Ian is back! 

Woohoo!

And no, it isn't strange that you wanted to see certain movies on account of the director.  The director is the one who weilds most of the power, so it makes sense that if you like his work, you'll want to experience more of his stuff.

Yay!  Ian posts again!  And there are freaky basketballs on his site, too... 

I like Jeremy Brett greatly; he'd be on my "five best actors" list... probably along with Cary Ewles, Denzel Washington, Sean Connery, and Jeremy Northam.  But I haven't seen a ton of things other than his Sherlock Holmes stuff.  And the worse thing with favorite actors is when you cannot see something with them in it because it's inappropriate.  It makes me sad when the men I consider some of the best actors do that.

I have never wanted to see a movie for a director other than Shyamalan.  Speaking of which, I cannot wait for Lady in the Water.  Maybe if I paid more attention to directors, I would.  I do want to see The Net, Lara Croft, and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen mainly for actors and actresses, though.

Ian, I am digging the flaming basketballs. But I must ask, why?

This is just to say "hey." Well, and to complain cuz you've never ever commented on my facebook or xanga or subscribed to my xanga . . . not that my xanga is very interesting, and not that you have to read it, and not that you have a lot of time, but I think I deserve a token something, whether it's a xanga comment, xanga subscription, facebook comment, whatever . . .

I am always shocked (in the very most pleasent of ways) to find male Jane Austen fans. May your rare breed be very fruitful and multiply.

Much Ado About Nothing is probably my favorite play, and one of my favorite movies ever. Notting Hill is very sweet... I love Hugh Grant's way of being simultaneously charming and awkward! Kenneth Branagh is very near the top of my all-time favorite actors; Emma Thompson holds a similar position in actresses. I can't say I've seen much Kate Beckinsale other than The Aviator (I didn't like it either ) so can't really give much opinion there, though I thought she was a very sweet and lovely Hero. James Newton Howard scored King Kong, correct? I'm always amazed at how very nice that particular score was, considering his time crunch (Howard Shore and Peter Jackson having gone seperate ways for some reason...which is a shame, since Lord of the Rings would seem to show that their talents work well together).

Err...anyway. Finished blogging on your blog now. See you around Bethlehem in a few years!

Shannon

Behold the first comment on Ian's site since six weeks ago!!!

Not like he'll ever see it.

He never looks at his xanga anymore.

Which is sad.

I guess we could write whatever we wanted, though.

And he'd never have any idea that we were doing it.

We could even write about him.

Or insult Jane Austen.

Or Kate Beckinsale.

Or, even worse, insult Kate Beckinsale's acting in Jane Austen movies.

He'd never know.

And we could laugh.

A lot.

Or not.