Last movie I saw in theaters was Narnia and I got Sahara for Christmas. I was going to see Fun With Dick and Jane after New Years but finding our way back to the hotel from Burger King was hard enough let alone finding our way back from the theater which is all the way across town. I hate cities built in circles and one way streets.

I went and saw The Producers last night, and Memoirs of a Geisha this evening.
I enjoyed both of them. The Producers was incredibly funny. It had me rolling in the aisle.
And Memoirs had me almost in tears at several points. It's a beautiful movie. I loved the script.
I have to read that book now!

I saw Constantine the other day. I was so impressed not by the film (Peter Stormare did a great job though, go Sweden!) but by the background story that I went out and bought the first numbers of the comic series the film was based on, Hellblazer. I feel a bit geeky now, like the guy in Simpsons. For the record I would like to state that this was the first time I've ever bought adult (not as in porn but as in not-donald-duck) comic books.

So I read Hellblazer #1 to #9. I liked the story, but I thought the artwork was really dissapointing. It looked like there had been no progress in comic book art since the fifties. It really dissapointed me. What I was hoping for in my mind was beautifully airbrushed (or something like that, I have no idea how comic books are made but you get my idea) pages, and that wasn't really what I got.

I think perhaps I'll buy the latest book to see if the artwork has improved. To be honest, episodes 1 to 9 were made 1987, so I guess some progress could have been made. If I'm not pleased, I'll stick to reading Neil Gaiman (who by the way wrote some of the Hellblazer stories).

He also is the author of the "Sandman"-graphic novels, who have been illustrated by quite a number of different artists; they differ in style a lot.
A great read if you like Gaiman and plan to proceed on your path to geekdom!

[quote:acec242200="Hsing"]He also is the author of the "Sandman"-graphic novels, who have been illustrated by quite a number of different artists; they differ in style a lot.
A great read if you like Gaiman and plan to proceed on your path to geekdom! [/quote:acec242200]

My local Waterstones doesn't have any Neil Gaiman books in the Fantasy section. I checked the fiction shelves as well but no luck. Guess I'll just have to ask them the next day what is going on.

There is over 200 books on Amazon for Neil Gaimen if thats a help! Its where i got mine from.

[quote:ea60b1fefc="Hsing"]He also is the author of the "Sandman"-graphic novels, who have been illustrated by quite a number of different artists; they differ in style a lot.
A great read if you like Gaiman and plan to proceed on your path to geekdom! [/quote:ea60b1fefc]

My friend, who talked me into buying Hellblazer, bought Sandman at the same time, so I'll have a look in his books and see if I like it. I'll remember you said you liked them!

[b:ea60b1fefc]AMERICAN GODS SPOILER WARNING[/b:ea60b1fefc]

I'm not sure I've read all of Gaimans books, but I really like those I've read. My favourite is American Gods. I really liked that he used folklore and religions not that commonly seen in western fiction, like the arabic djinn and the east european gods. A straight guy myself I must nevertheless say that one of my favourite bits was the homosexual intercourse between the djinn and the cab driver, just because that's so uncommon to see in novels and it really surprised me. Great book.

I just love the movie Constantine. And the sandman books as well, actually. Death is the best, followed closely by Desire. Of course, don't forget, Gaiman coauthored with Pterry to write Good Omens. ^-^ hah. they used DEATH instead of Death there.

And I guess this means I am the only RENThead who is on this forum...

Saw The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe on Thursday, great movie, yay yay etc. I really really liked Tilda Swanton as the witch, she (and Lucy! Gorgeous kid, great actor too) stole the show, I think. Peter kind of got on my nerves, and Edmund looked like one of my cousins when he was a kid.

Been watching a lot less movies than usual, because my sister and I bought our niece all 7 seasons of Buffy The Vampire Slayer on dvd, and we've been watching that instead. Buffy overload... I'm starting to dream about Spike again, which hasn't happened since the series ended :heart: Oh Spike! *swoons*

Aside from The Lion...etc, the last movie I saw was the original King Kong. I still haven't seen the latest version yet, but I'm looking forward to it. It's amazing how much Fay Wray looks like Naomi Watts!

I still can't help thinking of the [i:9fbe61a8da]other[/i:9fbe61a8da] movies Peter Jackson has made... Like Meet The Feebles (which I saw when I was 12, which probably explains things about me a little) and Brain Dead... Ah well.

Tilda Swanton was great in Constantine too. Haven't seen The Lion yet, read the books as a kid though. Speaking of that, I read somewhere that J K Rowling haven't finished either Narnia or LOTR. That puzzles me. I thought you had to read books to write books. Just as you have to listen to music to be a musician.

Oh, and speaking of Buffy, I just wanna say I've always thought Alyson Hannigan is a very beautiful woman.

Edit: to add that bit about Buffy.

[quote:fdc3066368="KaptenKaries"]Tilda Swanton was great in Constantine too.[/quote:fdc3066368]

Yeah, she was. She's good at playing psychos, it seems. I can't imagine her playing someone gentle or fragile.

I think Willow's my favourite character in Buffy. (As an actual character, not just eye-candy).

OK small diversion! Which was better, Evil Willow or Good Willow?

Good Willow. The skin-ripped-off thing was a bit hard to stomach. Although Evil Willow was sexier.

I vote for sexy-lesbian-willow... :cooler:

That's where my vote goes too, Kat.