OMG I am so excited !!! And from what I hear, it got rave reviews at Sundance! I am a HUGE fan of Before Sunrise and Before Sunset... HUGE! I backpacked around Europe post college and kind of wished I could have found a beautiful traveler to spark up a little romance. Sadly, it was not in the cards for me... but there's still time, right?
Have you seen Les Miserables the Movie yet? I finally made my way to the theater tonight and WOW, WOW, WOW! That was just outstanding! The actors were amazing (well didn't loooove Russell Crow), voices amazing, set design amazing. Everything. Amazing! It's so true to the theater production that I wanted to stand up and clap after the first act. I felt like I was seeing the most amazing theater production, really. Cannot say how much I loved this movie!
Finally watched The King's Speech over the weekend. It's not my typical movie genre, but I did enjoy the performances of Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush - really incredible! Colin Firth with that stammer was so hard to watch - I cannot imagine how that might mess with your brain, playing a role like that.
Why do speech impediments make us so uncomfortable? For me I think it's just hard to watch the struggle to get the word out - you know it's in there, but why won't it come out? I met a guy at a meeting once who managed his stammer beautifully. It was hardly noticeable, but every now and then you would see a hesitation and then he would change the word. I was kind of amazed at how well he was able to calmly and quickly pause and swap words - it's like having a thesaurus look up on call at all times. Brilliant really.