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randy_byersStill sick, but my mood is a lot better today after sleeping for much of yesterday. Feeling like the anti-Thomas Covenant; i.e., unclenched.
The only movie I ended up watching yesterday was Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, which was on TV. Despite the commercials, it was just the kind of braindead spectacle that I needed in my braindead state. Still think Jack Sparrow is one of Depp's best roles, and I love the production design of these movies too (by Rich Heinrichs, who has an interesting filmography that includes Fargo and The Big Lebowski as well as another Depp film, Sleepy Hollow.) One thing I noticed this time is that the film ends with both Jack Sparrow and Barbossa looking for the Fountain of Youth, so it would appear that the idea of adapting Tim Powers' On Stranger Tides was already in their minds. Or maybe somebody warned them about the book after they started going down this road, although it has always seemed to me that the first movie owed a lot to Powers' book to begin with.
I started coughing at the end of the day, but it hasn't gotten too bad yet. Staying home to see if more sleep will get me through the worst of this.
The only movie I ended up watching yesterday was Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, which was on TV. Despite the commercials, it was just the kind of braindead spectacle that I needed in my braindead state. Still think Jack Sparrow is one of Depp's best roles, and I love the production design of these movies too (by Rich Heinrichs, who has an interesting filmography that includes Fargo and The Big Lebowski as well as another Depp film, Sleepy Hollow.) One thing I noticed this time is that the film ends with both Jack Sparrow and Barbossa looking for the Fountain of Youth, so it would appear that the idea of adapting Tim Powers' On Stranger Tides was already in their minds. Or maybe somebody warned them about the book after they started going down this road, although it has always seemed to me that the first movie owed a lot to Powers' book to begin with.
I started coughing at the end of the day, but it hasn't gotten too bad yet. Staying home to see if more sleep will get me through the worst of this.
