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Mamma Mia!

Sunday, August 31st, 2008 | Book, Film | No Comments

I can’t believe I haven’t yet posted about Mamma Mia! Over a week ago now I’ve finally found the time to go see it in the cinema. Wow! I felt just like after having seen the musical, simply amazed. I have never laughed so much during a movie while watching it in the cinema nor can I remember the last time a movie lifted my spirits as much! Will definitely be buying the DVD when it comes out!!!

Been reading quite a number of novels recently. Guess I should update the 100 books page… Nothing too spectacular. Most recently, I’ve read the circle trilogy by Nora Roberts. What can I say? The more serious my real life gets, like the more I actually am doing all that I plan to do, the more I need to have some “cheap” entertainment haha. Anyway, the 3rd book is definitely my favourite. Just quickly, the books are about a circle of 6 people who have to fight evil to keep all existing worlds from going under. The sorcerer who needs to find “the witch, the warrior, the scholar, the one of many forms, and the one you’ve lost” - against vampires. Not surprisingly, each book tells the story of a beginning romance - so that in the end the 6 people from the circle are also 3 couples very much in love. Ah, back to the 3rd book. I just love when “dark” men fall in love with “innocent” women. Especially if it’s told in the right way, which it was IMO in this instance. And I liked how Moira wasn’t that innocent after all. Blah, blah, blah. I can just hear my mom saying how unhealthy it is to read romance novels now. And I guess she’s right. But at least once again I had a really good time reading them.

Apparently, ages ago I had put The Thorn Birds on my rental queue. The first DVD with parts 1&2 has arrived now. However, after having watched part 1 I can’t say I’m exactly looking forward to watching the rest. There’s so much I kind of dislike about some of the story elements and the way the series was filmed. I’m just so not a fan of period dramas filmed in the 80s. Anyone seen the whole piece?

Surreal Festival experience

Monday, August 18th, 2008 | Celebrity, Film, Random | No Comments

Locarno was a blast! After Thursday’s telephone call to make some final arrangements I was already confident it’d be an amazing experience. So we left and drove for 3.5 hours - mostly in the rain - and arrived at the beautiful lake city. Thankfully the weather had cleared up by then and we walked around town. I was desperately trying not to look pathetic in my new high heels. After a while I did get the hang of it and within a short while it was time to make another telephone call to see how the situation was and when it’d be possible to see Sophia. Only 5 minutes later we found ourselves in a wonderfully surreal surrounding and yet it felt like the most normal thing in the world. The film was good - I mean, good considering it’s a monster/period/action film - and also the getting-drinks-afterwards part was fun. It was around 1am when we got back in our car to drive home. We were glad that traffic was smooth (I’d have been surprised to find it otherwise at that hour) and that rain wasn’t that big a problem anymore. After only 2.5 hours we were back home. I desperately tried to stay awake to entertain my brother who was driving but half an hour before we reached home it was useless. I still tried talking but fell asleep mid-sentence. Uploaded some pics etc to the site and went to sleep. I felt groggy for the whole weekend however. I’m guessing I’m too old for staying up all night lol

It was funny to see fans approach Sophia and Jack and ask for photographs. They were both incredibly approachable and kind. Not even the guy who wanted to kiss Sophia on both cheeks could throw her off balance - only almost.

I regret not having taken pictures of Jack Huston - I’m sure he’ll be big any time soon - and the brains behind the film, Dirk and Howard. Dirk was very nice and kind. Spoke a few sentences together throughout the evening, he even took 2 pictures with my camera And apparently, Howard has been to my Sophia site many times. I’m flattered - honestly! And why on earth was I being as complicated when it came to photograph/film the gang on stage?! Sure, still standing at the entrance (which was very much on the side of the stage instead of in front of it) waiting to be allowed to our (fantastic!) seats as well as carrying jackets and what not made it difficult. But still I’m convinced I should have been able to get some decent footage of the introduction. Anyway, the evening was so fantastic and special otherwise I shall stop worrying about this.

Got my ticket - which as it turned out I wouldn’t have had to buy - signed by Sophia, Jack, Dirk and Howard. I shall treasure it!

Only hours after we drove through the Gotthard tunnel a huge car accident happened. 17 cars crashed into each other and the tunnel was blocked for several hours. Thinking of this I still can’t quite believe our luck and that everything went fine when we were driving!

I had a friend of mine staying with me over the weekend - the main reason why we had to drive back during the night - and already the whole Locarno experience starts feeling like a dream.

And totally random: I HATE how the ‘Miscellanous Links’ section at the IMDb has become like a paid directory. The lists are almost useless now. The links to really good websites featuring actual content are totally lost among all the ’spam’ links - at least they always tend to be at the end of the list so I know where to look…

And now there’s a purity inside of me

Monday, August 4th, 2008 | Celebrity, Film, Songs, TV | No Comments

Not felt much like blogging lately. A lot of the sites need updating. Hope to muster up the motivation. Been watching loads of Talk Show interviews on YouTube lately (Julia Roberts, Liv Tyler, Jonathan Rhys Meyers). New series on my download list: Robin Hood. Oh, and did I tell you I fell in love with the little film gem August Rush. Yes, it’s unreal and not that credible but it’s so enchanting I just couldn’t help myself. And I LOVE the music and am listening to the soundtrack all the time now.

Best news: Sophia Myles told me she’s going to be at the world premiere of Outlander. Nothing special as such, right? I mean a film’s star is kind of expected to attend its world premiere. But what if that event is not taking place in Hollywood but in a small European country? Granted, it’s a (rather) respected film festival but still. I’m more than happy that Sophia will attend the 61st Film Festival Locarno. I bought myself tickets and am so gonna be there!

The neon lights in bars
And headlights from the cars
Have started a symphony
Surrounding Me
The things I left behind
Have melted in my mind
And now there’s a purity
Inside of me

I’ve been sitting watching life pass from the sidelines
Been waiting for a dream to seep in through my blinds
I wondered what might happen if I left this all behind
Would the wind be at my back ? Could I get you off my mind
This time
August Rush - This Time (by Jonathan Rhys Meyers)

Hair Fashion in the 80ies

Monday, June 23rd, 2008 | Film, TV | 2 Comments

I watched the 1981 BBC adaptation of ‘Sense & Sensibility’. Quite horrible in some ways - esp. characters’ hair - but all in all not terribly bad. But the actress who played the supposedly spirited Marianne was really really bland. Anyway, I had to rewatch the 2008 adaptation right afterwards. This one is really close to perfect and I fell all over in love with it again.

PS: How can a film like Before it had a name be rated PG-13 while other films such as ‘Ghost World’ are rated R???!!

Disappointments are to the soul what the thunderstorm is to the air

Thursday, June 12th, 2008 | Film, Personal | 5 Comments

I watched some films recently I had high hopes for but was really disappointed in. Which is always so much worse than when you watch films you expect to be bad just for fun. I’m Reed Fish: I can see what they were trying to do but it just so didn’t work. What a horrible mess this movie turned out to be. Atonement: Ok, it looked absolutely breathtaking. The acting was good too. But as a whole it didn’t do anything for me, I was just bored most of the times. There were scenes that really moved me but whatever came next ruined it for me. Especially to have that monologue after the final ‘twist’ was IMO a bad move. Evening: Great actresses & actors, basically a great story but as a whole it was boring me so much. Of course it’s not that interesting to have one HUGE secret and turn it all into huge drama - but to have the potential of something like that, start building it up and then to totally trivialize everything is such an equally lame way of doing it IMO.

Also, there are quite some things about my ‘new’ life that turned out to be rather anti-climactic… But I suppose it’s a good lesson in humility.

I’ve kept going and going and going for about a month now - doing a huge amount of things (mostly IRL) and household chores - so I’m very tired at the moment, esp. mentally. Yesterday, being absolute low point so far. Which, as luck would have it, was the day the in my mind so eagerly anticipated accidental meeting with a certain person finally happened… Apart from saying hi and the obligatory enquiry after our well being (which all in all took 30 seconds) nothing happened. Again, such an anti-climax.