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Hehe, it makes me smile that Sunshine is the new 'in' movie that all the cool kids are watching and I already saw it and squeed madly about it back in April. It's usually the other way around and I get to squee last, so it's a good change XD But yeah, kids, WATCH THIS MOVIE. The best sci-fi movie I've seen in a long while. Plus, it's got Cillian Murphy. ♥

Continuing with the movie theme, I watched Gangs of New York the other day and while I liked it, and was a pretty good movie, it wasn't as good as I thought it'd be. Then again, it was on Spanish, so that sucked a lot. There were a lot of wonky camera angles, though, really weird ones for a 'historical' movie. Daniel Day-Lewis was kind of brilliant in it, though, even if he looked like a giant grasshopper with his costume on. o_O

Also, I watched The History Boys yesterday and again, while I liked it and it was pretty good, I don't think it's the OMG WORK OF BRILLIANCE most people makes it up to be. Then again, I'm no big fan of poetry, and in English (and with no subtitles, which didn't help) it just goes over my head. (also, omg but what a tease! The slashy hints were all good and dandy but I wanted some action, damnit). I think the only real flaw it has is how undeveloped the boys are as characters. If only they'd been fleshed out, it would've been so, so very good. But I do have a thing for British schoolboys and ties, so I'm still a happy camper.

In other news, I read Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall the other day, and was completely enchanted by it. And I love how, without seeing the credits, I started scrolling and immediatly went 'OMG CHARLES VESS!' He was a brilliant choice for the Baghdad parts, too, he draws warm colors and lush atmospheres like few people can. Snow's story, especially, was brutally wonderful, and Ambrose's heart-breakening (AND illustrated by James Jean. It's like, a dream come true, or something XD); and over all, I really like the way it was stressed how none of the Fables was innocent or untouched by tragedy before arriving to Fabletown. I'd really like to get this one in physical form, but I went to my favorite comic store today and they didn't have it, woe.

Aaaand music related, I absolutely LOVED the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs EP. It's like a return to the louder, crazier style of Fever to Tell, but with a more subduded quality, although not as much as Show Your Bones is. I also downloade the soundtrack of The Painted Veil, which I've wanted to see since forever, but I'm determined to watch in the cinema so I'm waiting not so paitiently while I could've rented/bought it already. *le sigh* In any case, the score was lovely, and it's been added to my 'for writing' playlist, along with The Fountain's score, which I always play while writing something. You guys know any more music of that style that could rec me? You know, the soothing, evocative kind, with violins as main instument.