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Where did the weekend go?
Dec. 14th, 2009 12:39 pm
Where did the weekend go?
Christmas cards mailed - check.
Christmas gifts mailed - check.
Friday I had a half-day off from work so I headed into Cardiff for sushi with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
thanatos_kalos and a movie (with just me). The movie was Where The Wild Things Are which I really enjoyed. I thought, watching it, that it was more likely to appeal to kids than to adults (which is as it should be) and I note with amusement that most reviewers are saying the opposite. There are some grown up concepts in there, but the general anarchic tack the film takes is so not a grown-up thing. It reminded me, a little, of Roald Dahl: the movie seems to come from the same understanding of kids that he had - that kids like scary and grotesque things if they're done the right way. There was a lot in the film that didn't work for me, but mostly because I think too darn hard. Kids won't have that problem :)
I have a review half-done of the movie I saw last week, Cracks. I'm gonna post the full review, I swear. But for now let me just say that if you're in the UK, and you're sick of the gooey seasonal movies, go and see this one while it's still in the theatres. Because I found it a really powerful film, dark without being horror, and I really recommend it.
( more ramblings about my weekend )
Christmas cards mailed - check.
Christmas gifts mailed - check.
Friday I had a half-day off from work so I headed into Cardiff for sushi with
thanatos_kalos and a movie (with just me). The movie was Where The Wild Things Are which I really enjoyed. I thought, watching it, that it was more likely to appeal to kids than to adults (which is as it should be) and I note with amusement that most reviewers are saying the opposite. There are some grown up concepts in there, but the general anarchic tack the film takes is so not a grown-up thing. It reminded me, a little, of Roald Dahl: the movie seems to come from the same understanding of kids that he had - that kids like scary and grotesque things if they're done the right way. There was a lot in the film that didn't work for me, but mostly because I think too darn hard. Kids won't have that problem :)I have a review half-done of the movie I saw last week, Cracks. I'm gonna post the full review, I swear. But for now let me just say that if you're in the UK, and you're sick of the gooey seasonal movies, go and see this one while it's still in the theatres. Because I found it a really powerful film, dark without being horror, and I really recommend it.
( more ramblings about my weekend )
