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tenlittlebullets) wrote2006-10-28 01:00 am
tenlittlebullets) wrote2006-10-28 01:00 am
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"I would never say that!"
I saw Marie-Antoinette tonight, and I'm quite glad I did. It put me in a ridiculously good mood because it's pure, airy, substanceless fluff, with no pretension of being more than it is. It's all about the pretty, and there is lots of pretty. Pretty people. Pretty clothing. Pretty people in pretty clothing, and occasionally out of it. Cakes, flowers, brocade dresses, gilt, baroque music, 80s music, hairdos with naval battles in them, the whole nine yards.
And listening to Donizetti on the way home only increased my good mood. Oh, the pretty!
(Incidentally, I was sitting next to a bunch of girls who were either history nuts or French Revolution fangirls or both. There was snarking at historical inaccuracy, squeeing over people by name, and groans of disappointment at the lack of guillotine. "Oh, don't worry, darling, the peasants are revolting but it's all right! We won't be beheaded for another four years!")
Also, I've started reading Tolkien. I attempted Lord of the Rings in seventh grade but got as far as halfway through Two Towers before I flung the book down in disgust. This time I picked up the Hobbit for a bit of light reading and found the writing style wasn't quite as dry as I remembered, and then before I knew it I was 150 pages into Fellowship with nary a whisper of boredom. Of course, it's perfectly possible that as soon as the plot gets a bit more complex I'll be forgetting names left and right, have no clue what's going on, and end up throwing the book down again... but so far so good. (I hate to admit this, but seeing the movies is probably helping me this time 'round. I have half a clue what's going on now.)
LotR fandom rivals HP for fucking batshit, but I can see its appeal. There's a big world to play around in and lots of material to geek out with. Tolkien's language nerdiness intrigues me; even seeing the movies I started picking up traces of how the languages worked, and I've heard interesting things about Elvish grammar. If I actually finish the series this time round, that might be worth looking into.
(Also can I just add that even though I only got halfway through TTT and only saw the movies once each, to this day I have the "one ring to rule them all" poem memorized in some dark little corner of my brain? Without even meaning to? Damn, but it sticks in your head.)
And listening to Donizetti on the way home only increased my good mood. Oh, the pretty!
(Incidentally, I was sitting next to a bunch of girls who were either history nuts or French Revolution fangirls or both. There was snarking at historical inaccuracy, squeeing over people by name, and groans of disappointment at the lack of guillotine. "Oh, don't worry, darling, the peasants are revolting but it's all right! We won't be beheaded for another four years!")
Also, I've started reading Tolkien. I attempted Lord of the Rings in seventh grade but got as far as halfway through Two Towers before I flung the book down in disgust. This time I picked up the Hobbit for a bit of light reading and found the writing style wasn't quite as dry as I remembered, and then before I knew it I was 150 pages into Fellowship with nary a whisper of boredom. Of course, it's perfectly possible that as soon as the plot gets a bit more complex I'll be forgetting names left and right, have no clue what's going on, and end up throwing the book down again... but so far so good. (I hate to admit this, but seeing the movies is probably helping me this time 'round. I have half a clue what's going on now.)
LotR fandom rivals HP for fucking batshit, but I can see its appeal. There's a big world to play around in and lots of material to geek out with. Tolkien's language nerdiness intrigues me; even seeing the movies I started picking up traces of how the languages worked, and I've heard interesting things about Elvish grammar. If I actually finish the series this time round, that might be worth looking into.
(Also can I just add that even though I only got halfway through TTT and only saw the movies once each, to this day I have the "one ring to rule them all" poem memorized in some dark little corner of my brain? Without even meaning to? Damn, but it sticks in your head.)