Reviews...

So I watched Mockingbird Lane last night. This was the new series by Brian Fuller. (The creator/writer behind shows such as Dead Like Me and Pushing Daisies, who I'm thinking has an insanely perverse fascination with death or possibly an obsession?) Don't get me wrong, I find his series interesting and innovative, but...they do tend towards the somewhat creepy and perverse. Mockingbird Lane certainly falls under that category.
( Mockingbird Lane Review )

In other news, reading the latest fanfic-ebook bestseller, aka contemporary romantic boddice ripper porn (for want of a better description) by Sylvia Day, entitled Reflected in You - mainly because I wanted to read something fun which required no concentration. (And had hot sex scenes. This one, unfortunately doesn't, troubling sex scenes - yes. Hot? not so much. (I actually ended up skimming or skipping over one which went on for ten-twelve pages. Not the foreplay, the actual "fucking" went on for that long. I kid you not. People, sex scenes should be no more than two pages at the most, anything longer than that starts to get either repetitive and dull or ludicrous. The sex scene in the book shouldn't take longer than it does in actuality. Sex isn't a spectator sport! Also 90% of the appeal is the anticipation, not the act in a book or film or tv show. That's why the hottest sex scenes are often ones where the characters are fully clothed.) But I keep hoping. Note - I don't find murder mysteries fun. I have a highly analytical job - I solve puzzles all day long. Fun is not having to solve one.)

It's a troubling book.( Read more... )

So the Twilight movie...

So, I'm watching the film Twilight based on the Stephanie Meyer's Books of the same name...to figure out the appeal? (courtesy of F/X).

It's an odd film. Has a sort of home-made video quality to it. The dialogue also has that home-made low-rent indie flick feel to it. There's lots of pauses between words. Simple words are used. And it is in a style that is reminiscent of Bram Stoker's Dracula actually.
In some respects it reminds me of that style. No humor though. Not that Stoker's Dracula has any either. Which is a definite problem, because it makes the tone somewhat omnious, I keep expecting Jason Vorhees to pop out with a meat cleaver.

Also the acting is too awkward. Sort of like an amateur film or high school production, where people are trying too hard? (Makes me miss the actors in The Lost Boys who were a lot better...) The best actor so far is Billy Burke as the Dad. Everyone else looks like they are reading their lines off of teleprompters.

I was going to say I don't understand the appeal, but I actually do. ( Read more... )