RENT and The Island and other stuff

White Kitty (aka Sugar) is doing very well. We opened the door to the room we're keeping her in and put gates up over the doorway so the other animals can see in and she can see out. They can see and smell each other, but that's it. There's been lots of looking and a little hissing, which is natural. But she's not hiding in the corner when she sees them and they're not crying to get in and bother her. So all is proceeding well.

Yesterday, while waiting to watch The Behind the Scenes Island program on E! they had a coming attractions show and they showed the trailer for RENT (coming November 11th). First time I'd ever seen the trailer and I was floored. Luckily I had a tape in and ready and I hit record. I made it halfway through the trailer before BURSTING into tears. Mark is pure perfection (I don't think I'll keep thinking 'Adventures in Babysitting' while I'm watching it. He's so perfectly Mark). I'm Sooooooo excited about that. And Tom is perfect, too. And Angel. The little clip of Tom crying/in pain and Angel hugging his head to his chest KILLED me with happy. I didn't see much of Benny but if he's played by the nummy Taye Diggs I'm NOT worried. Roger is... not bad. Least he's got a leather jacket. And Mimi... my jury's still out. I think I'd need to hear her sing. And Maureen looks great, though there wasn't a lot of face time with her, or with Joanne. But it looks PERFECT! Funeral and cafe and apartment and writing song lyrics on a train and GAH! Sogoodsogoodsogood! I cannot wait!


I went and saw The Island today. It's been getting not-so-hot reviews, but I enjoyed it. Gee, wonder why? LOL Sean was amazingly evil- but believably evil. And the Ewans... oohhhh GODS but it was thrilling to see two Ewans on screen interacting with each other! *EG* It was pretty much what I expected. A concept that got me (I love Brave New World futuristic type stories... there's a word for that that starts with a D that I'm blanking on right now), lots of running and action (but not so much that it bored me), a few very cute moments, and lots of great characters. Plus quite a few wet!Ewan moments. And Steve was great as always. There's a Steve/Ewan scene that practically killed me with giggles and Steve's girlfriend is crazy evil woman from The Stand so I was momentarily on edge when she was on screen. But aside from that, it's pretty much just what I expected from the movie. Not brilliant, but not meant to be. But also far from disappointing. I'll definitely be buying it on DVD. Nummy nummy wet&running!Ewan. Oh, and I cried at the end but, yeah, I cry at everything. LOL Definitely a good, enjoyable movie. Was glad I had the day off today and could go see it on opening day.


Oh! And I'm hoping to finally go see RHPS tomorrow night with sister! *crossing fingers that she doesn't freak and back out this time* That should be a hoot. I love taking virgins and teaching the ropes. And it'll be fascinating to see how another cast handles things.

Just watched the Angel episode where Gavin is murdered. I read an interview with the actor who said his mother found it very hard to watch that episode. LOL Let's hope he doesn't get killed on LOST to put his mother through that again.

Okay, got to go test the VCR to make sure it's set up okay and I can tape Firefly and Stargate tonight.

Monk

I watched (and taped) tonight's Monk episode. He gets sick and spends the whole episode being a big baby about it. Very funny and kinda cute :-) He sneezes a few times, as well. So, yeah, anyone interested, it's on again in 48 minutes, and then repeats a number of times on USA this weekend.