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I saw a bunch of films over the weekend that I'd not seen before.
First (thank you![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
msmanna!) Once Upon A Time In Mexico. I understand there is a plot in there somewhere but, frankly, it's unnecessary and I didn't let it trouble me at all. Which left me watching a very glossy and extremely violent film with lots of beautiful pictures and outrageous set pieces. Loved it.
Next up was Labyrinth: there's an episode of Friends where Phoebe finds out that people avoided showing her the sad ends of films when she was a child. Apparently someone was hiding away all the happy films from me, since I saw The Dark Crystal but never saw this. Anyway, I loved it. Wish I'd seen it when it came out. Terry Jones strikes me as the most well-adjusted person on the planet, and I'd like to be him when I grow up, although without the taking all my clothes off whenever there's a camera around me.
We bought The Quiet American on DVD ages ago, but only got round to watching it yesterday. Despite Michael Caine, I found it rather slight - I think I need spy dramas to be a bit more intricate than this one. It's set in Vietnam in 1952, and that made for some interesting reflection, but I think I'd be more interested to watch the 1958 version of it.
No, I hadn't seen Brief Encounter before. Yes, it's fabulous. Black and white sigh... The pictures are so much prettier.
Today, rather than take advantage of being at the start of the month to advance my work, I bunked off and went to see Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, ( spoilers for book and film )
First (thank you
msmanna!) Once Upon A Time In Mexico. I understand there is a plot in there somewhere but, frankly, it's unnecessary and I didn't let it trouble me at all. Which left me watching a very glossy and extremely violent film with lots of beautiful pictures and outrageous set pieces. Loved it. Next up was Labyrinth: there's an episode of Friends where Phoebe finds out that people avoided showing her the sad ends of films when she was a child. Apparently someone was hiding away all the happy films from me, since I saw The Dark Crystal but never saw this. Anyway, I loved it. Wish I'd seen it when it came out. Terry Jones strikes me as the most well-adjusted person on the planet, and I'd like to be him when I grow up, although without the taking all my clothes off whenever there's a camera around me.
We bought The Quiet American on DVD ages ago, but only got round to watching it yesterday. Despite Michael Caine, I found it rather slight - I think I need spy dramas to be a bit more intricate than this one. It's set in Vietnam in 1952, and that made for some interesting reflection, but I think I'd be more interested to watch the 1958 version of it.
No, I hadn't seen Brief Encounter before. Yes, it's fabulous. Black and white sigh... The pictures are so much prettier.
Today, rather than take advantage of being at the start of the month to advance my work, I bunked off and went to see Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, ( spoilers for book and film )
