it's a magical world

All of my favorite lust-object DVDs are back in the States, so I settled for the next best thing. The ending of The Usual Suspects is like an intellectual orgasm. Gah. My love for this film increases exponentially every time I watch it. Well done, me, for picking it as one of the ten DVDs I actually brought to Ireland with me.

And wtf, me, for picking Gallipoli instead of, say, Moulin Rouge! or The Sting or sommat. Well, okay, I know why I chose it; it's one of my favorite movies to introduce to people, because almost no one I know has seen it, and when I first came over, I was all optimistic about making friends and shit. Stupid me. So stupid. I should've just loaded up on the movies I love to watch on my own.

Upon reflection, it occurs to me that in the past TEN YEARS, the only time the Academy actually gave the Best Picture award to the film I actually thought was the best picture was, well, ROTK. (And yes, I'm STILL pissed off about Gladiator beating out both Traffic AND Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. And let's not even go into the Forrest Gump year.) So. And while Crash hasn't been playing anywhere in Dublin, Brokeback Mountain has been doing very good business here for several months now. In fact, I think I shall see it again this afternoon. So neener! :P

YAY SOUNDTRACK! Oh, wow, that theme sounded hot with full orchestra. *fans self*

So last night (or this morning) I had a very vivid dream in which I was trying to persuade my boyfriend that we should go see that Casanova movie, citing Heath Ledger's hotness and this one fantastic review I read in the NYTimes a while ago and so on. The dream went on to other strange things from there, but it was a very reasonable argument, so when I woke up I checked online, and sure enough, Casanova just opened in Dublin this week. So I bought a ticket and went.

OMG, most amazingest movie EVAR. It's high farce at its greatest, pure fluff of the best sort. You can tell that all of the actors are enjoying themselves immensely. It's got all the things you expect from a period farce, with your mistaken identities and double entendres and, of course, swordfights. The plot is ridiculous and fun, and the twists -- particularly the final twist -- are joyfully predictable, in the sense that you know it's coming and it's all so beautifully satisfying once it comes. It's got its cheesy moments, but they're very forgivable in light of everything else, and fortunately the script doesn't linger long enough on them to hurt the fun. And oh my goodness, Heath Ledger makes a wonderful Casanova. *fans self* I didn't even project Ennis much. I highly recommend seeing it, or renting it -- it's not the sort of movie that needs to be seen on the big screen, but it's well worth watching when you need a bit of an upper. Good stuff, that.

Somewhat belatedly, the results to that movie quotes meme from a couple of weeks ago: ( in here )

And hobbitgwen won with six correct guesses, and I'll post her ficlet momentarily. :)

On the plus side, I'm about to rewatch one of my favorite films in the name of research, which is pretty nifty. I wouldn't mind this essay much at all, really, if I only had more time to write it. Ironically, that's why I pushed it back to the last minute -- the other essay was on a topic I had little interest in for a course I detested, so I wanted to get it out of the way first, and of course wound up getting hung up on it for a while because, um, yeah, boring. I always try to save the best for last, or, y'know, tackle the greater of two evils before the lesser. Alas.

Don't worry, the essay whinging will end soon. It has to. They're due tomorrow. >_<

ETA: Memo to self: no, you can't now spend an hour or two to make Twelve Angry Icons, dammit. DO YOUR WORK.

OMG gay cowboy movie SO FUCKING GOOD.

See it. See it now. Or, y'know, whenever it actually opens in your general area. It's incredible.

Saw the Narnia movie. I give it a resounding meh. It was a pretty good adaptation of a mediocre story. Don't get me wrong, I used to love the Narnia books -- or, well, I loved the first three, but Lewis lost me with 'Silver Chair' and never won me back, although I read all the way through the rest. They're pretty good kids' books, especially before you're old enough to catch the allegory. But they really don't stand the test of time. Hell, my old 'young adult' fantasy series still grab me more than the Narnia books. Ah, well.

One thing I did like in the movie was the family dynamic between the four kids. Good stuff, that. And christ but Peter was hot. Please don't tell me how old the actor is; I'd rather go on in blissful ignorance of exactly how pervy I am.

Kaydee's one-line review of The Searchers (1956), which she had to watch for her 1950s Culture & Performance class:

Holy racial stereotypes, Batman! *facepalm*

So, on my way to buy a CD for my dad's bday present, I passed a movie theater. As you do. And saw a poster for Green Street Hooligans, with "NOW SHOWING" acorss the top. And sorta shrugged and continued on to the CD store, because meh, heard enough about this film from you lot, not really interested.

On the way back from buying the CD, passed the theater again. Glanced at poster again. Noted how hot Elijah Wood looked in it. Remembered the overwhelming hotness of dark!Frodo. Entered movie theater on impulse. Noted that next showing of GSH was in twenty minutes.

Bought ticket.

Okay, I went in skeptical. Very skeptical, albeit impulsively drawn to dark!Elijah. My reaction to GSH? Best damn movie I've seen all year. No, seriously. It made me wibble and chortle to myself in the theater. And...FRODO BEATS THE SHIT OUT OF PEOPLE. Liek.

Go see. NOW.

Also, who is Charlie Hunnam and why did nobody tell me that he is actually the sexiest creature on God's good earth? I want to sex him. Like, a lot. And I know I've seen Charlie/Elijah and Pete/Matt slash around somewhere, so kindly direct me to it, now please.

Supposedly, someone is coming to install internet in our apartment on Saturday. Which isn't nearly soon enough, but at least now I know that my internetless days WILL come to an end. Or something.

Skimmed through skip=bajillion. Hope all is well, and many many thanks for the birthday wishes! To celebrate, I saw Batman Begins, which was all kinds of awesome. My only non-spoilery complaint was that they could have pushed the inherent darkness of Wayne's character even further. Nolan and Bale played with it a bit, but I really wanted him to be just barely this side of villain. I'm twisted that way. But. Yes. Great movie, much better than most superhero flicks, although I still prefer the X-Men.

Speaking of X-Men, I need to get cracking on that xmmficathon fic. I know what it's gonna be about and such, but I'm having a lot of trouble with the writing part. Probably because I don't much like the main character. It's hard writing from the perspective of a character who bores you. How do I make this person interesting without making them totally OOC? Bah.

Sin City = severe hotness. And when Clive Owen and Rosario Dawson are in the same shot, kaydee go boom. And oh, Frodo, whatever happened to you?

Now, meme:

01. Post a list of 10 TV shows you watch/ed.
02. Have your friends list guess your favourite character from each show.
03. When someone guesses your favourite character, bold the title.
04. When guessed, tell us why you like that character.

1. The X-Files (1/3 so far...)
2. NYPD Blue
3. Whose Line Is It Anyway?
4. Sports Night
5. Coupling
6. Star Trek: TNG
7. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
...crap. I can't think of any other shows I care at all about, and Star Trek is only up there because the boyfriend has been showing me a lot of episodes of late. There are others I used to watch, but I don't really remember characters and such. Ah well.

And X-Files? While I lurve Mulder and Scully and all that, don't guess either of them. I'll give "favorite character" credit to three different chars, only because they're all slightly obscure. Only slightly, though.

ETA: Dude, two people managed to get 5/6 shows right. That's just...ridiculous. But there are still two other slightly obscure XF chars out there, and anyways, I like seeing people guess...oh! I thought of another show I watch (sorta)!