| Lyrics for Friday |
[Jan. 10th, 2003|09:25 am] |
...because I'm just in the mood, dammit.
( Ain't It Crazy )
Is it just me, or was LJ down half the night last night?
I watched Stormy Monday and Sharpe's Revenge, the former being a New Year's present from a dear friend and the latter being my husband's choice -- I have converted him to Sharpe fandom! Bwaah! I generally despise Melanie Griffith and the site of her kissing a man to whom I am attracted can ruin him for me forever, so I was hesitant, but she was actually pretty good in the role (needing rescue as usual and doing the little-girl pout to excess but for this character that was sensible) and Sean was so so young and gorgeous that he was almost too much so to be my type. Sting, however, was perfect and I thought I was going to die happily of an overdose of British blondeness when they were onscreen together. (I love and adore Sting -- singing and in Plenty, etc. -- and somehow had not registered that he was in the movie, was too focused on "Oh yay, Tommy Lee Jones as another ugly American.") Someone tell me there's Brendan/Finney slash please.
People keep warning me away from the later Sharpes and I am mystified as to why; there are no women who come close to Teresa so my feminist film-watching side is dissatisfied, but Bean gets better and better as the role develops and the clever dialogue remains quite strong. Sharpe's Revenge is quite predictable -- my husband and I were taking bets on Frederickson falling in love with Lucille and Sharpe sleeping with her anyway and Wigram being in charge of the inquiry (yay, to finally see the duel from the previews on every single DVD) and the use of the gold in the end -- but it has a lot of really funny, charming moments anyway. I can't stand Jane so it's perversely entertaining to watch her destroy herself -- the moral of the series seems to be that bad blood will out, not in terms of the lower classes but the upper, and I have never liked Alexis Denisof at all so it's great fun to watch him as a wormy little loser.
Where were you... ( A Survey )
Working at the kids' school today and I think having dinner with my parents tonight...should I watch G.I. Jane (another New Year's present) or stick with the Bean trend and watch Sharpe's Justice tonight? Have been thinking I should offer to review The Field for GMR, do not want to overdose on movies starring men I love from LOTR...perhaps I should take a break and rewatch Crimes and Misdemeanors for something completely different... |
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