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[auntiemeesh]

Happy Fourth of July!

It's been a very laid back holiday weekend. I did next to nothing Saturday and yesterday, although I did get the laundry washed. (Note to self: fold the laundry.)

It's been a movie-watching weekend. Yesterday, I watched a movie called The Curiosity of Chance, filmed in 2006 but set "somewhere in Europe, sometime in the eighties." Chance is an out of the closet teenage boy trying to make it through his first months at a new International school. The eighties soundtrack was fun, the clothing and hair varied from early to late eighties but there were no Madonna look-a-likes, so that was something. It was a bit of a dramedy with more focus on the comedy aspects. The acting was mediocre at best, with the young stars putting a little more hip hop, Justin Timberlake attitude into their characters than is possibly warranted with the 'sometime in the eighties' description but it was entertaining.

Next up was Highlander. It was on my list of 'gotta see 'em sometime' movies and this weekend seemed like the perfect time. Hm, yeah, it was mostly crap. Full of silly camera angles and dramatic pauses, with Christopher Lambert doing most of his acting by means of gazing off into the distance while flashback sequences were shown. This movie was authentically 80s and as such a certain amount of that stuff can be forgiven, but it was just a bad movie. Marginally entertaining, but I found myself laughing in places where I don't think laughter was the desired response.

I did get out of the house for a bit earlier. Did the weekend grocery run. Thanks to the humidity it was less fun than usual, but I have food in the house and that's always a good thing. And now it's time to start thinking about supper and how to pass the evening hours away.

Comments

[wbkbb.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a very 80's kind of weekend. I was pretty much oblivious to fashion changes from early to late 80's. (Kind of like my obliviousness to fashion trends in every other decade, actually.) Glad you found at least one of the movies entertaining, and also accomplished laundry and grocery-shopping. Rates as successful in my book!

[ani-no-mouse.livejournal.com]

Happy 4th of July to you, too!
You do manage to see a lot of movies I've never heard of - "The Curiosity of Chance" being one of those. I had heard of Highlander, and am a bit surprised you'd never seen it. I'm pretty sure I haven't either - except I've heard of it for years, and it seems like the kind of thing that might show up on flipping through the channels forays on those rare occasions when I have access to TV and take advantage of it by staring idly at whatever I find.

[westwindschild.livejournal.com]

I had never heard of The Curiosity of Chance, but Highlander is one that I've seen enough parts of by flipping through the channels over the years, that it has been on my "never mind" list for most of its life.
I'm looking forward to the final installment of Harry Potter next week. I hope it doesn't stray too far from the book - but it probably will. Even in the 45 seconds of previews I've seen so far, there are noticeable differences.

[dreamflower]

Happy Fourth!

Highlander is one of those things like BtVS or M*A*S*H that the TV series was better than the movie. (Although I quite like the original Buffy; still, the series was better.)

Which is funny, because the other way 'round is so rare. Hardly any movies that are based on TV series are as good as the originals, with the possible exception of the Addams Family movies...

[ani-no-mouse.livejournal.com]

And Dragnet, I'd say. The Yugo squad car and "the virgin (whatever her name was" were classic gags. But if I'd actually been a fan of the TV show I might feel differently about it.