Dammit, all this is making me want to watch it again.

I just moved it to the top of my netflix queue. Maybe I can bring it with me to watch from your cuddle couch while we drink coffee.

I mean, aren't we past the "if you love me do something unreasonable" moratoriums yet?

I'm trying to remember: was her request before or after his period of extreme dickish pouting?

If it was after, it doesn't seem as unreasonable to me, because yeah, go team beat the asshole, but don't take out your frustration on the girl because the asshole withdrew.

I know in real life it's not about who's cooler

Well, it is when it's Twu Wuv. But when a jock is getting booty as booty for winning something jockly, yeah, it's pedestal-pussy.

I still think the moviemakers intended for it to be (Kate?) Blacksmith Girl, at least enough so that it really looked like it was going to go that way.

I forgot the other woman's name was Jocelyn. Now I need to run over to Literary and laugh about how the two main male character's in Kushiel's Dart were named Hyacinth and Jocelyn.

it is when it's Twu Wuv

I disagree. Otherwise it'd be reflected in all cool people getting the person of their choice, and the uncool being single and/or unhappily coupled.

It's just about chemistry.

PMM, I don't remember when it happened. What was his dicking pouting about, again? But asking him to lose to prove his love -- I don't care (so much) if he started it. That's still inexcusable childish behaviour that I hate to see rewarded.

Maybe I can bring it with me to watch from your cuddle couch while we drink coffee.

If I ever bring myself to forgive the slight ...

PMM, I don't remember when it happened. What was his dicking pouting about, again? But asking him to lose to prove his love -- I don't care (so much) if he started it. That's still inexcusable childish behaviour that I hate to see rewarded.

As I recall (I watched in a room full of people including a hyper 9 year old, and everyone was chattering a bit), she went to congratate him/flirt with him after the event where Rufus Sewell dropped out, and he ripped into her for being nothing but a dumb and pointless girl because damn it, it wasn't really winning.

So, if I'm remembering the timing right and not retconning it, she's asking him to prove that she's a higher priority than the game. Which, still childish, but then, so was he, which just goes back to my point about him being unworthy of Kate.

If I ever bring myself to forgive the slight ...

I hope you can, even though I know it will be hard, what with the not having you make me coffee when you were in a rush to get to krav and all.

Just watched Kung Fu Hustle. That was a really good movie. Admittedly not to everyone's taste, and I didn't think it was the laff riot I'd heard it was, but really pretty damn good. Excellent use of special effects, and fun shout-outs to everything from Blues Brothers to Spiderman to Moulin Rouge.

she went to congratate him/flirt with him after the event where Rufus Sewell dropped out, and he ripped into her for being nothing but a dumb and pointless girl because damn it, it wasn't really winning.

You are correct. It's a great movie to watch on the treadmill.

I always thought Kate and Wat would end up together, and Wat would do all the cooking as she blacksmithed her heart out. Roland would end up with Jocelyn's maidservant, and Chaucer would wander merrily away.

So, that's one that Caroline Dhavernas will be leaving off her resume if she's smart then?

If she's smart she would kill everyone who saw her in it to forever eliminate any chance of that career fumble biting her in the ass. It should be an easy task, if my 5 minutes in the empty theater are any indication. (Note I left before she appeared onscreen and only found out she was in it years after the fact, so no need to bump me off!)

Speaking of seeing rotten movies in empty theaters, I just got back from watching A Sound of Thunder with 2 or 3 other masochists. The nonsensical plot made my head hurt, and the laughably bad CGI that comprised maybe half of the movie made me think fondly of the monster FX on Hercules and The Lost World in comparison .

However, it did manage to vastly exceed the lowered expectations I posted earlier. Our Hero Ed Burns not only runs in sweaty athletic fashion from assorted menaces throughout, but also has two lengthy scenes in which the camera slowly, lovingly pans over his boxers-clad body in beautiful early morning sunlight. Meanwhile, the very pretty actresses remain entirely covered up except for one blink-and-you'll-miss-it scene by an incidental character early on. I am amazed to discover that the director is apparently a straight family man, as opposed to being Family .

Key word: "apparently."