Movies, Games and Silly Things

[rosamundeb]

"Beowulf": If you're going to see this, see it in IMAX 3-D - it's worth it! Not a great film, but not the commercial rip-off I was afraid of. It actually follows the original story very well (even down to the torn-off arm over the doorway of Heorot), but with a sad, terrible Gollumesque Grendel, a hero who is flawed in a very understandable way

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[alassenya]

I want those Glarkware cards!

[rosamundeb]

*ggl* Which ones - the movie theatre ones or the "urban asshole" ones? *G*

[alassenya]

The "urban asshole" ones - I love the checkboxes.

[rosamundeb]

*G* It's wonderfully thorough, isn't it? *L*!

[zanne68]

Oooh, holiday mah jong solitaire? Must check that out! And thanks for the mini-review of Beowulf. I've been trying to decide if I should go see that one.

[rosamundeb]

It was a spur-of-the-moment thing for me; I was turned off by the idea that they had Angelina Jolie as Grendel's mother (!), and I spent a whole semester on Beowulf, so I shuddered at what they might do. So, as I said, I was pleasantly surprised. *G*

I looooved the holiday mah jong!

[ninquelosse]

Ooo, thanks for the review. He saw the dragon in the trailer and said it looked cool, but hasn't asked to see it yet. I'm torn - I want to see it for Gaiman and, you know, Beowulf but Jolie does get in the way. Dragon, though... *chews lip*

Love all the other bits & bobs - played mah jongg & snickered at the cards - reminds me of the Karma Police tickets we used to sell at Transitions...

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[rosamundeb]

Don't let Jolie bother you; she does a good job in this. Yeah, I thought he'd like the dragon - *G*.

*L*! "Karma Police" tickets - genius! Actually that reminds me of the commercial on TV, where one guy in a car picks up after another guy in a car, and eventually puts a "tree" made up of the trash on the other guy's car - his karmic retribution.

[singeaddams]

Queen's helper strangely familiar, even as a cartoon

Now I'm curious. Who is it?

[rosamundeb]

Aha!

Here's a (big) hint. He's a real rat, but not very popular, even though he's in a very popular fandom!

[singeaddams]

The guy that played Wormtail?

[rosamundeb]

Yes!!!! *applauds you madly*

Talk about coincidence... I saw a trailer for Sweeney Todd yesterday and - there he was again, behind the Judge! I bet he's playing the Beadle.

[grace_poppy]

Band buttons for classical composers! Awesome!

Are you ready to listen attentively, Cleveland?

I said are you ready to listen attentively, Cleveland?

Hahaha!!!!!

[rosamundeb]

*ggl* I loved that, too! *G*