Today started with me accidentally snapping my favorite pair of glasses in half.
Now I am trying to figure out what to wear to the CoE thing today that DWNY is going.
Last night Patty and I saw Public Enemies, which I thought was a film that had no idea what story it wanted to tell and examined too many aspects of the story in deeply curosry ways so that they were disturbing but without viewpoint. That said, the use of music in it was spectacular (what was the guitar track that's also used in the previews? so great!); the performances were all amazing (although I wish the actors had been given more to do, and there's something hilarious about Billy Cruddup playing Hoover); I always forget how much I enjoy that mid-century patrician accent you barely hear anymore that was all over this film; and people, the aesthetic brilliance of the film (oh the suits!) was amazing. So I had fun, and I'm glad we went and romantic dinner afterwards didn't hurt either.
What hurt? CoE preview at the movies!
I find all the fan protests to be really uncomfortable and many of them I find to be really disrespectful/obnoxious as an artist myself. But I gotta say, don't care how crazy it is, the people leaving flowers at the Torchwood tourist office site? Kinda sweet.
I can't believe I snapped my fucking glasses in half!
I found Public Enemies really interesting. On the one hand, it’s a meticulous recreation of the thirties: the clothes, the sets, the historical details; on the other hand, it’s a very twenty-first-century movie: the hand-held digital video, the depiction of violence, the naturalistic acting. (Speaking of acting, did you know David Wenham was in this as one of Dillinger’s cronies? I wouldn’t if I hadn’t stayed for the credits. Fucking chameleon.)
She tweeted it too! Which was very confusing last night when it started getting all these comments (and I didn't know she had) and I was like "er, aren't we still on about Torchwood?"
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Date: 2009-07-12 05:28 pm (UTC)I found Public Enemies really interesting. On the one hand, it’s a meticulous recreation of the thirties: the clothes, the sets, the historical details; on the other hand, it’s a very twenty-first-century movie: the hand-held digital video, the depiction of violence, the naturalistic acting. (Speaking of acting, did you know David Wenham was in this as one of Dillinger’s cronies? I wouldn’t if I hadn’t stayed for the credits. Fucking chameleon.)
FYI, your post “Oh Noes! There's Gay People In My Fandom!” was linked in
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Date: 2009-07-12 05:29 pm (UTC)Will we be seeing you today?