An idea for London?

He he. Almost a double dose of Gerry today. They are sending The Phantom of the Opera on Swedish television tonight. Almost over. And at the same time I have started a chapter in Medieval Europe 400-1500 on Attila which we know Gerry play some years ago:) Hence the picture... (Funny how I have to watch it even though I own it myself. Like I think have to watch The Fellowship of the Ring on Saturday... I mean why? I can watch the extended version anytime I like... Strange:) Well, of course I grab every chance I have to see Gerry; *kiss*)

Makes me think about movies... We should really try to look at making a script... Or at least laying down plans for ideas that can be developed. What kind of movies would we like to make? It would be a way of planning for London, wouldn't it? We need to have something to "sell" there. And if we are going to work together in the future, we should find out how we can best work together. We cannot keep butting our heads together every time we try to do any kind of work together:) In a way it is good that we know we have the potential to do that, and I think we should use it now to learn how our creative relationship should work. The more we learn now the better it will be when it really count. In London that is. Maybe one branch of our body of work this summer should be a lot of ideas for potential scripts. What do you think? Is it a good idea to work on something like that as a way of planning for London? It would be foolish to not have something wouldn't it. It would kill our spirits faster than lightning if we don't have a clear picture of what we are to do in London. It wouldn't be enough to just be there.

I am looking forward to everything that lies ahead of us. No matter what it is. It is going to be great. We are going to create great and adventurous lives for ourselves. Our writings aren't going to be anything less. I am sure of it. But we can't afford to procrastinate anymore. It is making us go crazy, despairing and restless. What do you say? No more excuses?;)

300 & the Fountain

I had a cinema marathon yesterday... I went to see both 300 and The Fountain. They were both wonderful, especially in the visual expression.

300 was surprisingly good. The violence was there, and some of it was rather graphic (head being cut off...), but for most part I thought it looked like a dance. I must admit that I can understand that people have reacted when the Persians were concerned. They were rather unfairly portraited, but I reminded myself that it was based on the graphic novel, and they looked rather cartoonish where the bad guys always look a little orcish (they actually did remind me of orcs some of the creatures). But there were some wonderfully funny dialogue like this one (said after alot of fight has been going on):

Xerxes: Persia has much to offer Sparta. We could share much of our cultures with each other.
King Leonidas: Yes, I know, we've been sharing our culture with Persia all morning.

If it hadn't been so beautiful visually, I doubt that even Gerry could have saved it, but watching him and David would have saved it. They made it a good experience for me))) OF COURSE!!! I think I had a rather sheepish smile around my face all through the film. I still love him to pieces...)

Now The Fountain was a quiet different movie. Where 300 was filled with action, the Fountain is one of the most quiet movies I have ever see (except for perhaps the scent of green papaya, or something like that)... It was beautiful, but it is absolutely impossible to even start trying to explain what it was about. One word that comes to find is death. I think everyone has to make up their own mind... This is what the plot outline says on IMDB:

"Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world."

It is worth seeing, absolutely. I think perhaps you would like it. I might come back to it later, but I can't find anything to say about it right now.

Couldn't resist another picture;)