Inkheart

[ayascythe]

I've seen the movie today and it made me happy in my heart. I probably repeat myself, but I lovelovelove stories about books and their power. I mean, it wasn't an exeptionally great movie, but it was lovely. And, as usual, Paul Bettany managed to steal everyone's show and also my heart. I probably loved the movie just for him, because oh. Dustfinger. *swoons*

Has anyone read the books? Are they good? Better? Worse?

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[sweetestremedy.livejournal.com]

Ok, so... I just saw this one fandomsecret about the movie and WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME JUST HOW GORGEOUS PAUL BETTANY LOOKS IN THIS FILM?

Err, sorry, I mean, I should probably go and watch it. I faintly remember reading the first book but don't really recall much, sadly.

(Also, as for books with characters coming alive, people travelling into books and all that, have you read any of Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next novels? It's slightly weirder than Inkheart but it's got tons of literary allusions and all that and I thought you might like the novels.)

[ayascythe.livejournal.com]

WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME JUST HOW GORGEOUS PAUL BETTANY LOOKS IN THIS FILM?
BECAUSE HE ALWAYS DOES, THAT'S WHY. :D No, seriously, I don't even like longer hair but he pulls it off so well and then there's that scene where he's doing firetricks half-naked ... I kind of zoned out just by looking at it.

So, yes, you should watch it! It's not exactly a masterpiece, but it's lovely, if you can look at it with your inner child and BOOKS and MAGIC and well, Paul Bettany.

have you read any of Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next novels?
I haven't heard of them before but the premise sounds great! *puts it immediately on her Amazon wishlist*

[sweetestremedy.livejournal.com]

God, no, the hairlength is perfect. Makes him look like... Aragorn, only cleaner.
That scene was one of the first things I came across when I searched for the film on youtube. Yeah, that's quite something...

I lovelovelove those books. See, they play in a world where books have roughly the value of pop culture (Richard III as the Rocky Horror Picture Show!), major sports events (brawls breaking out between supporters of certain authors!) and religion (people walking from door to door who'd like to talk to you about Shakespeare!) added together. I could borrow you the first one, if you'd like (the others, too, but I'm just rereading them myself ^^)

[ayascythe.livejournal.com]

Sounds just like the kind of books I love. :D I'd love to try them out and I wouldn't mind just starting with the first one - I have so many other books to read that I'd certainly need some time to finish it. ;)