quinn222

50bookchallenge
1. Julie & Julia
2. The Olive Farm
3. Playing With Trains
4. Queens in the Kingdom
5. Tender at the Bone

6. Comfort Me with Apples by Ruth Reichl
and
7. Garlic and Saphires by Ruth Reichl

Comfort me with Apples was okay. Kind of whiny and given that a lot of it was about the break up of her marriage (mostly because no one seemed to care enough to want to save it) I didn't enjoy this one all that much.

Garlic and saphires was better. It's about her time as a critic for the New York Times. Again though she just doesn't seem like a person I'd like very much. Maybe this is coloured by the fact that when she took over as the editor for Gourmet magazine I felt as though the magazine took a sharp trip downhill and cancelled my subscription. Or it could be because she has no compunction pointing out her own character flaws. The only thing is that Julie Powell did the same in Julie and Julia and it endeared me to her. This is not to say that I didn't enjoy the book, I did. But I could have enjoyed it more.

Also, this is the first weekend since Christmas that I haven't been on call! Yeah! Brokeback Mountain finally is showing near me and I'm going to go see it either today or tomorrow.

Good morning,

( Changes 76 )

Gakked from everyone,

Ten ways you know you're reading a fic by quinn222

1. It's a picture
2. It has a lot of typos
3. Justin has no sense of direction
4. Michael is not a jerk
5. No one is described "the ad axec" or "the blond" or "the teen" etcetera. Ever.
6. It's epistolic
7. It has little or no angst
8. Someone travels somewhere
9. It shows up between 7 and 8 eastern time on your flist
10. It's long.

Now that this film is finally moving into wide release everyone will be posting about it. I'm not going to review it. You've all heard how wonderful it is and maybe read the story. I'll just say I totally agree and that the film, Ang Lee and the actors should all go home with Oscars. What I'm going to do is review the audience.

My state is listed as a red state. We actually voted blue but it was counted red. Go figure. Anyway, the theatre where I saw it is in a solidly republican town. It was packed. At least half the people in there were men. The largest group of people there were heterosexual couples over 60. There were also younger couples, gay couples and women. Also it seemed as though many of the theatre employees were trying to see some of it from the aisles. In terms of M/F I'd say it was 50/50. I was really pleased to see that. Especially older couples. And you could tell from the reactions that the men really did feel for Ennis in particular. Or maybe just becuse they got more of a chance to verbalize for him.

( cutting for extremely minor spoiler )

Go see it. It probably seems like the kind of film that would translate well to the small screen but you'll miss a lot. The contrasts between their claustrophobic lives and the wide open spaces of Brokeback are not going to move well to a small screen.