h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

My girlfriend and I saw a film called The Libertine on Tuesday night. It’s based on the play of the same name by Stephen Jeffreys (also the scriptwriter) and stars Johnny Depp and John Malkovich. Depp plays John Wilmot, The second Earl of Rochester, a womanizing rascal and a poet in the court of King Charles II (played by John Malkovich). It was a realistically dark portrayal of 17th century England and Rochester’s eventual self-destruction seems almost inevitable right from the gloomy and ominous prologue. The film is certainly not your typical costume drama; these days the “traditional” costume drama has changed as directors and cinematographers take great care to ensure their work is more realistic, but aside from that The Libertine is something special. Like Quills (with Joaquin Phoenix, Geoffrey Rush and Kate Winslet), it refuses to pull its punches and shies away from nothing and is certainly worth a watch.

I’m expecting the rest of the week to be quiet. On Friday night, my girlfriend and I have to do some cooking in preparation for her party on Saturday night, but once we’ve finished with that we thought we’d reward ourselves with another trip to the cinema. The Little Theatre is showing Pulp Fiction, a film which my girlfriend hasn’t seen and which I really love so we thought we’d go along to the late showing.

I’m going to try and find the time on Saturday to do some tidying up around the house. We’ll be moving out towards the end of December and I’ll be heading back to my parents’ house. I can’t take everything with me so I need to sort out my things and sell whatever I can over the next couple of weeks.

That’ll do for now. I’ll write about the party and the race next week.