The Films of Covid

I've reached a new level of book insanity.  Now I see a book and I think "Do I already own this book?  Wait, is it that this book is on order somewhere for me?  I feel like I know this book.  I really want it.  Is it that I've bought it for someone else?"

But it's okay because today I discovered that there is a four year long forum on Ravelry dedicated exclusively to pictures of cats sitting on knitting.  I always feel a guilty sense of satisfaction when I find these sorts of oddities; it's like the world is murmuring in my ear "shhhhh.  It's okay.  It could be worse.  It could be heroin!  It could be...I mean...you could take pictures of your cat sitting on a scarf for four consecutive years!"

Right.  I'm not crazy, you're crazy.

In other news, what are we calling this time now?  I've heard quarantine, crisis, lockdown, pandemic, etc., but then I've heard people say those are inaccurate.  I don't know.  I don't know anything anymore.  How about pre-armageddon?  That seems level-headed.  Anyway, during This Time, my husband and I have been watching allllll the movies we've recorded (I almost dated myself and said 'taped') with the plan to watch them sometime in the future. The future is now!  Here's a look at a few we've seen.

Is this by Disney?  I have to look but I have a pretty big suspicion that this is by Disney.  Oh!  It's by Universal!  Well, anyway, this is just like A Dolphin's Tale or Free Willy or any other of those animals plus a kid plus environmentalism = Only People Can Save The Day And We Must Band Together type movies.  Seriously, Barrymore?  You just happened to have a wet suit handy on the ice?  Well thank goodness for that, eh?  Honestly.  What nonsense.

Amazing!  We'd been reading Kipling when we came across this film but, sob, I hadn't finished the book yet!  Do you want it spoiled for you?  I'm going to spoil it.  It's my blog, anyway.  So the guy dies!!  Oh my land I ugly cried and the children asked worriedly if I was okay.  Despite that this is a fantastic family film with lots of adventure and some important lessons learned in interesting and non-preachy ways.

This has got to be one of the all time weirdest film versions of Austen's gothic novel that I've ever come across.  Honestly, the only people I liked in the whole thing were the elderly couple who brought whatsername to Bath.  As one does.  And the music was out of Labyrinth.  Which is really where it should have stayed.

I could not remember for the life of me if I'd seen this movie before.  I thought I had, but I think I was mixing up Nineteen-Eighty-Four and the one with the people living in tunnels with this one.  Anyway, it was a first for me!  Not maybe the best choice of film for my tastes, which tend towards the obscure or artsy, but I could see the social commentary would appeal to people.  I mean, it would kind of have to appeal to someone because you literally get the stuffing kicked out of you by the social commentary each and every minute of the film.  Lotta commentary.  Much commentary.  Don't really want to eat while you watch this one.  Also, is it just me or could Charleton Heston totally play a cannibal?