I Like Movies For The Wrong Reasons

I'm not really a big movie person, but I tend to like them for visual reasons. I saw Stranger Than Fiction the other day, and surprisingly liked it. For one thing it has Emma Thompson and Queen Latifah and Maggie Gyllenhall in it, all of whom I love, but even Will Farrell was unusually good in the straight role. I have much more respect for him now as an actor.

What I really liked about it though was the visual details. Unfortunately I couldn't find all the images I wanted, but there's a couple here.

First of all there's Maggie Gyllenhall's bakery. It has a fabulous 3-dimensional cupcake sign hanging outside (no picture, alas), and an assortment of glass plates attached to the front window:

I've been wondering how they were attached. Silicone, I guess, or possibly hot glue, though in real life I don't think it could cope with temperature changes.

I also like this little crushed velvet bolero. There's a better picture here .

I loved Emma Thompson's apartment too. No really good images, though you can get a small idea from this:

It's all blank white walls and terrazzo floors, with very little furniture and just a few giant architectural fragments here and there for decoration. There's a massive stone lintel surrounding one doorframe, which is a nice touch. All in all, very cool.

More Covetousness

I was watching the Graham Norton show tonight and fell in love. With his t-shirt, that is. It had Carel Fabritius's "The Goldfinch" on it, with an actual chain attached where the one in the painting is. I've been looking around on the web for the shirt, but I can't seem to find anything.

It's surprising, because normally I wouldn't wear anything Graham Norton wears to a dogfight, but that shirt was mad cool, and very clever on someone's part.

Even prettier than the t-shirt was Ioan Gruffudd. He's dreamy. I thought John Barrowman from Torchwood & Doctor Who was shockingly attractive, but Ioan Gruffudd is just beautiful. I was excited and then worried to find out from IMDB that he's currently filming The Secret Of Moonacre , which is based on The Little White Horse . I love that book, but it's always scary when your favorites are made into movies, especially since I can't think who Ioan Gruffudd would play. He's too young and pretty to be Sir Benjamin. Maybe the leader of the Black Men? Possible. IMDB doesn't say yet. Tim Curry's supposed to be in it too, and he is also fabulous. Maybe he's the leader of the Black Men. That I can see.