Surely I raved about this movie to you? Gosh, I thought I'd told everyone to watch it by now... it rocks! I love love love it. Not as clever as Neil Gaiman's book, and some bits a little too pat (for someone who's read and loved the cleverness of said book), but still, a beautiful movie I think. "and this...is where I got hit, by a magical flying MORON!" Hee. All that said, I can't stand the role they created for Ricky Gervais, adore Robert deNiro's Captain (even though he was but a paragraph in the book), loooove Dexter Fletcher's eye-rolling sidekick, and think Michelle Pfeiffer makes a brilliant witch, and poor old Septimus is wonderfully cast. And, the movie has a Take That song in the credits! *goes back to 13-year-old fangirl past* :-) I love watching it once a year or so, never fails to get a smile and a sigh. If you haven't read the book, you should!
In that case, I hang my head in shame. I was sure I'd lent it to you a few years back! Hmm. Ah well. At least you have seen it now, and know that it Is Good. :-)
Well, far less 'pat' and neat. No great big meet-up at the end, for starters...and the whole 'Monday' thing! So sad they had to lose that in the movie.
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Date: 2010-01-30 03:43 am (UTC)Gosh, I thought I'd told everyone to watch it by now...
it rocks!
I love love love it. Not as clever as Neil Gaiman's book, and some bits a little too pat (for someone who's read and loved the cleverness of said book), but still, a beautiful movie I think.
"and this...is where I got hit, by a magical flying MORON!"
Hee.
All that said, I can't stand the role they created for Ricky Gervais, adore Robert deNiro's Captain (even though he was but a paragraph in the book), loooove Dexter Fletcher's eye-rolling sidekick, and think Michelle Pfeiffer makes a brilliant witch, and poor old Septimus is wonderfully cast.
And, the movie has a Take That song in the credits! *goes back to 13-year-old fangirl past*
:-)
I love watching it once a year or so, never fails to get a smile and a sigh.
If you haven't read the book, you should!
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Date: 2010-01-30 08:19 am (UTC)It's excellent, isn't it? I'd never read the book before, so I had no idea what to expect...
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Date: 2010-01-30 08:21 am (UTC)At least you have seen it now, and know that it Is Good.
:-)
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Date: 2010-01-30 08:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-30 08:26 am (UTC)Oh, speaking of...I still await the SGA Season 2 marathon, your place or mine! :-)
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Date: 2010-01-30 08:27 am (UTC)*currently has no time* :(
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Date: 2010-01-30 08:33 am (UTC)Want more SGA...Hurry up and get some free time, dammit, before I go getting a job and then neither of us is free! ;-)
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Date: 2010-01-30 09:32 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-01-31 09:47 am (UTC)Your turn next time.
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Date: 2010-01-31 12:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-31 07:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-31 09:46 am (UTC)Well, far less 'pat' and neat. No great big meet-up at the end, for starters...and the whole 'Monday' thing! So sad they had to lose that in the movie.