bust

[lizziebelle]

I didn't go to the party. My subconscious decided for me: I fell asleep, and woke up at 5:00. Oh well! Like I said, I didn't really want to go anyway. The only regret I have is that everyone's going to ask me on Monday where I was. And I can't really tell them that I was on a train, running from a werewolf. I have the weirdest dreams when I take naps!

Both movies were thumbs-down. The Jim Henson Storytellers DVD was a big disappointment; they played fast and loose with the mythology, and they really lost me. It was just dull.

Must Love Dogs was everything I don't like about romantic comedies: cliched, wooden, artificial. Even Diane Lane and John Cusack couldn't save it. I also resent the fact that people think a woman can't be complete unless she's in a relationship. Sheesh.

Comments

'Storytellers'

[sea-dark-wine.livejournal.com]

I think I remember that one... someone gave us a video copy of it, years ago. We were watching them one at a time as part of a coven film night series, and then the film nights lapsed due to scheduling problems, so there may still be a few that we have never seen.

I thought they were interesting as examples of Jim Henson's art, though as you say, not firmly tied to the actual myths (a bit like the Hercules and Xena versions of ancient Greece!). Watching them one at a time as a prelude to some other film, rather than all at once as the main feature, seemed to work okay for us... maybe partly because of the Jim Henson mystique (he hadn't been gone long at that point, and the Henson studio name wasn't yet cropping up everywhere). Sorry you didn't care for 'em!

Re: 'Storytellers'

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

I knew I had seen some of them before, that must have been when. They weren't awful, but I guess I've been spoiled by LOTR for mythic film. ;)