And a Ginormous Cat!
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butterflydreamingI am surrounded by muppets:
Yesterday I went to the nicest movie theater in Seattle, the Majestic Bay, to see (after much delay) Brokeback Mountain. It made me more angry than sad, in a Moby-esque "Everything is Wrong" kind of way. An excellent movie, not over-hyped, well-made and subtle in the right places.
It seems unbalanced to recommend another same-sex-love movie in the same breath, but last week I saw Imagine Me & You, which is complete fluff by comparison... but not the stupid fluff it might seem to be, if you take away the comparison with an Academy Award level film. I kind of can't stand the Beatles, but the story follows right out of the song as if the song were a story prompt; it's kind of funny.
I can recommend this movie because it has character depth created by the quality of the acting. I suspect that the script would be garbage without that. The dialog would have been unmercifully predictable had I not been completely charmed by the performances. Anthony Stuart Head (Giles, from BtVS -- do I even need to tell you that?) plays the father in a wonderfully vague, distracted, rumpled way. He had me spilling a few tears, but then, I always cry at the wrong things, don't I?
Oh, and that one has a happy ending, in a believable way.
You're a wanker, Number 9.
In other news, there is a GINORMOUS cat at L's workplace. He was abandoned a few days ago, left in a carrier in the back hallway with an expensive-looking knit blanket. He weighs over 23 pounds without being fat, has a head as big as a Fuji apple, and is bright-eyed and gentle. Unlike most abandoned cats, he isn't acting angry and resentful. He has a better personality than my Aya.
There is a high likelyhood that he's part wildy, but since the illegality of that mix would be a death sentence for him, we're saying he's just, y'know, a very big silver tabby with a manx tail. No tufts on the ears, thankfully.
Should you feel inclined to come out and see him, there is West 5 next door, and Elliott Bay Brewery across the street, and W.Seattle's Matador... and Tom Yum Koon Thai... and Than Bro.s Pho, with their options of meat, seafood, & vegetarian pho, down the street... .
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Yesterday I went to the nicest movie theater in Seattle, the Majestic Bay, to see (after much delay) Brokeback Mountain. It made me more angry than sad, in a Moby-esque "Everything is Wrong" kind of way. An excellent movie, not over-hyped, well-made and subtle in the right places.
It seems unbalanced to recommend another same-sex-love movie in the same breath, but last week I saw Imagine Me & You, which is complete fluff by comparison... but not the stupid fluff it might seem to be, if you take away the comparison with an Academy Award level film. I kind of can't stand the Beatles, but the story follows right out of the song as if the song were a story prompt; it's kind of funny.
I can recommend this movie because it has character depth created by the quality of the acting. I suspect that the script would be garbage without that. The dialog would have been unmercifully predictable had I not been completely charmed by the performances. Anthony Stuart Head (Giles, from BtVS -- do I even need to tell you that?) plays the father in a wonderfully vague, distracted, rumpled way. He had me spilling a few tears, but then, I always cry at the wrong things, don't I?
Oh, and that one has a happy ending, in a believable way.
You're a wanker, Number 9.
In other news, there is a GINORMOUS cat at L's workplace. He was abandoned a few days ago, left in a carrier in the back hallway with an expensive-looking knit blanket. He weighs over 23 pounds without being fat, has a head as big as a Fuji apple, and is bright-eyed and gentle. Unlike most abandoned cats, he isn't acting angry and resentful. He has a better personality than my Aya.
There is a high likelyhood that he's part wildy, but since the illegality of that mix would be a death sentence for him, we're saying he's just, y'know, a very big silver tabby with a manx tail. No tufts on the ears, thankfully.
Should you feel inclined to come out and see him, there is West 5 next door, and Elliott Bay Brewery across the street, and W.Seattle's Matador... and Tom Yum Koon Thai... and Than Bro.s Pho, with their options of meat, seafood, & vegetarian pho, down the street... .
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Showing my age here......
Date: 2006-02-19 11:40 pm (UTC)"Happy Together" is by The Turtles. Unless lennon/MCCARTNEY wrote it and gave it to them, they're innocent of this one.
Or showing your knowledge...
Date: 2006-02-20 05:58 pm (UTC)HA!
Date: 2006-02-20 06:10 pm (UTC)Imagine is John Lennon solo. You need to get a hold of Revolver and call me in the morning.
Re: HA!
Date: 2006-02-20 06:26 pm (UTC)Re: HA!
Date: 2006-02-21 12:48 am (UTC)At Red Mill they usually just play The Rolling Stones but i do think a little Beatles Edu-ma-cation is in order.
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Date: 2006-02-19 11:59 pm (UTC)I saw the preview for Imagine Me and You the last time I went to see Brokeback Mountain, and was immediately intrigued. Want to see it, now that you've recced it.
*bing!* I'm so stupid sometimes. I just realized what, apart from sad, Brokeback Mountain made me feel. Angry. Low-level constant thrumming anger! That's partly why that movie stayed with me for so long, and why I've struggled with the hangover from it. Forest. Trees. Me. Not seeing. Stupid, as I said.
Good grief. What will I be like when I eventually see Crash?
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Date: 2006-02-20 06:03 pm (UTC)I haven't seen Crash, either.
Brokeback Mt is what my best friend calls a "two aspirin movie". It puts you in such emotional turmoil, stirring up the levels, that you feel like you have to take two aspirin and lie down someplace quiet for a while. Anger, sadness, frustration, sympathy... and the anger comes from several places.
Angry is good. Angry makes things Change.
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Date: 2006-02-20 07:18 pm (UTC)It hit me in the viscera and my brain is having a hard time sorting through some things that are not purely cerebral. And part of me thinks that I need a really good cry about it, and another part thinks that if I start crying I may never stop because I have a lot of repressed emotion that might be unleashed and then I wouldn't be in control, would I.
How useful is a catharsis if you won't use it?
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Date: 2006-02-20 07:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-20 07:29 pm (UTC)BTW, I have no idea who anonymous (below) is.
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Date: 2006-02-20 07:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-20 10:22 pm (UTC)Hi-Ho!
Date: 2006-02-20 12:27 am (UTC)I am surrounded by muppets
How LUCKY!
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Date: 2006-02-20 06:18 pm (UTC)I just totally flashed back to my high-school girlfriend who deeply believed that The Hollies song "The Air that I Breathe" was by John Lennon.
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Date: 2006-02-20 06:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-21 12:47 am (UTC)>And here, I would've said The Beegees. {ducks}
{THROWS!}
Drat! I was really trying for Firefly
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Date: 2006-02-20 06:28 pm (UTC)Re: Drat! I was really trying for Firefly
Date: 2006-02-20 06:35 pm (UTC)Re: Drat! I was really trying for Firefly
Date: 2006-02-20 06:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-20 07:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-21 02:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-21 08:15 pm (UTC)Those wacky tiebreakers
Date: 2006-02-21 04:46 am (UTC)You scored as Babylon 5 (Babylon 5). The universe is erupting into war and your government picks the wrong side. How much worse could things get? It doesn�t matter, because no matter what you have your friends and you�ll do the right thing. In the end that will be all that matters. Now if only the Psi Cops would leave you alone.
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Re: Those wacky tiebreakers
Date: 2006-02-21 01:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-01 10:53 am (UTC)And as much as I enjoyed the BtVS episodes I saw, you did need to tell me who Mr. Head is. But knowing he's in it kinda makes me want to see it.
Good luck with the kitty cat. :)