With Great Power Comes Great Responsiblity

[annundriel]

Tom and I went and saw Spider-man 2 *glances at clock* yesterday now. It was very good. Really. It's amazing because, by all rights, these movies should suck. But they don't. This one was sad and hilarious and creepy and touching. And I <3 Alfred Molina. He's good in everything I've seen him in. Even the movies that kinda suck.

Tomorrow, which is actually today, I'm heading back to Seattle to house-sit. Woo. Mom will leave me on Sunday and then I'll be all alone. I'm taking a bunch of DVDs with me that I either need to rewatch or watch for the first time. Cold Mountain, The Matrix Revolutions, Master & Commander, Pirates of the Caribbean, Firefly season six of Buffy, and seasons one and two of Coupling. Lately I've been in a funny-British-guy kinda mood, so I'm loading up on Jack Davenport DVDs to take with. Because you really gotta love the Commodore.

Oh, that reminds me of Johnny Depp. Mom rented Secret Window. Baaaad movie. What does it say about us that Tom, Mom, and I all burst out laughing when the car was heading toward the cliff and the water? That was just too hilarious. And the hat! And I *so* called all of the twists. And you cannot eat an ear of corn with braces! Not even if you're Johnny Depp.

Almost enough to make me fear being a writer.

And once again my fear of corn fields is backed up and justified.

Just say "no".

Comments

[dragonsxist.livejournal.com]

really? wow, i had a feeling cause it was based on a series, but i thought that i had read somewhere that the movie was basically a combination of the first and the last book. do you know if thats true.

i really wanted to get into it but haven't had the time to get into the books yet. and especially if i know myself because i'll probably get halfway throught the series and then take a break, and if its all that closely knit to the point where they're still introducing essentially important characters in the tenth book, i may not make it.

[trademybike.livejournal.com]

From the tidbits I've gotten from my roommate... books 1 through 10 is where you meet the characters... I believe most of the head guys, Mowett, Aubrey, Maturin, perhaps some of the other not so known characters, are there in the beginning... half way through I think Calamy is introduced, Blakeney and Hollum are introduced later and Pullings, if he isn't in the beginning, comes up in the first couple of books.

I'm not sure if it's the first and tenth books that made up the movie, but little bits and pieces of the movie are in random books - and those are the books that are sold with the M&C DVD in the boxset...

I've wanted to read em, but I've been stuck on The Two Towers Lord of the Rings for the last few months.. can't seem to get past it. But I'll probably get into M&C this coming school year.

[dragonsxist.livejournal.com]

lotr is great! all three of them. the books are tough to get through, but when you do, you love them for what they hold.