I thought that was her Oscar performance, but due to the politics I’m so aware of I also knew she wouldn’t win. >_< She will in the future though, even if it’s just a ‘make-up’ Oscar as I like to call them, kinda like the one Cate Blanchett won this year (she thoroughly deserved in) when she should’ve won years ago for Elizabeth. Whenever I think of Gwyneth Paltrow winning for Shakespeare in Love I grow livid. ::takes a deep breath::
*nods so much her neck aches* I don't know about the Philippines, but here in Brazil very very few people have watched Far from Heaven. Sad, really. I almost get the idea behind make-up Oscars, but they still make me angry. I know it's difficult to choose when there is more than one great film on a particular cathegory, but that doesn't have to snowball into ruining the next year's awards... and about Paltrow. Gah >.< Only two women worse than her are Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock, because they're equally as acting-clueless but get double exposure.
I gave her a lot of credit for that because she essentially came up with her own mythology and it was quite convincing. I felt Anne Rice was at her best when she was doing historical fiction. The images, the scenarios, the time element, and the level of research that she did, suit the denseness of her prose well. The more modern the time period becomes, the more her prose suffers.
Hmm, I can't say much, really, because I didn't read enough books. But the vampire origin story didn't convince me in the least. She simply threw the problem to a, say, older entity (the spirits). I do prefer it when she writes characters' perspectives on the world, relationships, themselves and each other. She has a good enough grasp on mindwork.
I wish I remembered my dreams . . .
*shrugs* I'm reading this book entitled The social production of madness. Three quarters of it is dedicated to giving notions of psychanalysis (sp?), starting with Freud and comprehending many authors who dedicated themselves to the matter. It's all quite terrifying and I'm nearly growing weary of my dreams.
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*nods so much her neck aches* I don't know about the Philippines, but here in Brazil very very few people have watched Far from Heaven. Sad, really.
I almost get the idea behind make-up Oscars, but they still make me angry. I know it's difficult to choose when there is more than one great film on a particular cathegory, but that doesn't have to snowball into ruining the next year's awards... and about Paltrow. Gah >.< Only two women worse than her are Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock, because they're equally as acting-clueless but get double exposure.
I gave her a lot of credit for that because she essentially came up with her own mythology and it was quite convincing. I felt Anne Rice was at her best when she was doing historical fiction. The images, the scenarios, the time element, and the level of research that she did, suit the denseness of her prose well. The more modern the time period becomes, the more her prose suffers.
Hmm, I can't say much, really, because I didn't read enough books. But the vampire origin story didn't convince me in the least. She simply threw the problem to a, say, older entity (the spirits). I do prefer it when she writes characters' perspectives on the world, relationships, themselves and each other. She has a good enough grasp on mindwork.
I wish I remembered my dreams . . .
*shrugs* I'm reading this book entitled The social production of madness. Three quarters of it is dedicated to giving notions of psychanalysis (sp?), starting with Freud and comprehending many authors who dedicated themselves to the matter. It's all quite terrifying and I'm nearly growing weary of my dreams.