poll: romance books/movies

Congratulations to Bryan and Elizabeth! Their baby's due next March.

I saw Possession with Allison and Jodi last night at Sheppard Centre. I liked it; I'm such a sucker for romance, especially romance in the face of adversity. Really liked Jennifer Ehle, who played Christabel LaMotte. Allison and Jodi said she was also very good in A&E's version of "Pride & Prejudice". I've really got to rent P&P someday; I've heard so many women say how much they liked it.

I think I was turned off Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice because of an attempt to make us read the book in Grade Six or Seven. We all hated it, so the teacher gave up. I've steered relatively clear of reading Austen since then, mostly because of the kneejerk negative reaction I experience whenever I consider or someone suggests reading one of her books. Must get over that. For those interested, by the way, there is a Pride and Prejudice reading project starting up in the Electric Penguin message boards.

My favourite Victorian romance novel is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. Wow, do I ever love that book. I have a battered-looking copy that I picked up in a used bookstore years ago that is even more worn-looking now because of how many times I've read it since. I've seen various movie versions as well as a live musical, but haven't liked any nearly as much as the original book.

Some of my favourite romantic movies:

Romeo & Juliet: version with Olivia Hussey & Leonard Whiting

Casablanca

Singin' in the Rain: mostly because of the last major scene

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: heartbreaking

The Princess Bride

Braveheart: hey, Mel carried around that handkerchief forever!

Sleepless In Seattle

Ladyhawke

Pretty Woman: stop gagging, Andy!

Roman Holiday

The Truth About Cats And Dogs

Truly, Madly, Deeply: I liked Ghost, too, but enjoyed this much more

The Sound of Music

Somewhere In Time

Hm. I know I'm missing some; I'll think of more later.

Don't forget to check out Fillmore tomorrow, a new Disney cartoon for which Rand and Adam wrote the theme music! Jeff and I will be at the cottage, but Allison has kindly agreed to tape it for me (thanks, Allison!). According to the announcement on the Ookla message board, Fillmore debuts on Saturday, September 14 at 9:00 AM on ABC.

Poll: What are your favourite romance books/movies?

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Links/News:

There's going to be a webcam on the STS-112 space shuttle mission that launches on Oct. 2nd. (Spaceref.com)

Back to the Starship Enterprise, as the Franchise Goes Where It's Gone Before (New York Times) **Don't read this if you don't want any hint of plot spoilers for Nemesis, the new Star Trek movie.

Someone's got hold of the extended script for Fellowship of the Ring (remember the extra 30 minutes footage that will be included in the Special Edition DVD released in November?). Here's the review, which has ***MAJOR PLOT SPOILER WARNINGS***.

Thanks to the TheOneRing.net for mentioning my Hobbit/LOTR Revisited personal reading project.

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Today's Blatherpic:

	Ultrasound picture taken yesterday of Bryan's and Elizabeth's unborn child.
	Martin Short as Jiminy Glick, being interviewed in front of our building last night. I took this picture as I passed by on the way home. Lots of star-types in our area these days because of the Toronto Film Festival. Jeff said Denzel Washington was across the street earlier in the evening.