So, Adelaide. Arrived on Dec 29th. That night, visited
On the 30th, a very lazy day, despite being woken up earlyish by the people replacing the side fence at my parents place (right outside our bedroom window). Lazed around, had hotdogs for lunch (for some reason, a little deli (translation for other places : milk bar, convenience store, corner shop, etc) two blocks from my parents place makes "squished" hotdogs - ie, they toast the hotdog buns in one of those toasting/press-type things. I don't know why, but they've always done it, and they turn out really nice. Yay squished hotdogs).
The 31st, New Year's Eve. Once again, woken early (before 8am) by the workmen replacing the fence. I dozed some more,
From there, we followed them to a New Year's Eve party at the house of Liz and Marty, another couple of people I knew from fencing/SCA days. This was lots of fun, because their house has a pool and a spa.
So, today we woke up without the "help" of fence-replacement-noises (at a more reasonable 10am-ish), and headed into town to meet people at the Academy cinemas. A bunch of people were there -
Then, of course, the movie. Wheee ! Very good :) It took a while for "thinking-brain" [see below] to switch off and "going-with-the-flow" brain to take over, but once the pace picked up a bit, away I went. My favourite parts ? I certainly liked the way Legolas took down the thing-which-isn't-an-elephant-but-I-can't-r
After that, we returned home, ate a yummy roast, went for a walk on the beach, had ice-cream for dessert, and generally spent the evening lazily, and here I am, browsing random LJs and updating mine.
While randomly following friends LJ links, I came across these two parodies, and was very amused.
First, a parody of The Two Towers , then a parody of Return of the King .
Finally a random thought I had while the RotK credits were rolling - is anyone likely to remake LotR for film again ? If there's one thing Hollywood likes to do, it's recycle, but in this case, I just don't see it happening for a long time. For a start, it would cost a huge amount to do, would have to overcome all of the hurdles this trilogy overcame, and ... it'd have to be better ! Not very likely, in my opinion.
So, I should go to bed shortly (just a few more pages of Quicksilver ), since we're flying back to Melbourne tomorrow. Yargh. Being back there will almost certainly remind me that I'll be back at work next week, and I've been blissfully enjoying not being at work for the past two weeks. Oh well.
Footnote : "thinking-brain" ? Well, it seems that I have started to watch movies while thinking a bit like a critic - the problem is that I don't have an English studies or even much of an Arts background, so I don't have the theoretical background or critical vocabulary to properly express what I'm thinking, so I end up saying "gee, that bit was really neat", or "hmm, that bit could have been ... better" without being able to write essays on the details. Compounding this is my sieve-like memory for details, quotes, etc - if I were to properly critique something, I'd need to have the DVD in front of me and make copious notes while working slowly through it. Since I'm lazy, I don't bother, and ... well, see above :-)