And while we're at it...

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Michelle is on her way with Jami to the Urgent Care office at Children's Mercy North - a far cheaper alternative to the emergency room. He's on round two of this head thing-y, and round 2 is always worse. We just figured that it would be better to get him in, get some meds, be pro-active, rather than waiting until Monday for the regular doc and keeping him miserable for longer than is strictly necessary. Of course, by that same action, we're also avoiding the risk of another eardrum blowout, which is always a good thing.

He's an unhappy boy, but at least what he suffers from now isn't rare or life-threatening, a far cry from two years ago.

We watched Wall-E this afternoon. Heavy handed and preachy, but all in all an amazing movie. If I felt better I'd have cried like a baby at the end when Eve rebuilds him and...

Well, don't want to spoil it for you, if you haven't seen it. We'll be adding it to the collection.

We also watched the Patrick Stewart version of A Christmas Carol. I know I'm in the minority on this, but I find Stewart to be a one-note actor. He plays the note well, but he's not particularly exciting to watch. He did far better work on ST:TNG. The movie was boring, the directing ham-handed, and the cinematography was flat. (And whose idiotic idea was it to give the Ghost of Christmas yet to Come glowing eyes but human hands? He's like a seven foot jawa...) The only standout in the cast was Bernard Lloyd, in the role of Jacob Marley, onscreen for too brief a time.

Comments

[jehosefatz.livejournal.com]

I'm with you (re: Alistair Sim.)

I have an obsession with a couple stories and tend to collect as many versions of them in cinematic form as possible. One is "A Christmas Carol." This supports my personal tradition of watching "A Christmas Carol" on Christmas Eve timing it such that it ends as close to just after midnight as possible. George C. Scott did a decent version. Oddly enough, Henry Winkler did a decent version back in the late 70s or early 80s. I'm not a fan of "Scrooged" with Bill Murray though. Alistair Sim is my Scrooge of choice. Patrick Stewart did a much better job when he did it as a one-man play.

The other story-object of obsession is "Cyrano de Bergerac."

- Jeho

[billthetailor.livejournal.com]

Oddly enough, Henry Winkler did a decent version back in the late 70s or early 80s.

See, people always think I'm crazy when I mention that. Nobody seems to remember it but me. And, it appears, you. I've not seen the George C. Scott version all the way through, just the end, but it looks like it would be good.

My favorite Scrooge - after Alastair Sim - is Michael Caine in (please contain your horror) The Muppet Christmas Carol. His Scrooge is so honest, so uncontrived, that his graveyard contrition speech brings tears to my eyes every time.

But that's a whole 'nother movie review, right there.

[jehosefatz.livejournal.com]

"An American Christmas Carol" -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078764/

Actually, a lot of the muppet stuff was very, very well done and I do like the muppet "Christmas Carol". I also happen to like Michael Caine. From what I've seen of him in interviews and the like he's got a very craftsman-like view of acting (as opposed to artist-like) that appeals to me.

- Jeho

I remember the American Xmas Carol w/ Winkler

[themadblonde]

I thought he did pretty well, though the whole thing was a bit dumbed down for an American audience. I loved the bit about picking up the sticks- what a paeon to imagination.

I have...

[themadblonde]

@ least a dozen different Old Time radio versions of Xmas Carol. Hoping to get a chance to listen to some of them this year.