'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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Probably because every time he was onscreen, the phrase "white knight" would be uttered three or four times, with meaningful pauses so the audience could remember that the movie was called the dark knight and solemnly appreciate the comparison being drawn.
Right, like what they kept calling Angel during seasons 3 and 4. I want to say "champion", but swear it was cornier than that.
Meanwhile, Lana's parents are actually Schroedinger's Cat.
it was champion!
Are you saying you haven't seen A Knight's Tale ? Granted the pretty-boy bonding-ness of it is rather subtle but Bettany goes way beyond shirtless.
You are absolutely correct - although I don't remember having the same OMGGuh! response to buck nekkid Chaucer!Bettany that I had to shirtless Bettany, actually. Not to disparage his bum, which is indeed a fine thing, and actually, I really should go buy a copy of A Knight's Tale... No, though, it was the bending-back-while-looking-intense-and concentrating-on-flaming-juggly-things-competent-action-shot business. Er, combined with that bit, I don't know what it's called, but that defined muscle bit coming up towards the hip, or heading towards the groin, depending on your perspective? Possibly the Iliac? Or something? Anyway, THAT bit. Which was distractingly well defined. Um.
But, yes, you're right - I was all over Chaucer/William like a rash. That bit where nekkid!Bettany was just LOOKING at William, in the expectation that William would help him out a second time, and then suddenly he realised that William was maybe going to leave him to stew, and the bottom fell out of his world, and he just did the best desperate puppy eyes in the history of ever, and William looked right back at him, and there was a long 'If I do this YOU WILL OWE ME' undercurrent, with lashings of 'Oh Captain my Captain', and...yeah. Um. I still have a half-finished fic somewhere that has Chaucer unrequitedly smitten with William, and ending up drunkenly shagging Wat instead. Because that was SO what happened in my head. (And the Chaucer/Wat pigtail pulling was So Much Fun.)
But in Inkheart it's the wee boy who's doing that whole wide-eyed idolising thing at Bettany's character, and Bettany is being all prickly and scarred and untrustworthy and heart of goldish. And shirtless. I did mention the shirtless, right?
...um. Sorry. Apologies to the not-slashily-inclined in the thread - I didn't mean to go on at such length.
please, Will... please will you help me
oh yeah
Guh.
We saw Milk last night, which I really liked. It really gave a sense of time and place and culture. Penn was as good as everyone says. With the whole Prop 8 thing going on, the political element of the story was doubly powerful.
We also saw The Day the Earth Sucked Ass Stood Still. So deeply, stupidly, profoundly bad. We snuck in, and I STILL feel like I overpaid.
We saw Milk last night, which I really liked. It really gave a sense of time and place and culture.
Scrappy, how did it compare to Zodiac which covers a similar era in SF?
Oh, I liked it much more. Van Sant uses news footage in really smart way and the haircuts and clothes, etc. all feel totally real and not "designed".
We also saw The Day the Earth Sucked Ass Stood Still. So deeply, stupidly, profoundly bad. We snuck in, and I STILL feel like I overpaid.
Yeah, I was afraid of that. I always thought TDTESS might be worth a remake/update, but it would have to be done right, and I had a gnawing suspicion that this wasn't it.
I saw Baby Mama on Friday. It is not funny. Thankfully, Tina Fey did not write it.
