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Nov. 23rd, 2003 09:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sophiaserpentiaLast night, a few of us went to see Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. This is a much slower, more complex movie than I imagined. Nautical technobabble is kept to a minimum, believe it or not, but there is lots of blood, grime, and bloody and grimy surgery with no anesthetic for all you enthusiasts of such things. There are also several thought-provoking themes.
I've been reading Terry Pratchett's Night Watch, and it has to be the darkest Discworld novel so far. Most of the book is light-hearted, but Pratchett has a way of letting his compassion and concern shine through -- with the effect that a very funny book suddenly becomes extremely moving. And, any book, even a comedy, with a theme that dips into torture and abuse of police authority is bound to be dark in places.
I've been reading Terry Pratchett's Night Watch, and it has to be the darkest Discworld novel so far. Most of the book is light-hearted, but Pratchett has a way of letting his compassion and concern shine through -- with the effect that a very funny book suddenly becomes extremely moving. And, any book, even a comedy, with a theme that dips into torture and abuse of police authority is bound to be dark in places.
