It’s been a while since I did a title-free post, so I’m not sure if this is going to break anything. When you just want to go blah blah blah sometimes having to come up with a title is just a pain, and the titles themselves often misrepresent the post (or make it sound more focused than it is).

One very nice thing about blogging is when someone you know does it, and they tell a story better than you can remember it (and with more style), so you can just point to it and say it’s funny because it’s true!

So to all those people I know who don’t yet keep blogs, please start now, if only so I can link to you to save writing my own material. This goes especially for who has the gall to write comments more entertaining than my posts.

Movie overload this week! I have seen:

Howl’s Moving Castle — better than I expected, even though the dubbed English voices were a little distracting. Actually I think I may now have a crush on Emily Mortimer, who provides the voice for Sophie in the English dub— She sounds like the ever-plucky Bob from Blackadder series 2 and 4.

Joyeux Noël — Of course this was sweet and sad and full of pathos. Weirdly I think I cried more in the preview for it than the actual film.

The Family Stone — Surprisingly good, although hurt by Sarah Jessica Parker overplaying her uptight character. Claire Danes is annoyingly desirable and Craig T Nelson is aging extremely well. Luke Wilson is possibly beginning to transform into his brother.

Happy Endings — Not as cool as it aspires to be. I actually thought it was inferior to The Family Stone in its treatment of human relationships. Interestingly it’s the first time I’ve noticed that I was watching a film projected digitally, and this was mainly because there were technical troubles and the word PREVIOUS appeared on the screen when the film was [instantly] restarted… I want one of those projectors!

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