today's movies
Oct. 8th, 2005 07:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luciabSooooo.... today I decided to watch Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Loved the book, love Johnny Depp, how can we go wrong? I think I must not have been in the mood or something. For one thing, Mr Depp looked entirely too much like Hunter S. Thompson (yes, I know that was the idea, but geez. Who would YOU rather look at?) They were doing a really good job of conveying the whole drug trip thing-- man, Vegas would be a hellacious place to be if you were tripping! Scary. Anyhow, I couldn't get into it at all, and quit trying after less than an hour. Very rare for me.
Leon: The Professional was a different story, in both senses of the phrase. I'd never seen Jean Reno before and really liked him. Wonderful face. It was also apparently the first movie Natalie Portman ever made; she was 13 when the movie was released. I really liked her, too. Very expressive, both of them. I don't know that I've ever seen such an uneven movie, though. Parts of it I really loved, but the story line was so utterly ridiculous I found myself rolling my eyes. And Gary Oldman chewed up the scenery. Heh... I've always wanted to say that, but it was never entirely appropriate before. Holy shit, he was a complete psycho. No way would he still be on a police force. Still, I liked the movie. The disc I rented was damaged and kept sticking; I think I lost about three minutes at the dramatic crux of the damn movie. Now that was annoying.
That was the last of my five-movies-in-seven-days batch. I should probably take a break before I get another five movies. I do have stuff to do, after all. Sigh.
In more mundane news, someone from the grad school called yesterday to ask about my medical forms. They aren't technically required until after I'm admitted. She never came out and said it, but it sounded like a done deal. The most annoying thing is that I know I had a tetanus booster within the last two or three years, but I have no idea where I got it done, so I have no record and couldn't prove it. I went yesterday afternoon to the place where I thought I had the shot-- no joy. I gave up and got another one. Whee. It wasn't too bad- my arm was sore last night but fine today. The next critical step is the financial aid part. Gots to get me some financial aid, or this ain't happening right now. I've been debating between the Archiving track and the Public Library track. Nia was saying last night that she has a friend where she works who has been looking for a job in Archiving for a long time-- like a year or two? I can't remember exactly what she said, just that it was a long time. She says there are lots of jobs in Public Libraries, though. I'm thinking the first semester or two are the same basic classes, so I should be able to see if any strong preferences emerge.
I gotta say, I sure am glad I didn't go to Kingdoms Crusade this year. If I'd driven six hours up there only to spend the weekend in the rain, I would be severely annoyed. Y'all know how much I love getting wet. Instead, Nia fixed dinner last night and we played British Rails. My taste buds have completely switched to autumn mode and I was thinking about Apple Crisp all afternoon, so I took the stuff over to make some and we had that for dessert. Yum.
No movies to watch-- I think I'll curl up with a good book. Ta.
Leon: The Professional was a different story, in both senses of the phrase. I'd never seen Jean Reno before and really liked him. Wonderful face. It was also apparently the first movie Natalie Portman ever made; she was 13 when the movie was released. I really liked her, too. Very expressive, both of them. I don't know that I've ever seen such an uneven movie, though. Parts of it I really loved, but the story line was so utterly ridiculous I found myself rolling my eyes. And Gary Oldman chewed up the scenery. Heh... I've always wanted to say that, but it was never entirely appropriate before. Holy shit, he was a complete psycho. No way would he still be on a police force. Still, I liked the movie. The disc I rented was damaged and kept sticking; I think I lost about three minutes at the dramatic crux of the damn movie. Now that was annoying.
That was the last of my five-movies-in-seven-days batch. I should probably take a break before I get another five movies. I do have stuff to do, after all. Sigh.
In more mundane news, someone from the grad school called yesterday to ask about my medical forms. They aren't technically required until after I'm admitted. She never came out and said it, but it sounded like a done deal. The most annoying thing is that I know I had a tetanus booster within the last two or three years, but I have no idea where I got it done, so I have no record and couldn't prove it. I went yesterday afternoon to the place where I thought I had the shot-- no joy. I gave up and got another one. Whee. It wasn't too bad- my arm was sore last night but fine today. The next critical step is the financial aid part. Gots to get me some financial aid, or this ain't happening right now. I've been debating between the Archiving track and the Public Library track. Nia was saying last night that she has a friend where she works who has been looking for a job in Archiving for a long time-- like a year or two? I can't remember exactly what she said, just that it was a long time. She says there are lots of jobs in Public Libraries, though. I'm thinking the first semester or two are the same basic classes, so I should be able to see if any strong preferences emerge.
I gotta say, I sure am glad I didn't go to Kingdoms Crusade this year. If I'd driven six hours up there only to spend the weekend in the rain, I would be severely annoyed. Y'all know how much I love getting wet. Instead, Nia fixed dinner last night and we played British Rails. My taste buds have completely switched to autumn mode and I was thinking about Apple Crisp all afternoon, so I took the stuff over to make some and we had that for dessert. Yum.
No movies to watch-- I think I'll curl up with a good book. Ta.
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Date: 2005-10-10 07:24 pm (UTC)