Boring Sketchbook, Interesting Day

[tealin]

Actually working in publishing might not be so much fun, but having a roommate who does certainly is! Last night I got to see a preview of V For Vendetta (courtesy of Warner Books) and ... it was actually quite good. The Matrix people seem to have remembered that having an editor is actually a good thing, which is a plus. I won't say too much, except that the pacing and acting and, yes, even the writing were good, though Natalie Portman's accent was not (Vowels! Vowels! Is it so hard?), and ... STEPHEN FRYYYY! (eep!) I also suggest to those who go to see it that you sit in the back half of the theatre – I was near the front and some of the scenes were ... a little too frenetic.

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WEDNESDAY'S SKETCHBOOK
Page One - Traded bus people for movie theatre people! Also, trying to remember how I drew someone's face, and some studies for an amusing sketch for the above song.
Page Two - More people standing around, and another study. I told you it was a boring sketchbook day, when will you people read the subject line? ;)

Comments

[wizardelfgirl.livejournal.com]

Wanna know another cool job? Translating movies! You get to see a lot of movies before anyone else (though you also get to see a lot of crappy stuff). I actually saw a post-production version of Narnia and it was really funny to watch the children interacting with a ball attached to a stick instead of the beavers and... A plush Aslan!

[disneyboy.livejournal.com]

I don't know if that would be really funny or really disappointing (maybe both)- you know, to have all the magic kinda ruined for you (or does it?)

[wizardelfgirl.livejournal.com]

Nah, you already know those creatures are CGI, and it's cool to see how the magic of special effects is actually done. Besides, the movie was in black and white, so when I finally saw it finished in the movie theatre somehow I considered it a different movie and was still amazed by it.