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Dec. 4th, 2009 11:43 amThings I have seen recently (for a given value of 'recently'):
- An Education, which I went to see with my mother and cousin because all of my suggestions ("WE COULD GO SEE NEW MOON IT WOULD BE HILARIOUS!" "NO!") were brutally and inexplicably rebuffed. (Me: "Well, we can go see it if you want, although it would not be my top choice of film." Mom: "What are you saying, it is exactly your kind of thing!" Me: "Are you just saying that because it has lots of British actors in it?" Mom: ". . . maybe.") It is about a precocious 1960's schoolgirl who has a glamourous but ill-advised affair with an older man and was about exactly what you would expect from that summary, though the Who's Who of British actors parading through it was indeed pretty entertaining, and the costumes were often gorgeous.
- The Thin Man, which I had seen before but which you can never watch too many times. Nick and Nora Charles will both be dead of alcohol poisoning before they are forty, but up until then they are clearly having an awesome time, so to each their own, I guess!
- The Big Sleep, the film which might reasonably be subtitled William Faulkner Doesn't Care About The Plot But Thinks Bogey And Bacall Are Really Hot, Part II. (Part I is of course To Have and To Have Not.) I have never much seen the appeal of RPF, but as I watched this film I suddenly found myself wondering whether anyone had requested Bogie/Bacall fic for Yuletide, and then I had to go hide myself in shame for a while.
- the first half of Samurai Champloo, which I am enjoying a lot! I like the characters and their dynamic and the totally deliberate anachronisms and the fact that whenever the writers are required to make an executive story decision they automatically vote FOR THE LULZ ("How can we make this samurai more ridiculous?" "well, we could make him a rapper with a beatboxing minion . . ." ". . . AWESOME") and the fact that I can accurately refer to episodes as "the one with Van Gogh and the porn" and "the one where everybody gets stoned."
- the latest episodes of Fullmetal Alchemist. I think my favorite character allegiance has switched from Izumi to Riza - not that I don't still love Izumi A LOT, but there's not much that's more badass than ( spoilers! )
Things I have not seen recently:
- any episodes of American TV at all ever, including those that I am in theory following.
- An Education, which I went to see with my mother and cousin because all of my suggestions ("WE COULD GO SEE NEW MOON IT WOULD BE HILARIOUS!" "NO!") were brutally and inexplicably rebuffed. (Me: "Well, we can go see it if you want, although it would not be my top choice of film." Mom: "What are you saying, it is exactly your kind of thing!" Me: "Are you just saying that because it has lots of British actors in it?" Mom: ". . . maybe.") It is about a precocious 1960's schoolgirl who has a glamourous but ill-advised affair with an older man and was about exactly what you would expect from that summary, though the Who's Who of British actors parading through it was indeed pretty entertaining, and the costumes were often gorgeous.
- The Thin Man, which I had seen before but which you can never watch too many times. Nick and Nora Charles will both be dead of alcohol poisoning before they are forty, but up until then they are clearly having an awesome time, so to each their own, I guess!
- The Big Sleep, the film which might reasonably be subtitled William Faulkner Doesn't Care About The Plot But Thinks Bogey And Bacall Are Really Hot, Part II. (Part I is of course To Have and To Have Not.) I have never much seen the appeal of RPF, but as I watched this film I suddenly found myself wondering whether anyone had requested Bogie/Bacall fic for Yuletide, and then I had to go hide myself in shame for a while.
- the first half of Samurai Champloo, which I am enjoying a lot! I like the characters and their dynamic and the totally deliberate anachronisms and the fact that whenever the writers are required to make an executive story decision they automatically vote FOR THE LULZ ("How can we make this samurai more ridiculous?" "well, we could make him a rapper with a beatboxing minion . . ." ". . . AWESOME") and the fact that I can accurately refer to episodes as "the one with Van Gogh and the porn" and "the one where everybody gets stoned."
- the latest episodes of Fullmetal Alchemist. I think my favorite character allegiance has switched from Izumi to Riza - not that I don't still love Izumi A LOT, but there's not much that's more badass than ( spoilers! )
Things I have not seen recently:
- any episodes of American TV at all ever, including those that I am in theory following.
