Why I love Castle so much # 1

- You had a lot of imaginary friends growing up, didn't you?

- Still do.

The King's Speech

Apparently thurday has become movie night. Today's treat was The King's Speech. All I have to say is: suberb. I have no idea who Tom Hooper is but I certainly like him. Very well done indeed! The soundtrack was a bit overhasty at times, but that's pretty much the only bad thing about it.

I loved Colin Firth, but then again, I always do. Was shocked last year when he didn't get the oscar (I'm sorry, I saw Crazy Heart and it wasn't all that good) and hope this year the academy comes to their senses. Magnificent performance, I say. Nerve-wrecking at times, which made it all the more brilliant to me.

Adored Geoffrey Rush, but then again, the same applies. To me the man is always brilliant and so far I have loved every single role I've seen him play (apart from the Zeta-Jones-Clooney chick flick disaster).

About to the others I have very little remarks. Helena Bonham-Carter will be Helena Bonham-Carter, and that's always good. And this time she decided to play nice, this being one of the least excentric roles I've seen her play. Very nicely impressed with Timothy Spall's Churchill. Also, a tiny part of me was sad we got to see so little of Jennifer Ehle, but oh well...

As to the movie itself - a must-see. The most adorable thing I've seen this year. Loved it, loved it, loved it :)

On Black Swan

Having read mixed reviews I didn't really know what to expect from it. Yes, it would be dark, and yes, I would probably jump off my seat a couple times.

Well, as it turns out, I liked it waaay more than expected. I'm not really a hater or a lover as I've seen out there in the web. I wouldn't say it's an absolute must-see. I appreciate the brilliance of it (because it is indeed amazing), but it's not for every one. I mean, it's a movie about a neurotic ballerina that being the perfect Odete (the white swan) is struggling to interpret Odile (the black swan). Not really for every taste, I'd say...

Natalie Portman is nothing short of brilliant, but then again - to me at least - she has become one of those actresses that you just expect to see excel herself every time. A bit like Meryl Streep. So, when you just get into your head that whatever she does she'll be brilliant at it... it kinda sucks the fun out of it, I'm afraid...

So... four stars, I'd say. It deserves every single oscar it's nominated for. Oh, and a minor aspect - it certainly puts a person off the idea of losing weight after so much skin and bone.

She said lets unwind...

... and this is what we came up with.

*****

Best Harry Potter movie ever!

SYTYCD 7 - Lauren (Spoilers!)

At Last

The secret of loveliness

Close to perfection

Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril

SYTYCD - Kayla & Kupono

Just to make me feel better

... and now is off to studying the devilish book again!

I love these two together

S.Fry: And on the other hand...
H.Laurie: Ah, you've got three hands.
S.Fry: I've got three hands.
H.Laurie: They, of course, were doing a two-hander. Would they have benefited from an extra hand? Would that have come in... useful?
S.Fry: I feel with an extra hand they might just have got away with it.
H.Laurie: But did you enjoy their criticism?
S.Fry: Oh, I loved it. I wanted to go to bed with it and kiss it in many soft private little places.

The secret

The secret of smooth almost shiny loveliness of the order of which we are discussing in this simple, frank, creamy soft way doesn't reside in oils, unguents, balms, ointments, creams, astringents, milks, moisturisers, liniments, lubricants, embrocations or basalms, to be rather divine for just one noble moment. It resides, and I mean this in a pink, slightly special way, in one's attitude of mind. To be gorgeous and high and true and fine and fluffly and moist and sticky and lovely, all you have to do is to believe that one is gorgeous and high and true and fine and fluffly and moist and sticky and lovely. And I believe it of myself, tremulously at first, and then with mounting heat and passion because, stopping off for a second to be super again, I'm so often told it. That is the secret really.

Stephen Fry, A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Season 1

We're all just human...

Coach Ken Tanaka: You make this and we win. You make this and you die a legend.

Kurt Hummel: Can I pee first?

*Glee, ep. 4

And that's how Sue sees it

Sue Sylvester: [...] let me tell you something: there's not much of a difference between a stadium full of cheering fans and an angry crowd screaming abuse at you. They're both just making a lot of noise. How you take it is up to you - convince yourself they're cheering for you; you do that and someday they will.

*Glee, Ep.4

Trying to rise

Once again with feeling

Frank: What about you? Is there someone else?
Kathleen: No... but there's the dream of someone else.

[You've got mail]

And that's where I stand.

Cinemada

É simpático, embora nada de extraordinário. Promete mas não cumpre. Fica a meio. É uma pena; os livros são viciantes, mas depois no grande ecran... mirram...

Movie night

Cinco estrelas

God is winking at me

Sometimes I wonder about my life. I lead a small life. Well, valuable, but small. And sometimes I wonder do I do it because I like it or because I haven't been brave? So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book when shouldn't it be the other way around?

[Kathleen, You've got mail]

Ontem estava no zapping quando me deparei com esta cena (de um dos filmes que - admito - já vi dezenas e dezenas de vezes). Timing é uma coisa engraçada... É deveras curioso que tenha encontrado precisamente esta parte, sobretudo devido às últimas semanas. Novamente me coloco a eterna questão: será que estou a ser cobarde ou apenas (e valorosamente) responsável? É uma pergunta traiçoeira; não tem na verdade uma resposta e, mesmo que tivesse, não sei se gostaria de a ouvir. Portanto não interessa. Pode ser pertinente, mas não me vai levar a lado nenhum, logo o melhor seria apagá-la da minha cabeça. A chave vem antes do ponto de interrogação. A chave está no valuable. Afinal não é isso que verdadeiramente interessa?

Quase dois anos depois...

... descubro Pan's Labyrinth. E tenho a dizer que é um espectáculo de filme...