Zoe ,'Serenity'
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Spoiler, Suzi? But I think it can fairly be considered to be both.
We had an extended clusterfuck before finally seeing the movie, going back and forth between two theaters and back again, seeing the first ten minutes of Savages, on and on. My friend had bought both of our tickets, and she went back in to see about a refund -- I told her to try to get free tickets she could use at night, since we only paid for a matinee! But don't know what came of it.
Fixed, Jesse. But how so both? It felt like his furniture got dropped after he had to use his nest egg money . Or am I forgetting something?
I just feel like maybe not -- it's all so unresolved. I mean, he's not going to Miami, so he's got to do something, and I don't think he lost all of his ambitions. I mean, maybe he did, but I don't think it was clear.
I guess I wish it had been more clear and more of his motivation. Beyond that, there could have been more eye candy.
Mostly I wish Adam had just gone back to the fucking sorority house the next day to get his bag! Those guys would have been gone, the girls would probably have been embarassed and just wanted him out of there.
Perfect, Jesse. That would have solved a lot.
The furniture dream by itself wasn't getting it done. After all, by staying in the stripping world, he lost his bankroll. I guess the girl was the inspiration to seek it out.
No one else seemed to have the biggest problem I had which was 13K in six years?! First of all, at three nights a week + the door, he should be making something like $50K a year, TAX FREE, on stripping ALONE. He's only saving $2K?! Freaking ludicrous, especially considering I totted up at least $10K in chairs from DWR, probably twice as much in other items. PLUS! That furniture could be made piece-by-piece and sold on Etsy or eBay or at a freestanding store! That whole thing was, to me, hilariously underbaked. Not that I thought it made a bad movie, but COME ON.
Aw, Juliebird, I'm sorry. I have a feeling I kind of loved everything that you hated about it, especially the Bollywood. Probably no Buffista should ever listen to me about movies.
I changed the channel onto Tree of Life...shortly before the drowning, I guess. Having since done some reading up about the movie--would coming in late help explain why I was so detached from it?
Having seen all the way through them moving, would you recommend me recording a future showing and watching the whole thing, if I didn't feel particularly enraptured by the coming of age vignettes I've seen so far? I mean, does putting it into context make a significant difference?
There is no context.