Just got home from an overnight at Jasper's place. We watched Spirited Away, the first episode of Carnivale, and Requiem for a Dream.
I already watched Spirited Away before but it was nice seeing it again. Hayao Miyazaki's animation never fails to take my breath away, and the story makes me feel so much like a kid! I feel like if I'd seen it when I was still young, it would have left a profound impression in me. Maybe I'd remember being terrified thinking of my parents turning into humongous pigs, and then leaving poor little me at a magical bathhouse with bouncing heads and talking frogs. Frogs! Urgh! I don't know which would be worse... frogs, or being near Yubaba. Shivers.
Carnivale, another one of HBO's original series, had a very promising first episode. The premise is absolutely dark and it really shook up the cobwebs of the gothic compartments in our brains.
I was also pleasantly surprised when I saw Clea DuVall in it too. I first noticed her in 13 Conversations About One Thing and I liked her then. Seeing her in Carnivale, she's really becoming one of my most admired actresses and I'm looking forward to seeing more of her films.
And then... we watched Requiem for a Dream. :'(
