Yes, that would be the one - couldn't remember the exact title and didn't want to make an idiot of myself ;) I got to about volume 4 of the series by reading them in various bookshops, standing up as if I were a genuine customer to hide from lurking shop assistants, but this apparently was not helpful for retaining content. I'd love to borrow the series at some point - maybe after exams? Or for one weekend when I do no work whatsoever and read pretty things?
I think, given the genre, the formulaic nature of MirrorMask was understandable. I'm not quite sure how that genre could be flexed and bent, but I had expected Gaiman to find a way. Ho hum.
I will admit that for the Talented Mr Ripley, I had the fast forward and subtitles on - my way of getting through scenes with unpleasantly large amounts of thriller tension. It was not the sort of film I like, which was a bit of a shame really.
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Date: 2007-06-29 02:58 am (UTC)I think, given the genre, the formulaic nature of MirrorMask was understandable. I'm not quite sure how that genre could be flexed and bent, but I had expected Gaiman to find a way. Ho hum.
I will admit that for the Talented Mr Ripley, I had the fast forward and subtitles on - my way of getting through scenes with unpleasantly large amounts of thriller tension. It was not the sort of film I like, which was a bit of a shame really.