Famous Literature Turned Movies

Henriette: The man of parts.
Giacomo Casanova: Many parts.
Henriette: Is that how you win over the ladies? Cheap innuendo?
Giacomo Casanova: No, you just make all my best lines rubbish.
-Casanova (Masterpiece Theatre)

Yesterday I slept in by about three hours. Then I took a nap later in the day. I’m still tired. Ugh. That’s what happens when I’m scheduled at the bar both Friday and Saturday from 5:00-2:00. I’m not sure how much of it is due to working until the wee hours of the morning, and how much of it is being on my feet the whole time, walking back and forth from tables to the bar, but it makes me very exhausted. It definitely didn’t help that on Friday I was awake and at the dentist’s office by 9:00 a.m. (the good news there is they fixed my cracked tooth for free).

I can’t wait until tomorrow, when I have a whole day to myself (in theory, anyhow) and I can be a bum. Yesterday was somewhat like that, but since I slept until noon and then Keith came over a few hours after, I didn’t have much free, by myself, time. Of course, tomorrow I really should do laundry, but I might have to procrastinate that, we’ll see.

Movie Review: Beowulf and Grendel. A far cry from the staleness of the original saga as read in my Brit. Lit I class a few semesters ago, the movie makes the famous characters 3-D instead of 2-D. It also throws in some humor. I love many of King Hrothgar’s lines. While there are a few scenes at the beginning that probably could/should have been cut, the storytelling is pretty tight overall. Awesome scenery, costuming, etc. Gotta love the attention to detail with the helmets.

Movie Review: Casanova. After seeing this version of Casanova on PBS, and assuming it’s fairly accurate to the original tale, I’m at a loss for wondering what the heck the Heath Ledger version will do. I have to say, though, that I really like David Tennant’s portrayal (and Peter O’Toole’s) so Heath Ledger will have to work to overcome my bias – never thought I’d say that about him. Think about it, what kind of man could really pull of being one of the world’s most famous lovers? Where Ledger has the looks part nailed, Tennant’s performance was extremely endearing and you can’t help but like him. Although it's rather hilarious how these "venetians" have british accents and use british terms. Anyway, I’ll have to see them both before I can really start comparing. The Ledger version is at the top of my Netflix list, so it won’t be long.