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May 17, 2005
And now for some fluff!
It's not quite 9 am. I haven't had any coffee, and I've already done far too much pre-caffeine thinking this morning.
The kiddos have been studying the War of 1812 and Napoleon via "Story of the World." Well, what is that but the perfect excuse to get out the Hornblower DVDs? That's a fine week of family viewing, that is. After watching it this time, I have decided that the award of "Best Sea Captain in any Cinematic Work" goes to Robert Lindsay's Sir Edward Pellew. Lindsay does such a fabulous job in that role that I'm dying to see him in anything else. Luckily he just happens to have played Benedick in "Much Ado About Nothing" (a favorite); it is available on DVD and I am waiting for the ILL to come in.
Speaking of movies, a couple of weeks ago we watched "2001: A Space Odyssey."
You remember "2001," don't you? It's long. It's quiet. It's full of classical music and stretches of silence, or silence and breathing. It's not exactly action-packed. It's gorgeous, and it's slow. And my 7 and 9 year old boys watched the whole thing.
When it was over, they asked if there was a sequel.
My boys are cool.
Posted by lynx at May 17, 2005 8:53 AM
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Sadly, they are probaby cooler than me. I still haven't seen "2001". I tried watching it in the not too distant past, and only watched a few minutes before giving up. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood, but absolutely nothing was really happening at the start!
Oh well, while I'm confessing, I haven't seen "Close Encounters" either.
So did you tell them there was indeed a sequel?
Posted by: Brian at May 17, 2005 12:46 PM
And they didn't go to sleep? Wow!
I love 2001. It's an amazing movie. It does make me drowsy from time-to-time, but it's still gorgeous.
And, yes, Lindsay does do a great job - and here I thought I just had a name bias :)
Posted by: Mark L at May 17, 2005 1:43 PM