Monday 22 March 2010

"Hello, Oompa Loompas of science!"

One good thing about not having an sort of internet (Twitter on my phone does not count, okay?) is that I've been reading quite a lot lately, a pleasure that had been lost between checking e-mails a billion times of day and saving any sort of Sherlock Holmes graphics and Star Trek gifs I can find on Tumblr. Ewan McEwan, I love how you make me drool over your words and Chuck Palahniuk, your brain is a scary yet wonderful place!

Power of concentration, I'm doing it wrong.

I've also managed to run through all the Oscar movies of the year (minus A Single Man because the gods don't want me to bask in the awesomeness that is a Tom Ford/Colin - I love you Mister Darcy - Firth masterpiece) and all the seasons of The Big Bang Theory (Sheldon Cooper, you are insane but I love you).

Surprisingly, my sleeping hours have been slightly chaotic. It's not my fault books get interesting right before bedtime. And it's not my fault they're running Star Trek: The Original Series only at night on tv, I do not have the will to say no to Spock.

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Spare time makes the mind go geekier and geekier apparently and makes me also want to screencap every movie I own. And this post is brought to you just by that!

I watched Nine some time ago and liked it. I didn't love it because it disappointed in certain departments (it lacked cohesiveness and focus, the songs weren't as strong as I was expecting, the characters weren't very into character), because maybe I loved Fellini's 8 1/2 Weeks too much and this "adaptation" just grazed the surface.

But. I am sucker for beautiful images and, like a magpie loves shiny things for their shiny and not their total worth, I fell in love with the visuals of this film. Give me anything resembling Broadway and I melt like a chocolate ice cream in the sun.


Enjoy the beautiful photos and hopefully next time I'll be posting here from my own (my preciousssss....) internet connection and stop stealing it from where I can. Fingers crossed!

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Nine 01

Overture Delle Donne


Nine 02
"Kiss your fevered little brow, Pinch your cheeks till you say ow"
A Call from the Vatican (Penelope Cruz)


Nine 03
"So you little Italian devils, You want to know about love? Saraghina will tell you.
If you want to make a woman happy, you lie on what you’re born with"
Be Italian (Fergie)


Nine 04
"I love the dark handsome guys with their skinny little ties dressing mod looking out of sight
I love to watch them as they cruise with their pointy leather shoes wearing shades in the middle of the nights"
Cinema Italiano (Kate Hudson)


Nine 05
"Now take it right between your thighs, you grabbed for everything, my friend,
but don't you see that in the end there will be nothing left of me?"
Take It All (Marion Cotillard)


Nine 06

Finale

screencaps by me

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Song of the Day:
Florence and the Machine & Dizzy Rascal - You've Got the Love

22 comments:

perfume or poison said...

i looove that soundtrack though the movie was a bit confusing. cinema italiano is such a fun song! :) marion cotillard really impressed me with her acting, i don't watch that many movies so i didn't see her acting before- i'm a disgrace, i know :)
oh but i'm obsessed with big bang theory!! :) :) love love love them!
hope you get your internet back soon, all the best from croatia ;)
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yiqin; said...

Nice collages :)

Ana said...

just discovered your blog, I absolutely love the way you write, I've added you to my reading list.
Just love it, and will come back soon:)

Anonymous said...

that was a beautiful movie.

Anonymous said...

Sometimes it feels good to take a break from technology and go old school with books and such. And Marion Cotillard is stunning in those screencaps. I still haven't seen the movie, and this convinces me I must!

Karoline said...

Great collages! Great movie:)

IKS said...

wonderful photos/collages :) great recommendation for watching...

Anonymous said...

I think I need to see this film. It looks brilliant! Great post xxx

Cat said...

There is nothing wrong with taking a delicous break from technology! In fact, hubby and I just started to add a bit a reading before bed each night...I didn't realize how much I missed it!

Lovely images!

Anonymous said...

wow what can i say..the photos are so amazing! (:

Yaryy.

michelle_ said...

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JESSICA said...

great collages! :)

xx

Miss Holmes said...

great screen grabs!
i'm also a massive fan of the original star trek series!! I have no interest in any of the other ones but the original is just so camp and amazing.


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Di said...

Hey, thanks a bunch for the movie review ... it's very very very useful. Anyway... I'm one of ur silent reader, cheers! :)

Hanna said...

I sometimes secretly wish my internet would go all off so that I could indulge in a good book... Why does all the facebooking and online-movie-watching have to be so addictive? =)

ps I'm planning to visit Romania in a week, so I need some shopping advice from you, I guess.

pps hoping to be back on your blogroll! (I know, I know, I'm very inconsistent with my posts lately)

Margaret said...

awesome!
great blog!
loving the posts
stop by some time xx

Sarah said...

great picture! I have nine but haven't watched it yet- must get round to it soon xx

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i loved the pictures
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Maria@Chicisimo said...

I haven´t watched the movie yet. Probably I will today... Thanks for the idea :)!! xx

Nav said...

i really wanted to watch the movie Nine but never got round to it!!!

your collages and blog are really great, and i love the colour of your hair!!

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