Because I managed to CONQUER MY TO DO LIST by 5 PM (Oh god, I am so close to being done with a rough draft of the thesis I can taste it. Tastes like awesome.), I watched After the Thin Man, installment two in the Nick and Nora series. Two thoughts, both somewhat spoily:
1. The idea N&N with a kid makes me go "...?" They don't strike me as horrible parents--though for the kid's sake I hope they knew about fetal alcohol syndrome back then; somehow I doubt they did, though--but a kid doesn't really fit into the lifestyle they've got going. Then again, I hear the boy's eventually played by a young Dean Stockwell, which I have to admit makes me chortle. I wonder if he'll act all evil even at five years old.
2. Jimmy Stewart really can't play anybody but Jimmy Stewart, can he? He's just so...Jimmy Stewart. Which made him completely unbelievable as the murderer. I mean...it's Jimmy Stewart. They cast so far against type they...well, I can't think of an appropriate ending to that sentence right now, but trust me, it was weird. I expected them to come up with some new evidence that didn't convict him, but then he turned all Confessy McConfesserson, and that was it. Huh.
1. The idea N&N with a kid makes me go "...?" They don't strike me as horrible parents--though for the kid's sake I hope they knew about fetal alcohol syndrome back then; somehow I doubt they did, though--but a kid doesn't really fit into the lifestyle they've got going. Then again, I hear the boy's eventually played by a young Dean Stockwell, which I have to admit makes me chortle. I wonder if he'll act all evil even at five years old.
2. Jimmy Stewart really can't play anybody but Jimmy Stewart, can he? He's just so...Jimmy Stewart. Which made him completely unbelievable as the murderer. I mean...it's Jimmy Stewart. They cast so far against type they...well, I can't think of an appropriate ending to that sentence right now, but trust me, it was weird. I expected them to come up with some new evidence that didn't convict him, but then he turned all Confessy McConfesserson, and that was it. Huh.