over the rainbow
I drove to San Luis Obispo on Friday afternoon. It had been raining off and on most of the day, which the land needs desperately. The clouds were lovely, and the lighting made the new grass on the hills an incredibly vivid green. Partly there, I spotted a rainbow so impressive I had to pull over to look at it. A complete arc of color seemed to anchor in the field directly across the road. Apparently the leprechauns bury their gold a mile or two north of Cayucos. Over about a quarter of the rainbow's length, a second arc of reversed colors made it a double rainbow.
I saw Coraline, which I enjoyed a great deal. It's been a long enough time since I read the book that my recollection of details is fuzzy, so I can't say how it measures up in terms of the nit-picky details (though there is one character in the movie, a neighbor boy, that I'm pretty sure wasn't in the book at all), but I thought it did a fine job of capturing the atmosphere of strangeness and gathering dread that I remembered. The animation was gorgeous. I saw it in 3D, which was cool, but I think it would still be a visually wonderful film in standard 2D.
How is it February already? Time really feels like it's speeding by. It's a bit disconcerting.
And now for something completely different: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. This is either the best or the worst idea I've heard in a long time, and I honestly can't decide which.
I saw Coraline, which I enjoyed a great deal. It's been a long enough time since I read the book that my recollection of details is fuzzy, so I can't say how it measures up in terms of the nit-picky details (though there is one character in the movie, a neighbor boy, that I'm pretty sure wasn't in the book at all), but I thought it did a fine job of capturing the atmosphere of strangeness and gathering dread that I remembered. The animation was gorgeous. I saw it in 3D, which was cool, but I think it would still be a visually wonderful film in standard 2D.
How is it February already? Time really feels like it's speeding by. It's a bit disconcerting.
And now for something completely different: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. This is either the best or the worst idea I've heard in a long time, and I honestly can't decide which.