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I saw a lovely fanciful movie last night: Big Fish, directed by Tim Burton. Ah, he is the MASTER. I think the best combination in movies is this wonderful trio: Tim Burton directing, Danny Elfman doing the music, and Johnny Depp being someone out-there and otherworldly. *cough Edward Scissorhands Sleepy Hollow Ed Wood cough cough* I enjoyed Big Fish. It's a feel-good movie about fantasy and learning exactly when to let go of reality. Also about a man's relationship with his estranged son. Sadly, Johnny Depp was not in it, but Ewan McGregor was an absolute kick.

Sighhhhh... I do adore Tim Burton.

In other news... getting the sixth chapter of The Fourth Unforgivable together (brace yourselves... Voldemort is off to counseling), and I am working hard on Simply Charming ch5. Won't be too long now for either of them. When I post the new chapters of each, I'll link to the rest of each story as well. I've recently found the wherewithal to get going on these again, after a slew of one-shots, and have been spending time reacquainting myself with my laptop. One-shots will be up here as well, probably sooner than the chapters, but no worries.

Here's a fun little tidbit: I am currently attempting a Dean/Millicent story! Ought to be rather interesting. More as it develops.

Note to self: remember to EAT. I have been rather forgetful in that department lately, which is nice in some ways, because then I don't over-eat, BUT... not a good habit to get into.

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1. Love Tim Burton - love his dark imagery and creative imagination.
2. Big Fish is a winner simply because I am in love with Ewan McGregor. *drools*
3. U2 is also one of my all-time favorite bands - Pride is my favorite song.
*smiles*

Right on all counts. Just one more thing... you could say Danny Elfman is my muse... *listens serenely to eeriness-a-la-Danny-Elfman*

Agreed - how could I possibly leave Danny off my list. I LOVE Oingo Boingo (who couldn't love Halloween shows at Irvine Meadows?) and his movie scores are pure genius to me. I have more of his scores on CD than any other.

I apologize for my egregious omission.

*blushes*

Bwahaaaa... it's all good. I adore his Music For a Darkened Theatre Vols. 1 and 2... the soundtrack to Nightmare Before Christmas is outstanding, and I love the tracks he wrote for Dead Presidents, Dolores Claibourne, and Black Beauty. He's crazy-awesome. And his singing voice... whoo... He was Jack in Nightmare.
*fans self*

I take the Nightmare soundtrack to work when I need a good rousing round of "Making Christmas...making Christmas.."

The score for Batman (another Burton, Elfman masterpiece) is another one of my favorites.

There was a movie recently, that I saw Elfman did the score, and it knocked me outta my socks as it was a complete departure from what I was used to. If only I cold remember the name of the movie...

Alas, I do not know which movie you are talking about. The only one I can think that he did recently besides Big Fish is the Hulk, and probably Spiderman 2. But I doubt either of those are the one you're thinking of.
Have you heard the soundtrack to Somersby? Quite lovely, and not at all what I am used to from him.

I had to look it up, but it was the score to Chicago. That definitely surprised me. I had no clue that Somersby was him. I watched part of the movie on cable not too long ago.

REALLY???? CHICAGO???

*gasps*

I had no idea. That seems so... un-Elfman! Crazy. I love it. I guess I will have to go grab that movie.

Hey, go visit

abbycadabra. She's got a posted discussion about JK Rowling's treatment of villains that is really quite thought-provoking.

*kiss*

Yeah I went to IMDb to verify - the songs were from the Broadway musical but the score music is his. I remember sitting in the theater going - "did I just read that right??! Danny Elfman scored THIS??!"

I shall go visit - I love good discussions like that.

Let me know what you think of it. This one is worrying me, to some extent.