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Nov. 2nd, 2009 01:39 amBy the way, in case you hadn't heard (I haven't seen it pop up on my flist yet), the next Doctor Who special is airing November fifteenth. YAY. 'Sabout time.
Speaking of which, I ended up going with the Eccleston/Winslet movie + SparkNotes plan in re: Jude the Obscure. I also read bits of the book, but it's written in that very special Victorian melodrama style that I have less and less tolerance for as I become old and crotchety. The movie was all right (though I'm glad I went with the SparkNotes for backup, because damn, did it screw up the ending), but I found young Christopher Eccleston (the movie is from 1994) distractingly adorable. Which helped immensely in getting my sympathy for Jude, but wasn't so great when I was supposed to be following the plot but couldn't stop thinking "OMG HE IS TINY AND CUTE."
Amusing bonus: David Tennant has a small role as the guy who goads Jude into reciting the Whatever I'm Tired And Don't Feel Like Looking It Up in Latin in a pub. I'm sad that I already knew that from scanning the Wiki entry on the movie, because that would have been a fun surprise.
Speaking of which, I ended up going with the Eccleston/Winslet movie + SparkNotes plan in re: Jude the Obscure. I also read bits of the book, but it's written in that very special Victorian melodrama style that I have less and less tolerance for as I become old and crotchety. The movie was all right (though I'm glad I went with the SparkNotes for backup, because damn, did it screw up the ending), but I found young Christopher Eccleston (the movie is from 1994) distractingly adorable. Which helped immensely in getting my sympathy for Jude, but wasn't so great when I was supposed to be following the plot but couldn't stop thinking "OMG HE IS TINY AND CUTE."
Amusing bonus: David Tennant has a small role as the guy who goads Jude into reciting the Whatever I'm Tired And Don't Feel Like Looking It Up in Latin in a pub. I'm sad that I already knew that from scanning the Wiki entry on the movie, because that would have been a fun surprise.