I had some friends round my house today for my birthday party and we ate pizza, cake and brownie. I recieved the Star Wars Original Trilogy, a Serenity graphic novel and the third (signed! to me!) Sandman volume (Dream Country). They're now all in my room and my room feels a whole lot nerdier (I wish my mum would let me stick up posters in my room. She hates blu-tack on the walls. I'm not even sure what I would have a poster of. I just want a poster). Doesn't help that my friends and I were discussing nerdy stuff and then after they left I watched the new Doctor Who episode (I can't wait for next week) so I am in a rather nerdy mood at the moment. I am also looking forward to Frankie's fanfiction on Percy Weasley where he dresses in leather and quotes muggle movies.
I've also decided I should probably start using Twitter properly (at the moment most (pretty much all) of the people I follow I know in real life and I tweet about once a month). Although I know this will probably never happen.
Also - we're already halfway through series three of Ashes to Ashes! How could it go by so quick? It's so good.
Saturday 24 April 2010
Friday 16 April 2010
Vampires!
It's my birthday today! Wahey!
Anyway, on to vampires. Last weekend I watched Nosferatu, Dracula (1931) and I read "The Vampyre" (which, as I'm sure you'll all know, is the short story by Polidori with the vampire Lord Ruthven).
Nosferatu: Max Schreck gives a phenomenally creepy performance as Count Orlok - which is not helped by the film being old (I watched it on Google video, seeing as the film is in the public domain) and all flickery. Coincidentally "Schreck" is the German word for "horror". It was also the first silent movie I've seen. Renfield is also a little creepy in this movie. I wasn't a big fan of the castle in this movie though. However I did like this movie.
Dracula (1931): I liked this movie (moreso than Nosferatu) - I really liked the sets for Dracula's castle and Carfax Abbey (I like castles in general though). What I didn't like was the complete lack of musical score (apart from the music for the opening credits) - I feel it made the movie slightly less atmospheric than it could have been. Renfield (Dwight Frye) was awesome - I felt he captured the character rather well. Lugosi is brilliant as Dracula. If you haven't seen this movie, go and do so now!
Anyway, on to vampires. Last weekend I watched Nosferatu, Dracula (1931) and I read "The Vampyre" (which, as I'm sure you'll all know, is the short story by Polidori with the vampire Lord Ruthven).
Nosferatu: Max Schreck gives a phenomenally creepy performance as Count Orlok - which is not helped by the film being old (I watched it on Google video, seeing as the film is in the public domain) and all flickery. Coincidentally "Schreck" is the German word for "horror". It was also the first silent movie I've seen. Renfield is also a little creepy in this movie. I wasn't a big fan of the castle in this movie though. However I did like this movie.
Dracula (1931): I liked this movie (moreso than Nosferatu) - I really liked the sets for Dracula's castle and Carfax Abbey (I like castles in general though). What I didn't like was the complete lack of musical score (apart from the music for the opening credits) - I feel it made the movie slightly less atmospheric than it could have been. Renfield (Dwight Frye) was awesome - I felt he captured the character rather well. Lugosi is brilliant as Dracula. If you haven't seen this movie, go and do so now!
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