stars in my eyes

well it's been interesting the last few days. my fabulous roommate invited me to a screening of the new film, batman begins on the lot. unfortunately the line was huge and we had to go into the overflow theater (not nearly as nice at the regular wb theater), but we got pretty decent seats just the same (thanks, keith!). i enjoyed the film quite a bit, even though it didn't really turn out the way i expected. as we know, the last few batman films spiraled into a horrible quagmire (wow- big word) and became a caricature of the orginal batman comics and movies with its cartoonish theatricality and limited plot. this one, directed by chris nolan, was a lot better because it sort of made sense of that dramatic sensibility of the whole bat suit and gave it a purpose. it was darker and grittier and closer to the first two films but i think it could have gone a little darker. batman was a teeny bit too goody gumdrops for me, even with his dark past. and the scarecrow character was definitely not as menacing as i think he could have been. i am a big fan of cillian murphy (who plays the scarecrow and was in 28 days later), but his character just wasn't that well developed or utilized, i think. he actually came off as a bit silly. (for a good batman read, try the long halloween). also, i did not think that batman and katie holmes had much chemistry at all and nothing beats michelle pfieffer and michael keaton. but christian bale (love you in american psycho) was a very convincing batman and morgan freeman and gary oldman make this movie a must see and buy for me. oh and michael caine was excellent as alfred!

afterwards we kind of wandering into the rent set to see if we could catch them filming some of the night scenes. now i have never seen rent but it's my roomie's favorite musical. they're making it into a movie with almost all of the original cast. we were lucky to catch them preparing to film, so we only had to wait like half an hour or maybe 45 minutes (contrary to popular belief, movies aren't really magic. they take a long time with lots of prep and people just gotta sit around for a long time or do other stuff before you actually get to shoot any film). finally the actors came out and got in place of their stand-ins and shot the opening song of rent. we got to see rosario dawson, anthony rapp, the guy who plays angel, jesse l martin and chris columbus (who's a lot younger than i thought). living in la, i don't really get starstruck and i hate to make a big deal out of anything, but i really love being on set and seeing the whole process of it. i think i'd really like to try more production work one day. so we stayed for a couple of takes but then headed home cause i was tired and still a bit queasy from earlier in the week, but it was tons of fun.

then tonight i watched most of the mtv movie awards. i feel like i already knew what was going to happen cause two people from my work got to go, and they told me all about it. SPOILERS (don't read if you want to watch the awards and be surprised) my fave moments include dustin hoffman's speech, jimmy fallon (so cute!) and sandra bullock and jimmy fallon's little skit. and i love that rachel mcadams and ryan gosling won for best kiss. i don't usually like sappy movies but i got passes to the notebook when it came out and took all of my girlfriends. i LOVED it and am not ashamed to say so, but i do not cry at movies. it's just not in me, but everyone else did, so be warned. it's just the right amount of sap for me, and i love that sort of relationship where the two characters argue a lot but fall in love. and they did the cutest little fake out/make out when they won. END SPOILERS

(note- man i've used the word "love" a lot in this post. i must be in a good mood)

i am super glad that tomorrow is friday, though. it's been a really long, busy week at work. i like it a lot but i could use a breather. oh and my friend jana just got engaged last week. scary (that everyone's gettin hitched) but so happy for her. and her birthday is this monday so hopefully we will be able to hang out and sunday and she can show my her rock. yay jana and kevin!

oh knitting- not much going on there. i am working on the front of the chevron tank. i finished a few inches tonight watching the awards, but nothing good enough to show. still not sure what i am gonna do about not having enough yarn for the straps but i'll just think about that later. i did receive some nice fiber awhile back in a trade.




not sure what to do with it but it sure is pretty. hope you all have a great weekend. i'll try to get something done so i can show it to you on monday. :)