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[quizcustodiet]

Have been home for the weekend - as ever, my mother bought an enormous amount of food 'just for me'. Now, many of you know my appetite, but this is far beyond even my capacity for a mere 6 meals. Never mind - she's already plotting which bits of it to send back to Oxford with me, and it's all lovely.

We went to see The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, which was really very fun. I am somewhat amazed that it did so well at the US box office, given that it seemed to me very British in humor and style. I guess maybe it just seemed quaintly amusing to many in the US?

Have also (not least on the 3 hour bus-ride here!) been reading Knife of Dreams, the latest in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. For those who are dubious: things have started to happen again! Finally. If anything, the pendulum has swung slightly too far the other way, with too much happening for everything to be properly explained. borogrove will be delighted to hear that Aisling Sedai of the Green Ajah is mentioned in passing - alas, no Aliana Sedai that I noticed.

Ooh, plug - any of you who haven't yet read them should have a look at Cleolinda Jones' Movies in 15 Minutes, short summary/pastiches of popular films. I particularly liked Troy and The Phantom of the Opera! If you like those, she's just had a book of them published, covering the top 10 movies of all time. Those in Europe can find it on play.com for about six quid; from the US, I'm afraid it'll have to be the more expensive amazon.co.uk. Thanks go to her for the icon attached to this post, which henceforth will be attached to posts rich in computer-based geekery.

Comments

[wychwood]

I was just admiring your icon! :)

re: Wallace & Gromit: It may be that a lot of people find it quaint, but there are a lot of State-siders who are big fans of what I believe they call "Britcoms" :) Not to mention how many of my friends love Monty Python. So clearly there's an audience that does appreciate British humour :)

[rachuk.livejournal.com]

I got Knife of dreams the day it came out and promptly read the whole book in two evenings. The Elayne scenes still annoy me and I want to get a big hammer and thwack Perrin but the whole plot moving stuff was great plus all the fantabulous Mat scenes!

I got the M15M book as well though I've only read it through once and I didn't find them as funny as the ones she usually posts in livejournal.. I think the ones in the book got polished a bit too much.

[quizcustodet.livejournal.com]

You might be right re: M15M. I found in the whole book there were lots of lines that made me smile but only three or four things that prompted me to laugh out loud. Some of it may just be the ooncentration, though: it's a very particular style of humor, and maybe 10+ films at a go is an overdose?

Still haven't finished KoD, but definitely enjoying it. Re: Elayne, yes, I think the 600th repetition of 'I'm frustrated with being pregnant. Oh, and I have mood swings!' was a bit tedious. Which is a shame, since that happened in the second Elayne chapter. ;) Also think RJ may be just a little too much in love with Egwene for her to be credible, but her scenes are still damn cool.

[rachuk.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Egwene finally becomes damn cool again in this book!

True about the m15m, I kinda dashed through reading it. Maybe I'll try re-reading one at a time.

[borogove.livejournal.com]

Yay! I really like the fact that she is Green, a very suitable color indeed(Green Rider to Green Ajah ;)).

I probably won't be able to read this or A Feast of Crows until Christmas, but I have heard some relatively positive things about it. Maybe RJ has gotten his groove back?

[rachuk.livejournal.com]

If Aisling of the Green Ajah bonds a warder called Sielth then it's time to wonder why RJ took so long to write the books. Maybe he's been Mushing. :D

[darcydodo]

I am somewhat amazed that it did so well at the US box office, given that it seemed to me very British in humor and style. I guess maybe it just seemed quaintly amusing to many in the US?

Well, I obviously have no reading on that side of things, since I'm going to react along the same lines as you, but I did watch the original Wallace & Grommit episodes when I was young. Shown by a British woman, yes, but the various people I went to see the film with had also seen the originals at some point. And I think if you've seen the originals, this is going to be funny no matter what. But I'm just guessing.