movie and book
Mar. 18th, 2012 03:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amelia_petkovaI had been wanting to see the Studio Ghibli adaptation of The Borrowers ever since I first heard about it in 2010. (I was surprised to find out that there are two English-language adaptations: England and America.) It finally came to the U.S. and I saw it during opening weekend last month! I was happy to see how full the theater was, since anime movies don't always do that great over here. Highlights:
--the animation of course, especially in the garden scenes
--Carol Kane as the batty housekeeper
--Spiller offering his cricket leg
--the music by Cecile Corbel; I was afraid it would be removed and replaced with American pop-type music that would completely ruin the atmosphere for this release
Although I have to agree that yes, Sho, it is partly your fault that the borrowers have to leave; you're the one who pulled the roof off of their home and didn't hide it well enough after. You could have asked them if they wanted a new kitchen first!
I also got my hands on The Mark of the Golden Dragon, the most recent Bloody Jack book. I love this series so much. For this book in particular, I was greatly amused by the fan fic for "The Highwayman", the bit about Nelson's blood, and the scene where Jacky and Ravi are being chased by a tiger and she yells, "Bad kitty, bad kitty!" at it. Let's face it, I would probably do the same thing.
I can't really blame Jaimy for losing his grip on reality, after he's had so many shocks and head injuries during the series. On the one hand, you'd think he would remember that Jacky has survived other bad situations after she's swept overboard during the typhoon. On the other hand, it could just be the straw that broke the camel's back. On a related note: Jaimy the Highwayman has fangirls!!!
Even though Jacky starts to seduce Flashby as part of a kidnapping plan, I'm relieved that we finally got a book without any attempted rape/sexual assault scenes.
I love that Joannie and Rebecca are best friends, and run around having adventures while driving Mistress Pimm up the wall. I have a new question, though: Joannie says while she's at school, Amy interviews her for information on writing the Jacky Faber novels. Since I'm sure Mistress Pimm knows what Amy is up to, has Mistress Pimm started reading the books?
Recently I was reading the foreward to an anthology of the Grimm fairy tales and realized that the brothers lived in the same time period as Jacky. And she's been to Germany once already. I now want either a canon scene/reference in the books or fan fiction where Jacky meets the Brothers Grimm.
The next Jacky faber book comes out in October!
--the animation of course, especially in the garden scenes
--Carol Kane as the batty housekeeper
--Spiller offering his cricket leg
--the music by Cecile Corbel; I was afraid it would be removed and replaced with American pop-type music that would completely ruin the atmosphere for this release
Although I have to agree that yes, Sho, it is partly your fault that the borrowers have to leave; you're the one who pulled the roof off of their home and didn't hide it well enough after. You could have asked them if they wanted a new kitchen first!
I also got my hands on The Mark of the Golden Dragon, the most recent Bloody Jack book. I love this series so much. For this book in particular, I was greatly amused by the fan fic for "The Highwayman", the bit about Nelson's blood, and the scene where Jacky and Ravi are being chased by a tiger and she yells, "Bad kitty, bad kitty!" at it. Let's face it, I would probably do the same thing.
I can't really blame Jaimy for losing his grip on reality, after he's had so many shocks and head injuries during the series. On the one hand, you'd think he would remember that Jacky has survived other bad situations after she's swept overboard during the typhoon. On the other hand, it could just be the straw that broke the camel's back. On a related note: Jaimy the Highwayman has fangirls!!!
Even though Jacky starts to seduce Flashby as part of a kidnapping plan, I'm relieved that we finally got a book without any attempted rape/sexual assault scenes.
I love that Joannie and Rebecca are best friends, and run around having adventures while driving Mistress Pimm up the wall. I have a new question, though: Joannie says while she's at school, Amy interviews her for information on writing the Jacky Faber novels. Since I'm sure Mistress Pimm knows what Amy is up to, has Mistress Pimm started reading the books?
Recently I was reading the foreward to an anthology of the Grimm fairy tales and realized that the brothers lived in the same time period as Jacky. And she's been to Germany once already. I now want either a canon scene/reference in the books or fan fiction where Jacky meets the Brothers Grimm.
The next Jacky faber book comes out in October!
