precisely how the music in the preview was making me misty.
This was a BIG part of why I was getting misty at the Pursuit of Happyness trailer. I was aware of at least that much.
Pretty cool except for the part where I was really terrified and now my knees are all dizzy.
Willow ,'Never Leave Me'
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Sean K - Nov 25, 2006 5:25:17 pm PST #5943 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
§ ita § - Nov 25, 2006 5:28:36 pm PST #5944 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I gritted my teeth and hunched my shoulders and swore silently at every earnest, racial minority, devoted dad, just plain good second of that trailer.
It's really designed to stop you (read, ESPECIALLY ME) from thinking and just go to that (inherently perfectly reasonable) part of you that feels bad for people whose lives sucks for no apparent fault of their own.
I won't let it get me.
Sean K - Nov 25, 2006 5:34:39 pm PST #5945 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
(read, ESPECIALLY ME)
Is it wrong that it makes me giggle when you react so contrarily to certain types of emotional manipulation, ita?
Strega - Nov 25, 2006 6:04:29 pm PST #5946 of 10001
bon --
Strega, did you think the guy in glasses at the end was Le Chiffre? He was just another random villian who looks villianous.
Oh, right, because he's killed earlier. I had to think that through. But why give that guy a wonky left eye, too? It seems designed to cause confusion. For me, anyway.
Polter-Cow - Nov 25, 2006 9:00:13 pm PST #5947 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just saw Closer. I know I'm supposed to like it, but I wanted to punch everyone in the face except Alice, and not just because it was Natalie Portman. She seemed to be the only one with any sense of decency.
The whole movie makes me feel kind of dirty.
Volans - Nov 26, 2006 1:56:08 am PST #5948 of 10001
move out and draw fire
I'd never heard of parkour either. Very cool. I guess I've done it, in terms of completing military obstacle courses.
We watched Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone last night. It wasn't as bad as I remembered, although man were the effects bad. Mostly we just kept exclaiming, "They're babies !!!" Even Alan Rickman looked really young, although he was wearing a ton of makeup so maybe they were trying to age him down. Sean Biggerstaff still has the best accent ever.
Proving that he's our child, Mallory about died during the Hogwarts reveal as the first years boat to it. He was reaching for it and exclaiming "WANT!"
Tom Scola - Nov 26, 2006 2:41:06 am PST #5949 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I stopped watching after a half-hour, P-C, for the same reason.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 26, 2006 3:56:53 am PST #5950 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I saw Closer as live theatre a couple years before the movie came out. It's definitely meant to be bleak, with no really likeable or audience-identifiable characters.
Sue - Nov 26, 2006 4:06:49 am PST #5951 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I saw the real Pursuit of Happyness guy on Charlie Rose this summer and he was way less mawkish than the movie looked.
Polter-Cow - Nov 26, 2006 8:42:45 am PST #5952 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I stopped watching after a half-hour, P-C, for the same reason.
I wanted to give it up, but I stuck it out. I suppose it was worth it.