Sunday night, trying to gear back up into Black Ribbon

[cleolinda]

So I did watch all of Infamous last night, and I scribbled down the Harper Lee bit that I liked:

I read an interview with Frank Sinatra, in which he said about Judy Garland, 'Every time she sings, she dies a little. That's how much she gave.' It's true for writers, too, who hope to create something lasting. They die a little getting it right. And then the book comes out... there's a dinner, maybe there's a prize... and then comes the inevitable, very American question: What's next? But the next thing can be so hard... because now you know what it demands.

I identify with that last sentence a lot, let's just put it that way.

Meanwhile, I went to see Stardust again, this time with Brett the Vet, and somehow we got the time wrong and walked in "early"--just as the movie was starting. Which means that we missed all but the last five seconds of Beowulf, and every other trailer besides (sob). But yay Stardust! I did notice something fun this time around: Septimus has two rows of buttons on the front of his--waistcoat?--and each one has a little 7 on it. Heh. And there were actually other people in the theater, which surprised me.

Also: Six New Movies, None in the Top 3. ("Matthew Vaughn's fantasy epic Stardust, based on the graphic novel by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess, continued to hold up well..." YAY! Also: It's not a graphic novel! Graphic novels don't have entire pages of text! It's just a short novel with very pretty pictures!)


Bill Nye offends group in Waco "when he suggested that the moon does not emit light, but instead reflects the light of the sun."

Bad breath is more than a social disease.

im in ur shadows... plottin my revenge.

All 22 chapters of R. Kelly's cracktastic "hip-hopera" opus, "Trapped in the Closet."

Rumor Alert: Hogwarts, the Musical, and a New Harry Potter Comic Relief Book?

The Story on That 'Faces of Death' Remake. Except that really, it's just going to be Saw 12 and not even pretend to be "real" deaths: "I suspect the new Faces of Death may be arriving at the torture porn party just as everyone else is packing up their knives and fetish gear."

Paul Haggis Talks 'Bond 22' & His Vision For 007. Well, if he is, as he says, the one who came up with the shower scene in Casino Royale, I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.

An early positive review of Atonement.

Cate Blanchett = next Meryl Streep? Short answer: Yes.

Pics from The Dark Knight set. Again, if they go anywhere, I did save them.

Scary Movie 5, are you kidding me? Also: Tons more posters.

Creepy Plot Details on Shyamalan's 'The Happening.' Warning: I read the spoiler myself, and I can't tell for sure, but it may actually describe the end of the movie. Be warned.

Director's Guild Just Says 'No' to Screeners. Which sucks for smaller movies whose best chance at being seen at all is to send screeners to voters' homes, of course.

Comments

[gannet-guts.livejournal.com]

Wow, that Shyamalan movie sounds totally creepy. And now kinda pointless, seeing as I read the spoiler.

EEEEEEE DARK KNIGHT.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was like, "Oh... Well, shit, then."

[leavesoflorien.livejournal.com]

I'm amused that they've replaced Katie Holmes with Maggie Gyllenhall! At first I was just thinking "Yay, I like Maggie!", but then I thought the name Rachel Dawes looked just a little too familiar. I checked back, and yep, it's definitely the same character.

Haha... but really, great catch. Maggie Gyllenhall is SUUUUCH a better actress. I'm excited!

[evilsimon.livejournal.com]

Huh. I think I've actually heard about that Shyamalan movie before. As in, many months ago. Strange.

[conejita-diabla.livejournal.com]

The lyrics for the HP musical they give ("Hermione...", etc...) I can't help hearing to the tune of "New Orleans" from when Simpsons did "Streetcar!".

[jainamsolo.livejournal.com]

All the brothers have their numbers worked into their costumes in awesome ways; they've all got it in the fabric somehow, plus other details (like the "7" buttons).

Here's Septimus' costume (http://cgi.ebay.com/1054-STARDUST-Septimus-Mark-Strong-MOVIE-COSTUMES_W0QQitemZ320148536192QQihZ011QQcategoryZ60345QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) with "VII" all over his tunic, for example, and his buckle (http://cgi.ebay.com/2047-STARDUST-Septimus-Mark-Strong-MOVIE-PROPS_W0QQitemZ320148916010QQihZ011QQcategoryZ60345QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem), and Primus' belt (http://cgi.ebay.com/2006-STARDUST-Primus-Jason-Flemyng-Belt-MOVIE-PROPS_W0QQitemZ320146657855QQihZ011QQcategoryZ60345QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem).

If you search Ebay for "Stardust costume" or "Stardust prop," they're selling a lot of the hero and stunt versions. Check completed listings too, cause a bunch of them have ended.

[girlalmighty]

It's both a book and a graphic novel! Sort of. It was published by DC Comics first, with the full text and glossy color illustrations. So it's not a graphic novel in the traditional comic book sense, but it was a... novel with graphics. And then published in the text-only format later.

And that quote is beautiful.

[lauramcvey.livejournal.com]

Heh heh, I remember telling my mother that they were ging to make a HP musical. Book-musicals can go either way (Wicked is a smash, but it annoys me; Lestat flopped, but I love it anyway) so we'll see.

"Bad breath is more like a social disease"- WEST SIDE STORY FTW!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I have the Vess-illustrated edition, and I still consider it a novel, not a GN. To me, a GN is primarily told in pictures, with text dialogue and possibly some "voiceover" text. Watchmen had "documents" between each chapter, but it still wasn't traditional-style narrative. Of course, that may be an unnecessarily tight definition, but there you are. : )

And yeah, I was so struck by the Infamous quote when I saw the end of the movie. The way Sandra Bullock reads the lines, too, is great--very slowly and very sadly, and you can tell she's not talking just about Capote, but also about To Kill a Mockingbird.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's fantastic. I hate that you can't even see those details--I mean, I love it when costume departments do that, when they put in all these wonderful little details that no one but the actors see, but at the same time, I hate that so much of it is lost on the viewer.

[girlalmighty]

Ahhh. I kind of figured it was something you would know and I went and said it anyway. Hopefully others'll read the comments before you get a whole slew of that kind of thing.

I'd completely forgotten I wanted to watch that until you mentioned it in this entry, so thank you for that. I'm really going to have to look for it.

[scornedsaint.livejournal.com]

Bill Nye offends group in Waco "when he suggested that the moon does not emit light, but instead reflects the light of the sun."

Heh. Thomas Rick's book on Iraq Fiasco is one of the books for my history class, and there's a huge list of contractions at the beginning (DoD, IADs, and the like); at the very bottom it says "List compilied by Bill Bye the Science Guy"

Well, if he is, as he says, the one who came up with the shower scene in Casino Royale, I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.

Awww, that was my favorite part (although I kept wanting her to change out of the pretty pretty dress so that it didn't get even more damaged)

[bubonicplague.livejournal.com]

So Shyamalan is just ripping off The Andromeda Strain now? Lovely.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Hee, no problem. As for the movie, I don't know what kind of TV/cable you have, but I just trolled our digital cable channels until I found it again. I think Capote's on some time tomorrow, in fact. Beats waiting for Netflix, if you don't mind appointment TV.

[jainamsolo.livejournal.com]

I hear you. I'm always excited when DVDs have costume documentaries, because I want to see more! FIDM in Los Angeles always does a movie costume exhibit around Oscar time-- all the costume design-nominated movies have several costumes there, and then they usually have one or two from other movies that have come out in the past year. They do a TV one at Emmy time, too; that one's up right now. Fingers crossed for having some good Stardust costumes in the 2008 exhibit!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I always drool over the FIDM display pics when they come out. So pretty!

[arielchan.livejournal.com]

The sad thing is I'm probably related to those people in Waco.

[artemis-archer.livejournal.com]

Since you're trying to get back into the Black Ribbon mindset I wanted to mention this article about steampunk (http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2007/08/26/the_age_of_steampunk/) which includes some cool pictures of steampunk objects. Hope your revision is going well, I can't wait to read more =]

[sualocin.livejournal.com]

You know, I got Stardust at my used bookstore, and was having such a hard time getting into it. And then I realized it is supposed to have pictures, and my copy is just a straight novel. Which sort of sucks. Oh well. I still need to see the movie too.

Also, Bill Nye The Science Guy? He had a PBS show a while ago that seemed like it would piss off people, but isn't he sort of low-key to get pissed at? If you are going to go at Bill Nye, you might as well go for someone bigger than that.

[glass-radical.livejournal.com]

I don't know if anyone else has noticed, but Beowulf stole its trailer music from 28 Days Later...its cool music...but a little funny.

[distant-cord.livejournal.com]

There's a lot of stuff like that in the movie. It's all in the Visual Companion (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9781845764227&itm=10), which is an awesome book in and of itself. It's got tons of little things like that in it, plus a map of where everyone went, and the script! I got it the day after I saw the movie at Borders, and love it.

[wirrrn.livejournal.com]

Bill Nye- People protesting over a scientific fact? Oh goodie- the dumbing down of the human race continues...

Cate Blanchett- I agree. Although unlike Meryl, Cate can do an Aussie accent *g*

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

Since this is Occupation:Girl Texas edition, let me direct you to Ursula Vernon's Texas adventure (http://ursulav.livejournal.com/659919.html). The really hysterical bit is at the end, with the black cowboy hat and the BBQ...larvae.

[sfmarty.livejournal.com]

Have you seen this?

http://lol.ianloic.com/lj/cleolinda

[rachnye.livejournal.com]

That's right. My man. Testifying for science!

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

Ms. Jones, I remain your Zimmer enabler. CNN interviewed him last week (http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/22/hans.zimmer/), touching on this summer's work, Gladiator, The Lion King, and what he thinks are good scores. Yay to Zimmer for giving props to Michael Kamen's Brazil score: boo to whomever transcribed it who spelled Kamen's name "Cayman."

[kosher-jenny.livejournal.com]

From the Bond link:

Meanwhile, in a forthcoming interview with CHUD.com, Haggis was asked whether rumours rampant in the British press last month - that Bond 22 would be jokier in tone - were true. “No,” Haggis simply replied, before stating that Bond 22 will be tonally in line with Casino Royale.

*exhales* Thank goodness!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I posted about it last week, although I had trouble getting it to load for a few days thereafter. : )

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank God. I'm one of the Crash Was Overrated people (Haggis wrote it. And, uh, "Walker, Texas Ranger"), but if Haggis is responsible for decent Bond movies, good luck and godspeed. It would break my heart if they put out a campy Bond now, in no small part because MY MOTHER WOULD WIN.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I saw that on the Brass Goggles blog! I've had it on my RSS feed for a while in hopes of seeing something BR-helpful. : )

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, do try to get the Charles Vess illustrated-version, it's really lovely. Although, really, it's not unreadable without the pictures--it's not a graphic novel. The illustrations just set the mood.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Wow, "Cayman"? That is, as we say in the South, ignant.

[kosher-jenny.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I didn't see Crash, but I had heard enough about it that when I saw Haggis was writing Casino Royale (this was way before it was released, when all the hype about Craig was just "Bond is blond! He's gonna suck!"*) my eyebrows did rise a little. But as we know now, he managed to turn out a very very good Bond film (and a good film in general) so hopefully he keeps that going with the next one.

And yes, going back to campy Bond would have broken my heart too. It's like, why screw this up when you got it so right before? Although sarcastic Bond I don't mind, as I can never get enough of Daniel Craig being sarcastic, for some reason. *g*


*And I'll admit to being one of those people, at least until I saw Layer Cake.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Oh, sarcastic is fine. And there was actually a lot of humor in CR, but it was very, very dry, or at least delivered that way ("That last round nearly killed me"). In fact, I'm sure that line could have been camp as hell if they'd wanted it to be that way. I was sitting here struggling with how to explain it, so I looked "camp" up in the online American Heritage dictionary, and one of the definitions is, in part, "deliberately artificial." And I think that's exactly what the worst of the Bond movies were.

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

I admit I once upon a time mispronounced his name as "Caw-men," when I just knew him from credits and before I ever heard him speak, but the spelling? Oy with the spelling! It's easy to get right!

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

Haggis also created the show EZ Streets (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115161/), which I once described in a review as "enjoyably bleak." (Compromised cops and bad guys in a decaying city: Ken Olin, Joe Pantoliano, Deborah Farantino...Carl Lumbly as the mayor...Wow, I remember a bunch of it and it ran 10 years ago!) It lasted only a season and got almost negative ratings, but I found it very compelling, so I have to give him props for that. Even as I have NO desire ever to see Crash.

have you seen this yet?

[obigrrl.livejournal.com]

if not...for your next little bit of linkspam :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww

[elbales]

Err. Nice icon...?

O_o

ideas

[isapheonix.livejournal.com]

I hope you get this message, i think the next best thing you could do is make all your online works available in a book. I can honestly say i'd be first in line to by it...from amazon.uk. best of luck.

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

I'm angling to see Stardust again, too. I keep telling Dave (who FINALLY moves to where I am in 2 weeks!) that if it's still out, you know, "I wouldn't mind seeing it again, with you." HINT HINT LET'S GO. I loved it so much. Not to mention all the recognizable British actors in there. I nearly fell out of my chair when I saw Ricky Gervais. AND Julian Rhind-Tutt.

[xander77.livejournal.com]

"All 22 chapters of R. Kelly's cracktastic "hip-hopera" opus, "Trapped in the Closet.""

Hey, thanks. I've spent 5 whole minutes trying to figure out what this Weird Al video is a parody of, with no success.

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/video/drivethru