Saw "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" this weekend. I got it and Willy Wonka for Christmas.
LOVED it. Loved, loved, loved it.
But I've had that damn song in my head for 3 days.
Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka, the amazing choclatier....
One of you is gonna fall and die, and I'm not cleaning it up!
Mal ,'War Stories'
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Aims - Dec 27, 2005 7:32:36 am PST #9371 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Allyson - Dec 27, 2005 10:10:44 am PST #9372 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I saw Brokeback yesterday, and I completely haven't been affected by a film in this way, ever.
I'm still wrapped in it, and I woke up thinking about it.
Part of me wishes I hadn't seen it, and i am not sure if I can ever see it again.
I'm sure that sounds all melodramatic, but it's true.
Nutty - Dec 27, 2005 10:29:59 am PST #9373 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I was trolling LJ somewhere and came across a post about Brokeback Mountain to the effect of how the journalist could develop no sympathy for the characters because they "weren't smart enough" to move away to San Francisco.
Womanfully, I resisted the temptation to dope-slap, because somebody that far away from the point would likely be facing the wrong way anyway, and I'd only manage a mild boxing of the ears.
I did not find it overwhelmingly affecting, as a movie -- I tended to watch it on a meta level -- but I think overall that it did what it intended to do. I think it was Jessica who reported that it was a movie that popped up in your thoughts a day or two later, and I find that's true.
Jesse - Dec 27, 2005 11:06:09 am PST #9374 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, I've been thinking about it a lot since I saw it last week. And I didn't cry watching the movie itself, but I cried watching the stupid Logo special, which was basically cast and crew sitting around saying, "Making this movie was awesome, everyone was awesome, it was great," because it reminded me about all the stuff in the movie.
§ ita § - Dec 27, 2005 11:08:27 am PST #9375 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My sister is looking forward to seeing the movie in part to get it out of her head.
I wish her luck.
the journalist could develop no sympathy for the characters because they "weren't smart enough" to move away to San Francisco
Your restraint was notable. Jackass.
juliana - Dec 27, 2005 11:09:36 am PST #9376 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
My sister is looking forward to seeing the movie in part to get it out of her head.
HAH. I read the story however many months ago and I STILL can't get it out of my head. The movie will break me in many different ways, and I need to see it soon.
Lee - Dec 27, 2005 11:12:10 am PST #9377 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Makes more plans for Jan. 2
§ ita § - Dec 27, 2005 11:13:25 am PST #9378 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My poor sister. She's unholily obsessed with this movie. I think if she'd fandomed before, it wouldn't be such a shock. She wants to be free of it, I suspect, but can't...oh, god, I'm going to say it..quit it.
She's read the story, just about every interview, gazed longingly at trailer screen caps, gotten both a free ticket and a paid ticket to see it before it opens officially in the UK...poor thing.
Apart from the offchance she despises the movie, it's not going to get better. And may very well get worse.
Trudy Booth - Dec 27, 2005 11:13:43 am PST #9379 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Saw Narnia.
Love love love. I forgave them Lucy not being blonde (maybe that was just the cartoon? my head? I think it was in the book) once I saw the actress. Marvelous. I loved the casting of all the children and how they actually looked like siblings. I loved the period detail and feel. I didn't mind the changes because none of them seemed a) gratuitous or b) completely out of sync.
Allyson - Dec 27, 2005 11:15:39 am PST #9380 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
My poor sister. She's unholily obsessed with this movie. I think if she'd fandomed before, it wouldn't be such a shock. She wants to be free of it, I suspect, but can't...oh, god, I'm going to say it..quit it.
I need to be an email buddy with your sister for awhile, I think.