I watched Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil last night, starring John Cusack and Kevin Spacey, because I was looking something else up on IMDB.com and was intrigued. My parents own the movie, and they hadn't even opened it yet...it's a good movie, but very weird at times. Kevin Spacey does a great job portraying the eccentricities of Jim Williams, who was a real-life person in Savannah, Georgia. The other characters, including Cusack's John Kelso reporter role, were equally as interesting (and weird). :-p And it was fun to see a younger Michael Rosenbaum portraying a Southern character for a change, a far cry from his severe turn as LexLuthor on Smallville. I highly recommend it if you haven't seen it already. (And it's based on the novel of the same name, so an added bonus there!)

The thing I like about IMDB is that you can find so much information you never realized existed...of course, it's a place you can end up wasting a lot of time if you're not careful. But I was poking around on the site last night, and through a "six degrees of separation" I got to the page for the next Batman movie, to be released next year in July. This is the first Batman movie in all of the films to not have the word "Batman" in the title; the movie is called The Dark Knight. Christian Bale (yum) is returning as Batman, and so are Michael Caine (Alfred) and Gary Oldman (Lt. Gordon). Thankfully, Katie Holmes won't be playing Rachel Dawes in this movie...I didn't really like how she handled that role in Batman Begins, so I'm glad that this time, Maggie Gyllenhaal will get to try it out. Hopefully she will do a more admirable job! Harvey Dent will make an appearance in this movie, played by Aaron Eckhart...this should be interesting...and even more interesting is Heath Ledger playing the Joker. I watched a teaser trailer last night, and hearing Joker's maniacal laugh was enough to give me chills. It just upsets me that people are already making comparisons between how Ledger will portray the Joker versus Jack Nicholson's version...I don't believe comparisons should be drawn...for the intent of releasing Batman Begins and subsequent movies was to have a fresh start to the Batman lore...and in no way relating to the past movies.

You can check out the teaser trailer here.

For all of you lucky souls who got to read Beowulf (and/or Grendel) in senior English, this is for you. The nerdy bookish part of me is excited. :-p

Random...but ickily weird...

Did you know that the actress who plays Moaning Myrtle in Harry Potter is not as young as she looks? All this time I was thinking that she was the same age as the rest of the main cast, but a look at IMDB disproves that...according to her bio, Shirley Henderson is actually 41. Does this make anyone else feel really awkward when remembering the prefects' bath scene in Goblet of Fire? I'm glad I'm not the only one who shudders at that...

"Wobbly bits"

After rewatching Bridget Jones's Diary and Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason, it really makes me want to strive to find someone who can appreciate me for who I am, as well as someone that I feel the same way for--someone who would even love all of my "wobbly bits." The character of Mark Darcy that Colin Firth portrays in these movies is definitely more aloof than my ideal guy, but his love for Bridget despite what she sees as her flaws is most endearing, and something that I hope to have in my own relationship, whenever that may be.

It also makes me realize that I need to get back to England asap, whether to visit and sightsee on a vacation, or for a more permanent arrangement. I miss the culture, the sights, the lifestyle.

Harry Potter and OotP movie

My brother so awesomely treated me to see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix yesterday, and I wasn't disappointed in the movie. It's made me even more anxious to get my hands on DH when it comes out this weekend, so I can finish the series and know what happens to everyone. I highly recommend OotP if you're into Harry Potter, or even if you're not, it's an exciting and wonderful movie. But it helps if you've read the books or seen the other movies...

I loved the casting of Luna and Professor Umbridge in this; my brother and I agreed that they were how we imagined the characters to be from the book's description. And the scene in the Ministry of Magic at the end has you sitting on the edge of your seat wondering how it will play out.

So go see it already! :-D

"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" music

The new song of the moment is the music from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which the website offered a cool little player that I could put in my blog. The picture kept getting cut off, no matter how I tried to edit it, so I put it at the bottom of the page (temporarily) so the whole player can be seen. I hope you like it!

The Golden Compass!!

I saw the preview for this last night before Fantastic Four, and I can honestly say that my excitement for this movie coming out rivals my excitement for the Harry Potter film! :-D