I Capture the Castle

I Capture the Castle.
Haven't read it?

Read it.

Haven't seen it?

See it.

I'm very much a fan of media that feel magical. The kind that leave you looking at the world through crisp yet bleary eyes.

Like most movie adaptations, my favorite of course is the book. But as far as movie versions of the book go, not terrible. Just not quite as bewitchingly quirky as the book. I think it mostly has to do with Romola Garai. She herself has a somewhat enchanting history that has a tendency to seep into all of her acting endeavors. Having been born in a British Colony in Hong Kong, she seems to be of a different time, the kind of time that is far more enchanting than the present.

The book, though, is anything far from terrible. It's one of the kind that make you scrunch up in your bed all warm inside as you read. I rarely show emotion (ever) while reading or watching movies but I actually let a smile form on my lips while reading.

Plus I'm now thinking in a British accent, which makes me feel incredibly smart.

Dewey Tuesday

Tuesdays will henceforth be deemed "Dewey Tuesday" in honor of the inexorable Melvil Dewey of Dewey Decimal fame. Tuesdays will thereby be dedicated to the sole purpose of education and the rejuvenation of the mind.

And I will type in a British accent. (If you play the music while reading, it will aide in imagining that my British accent doesn't keep veering off into Australian.)

Today, we will examine the Romans as viewed by precocious elementary school children for a class project.


Scene 1

Brian: Unlike the Greeks, both boys and girls went to school in Rome. When a boy turned 16 he was given a citizen’s toga and his first shave. This is the story about a not so brilliant boy who becomes a great gladiator. This scene takes place during the ceremony in which the boy becomes a man.

Drew: Ouch! You just cut me!

Kelly: Sorry, but there’s always a cut or two in the first shave.

Drew: Sure

Kelly: (After finishing) Ah, you look great, now here’s your toga.

Drew: (Putting on his toga) Yes, now I can become a gladiator…….. Ah now the Great Sal Ami is in his Togo’s!

Kelly: It’s called a toga.

Drew: Togo’s, toga, whatever

Jenny: The government of Rome was smart. They knew that if the people were not occupied they would cause trouble. So, they set up brutal fights between gladiators to entertain the people. This is Sal’s first battle against the Great Turk Ey.

Scene 2

Drew: You shall die you swine!

Kelly: Not likely. (lunging at Sal)
(They fight)

Brian: Needless to say, he won that battle and many more after that. But, finally he met his "match" in the Great Pas Trami.

Scene 3
Pas Trami and Sal Ami fight until Sal dies.

Kelly or Brian: Sal met an honorable end to his life.

Fin.


(P.s. Yes we did mean "match" in that way)