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.
Tell me more good stuff about me.
Kaylee ,'The Message'
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beekaytee - Mar 06, 2013 11:41:27 am PST #23633 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
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.
Dana - Mar 06, 2013 12:09:46 pm PST #23640 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
God, I love that movie.
beekaytee - Mar 06, 2013 12:13:50 pm PST #23641 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Well, look at THAT! I just discovered that my second favorite Alan Rickman film is on netflix streaming...along with my 5th favorite Alan Rickman film. HatchattaCHA!
Blow Dry here I come.
§ ita § - Mar 06, 2013 12:14:51 pm PST #23642 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Normal isn't a good enough reason for me to find a story interesting. It's completely irrelevant, in fact. By about halfway in, I realised I did not care what she experienced or what happened to her. I stuck around because so many people like the movie, but she, they didn't come back from that--it was two people uninteresting to me doing uninteresting things in ways that didn't interest me.