THE Scene (House 5x06 "Joy")
So I already cross-posted this at Cuddelstein, but I felt the need to post it here... because, well, I wanted it in my journal. xD
I've made a few edits here and there, adding in some more thoughts, etc.
If you haven't yet seen 5x06 for whatever reason and don't want to be spoiled for 5x06, DO NOT KEEP READING. Seriously. It will completely reveal everything. After you've seen it, you can revel in my nerdy and long-winded analysis!
So in the twenty or so times that I've watched the scene now (thanks to jenncho for posting clips), I've been... analyzing. Well, I'm an English Major, that's just what I do. Expect random squeeing fangirl OMFG moments mixed in with my deeper analysis and thoughts.
((I would like to note that between listening and watching the number is now somewhere around 150. Each time I watch, my respect for the scene grows, because each time I notice other things CLEVERLY inserted in some way or other... whether it's camera stuff or acting, or setting...))
Okay, so first of all. The shot in the baby's room is absolutely stunning. It's so stark and barren, and the closeup on her face is... exactly the same. She is absolutely emotionally exhausted, and almost seems close to numb.
I honestly thought House was letting himself in at first, then I saw her standing there. It seemed rather... polite of him. xD IDK. You know he was out there for at least a couple minutes though, because she was certainly not all that eager to get up. It was beautiful. "It's really not the greatest time for gloating." Like she expects him to be rude. Hoping he won't be, but resigning herself to believe he will. SO SAD. Just. The expression on her face. This tiny snippet at the beginning of the scene is just absolutely priceless to me.
Just that little smile after whatever snarky comment he made (I can't make it out). It just made me "AWWL" Nothing incredibly important. xD Except that he can make her smile... even when something she's been wanting for 3 years was so close, then taken away again. It's that oppressed smile, and not happy at all... but it means something that he CAN make her smile, you know?
Lisa Edelstein, I love you. SO MUCH. The reaction to "You would make a great mother" is just like... OMG. How does one describe this? She is absolutely dumbfounded, at the end of her emotional rope, and has been dealing with this bastard ever since he found out she was adopting, and suddenly the truth comes out. You KNOW she wants to accept it as truth, and maybe she does, but it's like "WTF, NOW this comes out?" LOVEHATE. BEARING down on him.
"Why do you need to NEGATE EVERYTHING?"
"...I dunno."
OMG. THIS IS JUST. AJKFL:DHSIFOEJDSJFKLSDF. NO WORDS. Okay, so the way he says this, you KNOW. You just KNOW. No words. And LISA ILU AGAIN. Her lips just change ever so slightly, but it is the most drastic change of expression, like it dawns on her that he's FINALLY just... accepted it? I don't even know. And her expression just continues. She is absolutely thinking "PLEASE KEEP COMING CLOSER." She wants him SO BADLY right there. I've always adored Lisa's bone structure, and her jaw, oh my god her jaw, it only made the expressions more pronounced here and I don't think ANY ACTRESS IN THE WORLD could have pulled this off as well as she did.
Okay, most sincere props ever to the people who filmed this, and to whomever decided that the kiss should be filmed as it was. There were no fancy camera angles. There was no artistic license taken. There was ONLY House and Cuddy, locked in a raw and unadulterated display of LOVE, emotional instability.... And the fact that HE starts it is just... I don't even know. He's trying to comfort her in the only way he knows how. It was SO raw though, and pure, and "ALL I WANT TO DO IS EAT YOUR FACE BECAUSE I LOVE YOU EVEN THOUGH I HIDE IT AWAY" (sorry fangirl coming out). And, if you haven't? You need to just LISTEN to it. Don't watch. Just listen. LISTEN TO THE EFFING KISS. If you don't see HOW raw it is in the clip, or even if you do, LISTEN and it makes it all the more raw... I don't even know. I keep listening as I type this. You can hear their breath, and of course their kissy sounds and I cannot possibly be mature about that xD but. It is absolutely a gorgeous sequence.
And THEN. WTF. He's like "G'night." And like. RUNS. I can't figure out if he didn't want it to go any further or what. Or rather, what his motives were for not wanting it to go any further, I guess. Afraid of objectifying her? Taking advantage of her in this incredibly emotional state? Afraid of himself? Hell, maybe even Stacy is going through his mind... how he learned through her that there was absolutely no way he could make her happy, and fearing the same fate with Cuddy? Now that he has it, he wants it and doesn't want it because GOD he doesn't want to hurt her ever on a real DEEP emotional level? Or, on the selfish side... doesn't want to/is afraid of opening himself up to someone else? The Doctor in "Frozen mentioned that "You would rather bear your soul to me than show me your leg." Is it just the opposite with Cuddy, to whom he has shown his leg at least once (let's not forget the "Morphine" injection) and who saw it when it happened... I don't even know. But when he leaves, she's just as dumbfounded as we are. OMG. ".....g'night." Again, well-played, Lisa. This is so amazingly beautiful. There are no words. She just has no idea what to do. I imagine her thinking "Did that REALLY just happen?"
I'M EDITING THIS IN BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TALKING IN YAHOO WITH A FRIEND AND HOMG.
So did anyone else find the kiss just... beautiful? I mean, yeah, I mentioned this. But first impression... Dumbstruck. 2-10? SQUEE. After that, I started getting a little more serious about it. And now, I'm just taking it back to the beginning of the kiss and watching it over and over and over and can probably safely increase the 'watched' bits to 60 or so, and increasing by the minute. I mean, it's a 10 second scene, and if you watch it for 5 minutes on repeat... xD
But seriously, guys. I don't usually find these kisses and crap PRETTY. But this was just... oh my goodness, I am speechless as I watch and listen to this. In face, I keep getting drawn to the part where her lip bares her teeth for just a moment. I don't know why, but she/he/they are just so gorgeous there. And how he has his hand on her in the distant shot, and how she is just so desperate, with her hand on his head like that. It is absolutely and unquestionably PASSIONATE, and they seem so innocent, almost childish, as Danielle pointed out. I mean. Just. Ack. Beyond HUDDY SQUEE, honestly. Is this not the most BEAUTIFUL scene we could have been given? I'm going to see these two all night and all day tomorrow, I know it.
I've made a few edits here and there, adding in some more thoughts, etc.
If you haven't yet seen 5x06 for whatever reason and don't want to be spoiled for 5x06, DO NOT KEEP READING. Seriously. It will completely reveal everything. After you've seen it, you can revel in my nerdy and long-winded analysis!
So in the twenty or so times that I've watched the scene now (thanks to jenncho for posting clips), I've been... analyzing. Well, I'm an English Major, that's just what I do. Expect random squeeing fangirl OMFG moments mixed in with my deeper analysis and thoughts.
((I would like to note that between listening and watching the number is now somewhere around 150. Each time I watch, my respect for the scene grows, because each time I notice other things CLEVERLY inserted in some way or other... whether it's camera stuff or acting, or setting...))
Okay, so first of all. The shot in the baby's room is absolutely stunning. It's so stark and barren, and the closeup on her face is... exactly the same. She is absolutely emotionally exhausted, and almost seems close to numb.
I honestly thought House was letting himself in at first, then I saw her standing there. It seemed rather... polite of him. xD IDK. You know he was out there for at least a couple minutes though, because she was certainly not all that eager to get up. It was beautiful. "It's really not the greatest time for gloating." Like she expects him to be rude. Hoping he won't be, but resigning herself to believe he will. SO SAD. Just. The expression on her face. This tiny snippet at the beginning of the scene is just absolutely priceless to me.
Just that little smile after whatever snarky comment he made (I can't make it out). It just made me "AWWL" Nothing incredibly important. xD Except that he can make her smile... even when something she's been wanting for 3 years was so close, then taken away again. It's that oppressed smile, and not happy at all... but it means something that he CAN make her smile, you know?
Lisa Edelstein, I love you. SO MUCH. The reaction to "You would make a great mother" is just like... OMG. How does one describe this? She is absolutely dumbfounded, at the end of her emotional rope, and has been dealing with this bastard ever since he found out she was adopting, and suddenly the truth comes out. You KNOW she wants to accept it as truth, and maybe she does, but it's like "WTF, NOW this comes out?" LOVEHATE. BEARING down on him.
"Why do you need to NEGATE EVERYTHING?"
"...I dunno."
OMG. THIS IS JUST. AJKFL:DHSIFOEJDSJFKLSDF. NO WORDS. Okay, so the way he says this, you KNOW. You just KNOW. No words. And LISA ILU AGAIN. Her lips just change ever so slightly, but it is the most drastic change of expression, like it dawns on her that he's FINALLY just... accepted it? I don't even know. And her expression just continues. She is absolutely thinking "PLEASE KEEP COMING CLOSER." She wants him SO BADLY right there. I've always adored Lisa's bone structure, and her jaw, oh my god her jaw, it only made the expressions more pronounced here and I don't think ANY ACTRESS IN THE WORLD could have pulled this off as well as she did.
Okay, most sincere props ever to the people who filmed this, and to whomever decided that the kiss should be filmed as it was. There were no fancy camera angles. There was no artistic license taken. There was ONLY House and Cuddy, locked in a raw and unadulterated display of LOVE, emotional instability.... And the fact that HE starts it is just... I don't even know. He's trying to comfort her in the only way he knows how. It was SO raw though, and pure, and "ALL I WANT TO DO IS EAT YOUR FACE BECAUSE I LOVE YOU EVEN THOUGH I HIDE IT AWAY" (sorry fangirl coming out). And, if you haven't? You need to just LISTEN to it. Don't watch. Just listen. LISTEN TO THE EFFING KISS. If you don't see HOW raw it is in the clip, or even if you do, LISTEN and it makes it all the more raw... I don't even know. I keep listening as I type this. You can hear their breath, and of course their kissy sounds and I cannot possibly be mature about that xD but. It is absolutely a gorgeous sequence.
And THEN. WTF. He's like "G'night." And like. RUNS. I can't figure out if he didn't want it to go any further or what. Or rather, what his motives were for not wanting it to go any further, I guess. Afraid of objectifying her? Taking advantage of her in this incredibly emotional state? Afraid of himself? Hell, maybe even Stacy is going through his mind... how he learned through her that there was absolutely no way he could make her happy, and fearing the same fate with Cuddy? Now that he has it, he wants it and doesn't want it because GOD he doesn't want to hurt her ever on a real DEEP emotional level? Or, on the selfish side... doesn't want to/is afraid of opening himself up to someone else? The Doctor in "Frozen mentioned that "You would rather bear your soul to me than show me your leg." Is it just the opposite with Cuddy, to whom he has shown his leg at least once (let's not forget the "Morphine" injection) and who saw it when it happened... I don't even know. But when he leaves, she's just as dumbfounded as we are. OMG. ".....g'night." Again, well-played, Lisa. This is so amazingly beautiful. There are no words. She just has no idea what to do. I imagine her thinking "Did that REALLY just happen?"
I'M EDITING THIS IN BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TALKING IN YAHOO WITH A FRIEND AND HOMG.
So did anyone else find the kiss just... beautiful? I mean, yeah, I mentioned this. But first impression... Dumbstruck. 2-10? SQUEE. After that, I started getting a little more serious about it. And now, I'm just taking it back to the beginning of the kiss and watching it over and over and over and can probably safely increase the 'watched' bits to 60 or so, and increasing by the minute. I mean, it's a 10 second scene, and if you watch it for 5 minutes on repeat... xD
But seriously, guys. I don't usually find these kisses and crap PRETTY. But this was just... oh my goodness, I am speechless as I watch and listen to this. In face, I keep getting drawn to the part where her lip bares her teeth for just a moment. I don't know why, but she/he/they are just so gorgeous there. And how he has his hand on her in the distant shot, and how she is just so desperate, with her hand on his head like that. It is absolutely and unquestionably PASSIONATE, and they seem so innocent, almost childish, as Danielle pointed out. I mean. Just. Ack. Beyond HUDDY SQUEE, honestly. Is this not the most BEAUTIFUL scene we could have been given? I'm going to see these two all night and all day tomorrow, I know it.