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General: Shallow Grave (movie) and that sign
So, that church that I pass every night changed its billboard. Unfortunately, they changed it to "If your relgion doesn't take you to church, chances are that it won't take you to heaven." Dude, I don't want to be in a heaven with people who can't even spell the word 'religion' (and, yeah, there isn't a letter missing or anything. And it's been that way for at least a week now. Very depressing.).
Glory.
Second thing:
So, I watched Shallow Grave, which was next on my Quest to See All of Ewan McGregor's Movies.
First off, I was not expecting the movie to be so fucking funny. Seriously, it's hilarious. Ewan, Christopher (the ninth Doctor Who) and Kerry (no clue if she's still acting) have wonderful sexually-laced friendship-type chemistry, and all three of them get to be very funny and then pretty dark.
Ewan's character, Alex Law, is the character that seems to change the least -- he's charmingly amoral at the start and remains so throughout the movie. Oh, but he is intensely charming.
Brief summary of the movie: Alex Law, David, and Juliet are looking for a fourth roommate (and there's serious humor in the finding -- they are decidedly horrid to the people they deem 'not good enough' to live there, but they're so funny about it, and they really seem to care about each other at this point). They find Hugo. After a few days, they find Hugo dead in his room (suicide, possibly accidental) along with a suitcase of money. Alex convinces the others that they should keep the money and dispose of Hugo's body. Anyway, David eventually goes nuts and tries to kill Alex -- Juliet kills David, but leaves Alex pinned to the floor with a knife so that she can take the money.
Unfortunately for Juliet, Alex switched the money out of the suitcase (and put in newspaper clippings about the bodies that they buried -- oh, David killed two men who came after the money post-Hugo's death, which was a big hint about how fucking psycho he'd become) and hid it under the floorboards.
But he's the one person who doesn't have definite intent to betray. He was willing to share the money with the others and he protects Juliet when David goes after her. He doesn't care about turning the money in because he doesn't see the point, but he also doesn't see the point in not sharing the money with his mates. He protects himself (by switching the money out) but gives his two roommates every chance to stop being fucking insane and not betray him. So, in the end, when he ends up alive and with the money, it's a big relief. Honestly, after everything he goes through in the movie, he kinda deserves it (David puts a drill to his forehead. There's blood. I was traumatized. He also gets smashed in the shins with a crowbar, and punched in the face, and, oh yes, pinned to the floor with a huge kitchen knife.).
Wonderful movie. Definitely one that I'll buy one day.
I'm not in a fit state to talk about Katrina. It's... overwhelmingly horrifying right now. My family lived in Louisiana back when I was too young to remember more than fragments -- it's always been right up there with Germany for the places I wanted to see one day as an adult, so that I could remember them properly.
Glory.
Second thing:
So, I watched Shallow Grave, which was next on my Quest to See All of Ewan McGregor's Movies.
First off, I was not expecting the movie to be so fucking funny. Seriously, it's hilarious. Ewan, Christopher (the ninth Doctor Who) and Kerry (no clue if she's still acting) have wonderful sexually-laced friendship-type chemistry, and all three of them get to be very funny and then pretty dark.
Ewan's character, Alex Law, is the character that seems to change the least -- he's charmingly amoral at the start and remains so throughout the movie. Oh, but he is intensely charming.
Brief summary of the movie: Alex Law, David, and Juliet are looking for a fourth roommate (and there's serious humor in the finding -- they are decidedly horrid to the people they deem 'not good enough' to live there, but they're so funny about it, and they really seem to care about each other at this point). They find Hugo. After a few days, they find Hugo dead in his room (suicide, possibly accidental) along with a suitcase of money. Alex convinces the others that they should keep the money and dispose of Hugo's body. Anyway, David eventually goes nuts and tries to kill Alex -- Juliet kills David, but leaves Alex pinned to the floor with a knife so that she can take the money.
Unfortunately for Juliet, Alex switched the money out of the suitcase (and put in newspaper clippings about the bodies that they buried -- oh, David killed two men who came after the money post-Hugo's death, which was a big hint about how fucking psycho he'd become) and hid it under the floorboards.
But he's the one person who doesn't have definite intent to betray. He was willing to share the money with the others and he protects Juliet when David goes after her. He doesn't care about turning the money in because he doesn't see the point, but he also doesn't see the point in not sharing the money with his mates. He protects himself (by switching the money out) but gives his two roommates every chance to stop being fucking insane and not betray him. So, in the end, when he ends up alive and with the money, it's a big relief. Honestly, after everything he goes through in the movie, he kinda deserves it (David puts a drill to his forehead. There's blood. I was traumatized. He also gets smashed in the shins with a crowbar, and punched in the face, and, oh yes, pinned to the floor with a huge kitchen knife.).
Wonderful movie. Definitely one that I'll buy one day.
I'm not in a fit state to talk about Katrina. It's... overwhelmingly horrifying right now. My family lived in Louisiana back when I was too young to remember more than fragments -- it's always been right up there with Germany for the places I wanted to see one day as an adult, so that I could remember them properly.
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About Katrina: I find it extremely shocking how little there is between us and chaos. We're so dependent on electricity, fresh water coming out of tabs, mobiles phones, etc. When this is gone, we're very helpless.
I feel deeply sorry for people in this region.
And I had always wanted to see New Orleans. It was one of the places I wanted to see once. And yes, I know it's kind of selfish of me to think that.
If you ever travel to Germany, let me know. I can either give you tipps for places to see or show you around.
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Yes, exactly.
About Katrina: I find it extremely shocking how little there is between us and chaos. We're so dependent on electricity, fresh water coming out of tabs, mobiles phones, etc. When this is gone, we're very helpless.
So true. The more tech-based a society we become, the less able we are to cope with raw nature.
I feel deeply sorry for people in this region.
And I had always wanted to see New Orleans. It was one of the places I wanted to see once. And yes, I know it's kind of selfish of me to think that.
It's a reaction that makes so much sense though. It's about putting the disaster in terms that can be emotionally felt -- all the death and destruction is overwhelmingly horrifying. "I wanted to see it," is a thought that can be held onto as everything else comes into focus.
If you ever travel to Germany, let me know. I can either give you tipps for places to see or show you around.
That would be amazingly cool.
When I do go, one day, I'm planning on doing the typical tourist thing and seeing Ludwig's castles because I've just seen some gorgeous pictures and, again, with the wanting to see stuff now that I'm old enough to remember.
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Great! I live in the south of Germany (Munich) close to all these amazing castles. So I could definitely show you around. :-)
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And about the movie.. *shivers* That was pretty gross, and I was the one who watched it I probably would be traumatized too!
*cringes*
Seriously, pretty disturbing (well not in a very bad way, after all Ewan did live, and I guess that about makes up for it *lol*)
And could see that I'm not alone in the quest to watch all of Ewan's movies *glomps*!
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Yes, exactly.
Seriously, pretty disturbing (well not in a very bad way, after all Ewan did live, and I guess that about makes up for it *lol*)
And could see that I'm not alone in the quest to watch all of Ewan's movies *glomps*!
He's just such a great actor. Wonderfully charming and all his characters are so different and all so interesting.
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There was a moment I saw heaven on this earth, and that's what it looked like. So that's what I expect to see when I get there.
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I'm expecting a meadow filled with frolicking animals and books that never get damaged. All that books that ever were or could be. And all the time in eternity to read them.
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