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Jan. 2nd, 2012 01:28 pmI was sick in the night. Yuck! Naturally my need to do laundry is inversely proportional to the availability of washing machines in the basement. I hate coin laundry. Well, really what I hate is shared laundry. I'd cope with the coins just fine if I could guarantee a free machine whenever I want one.
John Henry (new notebook) is delightful beyond words. However, while the people at the Apple store were very helpful at getting all my music transferred from my old machine to John Henry, the playlists didn't transfer over. And since playlists is how I organize all my music, to say nothing of organizing the fan mixes, I am having to transfer them over manually. Tedious beyond words. But John Henry has iTunes Match, which brings me back into legality with downloads.
Saw Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy on New Year's Eve at a matinee. It was...good. It moved quite slowly at times, so it felt more like a movie from 1973 than a modern movie set in 1973, if you catch the distinction. Having seen many real movies from the seventies, they do tend to be slower-paced than modern movies. But I don't know if that was a deliberate homage or not. Mind you, it may have felt like it dragged to me because halfway through I suddenly remembered that I *have* read the book after all, though many years ago, and I remembered who the mole was. Which killed the suspense element for me, and could be why I felt the second half of the movie was slow.
Lots of talented actors in this one (quite the sausagefest), though to my mind Mark Strong was head and shoulders above the rest. But that may be because Jim Prideaux has the biggest emotional arc. Benedict Cumberbatch also excellent as Peter Guillam, but that's no surprise, having seen him in Sherlock. But seriously, I want Strong to get some best supporting actor noms for this role. Cutting for spoilers:( Read more... )
John Henry (new notebook) is delightful beyond words. However, while the people at the Apple store were very helpful at getting all my music transferred from my old machine to John Henry, the playlists didn't transfer over. And since playlists is how I organize all my music, to say nothing of organizing the fan mixes, I am having to transfer them over manually. Tedious beyond words. But John Henry has iTunes Match, which brings me back into legality with downloads.
Saw Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy on New Year's Eve at a matinee. It was...good. It moved quite slowly at times, so it felt more like a movie from 1973 than a modern movie set in 1973, if you catch the distinction. Having seen many real movies from the seventies, they do tend to be slower-paced than modern movies. But I don't know if that was a deliberate homage or not. Mind you, it may have felt like it dragged to me because halfway through I suddenly remembered that I *have* read the book after all, though many years ago, and I remembered who the mole was. Which killed the suspense element for me, and could be why I felt the second half of the movie was slow.
Lots of talented actors in this one (quite the sausagefest), though to my mind Mark Strong was head and shoulders above the rest. But that may be because Jim Prideaux has the biggest emotional arc. Benedict Cumberbatch also excellent as Peter Guillam, but that's no surprise, having seen him in Sherlock. But seriously, I want Strong to get some best supporting actor noms for this role. Cutting for spoilers:( Read more... )
