The story of a bored individual...

I finally got to see 'Brokeback Mountain' yesterday. Caught it with isil80 and beluga. We all liked it, though I have to admit I did feel it suffered under Ang Lee's need to drag stuff out, but it was still beautifully done, and the cinematography was wonderful. It didn't grab me in tha same way it seems to have grabbed most of my flist, I didn't cry, but I felt for them. The acting was superb, and I can fully understand all the awards talk, if this movie doesn't walk away with some kind of Oscar I'll be astounded.
I have to say that it is my favourite Ang Lee film so far.
I remember discussing this film with JC's boyfriend right before I came home for christmas, he was so happy that there was finally a film where homosexuals were portrayed like "normal" people instead of the feminine comic relief or the leather clad freak, and I totally agree with him, even more so after watching the film. 
Now I haven't read the story, but I would have liked to see a little more about how this affected the wifes in the story, we get to know Alma to some extent and I kind of wanted more from her point of view.
Anyway, I hope there will be more films that can handle the theme and stories like this with the same kind of care that this film showed us was possible.

Not long till I have to return to London now.. about a week, I leave next Sunday. Part of me is looking forward to get started again, because now we'll actually start shooting our film, though that is also what I'm most nervous about. On the other hand I would like to stay home a little longer, will be over there for 8 weeks now, then a week in Poland before I get home. Kind of scary to think that I'll be finished with everything in May and that my graduation's in July!

I got tagged by beluga
Ground Rules: The first player of this "game" starts with the topic "5 Guilty Pleasures" and people who get tagged need to write an LJ entry about their 5 Guilty Pleasures as well as state this rule. In the end, you need to choose the next 5 people to be tagged and list their names.
1. Ackles/Jackman/Wood...
2. German crisps/chips, so jummy. Stupid Lidl stopped selling them here.
3. Internett, I could spend the whole day online, no problem.
4. Tv shows, some crappy, some good. Right now "Supernatural" is nr.1, and it's good.
5. Going to various conventions where I can catch a glimpse of my fave stars.
I'm tagging:
anothersadsong, tygerx, starlit_woods, lizzy_maxia and awoken

I saw 'Wrong Turn' on Wednesday, another bad scary movie, but I found it much better than 'Cabin Fever'. This one at least got me a bit stressed, and I actually kind of cared about some of the characters. Though I must admit I've never been a fan of the 'out-in-the-middle-of-nowhere-chased-by-creepy-locals-and-the-cops-are-all-morons-and-the-locals-are-sweaty-nasty-looking-people-with-missing-teeth' kind of scary movies. I have to say that I feel about 'Wrong Turn' rather similar to what I felt after the remake of 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'. It stressed me, and I did yell at the screen, because people in these movies are always so fucking stupid. It's not a good movie, but I guess it works the way it's supposed to.

After that I figured I should watch something a little nicer, so I watched 'Danny the Champion of the World' which was very sweet. I remember loving this film when I was a kid, and figured it might be a bit childish now, but it's very sweet and endearing. It's a very simle story, based on a novel by Roald Dahl. One of his more 'normal' stories. ;)
It's the kind of film the whole family can watch together, withouth having the sexual innuendos to amuse the parents.

Right now, at this very moment, beluga and I are working on each our laptop. She's been reading "Supernatural" fics and is trying to find out if the laptop they use on the show belongs to Sam or Dean.

Elijah Wood is 25 years old today. *Throws confetti*

What else... we've been watching some "Sledge Hammer!"; The adventures of a dumb police detective who always looks for the most violent solution to any problem. Armed only with a Magnum, grenades, several Uzi machine-guns, and a bazooka, our hero singlehandedly makes the streets safe again for law-abiding citizens.
It's an 80s TV-show, that I loved as a kid. Was one of those very silly shows that I'd run home to see, kind of the same scenario as with "The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr". We saw 3 episodes last night. It's still funny, because now I get jokes that I most likely didn't catch when I was a kid.
Sledge is kind of the same type as Tackleberry from 'Police Academy', so that'll hopefully give a good mental picture for those who haven't seen the series.

Think I'll stop now. Have a nice evening everyone!

I went to see "The Hulk" last tuesday (30.07-03), and thought it was about time I wrote my review, so here goes:

It wasn't as crappy as I had expected, but it wasn't good either. I liked the casting and characthers. This is the first movie I've seen with Jennifer Connelly where I haven't had flashbacks to "Requiem for a dream".
I pretty much could tell from the start that this would be a long movie. My biggest complaints are that Ang Lee is trying waaay to hard to be artistic with this movie. The cartoon boxes work in a couple of scenes, but he overdid it. We did not need to see a bloody helicopter from 5 different angles at the same time.
This movie has way to much talking and very little action, now I'm not saying that this is a bad thing, but so much of the talk is unnecessary... it just got so damn boring in the long run. Also the rivalry between Talbot and Bruce made no sense to me, yes, they were both a little hung up on the same girl, and had different sides on the whole who should control the lab thing but that isn't enough for the hate we see on screen.
The scene where Bruce first turns into the Hulk was very silly, and I have to admit I didn't completely get what the trigger was.
Finally, the Hulk cgi is NOT as good as the people behind this movie claim, he looks like one of Shrek's buddies. Comparing this to Gollum is a F*** insult to Weta, Andy Serkis and Peter Jackson.
Now to the stuff I actually liked in this movie: You can to some extent relate to the characther, but I guess that might not be obvious to everybody, but just to make it clear I'm focusing on the human element here. Now, Bruce Banner is a sulky characther, but you understand why he's sad and he makes an effort not to be too much of a downer, he's serious without being whiny.

In closing I must say that I still feel that the "X-Men" movies are my favorite comic-book adaptations.