Broccoli would be better if it were made of meat and slathered with BBQ sauce

[vovat]

bethje and I watched Trainspotting last night. She'd seen it before, but I hadn't. I'm not sure what I thought of it, because it wasn't much like any other movie I've seen. I will say that Scottish accents seem to be custom-made for being pissed off. I guess Belle and Sebastian prove that you can use that accent without sounding that way, though. {g} Oh, also, isn't the age of consent in the United Kingdom 16 or something? So just how young was that underage girl supposed to be?

On a mailing list I'm on, someone posted links to two reviews of a pre-release screening of the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire movie. I always find it a little odd when someone complains that people who haven't read the books won't get the movies, I guess because I expect pretty much everyone who's watching the movies to have read the books. I'm sure there are exceptions, like when a non-book-reader is dragged to the movie by someone who IS a book fan, or (as in the case of the people who posted these reviews) if they don't actually know what they're seeing ahead of time. I don't think reading a book should always be a prerequisite to seeing a film based on it. Hell, I've seen two movies in the past week that are based on books I haven't read and probably never will read. Harry Potter kind of strikes me a special case, but maybe that's just because most people I know have either read the books before seeing the movies, or else are uninterested in the whole thing and haven't done either. I guess my point is that I don't think a movie that assumes knowledge of the book is a bad thing, although maybe it should be advertised as such.

Have I already talked about how ridiculous it is when people make a huge deal out of borders and immigration? I mean, aren't all these borders pretty arbitrarily defined in the first place? I'm certainly not saying that anyone should be allowed into any country at any time, but I have to wonder about people thinking more restrictions on immigration and border crossing would result in a significant reduction in terrorist activity. Yes, if someone is actually trying to bring bombs across a national border, or has a known criminal record, that's one thing. But don't most terrorists (and other criminals, for that matter) manage to perpetrate their horrific actions by NOT arousing suspicion? I have a disturbing feeling that a lot of the people who want tighter restrictions on immigration actually want what amounts to racial profiling.

Finally, I saw this in rockinlibrarian's journal, and I might as well go ahead and try it, even though I'm sure I won't be able to come up with answers for many of them (and that's assuming anyone will even reply).

1. Reply with your name and I will write something about you.
2. I will then tell what song/movie reminds me of you.
3. If you were a fruit you'd be...
4. I will say something that only makes sense to you and me.
5. I will tell you my first memory of you.
6. I will tell you what animal you remind me of.
7. I'll then tell you something that I've always wondered about you.
8. Put this in your journal.

Comments

[majellen.livejournal.com]

Sure! If you want a challenge, try me!
(seeing that you don't even know me, this could be a REAL challenge.)

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Well, I COULD just give random answers, or ones based on your username, but it might be a little easier if you'd tell me a little bit about yourself.

[majellen.livejournal.com]

Here's a hint. Read the bio/journal of Limejellogirl.

What do you want to know?

[vovat.livejournal.com]

1. It looks like you were at IUP at the same time I was.
2. I think I'll have to abstain from this one, unfortunately. Unless you just want me to assign you a song at random.
3. A lime
4. N/A
5. Your replying to this post. {g} (Okay, I actually think I've seen your replies on rockinlibrarian's journal, but that's not as funny.)
6. I don't know. I suck at this question.
7. When did you start reading my journal?

[majellen.livejournal.com]

1. Really? That's cool.
2. LOL - what WOULD you pick for me randomly?
7. About 2 weeks ago. I think I saw you in rockinlibrarian's journal and thought you were amusing. :)

[vovat.livejournal.com]

1. Yeah, Amy and I were in the same class.
2. Well, going by your screen name, I might go with "Generals And Majors," by XTC.
7. That's cool.

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

5. Your replying to this post.

This reminds me of a friend of mine who does this thing where she'll, like, see you sitting there eating a banana and will say "Remember that time when you were sitting there eating a banana?" Anyway....