It did mean though, that I had a bunch of time to sit and watch movies and knit. The first movie this week was the Oscar-nominated There Will be Blood. Oh my god, was it painful. Over 90 minutes in, and it was still going nowhere. I made the executive decision NOT to watch the second 90 minutes, for fear I'd end up bashing in my LCD monitor out of boredom and irritation. It really seems that movies that go on and on, yet never go anywhere are REALLY in at the moment. We came to the same conclusion with the Darjeeling Limited this evening, and turned it off after a bit. I really don't understand why anyone actually pays to see anything by Wes Anderson. This is strike 3/3 for me. Really boring, long, drawn out "comedies", that at the funniest moment of the film get a very minimal smirk out of me. No more please!!!
I did have far more success last night, when I rewatched Casino Royale, and then followed it up with the Go-Getter, a cute indie film, about a guy who steals a car in order to go look for his brother across the states, and the woman whose car he's stolen. Fun, sweet, and they didn't feel the need to make it a 3 hour long film! :O
I also watched Wristcutters: A Love Story, which I thought was very clever. Basically there's this land where everyone who commits suicide ends up in. A bit surreal with lovely little bits, and plenty of Gogol Bordello music (though sadly no Eugene Hutz playing the Eugene character.) Also a few really bad accents, most notably "Jerry" from ER's terrible Austrian accent. Still I really enjoyed the movie, and was happy to have watched it!
While watching Wristcutters I finally finished the first of my Nunt's Cabled Wristwarmers, this time with the CORRECT cabling and everything! It fits like a dream with hardly any tweaking (lengthened it a tiny bit, and decreased the cast on stitches after the thumb to tighten up the hand).I just cast the chevalier socks back on with a couple of extra stitches in the back, so hopefully it will be wide enough this time!
