A Quick Note on Books and Movies
Nov. 9th, 2008 11:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thebookpileReading: I have started reading Canadian Copyright: A Citizen's Guide. It's really good but it's a little dry, so I need to time my reading in such a way that I'm in the right frame of mind whenever I pick it up. It will make a handy reference guide.
Movies: We have started our Classics Initiative and it is going well. We rented Casablanca two weeks ago and I was floored by how good it was. I cynically expected it to show its age, or not be able to live up to its reputation, or something. But it was just fantastic.
This weekend, we rented The Godfather, which was also excellent. We had a bit of trouble understanding Marlon Brando at some points but that was our only (small) complaint. We'll now finish off the trilogy over the next few weeks (including Part 3, which I understand isn't so classic...).
We haven't decided what to watch after that, but I have already started my campaign for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Unfortunately, my tactic of pushing the soundtrack has not met with much success.
Movies: We have started our Classics Initiative and it is going well. We rented Casablanca two weeks ago and I was floored by how good it was. I cynically expected it to show its age, or not be able to live up to its reputation, or something. But it was just fantastic.
This weekend, we rented The Godfather, which was also excellent. We had a bit of trouble understanding Marlon Brando at some points but that was our only (small) complaint. We'll now finish off the trilogy over the next few weeks (including Part 3, which I understand isn't so classic...).
We haven't decided what to watch after that, but I have already started my campaign for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Unfortunately, my tactic of pushing the soundtrack has not met with much success.