God... I am such a geek
I can't help it really.
This is the first time I have gotten really, and I mean REALLY drunk, comma, in quite a while. I didn't realize, until recently, that Knob Creek whiskey was a product of our nice ol' Kentucky friends over at the Jim Beam distillery. God, I lurv those guys.
Anyway, I'm pretty drunk, and I think it's HILARIOUS to blog when I'm drunk.
So here it goes. I was watching season 1 of Rome. I think it's a great series by HBO. It ranks right up there with Showtime's series "The Tudors". I can't wait til season two of that comes out on DVD.
But now that I've finished the second disc of Rome, I decided to watch, drunk as I am, good ol' Kenneth Brannagh's version of "Henry V". Ah, I have such memories of this play. When I was in grad school, my very good friends and I took a course by one of the most brilliant professors in the field of Shakespearean drama, little ol' Douglas Brooks. We spent weeks developing a scholarly edition of the St. Crispin's Day speech from said play. And so it stands dearly in my heart.
Thus, I popped it into yon DVD player as I am very, VERY drunk on premium whiskey. And thus in such state of veritable bliss, I noticed in passing that the part of "Boy" was played by none other than the very Dark Knight himself. That's right. The man who appeared in Stephen Spielburg's "Empire of the Sun". The inimitable Christian Bale. God. That guy is such a good actor. He couldn't have been more than fourteen or fifteen years old. What I wouldn't give to be in his place. I always dreamed of acting Shakespeare on the stage.
Anyway. I give you now the greatest recommendation that I can of any film adaptation. Check out Branagh's "Henry V". There is simply no play in the world that can be bad if it's got Brian Blessed in it. I dare you not get chills when he looks right in the camera and says: "Bloody CONSTRAINT!!"
I'm gonna go sleep it off now.
Love you all,
MST
Upadate:
Lest we not forget, other great British actors, at least those that I know if. Don't overlook anything with these actors:
Christian Bale
Dereck Jacobi
Brian Blessed
Dame Judy Dench
(okay, she's not in it, but I still also love Maggie Smith (Professor McGonnagle, for the win))
I'm really not looking forward to the hangover tomorrow...
This is the first time I have gotten really, and I mean REALLY drunk, comma, in quite a while. I didn't realize, until recently, that Knob Creek whiskey was a product of our nice ol' Kentucky friends over at the Jim Beam distillery. God, I lurv those guys.
Anyway, I'm pretty drunk, and I think it's HILARIOUS to blog when I'm drunk.
So here it goes. I was watching season 1 of Rome. I think it's a great series by HBO. It ranks right up there with Showtime's series "The Tudors". I can't wait til season two of that comes out on DVD.
But now that I've finished the second disc of Rome, I decided to watch, drunk as I am, good ol' Kenneth Brannagh's version of "Henry V". Ah, I have such memories of this play. When I was in grad school, my very good friends and I took a course by one of the most brilliant professors in the field of Shakespearean drama, little ol' Douglas Brooks. We spent weeks developing a scholarly edition of the St. Crispin's Day speech from said play. And so it stands dearly in my heart.
Thus, I popped it into yon DVD player as I am very, VERY drunk on premium whiskey. And thus in such state of veritable bliss, I noticed in passing that the part of "Boy" was played by none other than the very Dark Knight himself. That's right. The man who appeared in Stephen Spielburg's "Empire of the Sun". The inimitable Christian Bale. God. That guy is such a good actor. He couldn't have been more than fourteen or fifteen years old. What I wouldn't give to be in his place. I always dreamed of acting Shakespeare on the stage.
Anyway. I give you now the greatest recommendation that I can of any film adaptation. Check out Branagh's "Henry V". There is simply no play in the world that can be bad if it's got Brian Blessed in it. I dare you not get chills when he looks right in the camera and says: "Bloody CONSTRAINT!!"
I'm gonna go sleep it off now.
Love you all,
MST
Upadate:
Lest we not forget, other great British actors, at least those that I know if. Don't overlook anything with these actors:
Christian Bale
Dereck Jacobi
Brian Blessed
Dame Judy Dench
(okay, she's not in it, but I still also love Maggie Smith (Professor McGonnagle, for the win))
I'm really not looking forward to the hangover tomorrow...
posted by matthewstoryteller | 5:58 PM
1 Comments:
OMG what WAS it about last night??? got home from work, made m'self a lil snack involving crispy-crusted french country bread & some balsamic/pesto dip and a spot of cheese...which of course necessitated some wine...which eventually compelled me 2 glasses later to hie thee to the store for a big fat steak...consuming which necessitated opening a 2nd bottle. by the time poor Christopher got home, standing was a heavy-thought activity. and yeah, my headache at 7am this morning was pretty wicked.
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