I had another of those weird dreams.

For some reason, my sister was to fly to Hong Kong, don't ask me why, maybe she's become a deep alter-mondialism believer or some eco freak lately ? - Anyway, she was to fly to Hong Kong, but once there, she realized that she had forgotten her passport at home, and she was held by the authorities there that didn't want to accept her on their territory, but the french authorities wouldn't do anything because they didn't recognize her as French as she had no passport. So there she was in custody.
Then she was flying with a friend of me, who was probably llaunje, who then flew back to Paris to get me, and as I was the legal responsible of my sister, I had to fly to Hong Kong with her to give my sister her passport so she could be released.
It all happened in little time, as if Hong Kong was just one hour away from here, lol.
I'm such a travelling freak.

Anyway, a bit of dream can't hurt in such a world/life.
Lastest invention of our government : to compensate the winter service on regional train lines, which means 157 more trains every day here in Île-de-France, they hired 11 drivers. SNCF workers are then very worried, because it means more work. Then the press seems to be focusing on them being lazy bastards, like, dripping silly commentsoh how many advantages they have (which includes job safety, retirement at 55 instead of 65 and 6-hour working days instead of 7)...
But evidently, the press forgets the most important thing ever : those huys work 365 days a year, including sundays and holidays, they have very irregular plannings, they can sometimes start working at 3 or 4 in the morning, finish at midnight or later... And it's thanks to them that people can actually move during holidays or sundays... I remember sainstace rambling last year about how she couldn't go to work on the first of January because the trains weren't running... Stupid fucking morons. Not to mention that they only interview people who're sick and angry at them and are sort of jealous of those "advantages" they're supposed to have - they'd rather have a low-level equality, it seems...

Anyway, that was the rant against our liberal government. More to come !

Also, I've been seeing two movies in the past weeks.

Firstly, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by Mike Newell.
I must say that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is my favourite book of the series, the first one that really goes deep into dark stuff, etc. I swore I wouldn't go see it, but as usual I couldn't help myself, even if only to be able to criticize it after having actually seen it.
I was sort of disappointed, but I could see a few positive spots. The screenplay is a true disaster and the book is all torn up, although I guess that someone not having read the book would understand what's going on. The cuts weren't as bad as Sorcerer's Stone or Chamber of Secrets. But what I really can't stand is, merges. Mixes. Take one bit here, one bit here, one there, and mix them up into a weird scene. No, I don't like that.
Actors were average, though some were really good : James and Oliver Phelps, Emma Watson, and Maggie Smith who had a very difficult line to say (this comes from a non-english speaker, though, so it was impressive !). However, none was really bad IMO, especially compared to the first movies.
Also, I know that it was hard to make it up into a 3-hour only movie, but some characters would have deserved a better depht : the Weasley Twins, Fleur Delacour...
One of the good points is that the screenplay writer added a few funny comments or lines that were sort of relaxing. Also the grounds and action scene like the one with the dragon are truly good.
In average, I didn't like the movie, but it hopefully had a few good points. Maybe we can expect something decent for Order of the Phoenix, which should release in May 2007.
( Legal credit, long live the LEN law )

Then, I went to see Palais Royal by Valérie Lemercier.
Palais Royal is a comedy about a royal family in Europe in our days. Basically, the King dies, so there is a plot between the Queen and the Chancellor to prevent Prince Alban to access the throne, under the pretext that he has no wife. His younger brother Arnaud - someone who enjoys the benefits of life - is then to succeed his father. The story is set on his life and centered on his soon-to-be wife, Armelle. Cheated on by his husband, disliked by the Queen, she'll mess up around to gain popularity and cause mayhem into the family, notably by organizing an open day at the castle.
To write the movie, Valérie Lemercier has observed royal courts in Europe and quite got inspiration from the figure of Princess Diana with a nice wink at some point. It's toroughly a nice comedy, quite funny but not too heavy, and very enjoyable to watch with very good actors - Valérie Lemercier herself is perfect, and note that Catherine Deneuve is absolutely brilliant in evil plotting Queen. I daresay I hope it gets out for english-speaking people to understand it !
( Legal credit, long live the LEN law )

( Special bonus : pictures )

So here goes my life. Stay on !