Hoping to see it, but haven't yet. It's supposed to be pretty twisted, even for Almodovar, from what I heard.
Although I have to say Law of Desire was a massively eye-opening movie for me on a number of levels. Matador too, while on the subject.
Young Simon: So... how'd the Independents cut us off? Young River: They were using dinosaurs.
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Frankenbuddha - Nov 18, 2011 6:28:11 pm PST #16779 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Sue - Nov 18, 2011 8:06:56 pm PST #16780 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Has anyone else seen The Skin I Live In, the new Almodovar movie? I went to see it tonight, and (as I said so eloquently in Natter), whoa. I'm really not sure what I thought of it.
I saw it in September, I know what you mean. It was pretty fucked up and then went to a whole new level of fucked up. At the same time, it was done in a style that was kind of easy to watch. And Antonio Banderas hasn't been that attractive for a while, except for you know...
Kate P. - Nov 19, 2011 4:40:13 am PST #16781 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Exactly, Sue! I really didn't think he would go there. I still have a hard time understanding the psychological reasoning behind turning your daughter's rapist into the woman you love. How could you possibly get past the revulsion of knowing who s/he really was? I mean, obviously Ledgard was miles away from being in his right mind; I just didn't expect he was *that* far gone. Bizarre. But yes, it was awfully stylish and smooth, too, which made it easier to watch.
I keep wondering if I'd feel differently about Almodovar if he wasn't gay. His fascination with the female body, for example, would make me more uncomfortable if I felt like he were getting off on it, but because he's gay, it seems more like an aesthetic appreciation than a sexual one. But the result is still lots of naked female flesh onscreen, so how much of a difference does/should his own sexuality make?
smonster - Nov 19, 2011 8:39:02 am PST #16782 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Oh, ita !... [link] (you've probably already seen this, but just in case).
§ ita § - Nov 20, 2011 12:11:52 am PST #16783 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think I've explicitly seen those scenes in that order to that rhythm, so thank, you smonster. So, thanks.
I should keep an explicit list somewhere. In Evernote, or something of Finnick suggestions. How much older is he than the rest of them? Can Charlie Hunnam pull it off?
Anne W. - Nov 20, 2011 3:17:12 am PST #16784 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
How much older is he than the rest of them?
If I recall correctly, he was in the Hunger Games 10 years prior to Katniss and Peeta, and he was fairly youngish at the time. So, he'd be in his mid twenties.
Sophia Brooks - Nov 20, 2011 3:32:51 am PST #16785 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I love Charlie Hunnam. It is hard for me to tell how old he would look without the Jax Teller grody hair and beard.
Liese S. - Nov 20, 2011 8:29:09 am PST #16786 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Tom Hardy. What? Tom Hardy is the right answer to every question.
smonster - Nov 20, 2011 1:08:53 pm PST #16787 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
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le nubian - Nov 20, 2011 6:22:43 pm PST #16788 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."