.011 [sleepy hollow]

Last night as i perused the channels, attempting to find a movie that would satisfy both of my needs to a.) keep me awake, and b.) entertain me just enough that I could kind of procrastinate without being completely there, I decided to watch Sleepy Hollow. No, this movie could not be found on tv, as most things cannot, so I decided to watch it on my laptop...at three in the morning. As I watched the macabre and quirky romance between Christina Ricci and Johnny Depp, I realized that Lives and Times must really be getting to me. I realized that by the time Depp's character is performing autopsies on the headless bodies in the Hollow that I was analyzing his character in the context of one who is displaced. Thank you Lucy, for forever ruining what could be a simply entertaining Tim Burton film. Ughhhhhhhhhhhh

HOWEVER

I suppose making connections like this cannot be all bad right? I mean, now I can have a fuller and deeper understanding as to why Depp's character falls so fast for Ricci's character [because she is the first person he meets] and why he is so committed to disbelief of the "headless horseman" tale [because it is not from his direct culture].

Maybe next time I watch one of my favorite movies I can also attempt to apply some of the themes we talk about in Lives and Times into the plot.....

OR maybe I can just forget about all of that and watch my late night [early morning] movies in peace.