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Sigh...pardon me while I whine
Nov. 22nd, 2004 05:53 pmMood today is much like the weather...not cold, not warm, damp, with grayish skies.
( pardon me while I whine about work for a bit...skippable. )
Watched The Mountain last night. The reason? I was curious to see what James Marsters could do with a role that wasn't Spike. I've seen two episodes of that show now. Saw last week's to see what the show was about and if it was worth anything without Marsters. It's not.
( Review of The Mountain, cutting away to save those on my flist who could care less about this )
Other news of note...almost finished reading Ship of Fools by Richard Paul Russo. This book for some reason really hit my mood perfectly. Only problem with finishing it is finding another one on my shelf that does it.
Have lots of books, just having troubles finding one that hits my mood.
I recommend Ship of Fools. It's an interesting novel about Prayer, Faith, God, and how we deal with them.
Also saw the Incredibles recently with cjlanksy. I enjoyed the movie. It, for me, did everything that Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow did wrong, right. The characters were warm. Engaging. Course I went into the movie not expecting that much, so that may have helped. Movies are like books for me, mood is important. I'd read a lukewarm review on the Incredibles in Entertainment Weekly (haven't read a movie review in a while) and was concerned about the message. ie. That only "super" people with "special" talents can be great. After seeing the movie, I realized that really wasn't the message and the reviewer may have misread it. It's not that you can't be super without special talents, so much as you should be allowed to use your talents to be whatever you wish to be. You also shouldn't copy someone else or try to be them, find your own purpose. Has a very snarky message about over-zealous fans which I appreciated. Also some nice inside jokes on comics.
Definitely one of the better films I've seen this year. (Haven't seen that many I'd rate as good to be honest - only two or three seem to register in my memory banks: Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind, Spiderman 2, and maybe Hero (although I'd forgotten about both Spiderman 2 and Hero until about a week ago.)
( pardon me while I whine about work for a bit...skippable. )
Watched The Mountain last night. The reason? I was curious to see what James Marsters could do with a role that wasn't Spike. I've seen two episodes of that show now. Saw last week's to see what the show was about and if it was worth anything without Marsters. It's not.
( Review of The Mountain, cutting away to save those on my flist who could care less about this )
Other news of note...almost finished reading Ship of Fools by Richard Paul Russo. This book for some reason really hit my mood perfectly. Only problem with finishing it is finding another one on my shelf that does it.
Have lots of books, just having troubles finding one that hits my mood.
I recommend Ship of Fools. It's an interesting novel about Prayer, Faith, God, and how we deal with them.
Also saw the Incredibles recently with cjlanksy. I enjoyed the movie. It, for me, did everything that Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow did wrong, right. The characters were warm. Engaging. Course I went into the movie not expecting that much, so that may have helped. Movies are like books for me, mood is important. I'd read a lukewarm review on the Incredibles in Entertainment Weekly (haven't read a movie review in a while) and was concerned about the message. ie. That only "super" people with "special" talents can be great. After seeing the movie, I realized that really wasn't the message and the reviewer may have misread it. It's not that you can't be super without special talents, so much as you should be allowed to use your talents to be whatever you wish to be. You also shouldn't copy someone else or try to be them, find your own purpose. Has a very snarky message about over-zealous fans which I appreciated. Also some nice inside jokes on comics.
Definitely one of the better films I've seen this year. (Haven't seen that many I'd rate as good to be honest - only two or three seem to register in my memory banks: Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind, Spiderman 2, and maybe Hero (although I'd forgotten about both Spiderman 2 and Hero until about a week ago.)