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David Tennant is on TV. Also, it's like a million degrees at midnight.
Best of '07: Confetti Anyone? Favourite bits: Best Finale (CHARLIEEE!) & Best Teamwork.
New day & time for LostRadio, don't forget!!!
Doctor DOM!
Is it actually possible for Dom to be on a chat show of any description without gay jokes coming up at some point? And then he comes back in black and knocks my proverbial socks off (as it is still a million degrees, I am not stupid enough to actually be wearing literal socks.) His mouth/jaw has definitely settled down since he first got it fixed - it's not the adorable, cheeky Old Mouth, but it's closer to it than it was when I met him. He wrote something on his hand and it smudged. His eyebrow looks different. Also, he's quite fit right now. He is looking damn good, in other words - his hair's a good length, nice hobbit-dashery going on. I missed him. I thought the snakes were cute! I like the hand porn with him holding the snakes. He's so happy with the animals ♥
...cockroaches. Of course. He had to bring bugs. Not just bugs, but the worst POSSIBLE bugs. *runs screaming*
Tonight I saw (and this is a spoilery discussion of) Atonement
Well, that was...underwhelming. I expected to be blown away, and perhaps I can blame overexposure to the film's contents ahead of time (I knew, for instance, that Robbie and Cecilia died, and had heard so much about the films' good points that I spent a lot of time watching for them) but I didn't find it nearly as brilliant as everyone said it was. We'll start with the good bits, shall we?
Firstly, I thought the music was killer. The use of those harsh, militaristic typewriter sounds in Briony's theme music were excellent, they reminded me of Sylar's ticking music and I love the way they stuttered with the light in the train after the imagined scene at the end. It was also unbelievably pretty, so much so that I actually enjoyed a lot of the long shots and silent scenes more than plot or dialogue scenes. The build-up to the betrayal is brilliant, with the tone so well established, and a sense of dread building slowly with a few uncomfortable laughs along the way. Saiorse ('sur-shuh', for anyone wondering) Ronan was, as has been mentioned, unbelievably good - she's so convincing as this little girl whose world is so micro-managed, controlled and clear-cut, completely ruled by her. Keira Knightley wasn't bad, but she didn't blow me away, while James McAvoy was outstanding. He brought a lot of masculinity and eroticism to a role that could've been quite wimpy. I was completely engaged during his scenes, particularly his war scenes. The tracking shot at Dunkirk was breathtaking (though I still like Children of Men's better - and did anyone else notice that one soldier who was singing a completely different song to everyone else?) I think that's where McAvoy really got a chance to shine without silly things like the Big Mistake or the Complete Lack of Atonement.
Whoops, seems like we're into the negative bits already. I know that the point, by the end, is that Briony couldn't atone...but does it seem to anyone else like she never really tried? It's almost like the director got distracted by how pretty Keira and James were and how well-acted Briony, er, wasn't, when they got to the second half. Romola Garai was almost too cuddly to match up to Ronan's icy blue stares and staccato steps. For a movie based on a book, it was frustratingly devoid of really good dialogue. There was a lot of watery-eyed stares at the camera that extended the running time without really contributing much, although I'm sure the director thought they did. There were also a lot of stylised shots (like the one of Briony walking down the corridor at the hospital with the lights flicking on behind her) that felt really removed from the reality presented by the film, like it was trying too hard for artsy. The 'imagined' scene was bizarre, too. When I was watching it I didn't feel like it was real because the characterisation of Robbie and Cecilia was somehow off. Upon discovering that Briony made that bit up, I was just wondering why her characterisation was so weird. She made Robbie so angry and violent, totally unlike his nature in the rest of the film - are we to take it that Briony sees him that way? It detracted from the strong characters for me.
3 out of 5
I've made caps of Dom on Craig Ferguson. They're behind the cut, along with teasers, which are your
Download the caps here.
You bet your man-boobs I am
Green Queen
Best of '07: Confetti Anyone? Favourite bits: Best Finale (CHARLIEEE!) & Best Teamwork.
New day & time for LostRadio, don't forget!!!
Doctor DOM!
Is it actually possible for Dom to be on a chat show of any description without gay jokes coming up at some point? And then he comes back in black and knocks my proverbial socks off (as it is still a million degrees, I am not stupid enough to actually be wearing literal socks.) His mouth/jaw has definitely settled down since he first got it fixed - it's not the adorable, cheeky Old Mouth, but it's closer to it than it was when I met him. He wrote something on his hand and it smudged. His eyebrow looks different. Also, he's quite fit right now. He is looking damn good, in other words - his hair's a good length, nice hobbit-dashery going on. I missed him. I thought the snakes were cute! I like the hand porn with him holding the snakes. He's so happy with the animals ♥
...cockroaches. Of course. He had to bring bugs. Not just bugs, but the worst POSSIBLE bugs. *runs screaming*
Tonight I saw (and this is a spoilery discussion of) Atonement
Well, that was...underwhelming. I expected to be blown away, and perhaps I can blame overexposure to the film's contents ahead of time (I knew, for instance, that Robbie and Cecilia died, and had heard so much about the films' good points that I spent a lot of time watching for them) but I didn't find it nearly as brilliant as everyone said it was. We'll start with the good bits, shall we?
Firstly, I thought the music was killer. The use of those harsh, militaristic typewriter sounds in Briony's theme music were excellent, they reminded me of Sylar's ticking music and I love the way they stuttered with the light in the train after the imagined scene at the end. It was also unbelievably pretty, so much so that I actually enjoyed a lot of the long shots and silent scenes more than plot or dialogue scenes. The build-up to the betrayal is brilliant, with the tone so well established, and a sense of dread building slowly with a few uncomfortable laughs along the way. Saiorse ('sur-shuh', for anyone wondering) Ronan was, as has been mentioned, unbelievably good - she's so convincing as this little girl whose world is so micro-managed, controlled and clear-cut, completely ruled by her. Keira Knightley wasn't bad, but she didn't blow me away, while James McAvoy was outstanding. He brought a lot of masculinity and eroticism to a role that could've been quite wimpy. I was completely engaged during his scenes, particularly his war scenes. The tracking shot at Dunkirk was breathtaking (though I still like Children of Men's better - and did anyone else notice that one soldier who was singing a completely different song to everyone else?) I think that's where McAvoy really got a chance to shine without silly things like the Big Mistake or the Complete Lack of Atonement.
Whoops, seems like we're into the negative bits already. I know that the point, by the end, is that Briony couldn't atone...but does it seem to anyone else like she never really tried? It's almost like the director got distracted by how pretty Keira and James were and how well-acted Briony, er, wasn't, when they got to the second half. Romola Garai was almost too cuddly to match up to Ronan's icy blue stares and staccato steps. For a movie based on a book, it was frustratingly devoid of really good dialogue. There was a lot of watery-eyed stares at the camera that extended the running time without really contributing much, although I'm sure the director thought they did. There were also a lot of stylised shots (like the one of Briony walking down the corridor at the hospital with the lights flicking on behind her) that felt really removed from the reality presented by the film, like it was trying too hard for artsy. The 'imagined' scene was bizarre, too. When I was watching it I didn't feel like it was real because the characterisation of Robbie and Cecilia was somehow off. Upon discovering that Briony made that bit up, I was just wondering why her characterisation was so weird. She made Robbie so angry and violent, totally unlike his nature in the rest of the film - are we to take it that Briony sees him that way? It detracted from the strong characters for me.
3 out of 5
I've made caps of Dom on Craig Ferguson. They're behind the cut, along with teasers, which are your
Download the caps here.
You bet your man-boobs I am
Green Queen
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That was the first and second things I noticed when I watched it. I thought "aww he's still writing on his hands! How cute!" It looked more like a bar stamp than actual writing to me when he was handling the animals. And his eyebrow? Maybe he was in a Vanilla Ice lookalike contest or something?
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Also, I agree with you on Atonement. The music was simply incredible, but as for the other emotions I was supposed to feel... well, all I *could* manage was something akin to frustration towards Briony. Which is part of what the audience is supposed to, but not to the point of overshadowing the rest.
And yes, I DID hear that other guy who wasn't singing the same song!!!
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:p
♥
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You could also read it as Briony (I always want to write it as Bryony because that's how my friend spells it) channeling her need for atonement into Robbie. She felt she deserved to be punished, and she probably felt he never would have forgiven her and would be pretty angry.
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I don't know what's going on with the eyebrow.
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I love boys who write on their hands, it was one of the things that made Chris Lowell climb the list reallyreallyfast.
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I suppose so, but it is mostly just jarring, you know? Leaving us with that view of him.
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