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[hafital]

I rented Gosford Park this weekend, and I highly recommend it. Altman is either genius or a complete disaster, but this movie was so tightly plotted and gorgeously acted. You kind of need cliff notes, though, to keep track of who everyone is. Or watch it over again, which is what I did. Everyone was superb, especially Maggy Smith, who I want to be when I grow up. *g*

Amongst the cast was one Clive Owen who will soon star in King Arthur, as Arthur. He was great! He's totally won me over. I thought he was amazing, handsome, and broody (not to mention british and repressed. heh), a combination guaranteed to make me all fluttery and swoony. *g* And now, I'm all excited about King Arthur, which is dangerous, 'cause what if it sucks? It's totally going to suck. meep

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In other news, the lovely fabu pointed out the lj comm fanfic_hate in one of her recent posts. Looking at the user info, the purpose of the LJ is to have some sort of "safe" place to anonymously complain about fanfics one thinks either suck or are overrated. Both Highlander and PotC are soon up on its schedule.

Er, not sure how I feel about that. I'll admit I'm curious to see what stories are mentioned, but I find the whole concept, well, stupid. Not a big fan of anonymous complaining, I guess.

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[thisisbone.livejournal.com]

Clive Owen who will soon star in King Arthur, as Arthur. He was great! He's totally won me over. I thought he was amazing, handsome, and broody (not to mention british and repressed. heh), a combination guaranteed to make me all fluttery and swoony.

Ooooh, I hear you. I fell for Clive Owen in Croupier (which I highly recommend -- he's even broodier, very British, repressed and vaguely cruel, if that turns you on), and he starred as The Driver in the online BMW short film series. I wonder if they're still available at bmw.com?

And now, I'm all excited about King Arthur, which is dangerous, 'cause what if it sucks? It's totally going to suck. meep

I've decided even sucky movies work for me if there's enough eye candy (the two Fast & Furious flicks come to mind, for example). I'm so excited about King Arthur that I've arranged child care so I can see a matinee on opening day. Between Clive, Ioan (Horation Hornblower!!) and Keira Knightley (who I liked a lot in PotC), my expectations for enjoying the movie are high, regardless of the quality of the movie itself.

Does that make any sense??

[hafital.livejournal.com]

Does that make any sense??

It does, it does. It so does. And also love Ioan and Keira. A lot.

*gets jitterly*

And you're the second person to recommend Croupier. I am so there.

(oooh, LJ's getting all fancy. Inline commenting. neato)

[unovis-lj.livejournal.com]

The extras on the Gosford Park DVD are wonderful, especially as background for anyone setting a story in a similar time and location. Altman's commentary is rambling and rather dull, but the one by screenwriter Julian Fellowes delivers.

Fanfic_hate would much more interesting if there were less general spraying of the bushes and more specific reasons why people hated certain stories.

[hafital.livejournal.com]

Oh, thanks for letting me know. I watched the deleted scenes (several of which were so good.), and the two featurettes, but not the commentaries. Since it's free from the library, I may check it out again.

And, I must confess, I was plastered all over the one deleted scene between Ivor and Parks. *g*. The film delivers such beautiful subtlety and subtext. Every look is just dripping with otherness.

And I agree completely re fanfic_hate. I just skimmed the Buffy posts, and I had the same problem.

[basingstoke.livejournal.com]

I LOVE the Fellowes commentary. I think I've watched that more often than the movie itself.

The thing that amuses me about fanfic_hate is the fervent belief in the conspiracy of BNFs. "I disagreed with them... and fifteen people defriended me!" Even if that's true, so WHAT?

More interesting would be "I disagreed with her and then I was eaten by a BEAR!" *That* would be power worth having. :D