*smiles* Thumbs up for kicking work every once in a while to do something not productive but which you love.
Man, I’ve been doing that ALL BLOODY DAY. It’s past 3pm now and I’ve been slumming on LJ since brunch. It’s taking me forever to catch up on friends’ journals – would you believe I’ve only been to five journals (including yours)? I think it has to do with the fact that I’m leaving a ton of comments. Making up for lost time, I reckon. ::nods, nods::
And that sounds lovely!! *takes note* I'll look the DVD up!
Since I’m reccing Oscar Wilde adaptations, you should also try to find Oliver Parker’s adaptation of An Ideal Husband. It’s equally brilliant, if not more so. (Oliver Parker also did The Importance of Being Earnest.) The cast here is even more spectacular since it features two of my all-time favorite actresses, Cate Blanchett and Julianne Moore. It’s been a few years since I saw it but I recall Jeremy Northam is also there, as in Minnie Driver and Rupert Everett. It’s a really wonderful film. /end rec
Honestly, I think that her behaviour is ridiculous. She should be flattered that people love her characters enough to want to work with them.
I have many views on Anne Rice but I shan’t bombard you with them now. Suffice it to say that while I used to sympathize with her, I now think she’s gone overboard. Ridiculous is a good word. ::wink::
I haven't read the whole series; in fact, just IwtV and The Vampire Lestat. I grew bored with the whole tale of the origin of vampires and I thought the series couldn't get better. If it wouldn't get worse.
The whole series ended badly. I got as far as Book V which was Memnoch the Devil. I completely, utterly hated that book and never forgave her for what she did to the character of Lestat. In one giant sweep she obliterated everything that Lestat, and ultimately the series since it’s his bloody story, stood for. Don’t get me started otherwise this will turn into an all-out rant. Anyway, I haven’t touched any of the newer books, what she’s stylized as The New Vampire Chronicles or some other such nonsense. And this will also sound petty now, but I think her writing style has deteriorated. If I was being charitable, I’d say that it’s evolved. At any rate, I don’t like what it’s evolved into. I won’t get started on this point either.
::takes a big, deep, calming breath::
I'm so amused by #2, I'm using it myself. Many people told me that they liked it... if you knew what I went through with that darned 'pout'... - - Well, the pout turned out perfectly! I’m sure the icon is being put to plenty of good use. ::wink::
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Date: 2005-03-24 07:25 am (UTC)Man, I’ve been doing that ALL BLOODY DAY. It’s past 3pm now and I’ve been slumming on LJ since brunch. It’s taking me forever to catch up on friends’ journals – would you believe I’ve only been to five journals (including yours)? I think it has to do with the fact that I’m leaving a ton of comments. Making up for lost time, I reckon. ::nods, nods::
And that sounds lovely!! *takes note* I'll look the DVD up!
Since I’m reccing Oscar Wilde adaptations, you should also try to find Oliver Parker’s adaptation of An Ideal Husband. It’s equally brilliant, if not more so. (Oliver Parker also did The Importance of Being Earnest.) The cast here is even more spectacular since it features two of my all-time favorite actresses, Cate Blanchett and Julianne Moore. It’s been a few years since I saw it but I recall Jeremy Northam is also there, as in Minnie Driver and Rupert Everett. It’s a really wonderful film. /end rec
Honestly, I think that her behaviour is ridiculous. She should be flattered that people love her characters enough to want to work with them.
I have many views on Anne Rice but I shan’t bombard you with them now. Suffice it to say that while I used to sympathize with her, I now think she’s gone overboard. Ridiculous is a good word. ::wink::
I haven't read the whole series; in fact, just IwtV and The Vampire Lestat. I grew bored with the whole tale of the origin of vampires and I thought the series couldn't get better. If it wouldn't get worse.
The whole series ended badly. I got as far as Book V which was Memnoch the Devil. I completely, utterly hated that book and never forgave her for what she did to the character of Lestat. In one giant sweep she obliterated everything that Lestat, and ultimately the series since it’s his bloody story, stood for. Don’t get me started otherwise this will turn into an all-out rant. Anyway, I haven’t touched any of the newer books, what she’s stylized as The New Vampire Chronicles or some other such nonsense. And this will also sound petty now, but I think her writing style has deteriorated. If I was being charitable, I’d say that it’s evolved. At any rate, I don’t like what it’s evolved into. I won’t get started on this point either.
::takes a big, deep, calming breath::
I'm so amused by #2, I'm using it myself. Many people told me that they liked it... if you knew what I went through with that darned 'pout'... - - Well, the pout turned out perfectly! I’m sure the icon is being put to plenty of good use. ::wink::