watch film
character about to do something really embarrassing
squirm and feel uncomfortable with second-hand embarrassment
pause film
run around room
skip part
resume film viewing
….so is there a hive brain I signed up for when I wasn’t paying attention?
“Nothing thicker than a knife’s blade separates melancholy from happiness.”
Also another for serious: This movie. Yes, this movie. But even more so, this book. Have you not read this book? I think this is one of those rare moments when the film brings to light all sorts of things that just add to how great the book is to read. (But, then again, I’m one of those people that hardly ever does the “whatever you should just read the book” game with film adaptations.) The film is incredible, I don’t need to tell you that Virginia Woolf’s book is too.
(via hellotailor)
#this fucking movie #this is one of my desert island movies tbh #hands down. Best. film-version of Othello killing Desdemona #actually doesn’t need that modifier #best. just the best. #all the gender roles and just. #stage beauty: watch it. n o w.
Just re-blogging the tags of absolute accuracy….desert island movie, check; best film adaptation of Othello, double check; watch it now…..stupid papers that need grading.
(via queenklu)
1. What was the last movie you watched on theaters?
Tinker Tailor for the second time. BUT this time was back in the town I now live in where there’s a gorgeous old Art Deco theater with an organist before the film. In other words: the location one should see all films. Always.
2. What was the first movie you ever remember watching on theaters?
I don’t actually remember it, but my mother told me that my sister and I got so scared we cried during Snow White. And, no, it wasn’t at the Evil Middle Aged Woman character, thankyouverymuch #Disneyhasgenderissues, but when Snow White opens the door to the Dwarves’ cottage. My sister and I were really upset by the trespassing.
3. Top 5 movies
In no particular order (except for the first one is TOTS the top): History Boys, Some Like It Hot, Devdas, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and—if we’re being totally honest here—probably something trashy like Four Weddings and Funeral or Hot Fuzz.
4. Top 5 directors
Frank Kapra, David Fincher, Joss Whedon, Howard Hawks, and (again, in the name of total honesty) Jon Favreau. I love the way he blows things up. I just do.
5. A favorite adapted movie
I think the 2004 adaptation of Gaskell’s North & South might actually be better than the book. It ends better, that’s for sure. Also: the adaptation of Wives & Daughters ends better. (But that’s because the book is unfinished.)
6. Your best experience on going to the moviesMy mother loved to watch stuff get destroyed in films. My favorite moment in any movie theater was when we saw Terminator 3 together. There’s a scene where a crane just takes out a string of cars parked on the side of the road. My mom high-fived me right after.
7. A guilty pleasure
Notting Hill. You are not allowed to tell anyone EVER that I love that movie. Or that I watch it every couple of months. And have for years.
8. An overrated movie
The Tree of Life had to be the silliest, most nonsensical movie I have ever seen. And people cried. I saw them do it. Like…what? Was I actually watching a different movie than everyone else? Did no one else see this dude’s rampant Mommy Issues (and I mean full-scale, Hamlet would be proud and Freud would just spontaneously orgasm, kind of Mommy Issues) and the comparison of his singular tragedy to the extinction of the dinosaurs? Was that just me?
9. An underrated…
OK, let’s go with “rom com.” I lovedlovedloved Morning Glory. Rachel McAdams is romcom GOLD. She should always be comedic. I don’t know why she’s been typecast as “tragic woman who can’t remember her love interest.” Like….what. How do you get typecast as that? That’s so very niche. And she’s such a charmingly funny actress.
Also. Secretary. Yes, I’m calling it a romcom. (But don’t watch it with your parents.)
