Yay movies! :)

So our belated Christmas movies arrived yesterday, though Jerome insisted on telling me it was a surprise, even when I guessed correctly.

I say belated Christmas movies because it used to be that every Christmas, I came home with a stack of movies. We all know that summer movies are generally marketed for a DVD release just in time for Christmas anyway, so it always made sense. At any rate, even though I was fairly sure that I wouldn't be getting movies for Christmas this year, I still held off and waited to buy until after the holidays. There was also a hope that there would be an Amazon gift certificate somewhere in our Christmas haul. (There was, though Jerome used it for books instead. We used my Border's gift card to knock the price down a bit on the movies.) :)

So we got Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, 28 Weeks Later, Transformers, and Stardust. I watched the last of these last night, and it was still as wonderful and magical as it was in the theater. Jerome watched Transformers as soon as he opened the box, and 28 Weeks Later around the time I went to bed last night. I'm watching Pirates when I get home from work today. :) I also took a bit of time last night to rearrange our movies, so that the stack of new movies (which went back several months) could be added to the collection, which is, of course, in alphabetical order. Cuz I'm OCD like that. :)

One of these days, I need to go on IMDB and look through the movies scheduled to come out this year, so that I can plan my movie viewing schedule. I saw a preview for the Spiderwick Chronicles movie on the Stardust DVD last night, and it looks neat. And the boy from the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (and like 12 other movies, I think) is in it. :)

So we went and saw "Stardust" last night. For those who don't know, this movie is based off of a book by Neil Gaiman. I'm a huge Neil Gaiman fan, but this book is definitely one of my favorites, because it's a fairy tale. In fact, when Neil Gaiman was describing this movie at Comic Con, he compared it to "The Princess Bride." If anyone is still surprised that I like it, they should probably reexamine what it is they think they know about me. :)

Unsurprisingly, I loved the movie. True, there were a few parts that bothered me a little bit, but that's because they weren't completely true to the book. If, however, I had not read the book before, I know I would have completely and utterly loved this movie. Sadly, most of my disappointment stemmed from the fact that they left out my favorite line in the entire book, and that it really seemed like they rushed through a lot of bits to get to the "good parts." And one of those "good parts" was something that totally was NOT in the book.

But I can't complain, because I loved the steampunk pirates with their airship SOOOO much! (I looked it up last night, and the pirates are in the actual book for all of 5 pages, and they're nothing like they are in the movie.) I really can't wait for this movie to come out on DVD, because I will then watch the pirate part frame by frame to find all of the beautiful details that I missed the first time.

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In other news, I get to go see Abney Park tonight, which will be awesome. Sadly, Jerome does not get to come with me (both because he works late and can't get into the place where they're playing), but I think I'll have a pretty good time anyhow. I will probably end up working the merch booth with their new merch boy/cabin boy, Qais (that's pronounced "case," if you were wondering).
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