I did not analyze Victimae

I did not analyze Victimae last night. Sorry. We had rented Road To Perdition and we watched it instead. I wish I had analyzed Gregorian Chant for you instead. Serves me right. Terrible film that does not do justice at all to the book (which is great, by the way - can't remember the names of the author or artist, though, sorry). It featured a crappy score and dull acting, and the core of the film was ripped out, shredded and discarded. Why? The book was a comic book, fer cryin' out loud! The visual element, the pacing, the dialog was all done already. Also, the characters were clearly Irish, but I remember them from the book being immigrants, and far too many of the characters in the film had American accents. A lot of the impact was lost by that unfortunate decision.

I hesitate to say this, as the last time I ranted about an overrated actor, the poor fellow died the next morning, but Tom Hanks is grossly overrated. I am sure he is a swell fellow, a good husband, father, son, cousin, friend, neighbor, etc., but surely there are much better actors out there for the roles he gets. And, I really do not wish him ill!

So, I will work on this Victimae analysis this weekend, in between yard work and house work and all that.