Showing posts with label trolls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trolls. Show all posts

Monday, June 15, 2009

All About Eve

Hadn't seen this one in a long time, so when I came across it at the library I thought I'd give it another try. In retrospect, I won't stay that I wish I hadn't, but I will say that I don't think I'll need to see it again for another couple of decades.

I have a great deal of respect for Bette Davis, but I'm not quite sure why. I've never been crazy about her looks or any of her characters or anything. And she turns in a solid performance here as a self-absorbed star actress, so the movie didn't do anything to change my opinion of her one way or the other. For what it is, though, and for the times in which it was released, I guess the movie remains indestructible, as does Ms. Davis.

Best Part: George Sanders as the self-serving unscrupulous drama critic Addison DeWitt. I've always enjoyed listening to him ever since I first heard him as the voice of Shere Khan in Disney's The Jungle Book. Marilyn Monroe also has a few lines in this show, and--as it was before they made her into Marilyn Monroe(TM)--she looks gorgeous and is fun to watch.

Friday, April 10, 2009

The Sea of Trolls



Young adult fiction. If you enjoy reading about Saxons & Northmen in 793 - and runes, trolls, beserkers, druids, bards, skalds, and frost giants, then you will love this book. I thought it a lot of fun and I've already started the 2nd book of the series, The Land of the Silver Apples.

There's a lot of action, a lot of fantasy and I found it well-written.