Comments | hackthis: dS - Love is Disappointment

hackthis

dS - Love is Disappointment

Sep 22, 2004 11:24

1. According to IMDB, today Tom Felton turns 17. Millions of jailbait-lusters people everywhere rejoice.

2. There are two reasons to see Closer: Jude Law and Clive Owen. There are also two reasons not to see Closer: Julia Roberts and Natalie Portman. Perhaps I will just stick my fingers in my ears a lot ( Read more... )

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beledibabe September 22 2004, 11:29:52 UTC

Your beta has excellent taste! It's lovely.

hackthis September 23 2004, 10:04:05 UTC

Thank you!

estrella30 September 22 2004, 11:33:53 UTC

This is wonderful!

Oddly enough, I enjoyed the section about his grandparents the best I think. You really nailed what I feel to be a very accurate description of Fraser growing up.

Terrific stuff!

hackthis September 23 2004, 10:04:43 UTC

I'm so pleased that you thought that section was accurate. Thanks!

akite September 22 2004, 11:48:07 UTC

Oh, very nice! I think I liked this line the best.

Of course after his father died he paid so much attention to Fraser that Fraser got nostalgic for his childhood.

hackthis September 23 2004, 10:04:52 UTC

Thanks!

zoetrope September 22 2004, 11:50:31 UTC

Lovely. I loved the Innusiq section - very tender description of the beginning of their friendship, and sad when it was ending. Just lovely :)

hackthis September 23 2004, 10:05:10 UTC

Thanks!

minervacat September 22 2004, 11:56:41 UTC

I count the fact that Patrick Marber adapted his own play for the screen as the third reason to go see Closer, but I also have a slightly freaky obsessive crush on Patrick Marber, so maybe that's just me.

hackthis September 23 2004, 10:05:37 UTC

Okay, educate me, who is Patrick Marber? Why should I have heard of him already?

minervacat September 23 2004, 11:43:51 UTC

Unless you read and/or see a lot of plays, you probably wouldn't have heard of him - he's a modern British playwright, and the original stage production of Closer was his big break in the British theater scene. Clive Owen actually originated the role he's playing in the movie in the world premiere production of the play at the Royal National Theater. It was a smash-hit on Broadway, too, in '98 or '99.

Marber's written a couple of other plays, but none of them are as brutal or as brilliant or as famous as Closer. It's an absolute gut-punch of a play, but it's gorgeous, and if he adapted his own script for the screen, I can assure you that at least the script will be wonderful. I cannot say the same for Julia Roberts, more's the pity.

minervacat September 23 2004, 11:44:18 UTC

Damn HTML. Sorry about that.