I adore that film beyond all reason.
Anya: It's lovely! I wish it was mine! Oh like you weren't all thinking the same thing. Giles: I'm fairly certain I wasn't.
'The Killer In Me'
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Scrappy - Mar 06, 2013 11:33:01 am PST #23630 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
erikaj - Mar 06, 2013 11:34:27 am PST #23631 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
As much as I liked it at the time, all I remember now is "There are ghosts in my house watching videos." But that still makes me laugh.
JZ - Mar 06, 2013 11:36:57 am PST #23632 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
My house is full of dead people! And why are they all men?
beekaytee - Mar 06, 2013 11:41:27 am PST #23633 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
I truly love TMD with all my heart.
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore scene is one of my top three most romantic moments in cinema, ever.
JZ - Mar 06, 2013 11:43:03 am PST #23634 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Juliet Stevenson said that when they did that scene, Minghella blasted the song and all the crew was dancing. We only see Nina and Jamie, but they're actually in a crowded room full of crazy giddy dancers.
beekaytee - Mar 06, 2013 11:44:42 am PST #23635 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
This makes total sense to me, as I always dance around when I play the youtube clip!!
There is just JOY in it.
§ ita § - Mar 06, 2013 11:52:40 am PST #23636 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, it's not supposed to be *not* disturbing
I'm assuming you experienced a sort of disturbing where you felt empathy. I did not--I found her tiresome and irritating. And also disturbing. Her grief was not evocative for me in the least.
JZ - Mar 06, 2013 12:02:19 pm PST #23637 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Yeah, I... can't help with that. Sometimes an actor or character just rubs someone the wrong way and that's that.
Kate P. - Mar 06, 2013 12:03:54 pm PST #23638 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Oh, it's been way too long since I've seen TMD. I've had it in my Netflix queue for ages, but they list it as unavailable on DVD. ???
beekaytee - Mar 06, 2013 12:04:39 pm PST #23639 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
I found her tiresome and irritating. And also disturbing. Her grief was not evocative for me in the least.
This was actually the whole point to me.
She WAS irritating, selfish and unhealthy.
She had a normal grief experience. Not a stylized, theatrical grief...but the real thing.
The movie came after the second most significant grief experience of my life and I saw myself in Nina. A normal person experiencing an untidy loss.
Plus, I fell in love with Alan Rickman instantly. That ardor has never cooled.