Watch out for Anthony Hopkins' phallus!

[thebitterguy]

Oh, yeah: Cynra & I went to take in Beowulf on the weekend. Interesting film. Well rendered, and the dialogue had that "please have this read by start of class on Monday" vibe to it.

I think I like the live version they did in Iceland a few years back better, if only because that had more pissing in it, and less CG nudity. I'm also glad they didn't try to do the accents in either of them, because I'm pretty sure everyone would end up sounding like the Swedish Chef. Which, admittedly, would be a hilarious video.

I'm deciding that since we can now edit comments, I now hate the fact we can't edit poll info. Admittedly, that's a good thing, but I'm too lazy to edit the poll questions before posting them.

Meh.

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[indefatigable42.livejournal.com]

It's like orchestral music in any movie that takes place before 1900 or so, as if it's the only kind of 'old fashioned' music there is.

Or, to look at it from the other side, everyone complained about the 'anachronistic' pop/rock soundtrack in that silly Heath Ledger movie about knights, but your typical orchestral score would have been only slightly closer to the right time period in terms of the instruments used.

[deven-science.livejournal.com]

I actually liked A Knight's Tale, but your point is valid, I suppose. People see orchestrated music as timeless. I was watching movie recently, that effectively used some Arabic music, but for the life of me, I can't remember which movie.