Written With Love
Nov. 16th, 2017 11:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
todayiamadaisyDo you remember last year, there was a poll in Britain to name a... I want to say a ship? Some sort of sea-going vessel, anyway, and they held a poll and Boaty McBoatface won? Only the powers that be were sensible and named it something else instead? Well, Sydney held a poll to name a new ferry and you'll never guess what won. And they're going to use it! Heaven help us. It's a stupid name to start with, but it's the unoriginality that really hurts, I think.
Also annoying: this article that is trying to make me believe that putting books spines in on a bookshelf is a "trend". No, it isn't. I mean, go crazy doing it if that's what you want. I won't judge you.* Just don't try to convince me that everyone's doing it.
I saw Murder on the Orient Express last night. I don't know about you, but when I think of Murder on the Orient Express, I think of glamorous people prancing about on a posh train, and, of course, the famous whodunit part. But when you get down to it, it's a downer of a story, and there's no way to make it upbeat. This version zips along at a cracking pace, not stopping to explain who everyone is. I suppose it actually replicates the experience of reading a Christie novel, in that it all looks very nice and seems very clever, but there's no great emotional attachment to anyone. Kenneth Branagh's Poirot is serviceable, but he's not as charming and kind as David Suchet. He does, however, get a lot of close ups with the light making him glow. Kenneth Branagh the director was very kind to Kenneth Branagh the actor. So... I mean, it's a night out.
* I probably would.
Also annoying: this article that is trying to make me believe that putting books spines in on a bookshelf is a "trend". No, it isn't. I mean, go crazy doing it if that's what you want. I won't judge you.* Just don't try to convince me that everyone's doing it.
I saw Murder on the Orient Express last night. I don't know about you, but when I think of Murder on the Orient Express, I think of glamorous people prancing about on a posh train, and, of course, the famous whodunit part. But when you get down to it, it's a downer of a story, and there's no way to make it upbeat. This version zips along at a cracking pace, not stopping to explain who everyone is. I suppose it actually replicates the experience of reading a Christie novel, in that it all looks very nice and seems very clever, but there's no great emotional attachment to anyone. Kenneth Branagh's Poirot is serviceable, but he's not as charming and kind as David Suchet. He does, however, get a lot of close ups with the light making him glow. Kenneth Branagh the director was very kind to Kenneth Branagh the actor. So... I mean, it's a night out.
* I probably would.