characters in the movie seemed more true to themselves, somehow. Even if they weren't the original ones.
Anyways. They shouldn't put JoAnns next to Books-A-Million. This is dangerous, especially now that I've begun sewing. It wasn't enough to just enjoy making jewelry, no. Now I like fabric too. Found a remnant of shiny, sheer, blue-to-black-color-shifting fabric. I've always wanted sleeves like that. Now I have to find something to be the shirt. Oh, and I got matching beads, so I'm probably going to end up beading the shirt. This will be without a pattern. Nothing quite like jumping in with both feet... Should be fun, though. And I got more ribbon, so I can finally finish my Kisuke hat. That did not get completed in time for AFO because I ran out of ribbon on Thursday night. Nothing quite like waiting until the last minute. Bought more books, too, of course. I'm in danger of running out of room on my bookshelves, again. Shall have to get creative, again. hee.
At the end of the movie was an interesting message... it's based on a book with the same title by Neil Gaiman, the guy who co-wrote my favorite book, Good Omens. I'm a bookaholic. I went out, bought it, and read it. There are a lot of variations between the versions, which is to be expected. I don't know which I prefer, to be honest. The book's ending is a lot more believable, and it doesn't have the instant!swordsmaster (just add water) thing going on. But the characters in the movie seemed more true to themselves, somehow. Even if they weren't the original ones.
Anyways. They shouldn't put JoAnns next to Books-A-Million. This is dangerous, especially now that I've begun sewing. It wasn't enough to just enjoy making jewelry, no. Now I like fabric too. Found a remnant of shiny, sheer, blue-to-black-color-shifting fabric. I've always wanted sleeves like that. Now I have to find something to be the shirt. Oh, and I got matching beads, so I'm probably going to end up beading the shirt. This will be without a pattern. Nothing quite like jumping in with both feet... Should be fun, though. And I got more ribbon, so I can finally finish my Kisuke hat. That did not get completed in time for AFO because I ran out of ribbon on Thursday night. Nothing quite like waiting until the last minute. Bought more books, too, of course. I'm in danger of running out of room on my bookshelves, again. Shall have to get creative, again. hee.