Bleak House

[ringsandcoffee]

Nearly a year and a half after listening to the audio book, and more than a year after buying the dvd, I'm finally watching Bleak House. Quite good, quite good. True to Dickens' style, there's a character so annoying I want to smack him.

Good thing I'm on break; I may end up watching the rest of it tomorrow all in one sitting.

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[holbytla.livejournal.com]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Is that too much? I'm just very excited.

Who do you want to smack down?

I need to watch/read that again too.
Love me some Eugene Wrayburn ♥

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

Ha ha ha at first it was just Guppy, but later I added Tulkinghorn, and the guy that gets carried around, and Skimpole, and kinda Richard too. Tulkinghorn is just mean, the rest are irritating as characters. I have the last disc to watch. My mom and sister are visiting, so I didn't get a chance to watch it yet.

[holbytla.livejournal.com]

omg. Take away all my books and movies. I mixed up Bleak House and Our Mutual Friend! *hides*

I can't believe it.

I shall diminish and go into the West.
lol

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

I thoguht maybe you had gotten mixed up; I couldn't remember whether you'd seen BH before, but I know you love Eugene from OMF. <3

Spare cash (present from mom) burns a hole in my pocket so I bought Wives and Daughters today. I almost bought OMF as it was only $15, I swear it used to be more expensive. However, I thought there was maybe a newer version, even after recognizing your beloved Eugene on the cover. I was wrong...and now I'm geeking out because the female lead is Keely Hawes, aka Mrs. McFadyen!

/dork

You cannot go into the west! Although, there are lots of pretty elves there. Hmm, maybe I'll join you.

[holbytla.livejournal.com]

I haven't finished Wives and Daughters. You've seen it before, right? I guess I should...

Keely Hawes is the real Mrs. MacFadyen?!? Or character-wise? Last time I heard he was dating someone who he has a kid with or something.

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

I have to say this before I forget again: I heard the She&Him song at Gap last week, the one you posted the video of. I was all excited to recognize it.

W&D I audobooked/read in December. The movie preview is on a few other dvds I have, and from the clip I actually didn't want to see it. After I read it, I understood what's happening in the clip. Plus, I really did love the book. Oh, and Mr. Collins ('05) is one of the main characters.

Yes, Keely is married to Matthew. I was looking up Little Dorrit pics and saw one of her bringing their 2 kids to the set, then looked her up on imdb. For some reason I thought Matthew was single. She had been married before, and has a son from that marriage.

[holbytla.livejournal.com]

Aw, how fun! I probably wouldn't have been able to resist doing the video dance or something.

Interesting you liked the book. I'll wait for your movie review to rent it ;)

What a shocker! P&P was my first period drama I really liked and paid attention to in a fandom way so at the time I hadn't seen OMF. I guess when I read about his girlfriend I didn't file away the name. That's crazy. I'm glad you mentioned it.