Current mood:

calm

Movies!
'Night Watch: Nochnoi Dozor' on DVD.

minnie13 gave me the special edition for Crimbo and omg. So. Much. Love. (The stuff they took out which I have on my...other copy, I didn't actually miss until I realised that hey, hang about, isn't Igor supposed to dance with Svetlana? But in the end, it didn't really matter.)

The deleted scenes...GOD. I wish they'd kept these in, because it's fucking amazing stuff. And gives so much to the overall narative. I love the way the subtitles are done and I'm looking forward to watching the commentaries with the director and with Sergey Lukyaneko. OMG! The deleted scene with Igor and Alissa! That should be in the film, not as a deleted scene extra omg! I'm not sure about the US release of this, tbh. This edition is 2 disc, the first disc is the US theatrical release with commentaries by the director and writer, which I haven't watched yet. The 2nd disc, which I did watch, is the Russian theatrical release with English subtitles and commentaries by director and writer. The extras are all, bar one featurette, with English audio options. I'm peeved that the one featurette doesn't have English subs or dubbing even, b.c that was the one I wanted to watch most.

But like I said, I'm not sure that this special edition is a worldwide release. It's as rare as hens teeth and fuck hard to find. Also, the version I had originally, which I'm keeping, omfg, has more scenes in it again that aren't in the Russian theatrical release or in the extras. There's several: The fight on the roof is longer; Svetlana telling Anton she cursed herself is longer; Anton being brought back to Night Watch after the fight with Andrey and Larissa is longer and gorier; Olga and Anton in his flat is longer; Anton and Kostya doing face off is longer.

And finally, the English translation of 'Final Watch' has a pre-order! At long fucking last! It's out in June. YAY!

'I Am Legend' a short review.

I liked it - I thought Will Smith was surprisingly good in the main role. While I think 'The Omega Man' is still the best interpretation filmically of the novel, this was actually pretty good. I'll probably buy it when it comes out. God, the scene with the dog was SO SAD. The way he was carrying her back to the car and oh. So sad!

Mum loved it, which actually surprised me a lot, I didn't think she'd like it as much as she did. I'm glad she did though. I have read the book and it was pretty faithful to it. I liked the way you could see his character slowly unravelling and losing his sanity, he did that really well.

'The Golden Compass' review.

Saw 'Golden Compass' with minnie13, spacebovine and jasminblack. Loved it. Apart from Lyra who I wanted to throttle for the most part, everything else was fabulous. So much love. And also, before purists leap on me for the movie vs. book? I have not read the books. So whatever you say will make no difference on how much I loved this film. I will, however, be seeking out the books now, and hope very muchly that New Line will be doing the next one in film, because yayness!

On the bad side of life, pulled muscle in bad wrist, very, very sore. OMG so sore. It was 42oC today and omg so hot.