I fell asleep the second time I saw The Two Towers-- I was already sleepy, and I knew that if I actually watched the battle and the caves with the big-eyed kids and the little boy with his too-big armor I'd get too overwrought and end up with nightmares, so as everyone was suiting up I slithered to the back of the theater (one of those big ones with couches) and slept until it was all over. I don't feel at all guilty about it, either, except for the drooling.
I swear, one of these times, you're gonna wake up in a coma.
Cordelia ,'Showtime'
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JZ - Jan 19, 2006 3:37:26 pm PST #9961 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Jessica - Jan 19, 2006 3:38:52 pm PST #9962 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I fall asleep damn near every time I see something at Film Forum, completely irrespective of the movie being shown. My theory is that the seats are so uncomfortable that my body simply shuts down in disgust. Which is a shame, because I've missed the middle third of some very good films because of it.
Jessica - Jan 19, 2006 3:40:02 pm PST #9963 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
person knitting herself into a cocoon over an 11 hour period
That's....odd.
Jessica - Jan 19, 2006 3:43:27 pm PST #9964 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Going for the threepeat! Gwen Stacy cast for Spider-Man 3
Gris - Jan 19, 2006 3:43:29 pm PST #9965 of 10002
Hey. New board.
I fall asleep damn near every time I see something at Film Forum, completely irrespective of the movie being shown.
That's... so weird. I guess your theory makes some sense.
I've seen, um, two movies at Film Forum. The Seven Samurai and that movie where Michelle Trachtenberg played a goth girl best friend to the sexually abused gay guy. I should see something happy there at some point.
ETA: Oh, that Spider-man article reminds me that I saw a trailer for "Lady in the Water" in front of Brokeback Mountain and it was so poorly done that I nearly died laughing. I imagine it might actually be decent (Shymalan has to strike gold again someday, right? RIGHT? And Paul Giametti rocks) but the trailer was... not good.
Jessica - Jan 19, 2006 3:45:33 pm PST #9966 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I should see something happy there at some point.
Hee -- good luck with that! I think the most cheerful thing I've ever seen there was La Dolce Vita. They were happy most of the time...
[eta: I take that back -- they're showing One Two Three right now, which I believe is fairly low in existential angst and/or trauma.]
sarameg - Jan 19, 2006 4:00:14 pm PST #9967 of 10002
My mother is notorious for falling asleep during the opening credits and then miss the first 15 minutes or so. But she chooses to remain silent and confused, rather than ask for a recap. Now, if it is animated, well, she'll sleep through the whole thing.
Not a useful skill for an elementary school teacher. She'd wake to find her entire class staring at her, giggling, during the couple times a year they'd get a movie as a treat.
Sean K - Jan 19, 2006 4:01:55 pm PST #9968 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
(Shymalan has to strike gold again someday, right? RIGHT? And Paul Giametti rocks) but the trailer was... not good.
I have come to feel that M. Knight is something of a one-trick pony. I still haven't seen that last one. I fear that further movies of his will begin to lessen my enjoyment of the ones I *did* like.
Jessica - Jan 19, 2006 4:48:24 pm PST #9969 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I have work-related reasons to believe that Lady in the Water will be more of the same schtick, unfortunately. (As far as we can tell, very few people involved in the production are allowed to know the entire story. It's very, very annoying.)
Steph L. - Jan 19, 2006 4:55:45 pm PST #9970 of 10002
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
person knitting herself into a cocoon over an 11 hour period
WHY? WHY?
Ran out of the good drugs?