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girlofprey) wrote2005-06-04 10:02 am
girlofprey) wrote2005-06-04 10:02 am
Some melancholy. Also HIGNFY, Sin City and films yay!
Am back at home. My father has a huge new computer screen 8o
Fun fun fun as usual. Sister screaming at dad. Mum complaining about sister. Baby generally yelling at things. We're not doing anything because Katie (el sister) might get upset about us going out without her/not wanting to spend every second with Jack, and I can't even go on the Internet much because either dad's working on it or my sister's checking to make sure there's no possible way anything she's buying could be got cheaper elsewhere. Still, that's not that much different from Internet availability in Nottingham. And dad is talking about getting a Router (?) for the summer, so yay perhaps. For then.
Sigh. It's not all bad, I suppose. Room is not as full of stuff as I thought it would be, and the baby is quite lovely. Has two teeth now! Is a top pair away from being Sunny. And he seems to like me, even if he does try to eat my hand when it goes anywhere near his face. I just wish we'd do something when I come home. Blah.
Anyway. Nicer things. Have lots of mail, including the £360 I ordered from my Post Office account. They said they would pay it into my bank. They did not. Hmm. Also a nice bill from La Senza. And a form saying I only get £2735 of loan next year. Hmm. But I'm reading Lolita, so I get to feel all intellectual, and I get to sit in a comfy chair while I watch Have I Got News for You. Ian's tie/shirt combo - liked. Comedian whose name I don't know on Ian's team - liked. Paul's comment that he is 'the wind beneath Ian's wings' - felt very happy for my Hignfy-lovin' friends indeed :D
Went to see Sin City again on Thursday, under the sneaking suspicion I wouldn't be seeing it over the weekend. Liked it perhaps better this time. Last time was sort of spoiled by the random appearance of Kevin, I think. He came out of nowhere, and was a ninja, and I spent most of the rest of the film going 'Kevin? Kevin now? Kevin now?'. Which was distracting. Wasn't so fond of him this time though, although he does continue to kick ass. I don't think it immediately clicked the first time that he was the cannibal, and ate people - I just thought he was the assassin/guard for the cannibal!cardinal. Much creepier this time - the eyes :0
I appreciated the other characters a bit more this time. Dwight was hilarious, and quite foxy with his crazy hair and boots. The look on his face when he's thinking 'go on. Take one of his cigarettes' - hee! Also realised what a great job Benicio Del Toro did with Jackie-Boy - the voice! And love that scene between the two of them (sort of) in the car (as directed by Quentin Tarantino, don't you know). Have a disturbing hankering for Dwight/Jackie-Boy slash, even if it is all in Dwight's head. Yay. Also, Nick Stahl's fantastic job as bratty freaky senator's son Junior. I like this film. DVD's may have to be bought. I also want the Making Of book, but £25, my god, I die.
The love is still there for Marv though. Favourite line in the movie: 'I know it's pretty weird to eat people' - :D
I'm still not sold on this whole 'omg the women are really in control' thing of Rodriguez's though. Yes, they're not just victims, yes, they're strong, but they're still not exactly feminism incarnate. Even the strong girls of Old Town are constantly under threat from the pimps and the Mob, only keeping them at bay by keeping the police happy. And none of them are characters - sure they're cool, but they're hardly human, and the fact that all their important lines sound really, really staged doesn't help things. It's like Rodriguex is saying the ultimate empowerment for a woman is to be a man's dream, a 'goddess' - which is also a pretty good way to 'keep them down'. But I'm probably taking it too seriously - it is essentially a film about pimps and hos. And it's all seen through the eyes of male character, and the men harrassing the women are psycopaths rather than ordinary blokes, and the fact that men see themselves as better than women can often tip the power scales whether or not they actually are, and there's still Miho and Lucille. But still. I 'hmm' and withold judgement.
Things I am interested in in the movie: the themes of noise and silence, 'playing it quiet' vs. covering things up, and the two deadliest characters being the silent ones. And the way the men helping the women are seen by the men victimising them - witness's Dwight's being constantly called feminine names like 'sweetheart' and 'sugar-pie' by men who call actual women 'stupid slag' or 'dumb whore'. Possibly because it has disturbing slashy possibilities (why else? :) )
Also, got the new Empire magazine yesterday - following their good review/feature, I so want to go see The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse. Papa Lazarou! In the real world! Possibilities of Lazarou/Reece slash, outside of crackfic! Hurrah! ::makes plans::
And for the rest of the year: Corpse Bride! Crazy animation! Helena Bonham-Carter as femme-fatale (literally)! ::<3's her like woah!::. And The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe looks fantastic. Tilda Swinton as the witch, in a polar-bear driven chariot! Hurrah for films, hurrah! Hurrah for Empire, hurrah! And hurrah for Mickey on Doctor Who today, hurrah!
Fun fun fun as usual. Sister screaming at dad. Mum complaining about sister. Baby generally yelling at things. We're not doing anything because Katie (el sister) might get upset about us going out without her/not wanting to spend every second with Jack, and I can't even go on the Internet much because either dad's working on it or my sister's checking to make sure there's no possible way anything she's buying could be got cheaper elsewhere. Still, that's not that much different from Internet availability in Nottingham. And dad is talking about getting a Router (?) for the summer, so yay perhaps. For then.
Sigh. It's not all bad, I suppose. Room is not as full of stuff as I thought it would be, and the baby is quite lovely. Has two teeth now! Is a top pair away from being Sunny. And he seems to like me, even if he does try to eat my hand when it goes anywhere near his face. I just wish we'd do something when I come home. Blah.
Anyway. Nicer things. Have lots of mail, including the £360 I ordered from my Post Office account. They said they would pay it into my bank. They did not. Hmm. Also a nice bill from La Senza. And a form saying I only get £2735 of loan next year. Hmm. But I'm reading Lolita, so I get to feel all intellectual, and I get to sit in a comfy chair while I watch Have I Got News for You. Ian's tie/shirt combo - liked. Comedian whose name I don't know on Ian's team - liked. Paul's comment that he is 'the wind beneath Ian's wings' - felt very happy for my Hignfy-lovin' friends indeed :D
Went to see Sin City again on Thursday, under the sneaking suspicion I wouldn't be seeing it over the weekend. Liked it perhaps better this time. Last time was sort of spoiled by the random appearance of Kevin, I think. He came out of nowhere, and was a ninja, and I spent most of the rest of the film going 'Kevin? Kevin now? Kevin now?'. Which was distracting. Wasn't so fond of him this time though, although he does continue to kick ass. I don't think it immediately clicked the first time that he was the cannibal, and ate people - I just thought he was the assassin/guard for the cannibal!cardinal. Much creepier this time - the eyes :0
I appreciated the other characters a bit more this time. Dwight was hilarious, and quite foxy with his crazy hair and boots. The look on his face when he's thinking 'go on. Take one of his cigarettes' - hee! Also realised what a great job Benicio Del Toro did with Jackie-Boy - the voice! And love that scene between the two of them (sort of) in the car (as directed by Quentin Tarantino, don't you know). Have a disturbing hankering for Dwight/Jackie-Boy slash, even if it is all in Dwight's head. Yay. Also, Nick Stahl's fantastic job as bratty freaky senator's son Junior. I like this film. DVD's may have to be bought. I also want the Making Of book, but £25, my god, I die.
The love is still there for Marv though. Favourite line in the movie: 'I know it's pretty weird to eat people' - :D
I'm still not sold on this whole 'omg the women are really in control' thing of Rodriguez's though. Yes, they're not just victims, yes, they're strong, but they're still not exactly feminism incarnate. Even the strong girls of Old Town are constantly under threat from the pimps and the Mob, only keeping them at bay by keeping the police happy. And none of them are characters - sure they're cool, but they're hardly human, and the fact that all their important lines sound really, really staged doesn't help things. It's like Rodriguex is saying the ultimate empowerment for a woman is to be a man's dream, a 'goddess' - which is also a pretty good way to 'keep them down'. But I'm probably taking it too seriously - it is essentially a film about pimps and hos. And it's all seen through the eyes of male character, and the men harrassing the women are psycopaths rather than ordinary blokes, and the fact that men see themselves as better than women can often tip the power scales whether or not they actually are, and there's still Miho and Lucille. But still. I 'hmm' and withold judgement.
Things I am interested in in the movie: the themes of noise and silence, 'playing it quiet' vs. covering things up, and the two deadliest characters being the silent ones. And the way the men helping the women are seen by the men victimising them - witness's Dwight's being constantly called feminine names like 'sweetheart' and 'sugar-pie' by men who call actual women 'stupid slag' or 'dumb whore'. Possibly because it has disturbing slashy possibilities (why else? :) )
Also, got the new Empire magazine yesterday - following their good review/feature, I so want to go see The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse. Papa Lazarou! In the real world! Possibilities of Lazarou/Reece slash, outside of crackfic! Hurrah! ::makes plans::
And for the rest of the year: Corpse Bride! Crazy animation! Helena Bonham-Carter as femme-fatale (literally)! ::<3's her like woah!::. And The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe looks fantastic. Tilda Swinton as the witch, in a polar-bear driven chariot! Hurrah for films, hurrah! Hurrah for Empire, hurrah! And hurrah for Mickey on Doctor Who today, hurrah!