Alexander

I finally got to watch Alexander. Boy, that's two and a half hours of my life that I'll never get back. That movie managed to be even worse than Troy and that's saying something. The narrative structure was painful, the dialogue dire, the acting stilted, and the music overdone. I hope this ended Oliver Stone's career. Personally, I wouldn't give that man another dollar to make movies. He wouldn't know 'subtle' if it bit him in the ass. As for the open gayness: Yawn. The scenes between Alexander and Hephaistos were wooden and badly written. The costume department did a good job and the sceneries were great, and it was great to see the phalanxes march. Every thing else sucked. And Colin Farrell was awful. Almost as awful as Angelina Jolie. And none of the characters felt like flesh and blood people. Give me Bloom's Paris any day!
*goes off to cleanse brain with something intelligent: an epi of House*

No luck

Many thanks to everybody on my flist who crossed their fingers and toes for us. Alas, we didn't get the place. The landlord said they couldn't decide and therefore drew lots. *sigh* That's a great disappointment, because it's next to impossible finding affordable accomodation in our neighborhood. Because of the great primary school we don't want to move away from here. We like the neighborhood just fine - we just can't afford staying in this house - not to mention our difficulties with the landlady next door. Baaah.