{ I feel like I'm loving you in 1963 }

[delga]

So, after all that fuss, it took me just over an hour to read all of A Man of Feeling. A disasterously depressing book that at least was interesting. Lots of people cry. Huzzah for sensibility? Who knows. It's done now and the class is the last one I'll have before Easter break so it should be good. As much as I'm irritated by the lit. hist. course (the majority fo the reading list is awful, the lectures are poorly organised and the exam is going to be a farce), I actually really enjoy the seminar groups. They're a good length and the discussions that come from them are always interesting.

Tomorrow I have to go in for the three seminars I'm scheduled for. Crit. theory first (Derrida! CT is awesome) which is an hour and forty minutes and always really interesting. I'm going to skim over the rest of the de Man before the class so the discussion should be really good. Then I'm going to walk into Portswood to buy a Mother's Day card (I almost forgot) and take out some money - the six of us who are going to be housed together next year decided we should go out together so we're going bowling! Should be awesome; all the girls are really nice. Anyway, after Portswood I'll prep for LTC2 and then go to my last two classes. AND THEN IT IS EASTER BREAK HUZZAH!

That being said, I have to timetable my break to get my work done. I'm determined to read Evelina properly (and I've yet to buy Zofloya because we weren't sure it was going to be on the course). I need to allot time for reading, for exam research (yeah, I know) and to my CT presentation write-up. If I am disciplined enough, I'll do the write-up on Sunday but I really doubt that's going to happen. I also need to make sure the rents transfer some of my money so that there's enough in my bank for the second installment of the house deposit.

Hmm. That sounds like less work. Oh. Need to buy a train ticket at some time, too, and figure out when The Sister finishes school this term.

Oh! So, we went to see Miss Saigon at the Mayflower last night. It was a lovely production; I love the songs from Saigon anyway, and I know the history (Vietnam, Madam Butterfly, Puccini...) so this was a treat. The scenary was amazing! And there was this ribbon dance at the beginning of the second act that made me clap excitedly; wliberation, you should have heard the drums. It was fabulous. I was a little dispppointed with the cast because their voices weren't always carrying and that's a shame. As ever, I prefered the character of Ellen to Kim (I always have), but this time around, the performer was simply better. Her voice was wonderful. The performer who played Kim got better as the night went on; the little kid who was playing Tam was so adorable! Altogether, it was an enjoyable production. Certainly not the best but I wouldn't scorn it for that; it's obviously a tour performance one it's fifth cast ring. A great night.

Today The Flatmate and I went to see Syriana and now that I've had five hours to think about it, I understand it a lot more. I can see why Clooney got the Oscar, his performance was amazing. And there were so many people in it! Jamey Sheridan, for one; and Alexander Siddig! For once I wasn't put off by Matt Damon, either. I didn't have much chance to pay attention to the direction because the plot required a hell of a lot of attention and the theatre was freaking cold (some heating problems). You definitely left the theatre trying to figire out how to put the pieces together. I found the first half of the movie very difficult because there are all these disparate elements and whilst I know the basic pro/con debate over the oil industry, I'm not intimately acquainted with it so I was struggling with elements of the plot. It's the kind of movie that I need to see again but I'd have to watch it in the cinema: that's the only way I'd sit through it again.

Don't get me wrong: when the parts finally come together, when you finally make sense of it, it's a brilliant movie. But it feels long, too, and you don't get a chance to question what it's telling you at an appropriate pace. Some of it is just heartbreaking. I do reccommend it; but I also reccommend a high dose of caffeine before you go in - you'll need it.

Other films I have yet to see, bloody hell:

+ Munich

+ Good Night & Good Luck

+ Transamerica

+ Rent

+ Capote

There are more but these are the main ones. Also, in a fortnight The Vagina Monologues will be on stage at The Mayflower. Alas, I am a poor student and thus will probably not go. But how awesome?!

OK, I promised people I would reply to emails tonight so it's off to that now. Hope the flist is still breathing. I will be a better commenter as soon as tomorrow is finished.

Comments

[och-aye-85.livejournal.com]

Munich

I wouldn't see that one I was bored to tears. :os

[crouchingmajor.livejournal.com]

Hehe I'm at home already! You're not coming home for ages are you? My friend said Capote and Good Night and Good Luck are both really good, but she wasn't impressed by Munich