darlingfox

My gods, that is a great masterpiece of western literature? Just let me laugh, all quiet and malicious.

I wasn't even halfway down the main character's first Ode for Whining monologue when I wanted to strangle him with his own intestines. It didn't get any better when he lost his mind: then he was annoying and mad. I swear, I could hear Sasuke all through his emo speeches of getting revenge and killing his uncle.

There was one slightly confusing scene when I thought Ofelia (Ophelia in English? I'm too lazy to check.) was on fire. It said: (Ofelia palaa olkia hiuksissaan). That can mean two things: either Ofelia comes back with straws in her hair, or Ofelia burns with straws in her hair. I was wondering how she could keep on talking until I realized that she was not, in fact, on fire.

I was hoping that there'd be at least one character I could like but no. The ones that came closest were Claudius and Horatio, the latter because he didn't die like the rest of the idiots (although he did try). Claudius had potential, what with killing his brother and marrying the widow and all, but in the end he was fucking stupid too.

Speaking of the widow, what was it with all the condemning Gertrud because he married his late husband's brother? Claudius did inherit the title. Marriages like that bloody well happened so much it was common, even as late as in the late 18th/early 19th century.  Sure, the mourning lasted usually a whole year but exceptions did exist. Gertrud wasn't that different from other women.

In conclusion: a great tragedy my ass. *shakes head* What made it tolerable was the aforemantioned Hamlet/Sasuke connection and The Tragedye of Sanlet, Prince of Denmark. I read an act of Hamlet and then an act of Sanlet, and the latter actually followed the plot of the play (with much snark).

I went to the library today and got:

Books

The Opal Deception by Eoin Colfer (in Finnish)
City of the Iron Fish by Simon Ings (in Finnish)
Les mystères d'Osiris, L'Arbre de vie by Christian Jacq (in Finnish)
Arms of Nemesis by Steven Saylor (in English)
The Color Purple by Alice Walker (in English)

Movies

Stargate
Hero
Dune
Pahuus (Ondskan in Swedish)

( The Opal Deception )