New Year's Eve...
Dec. 31st, 2007 11:23 pmI watched Casablanca this evening. One of my favourite movies, and I enjoyed it as much as ever, if not more. I lvoe the intricate romance, and trying to figure who is double- or triple-crossing whom.
Dorothy Dunnett spoke of how Lymond was based on a number of characters like Sir Percy Blakeney, James Bond, and Lord Peter Wimsey, but it always seems to me that the one he most resembles is Rick Blaine: the demoralized and depressed hero who pretends to be amoral but who is really as heroic as they come. Who has a coterie of devoted friends, many of whom would deny or hide their love for him. Who does selfless and good-hearted things while pretending to do otherwise. Who makes mistakes, but comes through in the end.
My favourite kind of hero. Captain Jack Harkness is in the same mould.
While we were watching - me,
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