I watched the latest BSG episode twice. I still can’t believe that this amazing show is almost over. *sniff* Guess I’ll just have to watch it all over again…
Went to see Watchmen this afternoon with Stephen. I really, really loved it, but then again, I am a die-hard fan of the novel. I can’t really imagine appreciating it fully without having first read the book, to be honest. And Rorschach was just…amazing. Seriously.
Then we came home and Hannah decided that we should watch Homeward Bound. I never really cry during movies, but this one is a guaranteed tear jerker and I’m PMS-ing this week so I just about lost it during that final scene. Lordy. That movie gets me every. single. time.
In not-movie-related things, I’m about halfway through Witches Abroad. I think I want Nanny Ogg to be my grandmother.
Yesterday I took a two-mile walk in a long sleeved tee. Today it snowed. March: comes in like a lion and out like a lamb, and in between goes through some weird kind of split-personality disorder.
I need to get to bed. Stephen and I are leaving for Boston around 2:30 tomorrow for the Flogging Molly concert. It’s going to be pretty rockin’.
I’m so glad you liked it.
Question as a fellow nerd, what did you think about the ending swap?
I actually thought it was okay. Trying to incorporate the giant psychic squid would have meant including yet another subplot, which I think might have made the movie a tad too long and too confusing. What did you think?
See, I thought the exact same thing. I really liked the change. The only thing I didn’t like, and I mean, this is really really tiny in comparison to how much I liked it was the line, “As long as people think Manhattan’s still watching us people will be good”- I thought it was a scary allusion to some views on religion and God. I just felt that Moore really tried to stay away from Manhattan and Godlike statements and then it sort of slipped in here.
But otherwise, I adored it. I thought everyone was well cast and did a beautiful job and they did a great job picking what made it into the movie and what didn’t.
I am kind of hoping they filmed a bunch more and are going to release an extended edition like LotR. I kind of doubt it, but boy would that be majorly cool. You know, with all the “substories” that wouldn’t adversely affect the plot? Like you just knew they were ready to do more because they had some characters from the novel ON SCREEN, never introduced but they still looked EXACTLY like the novel. They really kept all their ducks in a row.
I’m rambling, but I loved it.
=D
Oh yeah, an extended version would be AWESOME. They really did cut out a lot of subplots and side plots that made the climax in the novel so much more powerful. I wasn’t unhappy with the cuts, and like you said, they kept the same look and characters (like the newspaper vendor). But I would love to see the whole thing even if it is six hours long ;-)
I thought the casting was spot-on. Even Ozymandias, who had a different look than in the novel, worked really well on that perfectly cold and slightly creepy level (of course, I admit to being partial to that velvet voice).
And the vindictive God-like reference was a bit much. That was the one plot change that bugged me the most.
For me, it’s Lilo and Stitch 2 — I always get choked up at the end! Moulin Rouge is also a tough one, when Ewan McGregor bawls over Nicole Kidman.
Yes, Moulin Rouge is guaranteed to have the tears flowing. Love that movie.