Pathology

Last night I have gone to food shopping and checked the bargain bin out at the supermarket for dvds. I have purchased "Love at the Time of Cholera" for a colleague who told me one time that she liked it a lot. And got Pathology for myself thinking that it is very cheap. And that was a sick sick little film with the only redeeming quality being the set design. Everything in it was sucky. But I watched it to the end and it was just as bad as the rest of the film.

The good news is that I'm loving Evil Under The Sun, it turned out to be one Christie novel I don't remember reading before and I'm loving the setting, the characters and Poirot!

Vanity Fair - End, Love in a Puff, Evil Under The Sun

I have finished Vanity Fair (and it ended differently from the film, the authors was not as sympathetic as the director).

Started reading Evil Under The Sun by Agatha Christie and enjoying it very much.

Finally watched Love in A Puff and liked it a lot. Everyone felt so real life like in the film. I liked the love story too. It seemed absurd but somehow believable.

Persuasion (again)

This time I have re watched Persuasion BBC 1995 and think it the superior version. Also while looking for the dvd I have realised that the shelves of the closet I keep my dvds in were broken. I had to take the shelves down, put some of the dvds back in the (now useless) closet and wondered how on earth will I store all these?

Anyway the film was worth it. I like how the actors look less like models more like people and the costumes and sets look a lot better (obviously this film had the bigger budget) the actors were better too.

Persuasion

The Persuasion in question is the BBC 2007 adaptation I have taken quite on a whim from the discount bin at the supermarket yesterday evening. I enjoyed it a lot and thinking to watch BBC 1995 adaptation tonight again just to see which one I liked better (not much has remained from that one I'm afraid except that Ciaran Hinds made a very good Captain Wentworth).

The other night I have watched Almodovar's All About My Mother again and I liked it much much better the second time. I usually like Almodovar's sincerity (and his Tie Me Up Tie Me Down is one of my all time fave films) but in this one it seemed to come deeper from the core. Everything in it was excellent and I wouldn't change a thing.

Vanity Fair is still going strong and I'm still loving it.

Vanity Fair still, Stool Pidgeon, Merlin Season II

I'm still reading and enjoying Vanity Fair, seriously this book is very very good.

I have watched Dante Lam's Stool Pidgeon and even though I liked it and Nic Tse was so very good, I cannot really like Nick Cheung, mainly because he is not a good actor.

Finally second season of Merlin is here and started with a bang, our heroes are facing Evil Morgana (but they don't know she is evil yet) and the episode ended with a cliffhanger (yeah even in King Arthur's tale there are cliff hangers :) )

I also rewated 28 Days starring Sandra Bullock and I still cry at this film even though there is nothing really there to cry for. It was engaging at least.

Back in New Year

I'm hoping not to let this die, so here goes :

Finished K-drama The Last Scandal of My Life and suprisingly liked it. Suprisingly because the first two episodes were not really good. I stuck to it though and amply rewarded in return. Cried, laughed and loved the lead couple.

Currently reading Thackeray's Vanity Fair. What a delight it turned out to be! The thing is that I watched the film adaptation directed by Mira Nair and even though it was faithful to the story (so far at least) she has made a heavy, bleak film (one I liked); the book on the other hand is light with mischievous, slightly mean and on spot observations. I'm chuckling while reading it. It was a mistake to keep this in "to read" pile for so long.

End of Hiatus (Hopefully)

After a suprising long time, I return to the cyber space with lots and lots in my bag. But if tried to share them here than I'd have to write a very long time. I should at least put the names down with a few thoughts but somehow couldn't return here after the vacation I had in September. There was no computer, very very limited mobile phone access (voluntary, I only called my family to let them know I'm alright) and nothing but wonderful, wonderful sea, Bali massages, Turkish baths and great food - yeah a 5 star plus resort has its advantages, especially a special one like this where you are not disturbed by the animation team, and girls from Bali come to massage your backs and hand you cold towels and cold ginger tea while you are reading on the beach (this is not the Bali massage I have mentioned above, these were just freebies to make the guest feel more comfortable). And did I mention that this beach was called 'Silent Beach' since no children and no music was allowed?

So after that wonderful break I have returned to work and life. Read more than a few books there and the one that left the most imression was called The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova. I want to read her first novel too now (but I'm hoping to get an e-reader of some sorts since the books are so much cheaper).

I'm currently reading a travelogue/memoir written by Mina Urgan (a prof in English Literature) called Bir Dinozor'un Anıları/The Travels of a Dinasour (that is because she is so old) and I love it. It feels like she is sitting right across me and talking to me. I regret that I can't ask her questions.

As for viewing I have finished two seasons of Mad Men and I'm loving the show even though everyone in it is a bad person and nothing happy every happens. The characters are very interesting, I just can't stop watching and very eager for the third season.

I have finished Korean Drama City Hall and it was a total winner. Great acting and such a delightful romance. The male character is probably the dream man for most of the women in the world. Naturally I loved him.

I also finished Japanese Drama Love Shuffle but it was fail as far as I'm concerned. I finished it but not with much enthusiasm.

So I'm back to record what I read and watch.