On Friday we watched The Mouse That Roared starring Peter Sellers, (three times).
The Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion force to New York (armed with longbows) which arrives during a nuclear drill that has cleared the streets. Wandering about to find someone to surrender to, they discover a scientist with a special ultimate weapon that can destroy the Earth. When they capture him and his bomb they are faced with a new possibility: What do you do when you win a war?
Grand Fenwick is an excellent name for a country.
Last night saw Chicago, I would have to rate it pretty good. Not as good as Moulin Rouge IMHO, but very good nonetheless. I can see why some people didn't really like Richard Gere. I would suggest that his singing voice is not powerful enough, except that we have microphones and mixing desks, so I would have thought that could have been dealt with. My favourite scene would have to be "We Both Reached for the Gun" the one with the pupateering.
It is interesting that the husband (Amos) is just ignored throught the film and then in a surprise move at the end ignored at the end. No redemption of characters, no all happy happy ending, so that will please some people. I guess that is the point, but I'm curious as to how it plays out on the stage, is it exactly the same or was it "adapted for film" in the same way as books get the stuffing rippied out of them. I would imagine not, but still I shall have to ask someone that knows.
Also, what are the origins of the phrase "night owl"? It is used to describe people that stay up late.... as opposed to the famous "day owl"?
Also, this is a good comment posted after somone redesigned their site:
"Shit. That guy is way too cool. He looks like a 70's porn star." And Haley said, "Larry, he IS a 70's porn star." Rock on.
Yeah. Rock on.
Posted by luther at March 9, 2003 02:48 PM