The Prestige vs The Illusionist (and other thoughts)
I used to never be able to get to sleep without music. I would lie in bed with my mp3 player in my hand (and earphones in obviously) until I fell asleep, then I’d wake up sometime in the night, unplug it and put it on my desk and fall right back to sleep. Now I can’t get to sleep unless it’s silent. Or pretty quiet anyhow.
I finally watched The Prestige last night, after having it on DVD for ages and wanting to see it for ages and everyone telling me how good it was for ages. I saw The Illusionist in the cinema months ago, and loved it. And The Prestige? It was alright, but that’s it I’m afraid. The Illusionist was a far better produced, written, managed, and presented film. The story was better, the characters were better, the twist was better, the photography and filming (mmm sepia landscapes) was much better!
The Prestige was great, don’t get me wrong, but I did not like the… urgh I can’t really say this without adding a spoiler. Erm let’s just say… I did not like the twist concerning Hugh Jackman’s character. if you’ve seen it you’ll know what I’m on about! Christian Bale was GOOD, but yeah, Hugh Jackman, I’m disappointed.
Thus, The Illusionist wins, by far.
That was last night.
Today was one of those days 
I went shopping. I seemed to spend a lot of money but I’m not really sure what I bought. I thought I bought lots of little things but there’s actually not that much. Some stuff I don’t remember buying. Meh, I want some new clothes but everything I saw didn’t feel right. I saw some great stuff but when I tried it on I looked stupid. I felt stupid. I wish I was better at shopping. Infact no, I wish I was better at dressing. I dunno. Everything just seemed a bit distant. It started to rain and I didn’t have my umbrella. I didn’t get to go to Yo! Sushi. I’m also really tired cos of work all week and not much sleep last night.
I did buy a load of crap for my skin because I realised this morning that my skin has got really bad lately and I hate that. I wish I had lovely clear skin that was soft and pale and cleansed. Meh I dunno.
I also wish I had long hair again. I love to wear my hair down but it’s just a tinyy bit too short for my liking to have down at the mo. I do anyway cos Bob likes it haha but I wish it would grow faster! At the same time, Elliot has realllllly nice short hair which looks so good (yeah I’ve been watching a lot of Scrubs) but meh. I’m nowhere near as pretty.
But I came home and skyped with Bob and co which made me feel better.
Just one of those days! I’m sure I’ll feel right in the morning. I just need some nice sleep. Things will all be alright, just having a rare unhappy day. Sucks that it’s on a saturday though.
Something to cheer me up happy again:
