Day 02 — Your favorite movie

i remembered seeing this heading over at .Square Mug., (where my sister-in-bloggery and co-drabbler Liz is doing the challenge with me),  and i've been thinking about it since i read her long, long list.  have to amit, films aren't a huge part of my life.  i enjoy them very much though, and have often been known to sob like a broken-hearted maiden, or laugh like a drain at the most throwaway stuff. it took me a while, therefore, to actually remember that there are several that fill me with a quiet (and sometimes not-so-quiet) joy, and chief among these is MirrorMask.  written by my hero, Saint Neil of the Gaiman (well of course it was! c'mon - did you expect anything else...? if so, you haven't been paying attention.  it's kinda his fault that i'm here, after all.  if you want to know why, go have a look here), and designed by his artist pal of the stunningly beautiful weirdness, Dave McKean. it's a beautiful, sadly overlooked tale of magic and monkeybirds (all called Bob), and a dark queen, and the desire to run away from the circus and be normal, and sphinxes, and a Really Useful Book with sticky pages, and cowardice, and bravery, and a flying house, and orbiting giants and... and... well - it's a joy of invention and a feast for the eyes and heart.

yup - hands down, it's my favourite.

and i HAVE to watch it again, really, really soon.  it's been far too long.

can't at the moment, though, as hubby has a new computer game, and i won't have control of the telly for...  well...  probably a few days, actually...

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