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Sep. 13th, 2006 | 09:30 pm
mood: amused
music: The Knight's Tale on DVD
Yes, I'm at least five years late for popular culture. But I blog anyway.
Knight's Tale: what an odd mix of authentic (like the original dance sequences), anachronistic silliness, and what I think are inadvertent errors. I hate Jocelyn's costumes, more Audrey Hepburn than anything medieval (but she has the best line, see above). I think Heath Ledger actually works his role quite nicely, and
maitheas's pretend boyfriend Alan Tudyk is darling as comic relief, but the Chaucer in my head doesn't chew the scenery quite that much. For sexy manflesh, I like Rufus Sewell. (It's so funny seeing actors I've never heard of except through The Establishment in an actual movie)
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overloved to a gorgeous LOTR calendar, I found there's a "Lord of the Rings Plastic Stadium Cup" (washable! reusable!). And Fangorn Forest Ent Incense! this place is good for hours of perverse fun.
Have any of you listened to the BBC tapes of LOTR? To my delight, kidlet's first grade teacher is playing it for the class. I'm trying to figure out what it keeps and what it leaves out. Kidlet reports are a bit unclear, is Tom Bombadil in that version?
Knight's Tale: what an odd mix of authentic (like the original dance sequences), anachronistic silliness, and what I think are inadvertent errors. I hate Jocelyn's costumes, more Audrey Hepburn than anything medieval (but she has the best line, see above). I think Heath Ledger actually works his role quite nicely, and
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Have any of you listened to the BBC tapes of LOTR? To my delight, kidlet's first grade teacher is playing it for the class. I'm trying to figure out what it keeps and what it leaves out. Kidlet reports are a bit unclear, is Tom Bombadil in that version?
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date: Sep. 14th, 2006 10:07 am (UTC)
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It is a silly film, and Tudyk's "British" accent(s) are a joke, but oh how I love it and him. Sometimes? silliness is just what a body needs. :)
Also if you watch the extras, you get to see a whole cast and crew of people talk about something they love very much, and it's almost as good as the LOTR extras for making you feel all lovey and happy. At least it was for me.
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date: Sep. 14th, 2006 06:43 pm (UTC)
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Yeah, silliness was lovely last night. I will peek at the extras before I return it to Netflix!
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date: Sep. 14th, 2006 07:47 pm (UTC)
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also, dude! I grew up on the BBC LOtR tapes. Tom Bombadil is totally in that version, and let me tell you that the voice of the guy who does him is CREEPY. Actually, as I recall, the Aragorn voice is also quite bad. But yeah, listening to those tapes over and over before falling asleep as a child = the reason I have large portions of the book memorized. too bad I didn't listen to, like, some language tapes or something.
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date: Sep. 15th, 2006 02:58 am (UTC)
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I've read LOTR every couple of years since I was nine. Didn't get the end the first time, but I loved them anyway. I read them out loud to teenboy before we saw the movies, and that was almost as good as the second time. *happy sigh*
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so, anyway, your boy owes you some serious thanks for that experience. :)
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