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A DVD weekend
Aug. 20th, 2007 02:18 pmWe went to Ankamall on Saturday, which is an enormous and very dangerous shopping mall - dangerous merely in the sense that you spend loads of money for things you don't really need.
So I bought DVDs (again), and spent the rest of Saturday and Sunday afternoon watching them.
The Good German wasn't as exciting as I'd expected. Not a bad film. On the contrary, I'd say it was too well done, both as an hommage to 50-s black-and-white, and as a well-told piece of immediate post-war history. Sleek, and well done, though not overly emotionalizing.
All the King's Men, on the other hand, was fantastic. Due to the heavy Louisiana accents I had to watch it with English subtitles on, otherwise I'd probably have understood 10%. Sean Penn was convincing as always, Anthony Hopkins' relatively small part as ageing judge was superb, and I actually liked Jude Law's interpretation of the jaded journalist-turned-political-advisor.
Yesterday was dedicated to nostalgia: Witches of Eastwick, Lolita (the one with Jeremy Irons - still drooling) and, not so nostalgic, Lost in Translation.
Plus, I re-read 'Memory' (Vorkosigan saga) and started re-reading A Civil Campaing (ditto). And played a bit, sweating and swearing because so much of my technique is gone.
2-day weekends are definitely too short.
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sshg_exchange .
So I bought DVDs (again), and spent the rest of Saturday and Sunday afternoon watching them.
The Good German wasn't as exciting as I'd expected. Not a bad film. On the contrary, I'd say it was too well done, both as an hommage to 50-s black-and-white, and as a well-told piece of immediate post-war history. Sleek, and well done, though not overly emotionalizing.
All the King's Men, on the other hand, was fantastic. Due to the heavy Louisiana accents I had to watch it with English subtitles on, otherwise I'd probably have understood 10%. Sean Penn was convincing as always, Anthony Hopkins' relatively small part as ageing judge was superb, and I actually liked Jude Law's interpretation of the jaded journalist-turned-political-advisor.
Yesterday was dedicated to nostalgia: Witches of Eastwick, Lolita (the one with Jeremy Irons - still drooling) and, not so nostalgic, Lost in Translation.
Plus, I re-read 'Memory' (Vorkosigan saga) and started re-reading A Civil Campaing (ditto). And played a bit, sweating and swearing because so much of my technique is gone.
2-day weekends are definitely too short.
Oh, and of course I signed up for the next round at
sshg_exchange . 
