One down....

[poliphilo]

Yesterday I...

(i) Took down the Christmas tree (yes, I know there are twelve Days of Christmas, but, frankly, I've had enough)

(ii) Took down last year's Harry Potter calendar and put up this year's calendars (three of them) with artwork by Picasso and Dali.

(iii) Watched the latest Poirot mystery starring David Suchet. (You'd think by now that Poirot would have worked out that by exposing the murderer in a room full of innocent bystanders you give him or her the heaven-sent opportunity to grab a hostage and cause considerable unpleasantness- Lord knows, it's happened often enough- but no, he, Poirot, keeps on setting up those theatrical denouements of his.)

One down. 364 to go.

Comments

[jackiejj.livejournal.com]

And I've always wondered how detectives get away with private accusatory conversations with murderers--shouldn't they wait to have some witnesses?

BTW, I saw Stephen Spielberg's Munich yesterday--2 hours and 44 minutes within an assassin's mind. Spielberg is much too good--his murder scenes were dreadful.

I left the theater agitated and angry--and I took it out on the director, who was much too good at showing death throes--

And S has a habit of "telling, not showing" that irritates me--for example, when the protagonist begins to lose it, the music goes haywire, as if the record were off-center on the player.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I used to be prepared to defend Spielberg heartily against all comers, but recently I've begun to have my doubts.

I hated Minority Report and thought Catch Me If You Can was terribly syrupy. Those two films disappointed me so much that I haven't bothered with anything he's done since.

Wouldn't it be nice if he made a "little" film for a change.

[jackiejj.livejournal.com]

"Syrupy"--that's the word.

"Maudlin" is another.

I found it an interesting juxtaposition that Mel Gibson's upcoming movie Apocalypse (shudder) was previewed before Munich--he and Spielberg seem to both feel compelled to share their Lessons with humanity; Gibson's are particularly loathsome to me. I wonder what Mel's sadistic God will offer us in his Apocalypse?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I always thought Mel was a bit of a thug and now that he's become God's thug I dislike him heartily. Yes, he and Spielberg both want to teach us stuff (for our own good). Spielberg's lessons are generally more to my taste that Mel's but I still feel that I'm being got at.