[I woke up today thinking "that movie wasn't very good." The trailer I saw on tv for it was funnier. They did manage to convincingly portray a very dysfunctional family, which was more uncomfortable and sad than funny. They also didn't manage to resolve issues with two major characters, so I'm also trying to remember what happened.]
Standout performance was Alan Tudyk, the brilliant character actor from Plano, Texas, of all places. I'm dazzled - I've always thought he was British. Someone should let him coach Miss Johansen on accents.
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I'm reading The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett, volume I of the Discworld series. Fan-bloody-tastic. Full of snort-yer-beverage-out-your-nose laughs on nearly every other page. Some of it's hilarious, and some of it's just dazzling for being, well, dazzling. Here's one I loved:
She snorted and stood up, tossing back her hair scornfully. It was red, flecked with gold. Erect, Liessa Wyrmbidder was entirely a magnificent sight. She was also almost naked, except for a couple of mere scraps of the lightest chain mail and riding boots of iridescent dragonhide. In one boot was thrust a riding crop, unusual in that it was as long as a spear and tipped with tiny steel barbs. "My power will be sufficient," she said coldly.
Quite.
Anyway, fantastic characters, and I love that one of the über-badasses of the book is female. ROWR!
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I'm going to have to read this book. Sounds like my kind of thing, chain mail and all. ;)
Damn your enthusiasm - I just realised that I have not read this book for over 15 years and I now feel an urgent need to dig out my copy and do it again :)
lainy - Yes, you must!
dba dude - yup, time for a re-read.
I once owned the entire (up to then) series in hard-back (the SF Bookclub's editions).
In one of my extremely painful yet necessary weedings-out of my bookshelves, I donated them to the library.
I SO SORRY!
When you moved as much as my family did in those days, it was better not to have too much stuff.
Maybe I can check them out from the library here, and it will all have come full circle!
And Silver can read them too!
Yay!
I forgot...
the only movie I've ever seen with Alan Tudyk was A Knight's Tale, where he definitely stole the show.
And he's cute, too!
christina - Well, one has to cut the cord and travel light, occasionally, for sanity's sake.
Yeah, he's adorable.
Man, you're really getting into this boots-and-whip-and-spanking today. Post photos, please!
4 Weddings and a Funeral WOULD have been passably clever IF gay kilt man had machine-gunned Andie MacDowell and Hugh Grant in the 1st scene and left some room for the rest of the cast, who were excellent.
For the best in almost spankings, go see Sir Galahad.
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