dream; movie; school
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schmericaLast night: I had a fannish dream, for the first time in a really long time. It was strangely ordinary, actually. All I remember is Abby and McGee from NCIS were standing around talking about the guy Abby was dating, and how she didn't think it was going to work out with him, because he was way more serious and into monogamy than she was, or something? And McGee was all "ah, yes," and apparently that was part of the reason they stopped being together too? I don't know. It was very quotidian.
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speshope and I went out to see One Night With the King at the $1.50 movie theater in Springfield. This was the random biblical movie about Esther. People who acted in this movie include two famous movie stars from the 60s and 70s (Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif); two guys I know best for their recent roles in the Lord of the Rings trilogy (John Noble and John Rhys-Davies); and Gaius Baltar from Battlestar Galactica. Peter O'Toole was in the movie from perhaps three minutes and one line of dialogue, and got his name listed first, well above the title.
Spes's and my verdict: That was a terrible, terrible movie. IT WAS SO BAD, YOU GUYS. It was amazing, actually, watching it and trying to figure out all the ways it could have been slightly less crappy. Like if the main actors were just a little bit better -- or the dialogue wasn't completely cliched -- or if there was any sort of explanation for the random fantasy hallucination elements -- or even if the editor had worked a little bit harder at making the scenes make any kind of sense or follow each other in any way.
Gaius Baltar was pretty awesome, though, simply because he was so incredibly over the top. That's the secret to getting through this: hamming it up as much as you can. You can't out cheese the direction, so why not go for it?
I was trying very, very hard not to burst into laughter at inappropriate times during the film. I did not succeed. There were plenty of other people in the audience with us -- families and stuff! -- so I felt like I should try to keep my scorn and amusement to myself, but sometimes one can only fight so much.
Next week: I start classes again on Monday. I am not sure how I feel about this yet!
Last Friday:
speshope and I went out to see One Night With the King at the $1.50 movie theater in Springfield. This was the random biblical movie about Esther. People who acted in this movie include two famous movie stars from the 60s and 70s (Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif); two guys I know best for their recent roles in the Lord of the Rings trilogy (John Noble and John Rhys-Davies); and Gaius Baltar from Battlestar Galactica. Peter O'Toole was in the movie from perhaps three minutes and one line of dialogue, and got his name listed first, well above the title.Spes's and my verdict: That was a terrible, terrible movie. IT WAS SO BAD, YOU GUYS. It was amazing, actually, watching it and trying to figure out all the ways it could have been slightly less crappy. Like if the main actors were just a little bit better -- or the dialogue wasn't completely cliched -- or if there was any sort of explanation for the random fantasy hallucination elements -- or even if the editor had worked a little bit harder at making the scenes make any kind of sense or follow each other in any way.
Gaius Baltar was pretty awesome, though, simply because he was so incredibly over the top. That's the secret to getting through this: hamming it up as much as you can. You can't out cheese the direction, so why not go for it?
I was trying very, very hard not to burst into laughter at inappropriate times during the film. I did not succeed. There were plenty of other people in the audience with us -- families and stuff! -- so I felt like I should try to keep my scorn and amusement to myself, but sometimes one can only fight so much.
Next week: I start classes again on Monday. I am not sure how I feel about this yet!
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4/1/07 02:27 (UTC)RockStarFoxlet: but, yeah, no.
RockStarFoxlet: the correct way to handle a Purim movie:
RockStarFoxlet: (A) arrive drunk
RockStarFoxlet: (B) arrive with noisemakers.
schmerrin13: if only you had told us befor hand!
RockStarFoxlet: IF ONLY.
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