More Highlander and Weather Warden Thoughts
Watched "Highlander" last night.
Enjoyed it, but can't say it's going into my list of top films anytime soon :). I was really struck by just how camp the movie is- I didn't expect that. As people say, so much was over the top, careening right into cartoon, like that central bad guy who chewed up the scenery so much it was a wonder there was a set left. I didn't realize so much of the movie was set in modern times- I was expecting more of a Braveheart or Lord of The Rings type atmosphere. I must say, too, that I tended to enjoy the scenes set in the past more than I liked the modern day stuff, maybe it was just easier to stretch your frame of belief there. I really did like Sean Connery's character a lot and all the training scenes in Scotland, but anyone who's familiar with Star Wars, Harry Potter, Lord of The Rings or any other student/mentor story of that ilk knew where that relationship was heading. Was very moved by the past romance, too, and, yes,
aryana_filker, I can see how "Still Beautiful" could very much be a "Highlander" filk! The past romance moved me much more than the contemporary romance, as I never felt we got to know the police officer/sword expert/writer gal enough to make her a truly sympathetic character.
Laughed and told John we were going with the "Spiderman" ending when we got toward the climax (bad guy steals good guy's gal, takes her off into the metal infra-structure of the city to wait for big final battle with good guy), though I know to be fair lots of action/adventure movies go with that plot and "Highlander" did it several years before "Spiderman" :).
'Twas fun for an evening's entertainment. Inspired me to suggest we put on "Spiderman" as our next movie.
We also rented the documentary "Who Killed The Electric Car?", which we first saw talked about on "The Daily Show" last summer. It was really interesting and food for thought and would be a good double bill with Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth", which I highly recommend.kradical pointed out the other day that what with his nomination for a Nobel Peace Prize recently that Al Gore is in position now to maybe win both the Nobel Peace Prize -and- an Oscar this year. That would be pretty cool. If he wins the documentary Oscar (and he surely should) I wonder if he'll be the one to go on stage and accept it. Hope so.
I'm also more than halfway through the first "Weather Warden" book now and I'm enjoying it hugely. Love the over-arcing nature and weather imagery, love the main characters, especially Joanne, and I suppose it's not much of a spoiler to wonder if every woman who reads the book falls as hard for David as I have (despite one major reveal, I still don't know his backstory or his fate at this point in the book, but I'm very curious to find out!). Time to order the other four books.
Enjoyed it, but can't say it's going into my list of top films anytime soon :). I was really struck by just how camp the movie is- I didn't expect that. As people say, so much was over the top, careening right into cartoon, like that central bad guy who chewed up the scenery so much it was a wonder there was a set left. I didn't realize so much of the movie was set in modern times- I was expecting more of a Braveheart or Lord of The Rings type atmosphere. I must say, too, that I tended to enjoy the scenes set in the past more than I liked the modern day stuff, maybe it was just easier to stretch your frame of belief there. I really did like Sean Connery's character a lot and all the training scenes in Scotland, but anyone who's familiar with Star Wars, Harry Potter, Lord of The Rings or any other student/mentor story of that ilk knew where that relationship was heading. Was very moved by the past romance, too, and, yes,
aryana_filker, I can see how "Still Beautiful" could very much be a "Highlander" filk! The past romance moved me much more than the contemporary romance, as I never felt we got to know the police officer/sword expert/writer gal enough to make her a truly sympathetic character.Laughed and told John we were going with the "Spiderman" ending when we got toward the climax (bad guy steals good guy's gal, takes her off into the metal infra-structure of the city to wait for big final battle with good guy), though I know to be fair lots of action/adventure movies go with that plot and "Highlander" did it several years before "Spiderman" :).
'Twas fun for an evening's entertainment. Inspired me to suggest we put on "Spiderman" as our next movie.
We also rented the documentary "Who Killed The Electric Car?", which we first saw talked about on "The Daily Show" last summer. It was really interesting and food for thought and would be a good double bill with Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth", which I highly recommend.
kradical pointed out the other day that what with his nomination for a Nobel Peace Prize recently that Al Gore is in position now to maybe win both the Nobel Peace Prize -and- an Oscar this year. That would be pretty cool. If he wins the documentary Oscar (and he surely should) I wonder if he'll be the one to go on stage and accept it. Hope so.I'm also more than halfway through the first "Weather Warden" book now and I'm enjoying it hugely. Love the over-arcing nature and weather imagery, love the main characters, especially Joanne, and I suppose it's not much of a spoiler to wonder if every woman who reads the book falls as hard for David as I have (despite one major reveal, I still don't know his backstory or his fate at this point in the book, but I'm very curious to find out!). Time to order the other four books.