Totally!
River: You gave up everything you had. Simon: [Chinese] Everything I have is right here.
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amyth - Dec 17, 2011 4:43:31 pm PST #17069 of 30000
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Jesse - Dec 17, 2011 4:52:00 pm PST #17070 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Seriously.
I may have liked this Holmes movie more than the first one. IIRC, the first one basically made no sense at all at the end, right? Anyway, I definitely liked it, and definitely thought of Steph.
§ ita § - Dec 17, 2011 4:57:35 pm PST #17071 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I thought the first one was more mysterious, and had the benefit of being surprisingly funny and exciting, whereas with this one, a bar had already been set.
So I get when people are wondering where the sort of genius Holmes they're used to has gone, because this Holmes doesn't really demonstrate much long game (not that he's dumb--just that all the brilliance is about things happening in the short term).
However, I do adore the competence of Watson, both physically and mentally. I will always sideeye people who defend the Rathbone Holmes *too* much, just because he was such a buffoon.
Also! Stephen Fry! (Whose character apparently needs to have the benefits of heterosexuality explained to him, despite also being a genius)
Jesse - Dec 17, 2011 5:01:20 pm PST #17072 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh yeah, I loved Watson's competence. But I do see what you're saying.
Steph L. - Dec 18, 2011 5:27:33 am PST #17073 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Anyway, I definitely liked it, and definitely thought of Steph.
Right on!
§ ita § - Dec 18, 2011 12:07:56 pm PST #17074 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Will Rock of Ages feature Tom Cruise not taking himself seriously? I don't know anything about the story, or how straight it's played.
Dana - Dec 18, 2011 3:34:16 pm PST #17075 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I don't know either, but I thought that trailer looked dreadful.
Jesse - Dec 18, 2011 3:35:58 pm PST #17076 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
From all I've heard, the stage show doesn't take itself at all seriously.
§ ita § - Dec 18, 2011 3:36:18 pm PST #17077 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I did want to stab things, including myself. And rip off all their wigs.
Fred Pete - Dec 19, 2011 4:04:48 am PST #17078 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
So my 12YO niece and 14YO nephew dragged me to the new Twilight movie over the weekend. I think I'd have enjoyed the movie more if it just realized it was overwrought, half-baked melodrama and ran with it. Or if Edward and Jacob had decided that they didn't need Isabella, and run off together.
They also wanted to see the new Chipmunks movie. A mildly diverting but very forgettable hour and a half.