What Swanky Things are you Watching?

[MouseWife]

Originally Posted by Claire

I'm totally lacking in the corny girlie romance department. I don't get the point of Nicolas Sparks' books, personally. And after I read them (in about an hour....they're not books that take long to read or absorb), I'm not weeping....I'm always rolling my eyes. And feeling bad that I can't get sucked into the romantic sweetness of the books.....and feeling offended that he keeps churning out these books and that my mom and my sister pay full price for them.

Okay, I must shut up now before someone tries to take my ovaries away.

I have to admit, I did not want to watch it because 'A Walk To Remember' {?} was too sappy for me. Too sweet? But yes, I don't like books/movies that set out to make me cry, soul purpose being so. I held off crying at the end of this one. I wanted to absorb it and not get lost in the sadness. I actually felt it wasn't really sad, rather, beautiful.

They didn't make the characters deep enough. I hope the book is better at that.

Hmmm...I need to see the Japanese version of The Ring. Is it worth it? I saw the Japanese version of 'The Grudge'. I understand that was actually a t.v. series in Japan? I can imagine it, what with the curse and all. Oooo!

Claire, I think you can keep your ovaries. But, if anyone takes yours, you can have mine.

[mousepod]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

Hmmm...I need to see the Japanese version of The Ring. Is it worth it? I saw the Japanese version of 'The Grudge'. I understand that was actually a t.v. series in Japan? I can imagine it, what with the curse and all. Oooo!

The Japanese horror movies tend to be better than the American remakes solely because they're the original writer/director's vision. "The Grudge" wasn't actually a TV series - it was direct-to-video, which is an entirely different beast - less constraints (and smaller budget) than made for tv or cinema. DtV has none of the stigma in Japan as it has in the US. For real kicks, check out some Japanese flicks by Takashi Miike - not horror, but pretty extreme.

(do you notice how I'm avoiding the Sparks conversation entirely?)