sundries

Last night we went to see The Wolfman. I sort of loved it in the way that they really tried to recreate the feel of the old black & white: from the camera angles to the music to the emotional (such as they were notes). I think, really, it was nearly entirely successful for what they were trying to do, I'm just not sure it's the sort of thing that holds an appeal for the modern audience.

I was also quite, quite taken with using Benicio Del Toro in the main role. He's not traditionally handsome and in some ways there's a great deal about his face that's quite feminine. His looks alone made him Other before he was even bitten by the wolf, and I was taken both with the casting and degree to which they used the things that can make it hard to cast Del Toro as opposed to just ignoring them. I also enjoyed the hell out of Anthony Hopkins, who often phones it in in movies like this, but who I thought was really perfect.

Are there about eight billion things wrong with thismovie (or lingering issues from the 1941 film they didn't find a way to solve)? You bet. Did I want to do academia on this film from about three minutes in? TOTALLY.

It was like, and this will sadly turn a lot of you off, as if Baz Luhrmann had made a werewolf movie.

Someone get me psyched for Gally? Right now I'm all "too much to do, scary panel, Jack is sad." HELP, PEOPLE.

Meanwhile, voting has opened in Round 5 of the Children of Time awards. A couple of my stories show up in a few categories, but more than that, this is a great chance for me to look at other people's fics I either loved at the time and forgot about or stuff I never happened to see when they were first posted. There are some real gems in there and I am torn on several categories.

While we've still not bought our tickets for England (and don't get me started on airfares for the July trip), Patty did at least sort her spring break home stuff, so we're making progress on that front, such as it is.

Okay, off to groceries, then work, then, if I'm very lucky, time for laundry too.