Toads And Such Like...

Well, I did have all intentions of continuing my mammoth trek through the mountains of Workaholia today, but Phil serupticiously manages to keep me away from the computer for most of the morning by filling the time with a trip to the super market and such like, and we also go to the cinema to watch The Brothers Grimm.

I'm pretty sure most of you are familiar with the Grimm tales, and the film nicely wraps them all up in celluloid, but I can't help wondering if the individual tales would be just as good at creating a similarly feature film as The Brothers Grimm in their own right (and not necessarily under the guise of cartoons and the happy endings that most of us are familiar with). The film includes aspects from Snow White, Rapunzel, Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood and the Princess and the Pea to name just a few, and although a little long, I enjoyed it.

Back home and we watch another film, this time Kingdom of Heaven, which is very Ridley-Scott-esque as expected. I dunno, I just get the feeling that all his films are following a far to familiar path - you know. Bloke scorned and sworn to a vendetta, throw in a love interest and some big CGI horse battles etc... you get the picture.

This evening we do very little apart from having club sandwiches for tea, and I also spot a toad on the patio so we get some pictures of it.

Posted by Abi on the November 6, 2005 9:49 PM