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layne67I enjoyed the book Children of Men very much. Didn't like the character Julian very much but I still love the book. And now I find myself wishing that I had seen the movie. So many amazing, macabre scenes from the book which I wonder how they looked like translated into the big screen - tha dance of the Painted Faces for one, the Quietus, Julian in labour, Miriam when Theo found her at the end ...
And it was directed by Alfonso Cuarón! The Alfonso Cuarón who also directed The Prisoner of Azkaban ::LOVES:: I googled up his list of movies and now I have a hankering to see Paris, Je T'Aime and to a lesser extent Great Expectations. ( To a lesser extent because I'm not much of a fan of Gwyneth Paltrow. )
Come to think of it, it was probably because Julianne Moore was in Children of Men that I didn't go watch it at the theatres. Not much of a fan of her either. No specific reasons, though I think it might have started around the time of Hannibal. Her replacing Jodie Foster didn't sit too well with me, and it didn't help that the movie kind of suck.
I'm re-reading this now.
Smaug certainly looked fast asleep, when Bilbo peeped once more from the entrance. He was just about to step out on to the floor when he caught a sudden thin and piercing red fom under the drooping lid of Smaug's left eye. He was only pretending to sleep! He was watching the tunnel entrance ... ( Oh my, I could already hear the rich timbre of Benedict Cumberbatch's voice in my head!! )
That was on the back cover. Haven't reached that part yet. As of the moment, Gandalf and the dwarves and Bilbo were running from the goblins.
I first read the book when I was thirteen and I need to reacquaint myself with the characters in it, especially the dragon!! And Bilbo of course, and all the dwarves. It's a bit odd to have the orcs being refered to as goblins here. "Goblins" don't sound as menacing as "orcs". I was thinking of all the goblins I read in Enid Blyton books - yup, not menacing at all!
And it's somewhat disquieting too, that the elves weren't as ... ethereal as they were in Lord Of The Rings, more merry and happier, but then maybe the dark shadow of Sauron
hadn't set in yet. Or maybe that was just because The Hobbit was tailored towards children hence the not-so-menacing goblins and the merry elves!
I wonder how the movie is going to be like - will it be Disney-ish or will it be in the same vein as the LotR trilogy? So looking forward to the movie, and Smaug! Heheh, this is what Benedict Cumberbatch said on being Smaug.
I’m always keen to use my body in my work, so I’m looking forward to the motion capture for Smaug. Both Gollum and King Kong were primates, whereas I’m playing a serpent, so it’ll be interesting - I’ll have to tie my legs together, possibly, or else they’ll be kind of splayed out to the side as a reptile’s should be.
Oooooooooohhhhhhhh!!! 0_0
And it was directed by Alfonso Cuarón! The Alfonso Cuarón who also directed The Prisoner of Azkaban ::LOVES:: I googled up his list of movies and now I have a hankering to see Paris, Je T'Aime and to a lesser extent Great Expectations. ( To a lesser extent because I'm not much of a fan of Gwyneth Paltrow. )
Come to think of it, it was probably because Julianne Moore was in Children of Men that I didn't go watch it at the theatres. Not much of a fan of her either. No specific reasons, though I think it might have started around the time of Hannibal. Her replacing Jodie Foster didn't sit too well with me, and it didn't help that the movie kind of suck.
I'm re-reading this now.
Smaug certainly looked fast asleep, when Bilbo peeped once more from the entrance. He was just about to step out on to the floor when he caught a sudden thin and piercing red fom under the drooping lid of Smaug's left eye. He was only pretending to sleep! He was watching the tunnel entrance ... ( Oh my, I could already hear the rich timbre of Benedict Cumberbatch's voice in my head!! )
That was on the back cover. Haven't reached that part yet. As of the moment, Gandalf and the dwarves and Bilbo were running from the goblins.
I first read the book when I was thirteen and I need to reacquaint myself with the characters in it, especially the dragon!! And Bilbo of course, and all the dwarves. It's a bit odd to have the orcs being refered to as goblins here. "Goblins" don't sound as menacing as "orcs". I was thinking of all the goblins I read in Enid Blyton books - yup, not menacing at all!
And it's somewhat disquieting too, that the elves weren't as ... ethereal as they were in Lord Of The Rings, more merry and happier, but then maybe the dark shadow of Sauron
hadn't set in yet. Or maybe that was just because The Hobbit was tailored towards children hence the not-so-menacing goblins and the merry elves!
I wonder how the movie is going to be like - will it be Disney-ish or will it be in the same vein as the LotR trilogy? So looking forward to the movie, and Smaug! Heheh, this is what Benedict Cumberbatch said on being Smaug.
I’m always keen to use my body in my work, so I’m looking forward to the motion capture for Smaug. Both Gollum and King Kong were primates, whereas I’m playing a serpent, so it’ll be interesting - I’ll have to tie my legs together, possibly, or else they’ll be kind of splayed out to the side as a reptile’s should be.
Oooooooooohhhhhhhh!!! 0_0
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Date: 2011-08-04 02:09 am (UTC)But OF COURSE you WILL see the movie. You're a Cumberbitch, aren't you? :D
Reptilian hugs with legs splayed out :))
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Date: 2011-08-03 11:58 am (UTC)I like to think that the Elves in the West regain (or have kept) their merry and happy ways. :)
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Date: 2011-08-04 02:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-04 11:50 am (UTC)A burst of laughter and song came from a nearby boat, and Frodo’s eyes lit with joy. Most of the Elves he had known, in Rivendell or Lothlórien, had been rather solemn, their songs and eyes filled with a measure of sadness and a certain *fading* that he understood. But here on Tol Eressëa... Here, at last, were the Elves of Bilbo’s earliest stories – those who laughed and teased, sang, danced, and feasted -- and seemed to have cast off any weight of evil or dark memories on their hearts.
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Date: 2011-08-04 02:21 am (UTC)I like the way you put it! And I like the way you liken it to music.
You know, when Bilbo and the dwarves first met the elves at Rivendell, for one horrifying moment, my mind went to Robin Hood and his Merry Men, and I had a hard time pushing the image of the elves in tights prancing about lol.
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Date: 2011-08-03 05:14 pm (UTC)I read The Hobbit several years ago, and I wonder if the dwarves will be more memorable as individuals in the movie. I think probably he used goblins instead of Orcs and made the Elves lighter hearted because TH was for children and Lotr is for adults.
It'll be really interesting to see how they do Smaug.
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Date: 2011-08-04 02:29 am (UTC)Were the scenes that I mentioned there in the movie? They were shocking, to say the least, and I'm sure they'd have looked even more grotesque ( good grotesque that is ) on film.
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Date: 2011-08-16 01:23 am (UTC)I've managed to get the movie downloaded and I'm glad to hear that Julian was not much of a presence in the movie. Her character really irritated me!