In my Father's Den is a new New Zealand movie based on an old Maurice Gee novel. It was very well crafted and well acted. The script was great and the mystery was very hard to guess. I liked the movie a lot but found I wasn't connecting with the characters. It is very unusual for me not to cry when the lead character is crying, I am almost always there with them...swept up and weeping. Not so for this movie.
You should see it all the same. It is a very good NZ movie.
I am getting tired and yesterday I came home via the Kirk's sale and then mooched for the afternoon. I had a nap when I had planned to see Real Man. I am glad I did. This is my holiday after all, and I shouldn't exhaust myself just because I can.
After dinner we went to The Five Obstructions which I enjoyed a lot. It was a real insight into these two film makers. I really liked the films Jorgen came up with too...very well formed. (The premise is the master teaching the pupil. He had to remake the same movie five times, each time with various conditions on it.)
I have finished Ender's Game and am now re-reading Patiently Alice, which you may remember is a young adult's book by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Lee's reading the Sheryll Jordan book I bought the night I met Garth Nix. He isne't complaining about it so I guess it's OK.
Donuts are good, but I should be eating less sugar.
Posted by jenni at July 28, 2004 09:40 AM