You guessed it
Weekend recap...thrills, chill...um...yeah.
I watched Buffy season 5 dics 2 and Angel season 2 disc 2. All good stuff. Episodes 7 & 8 of Buffy were heavy to say the least and more than a little depressing, it was frustrating to leave off on the last episode knowing I have to wait a week to see what happens. If it keeps up this intensity I'm going to be a wreck before it ends.
Angel is as good as ever and I've particularly enjoyed the filling in of Angel's past. One very cool part of watching both series at the same time is the cross over flash backs that are occurring at the same time. While you get Spike's life story from Buffy you also get the converging story of Angel from his show and at the same time you learn about Darla and Drucilla (one of my favorite characters). It's been very entertaining.
I watched The Virgin Suicides and at first I wasn't sure what to think about the movie. I didn't dislike it, but it hadn't made much of an impression on me either. I felt like I had been entertained, but I hadn't been moved emotionally and I had really anticipated that I would. I mean how can a movie about teenage suicide not be moving is some form or fashion? I felt like I had just watched moving pictures for two hours, albeit moving pictures that had been well done. I was left thinking, "That's it, I must have missed something."
I wrote it off to not being in tune with the film. I hadn't caught whatever symbology or imagery they were trying to portray and decided to move on. The movie, as far as I was concerned, had been too subtle for its own good, or I was just too obtuse to fathom it. As the day wore on though, I kept thinking about it more and more, so I ended up watching it again to see what I'd missed, but ended up with the same conclusion. Weird. I had been sure I would get it on the second go. As there was no commentary, I watched the behind the scenes featurette seeking some insight. Afterwards I understood that I hadn't missed anything. I had in fact gotten it. It was supposed to be that way. Once I had this realization, I decided I had enjoyed the movie a great deal. It's a very "out of the box" movie, or was for me anyway, but it's well done and worth a look-see.
So that was my weekend in a nut-shell. I did go over to a friend's house for the Super Bowl. I hadn't seen Rick since last Super Bowl, so it was good to see him again. He's been going to some Irish music jam sessions at a few of the pubs that happen to be near me, so we'll be getting together again in the near future. He also invited me to attend a pre-Renaissance Faire party he and is wife are planning as a kick off to a weekend at Scarborough Faire. I'm excited about this as I haven't been to faire in a long time, though my garb is all bit worn out or split from an unfortunate Halloween party ping pong accident. But, stuff to look forward too….yay!