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Ann is optimistic -- "It'll pick up. It always does."
Manny -- who the heck is Manny to her? One of them says something about being all the other has. My theory? Ann's parents died when she was in her late teens, around 18, and Manny took her under his wing, gave her a job, trained her in vaudeville. I'm going to say Ann is around 24 at this point, maybe a little younger.
At the beginning of the movie, they haven't had a paycheck in two weeks.
Manny: "Ever since you were small people been lettin' you down." Okay, so one of her parents left when she was young. "Fate comes along and snatches it away."
She's not very subtle -- she chases down the casting director of "Isolation" to try and convince him to cast her.
(I love how Carl goes straight to the strip joint to find his leading lady.)
She has pride -- she won't sell her body -- but not too much pride to stoop to stealing an apple.
"I want you to know, Mr. Denham, that I'm not in the habit of accepting charity." She's a pull-herself-up-by-her-bootstraps kind of girl.
"But she doesn't trust it. If she loves someone it's doomed. Good things never last, Mr. Denham." She sounds like she's speaking from experience.
She is such a little Driscoll fangirl.
Engelhorn and the voyage make her nervous, but she doesn't want to show it.
She has a definite sense of something bigger than herself before she steps onto the ship.
The ship has at least a camel. Who knows what else.
Ann is juuuust a touch vain. I mean, practicing what she's going to say in front of a mirror, "Oh, this old thing?" . . .
(Carl tells Jack about the island and then DRAMATIC LIGHT.)
When Ann gets nervous, it shows in her acting -- she wounds forced -- and she gets nervous performing for Jack.
Jack is her inspiration -- see sunset scene.
(--Jack is in the same outfit for the entire trip. Eurgh.)
(Aw, Jimmy's all tough at Mr. Hayes.)
Ann makes friends easily, when she's being herself. It's when she tries to be someone else -- a starlet, for instance -- that she gets flustered.
She's very comfortable in her body, and she knows how to make it do what she wants, be it dancing, running, whatever.
"Why would I write a play for you? Isn't it obvious?" "Not to me." "Well. It's in the subtext." "I guess I wasn't paying attention." "It's not about the words." And then OMG I MELT.
She's asleep when they enter the fog. She wakes up at the jolt of the ship hitting rock.
And then she hangs on to Jack! All together now -- d'awwwww.
Ann really doesn't like going onto the island (I have a bad feeling about this) but she's attracted by the mystery nonetheless.
(At least Baxter is a gentleman, giving her a hand down steps.)
(Scariest. Little kid. EVER OMFG.)
(That scary old woman totally flips them off.)
The scary old woman scares the crap out of Ann, and she can't get her out of her mind.
These are Ann's nightmares -- when she's being dragged through the crowd to certain death.
When she sees Kong, she's certain she's going to be eaten.
Kong smells. Like shit, and dirt, and musk.
(*sings* Jimmy has a cru-ush.)
Ann is smart -- she stabs Kong rather than just scream. She does a fair amount of screaming too, but.
Ann biggest fear -- like what a boggart would turn into -- is bugs.
She tests Kong. "If I jump up and down, do you eat me? No? How about if I dance?"
She sees Kong as an overgrown kid. She recognizes a temper tantrum when she's sees one.
When Kong and the T-rex face off, and she backs up? "Bring it. I've got an APE."
(Kong: "I'm posing!")
(Bruce Baxter is AWESOME -- swinging in, guns blazing.)
Ann can't whistle.
(The evil bats piss me off.)
When Jack appears, Ann thinks she's dreaming, which is why her first action is to touch him and see if he's real.
She doesn't exactly like leaving Kong to deal with the bats, but she likes the island even less.
Jack stopping her from stopping the others is a betrayal. She doesn't forgive him the whole trip back.
"It's me he wants!" "Go back!"
She knows Kong feels betrayed, and that's what breaks her.
Final injury count at the end of the island adventure: skinned toes, rope-burned wrists, whiplash, bruises, especially on her sides and back, a lot of small cuts on her face (I don't care if the movie only showed her with one. She got more injured than that), probably cuts on her feet and legs, and more than likely PTSD.
Ann knows about Kong on Broadway, obviously, and knowing about opening night and remembering the look in Kong's eyes is what breaks her down in the middle of her performance (frigging unprofessional. I mean).
Seventeen men died on the expedition.
"And lo, the beast looked upon beauty, and beauty stayed his hand. And from that day on, he was as one dead."
I'm pretty certain Ann and Preston had some interesting conversations on the way back.
Ann is performing as a chorus girl at the De Luxe theater.
Maybe it's precognition. Maybe it's some kind of connection to Kong. But she knows something's wrong, even before she hears the screams. That's when she leaves the theater.
This takes place near Chrismas (judging by the Coke ad "Thirst knows no season"). Thanksgiving, maybe?
Ann doesn't even see Jack in the taxi. Um, sorry.
Considering how cold it is out, Ann's doesn't much mind being carried.
Part of why she's screaming when the army comes out is that she's afraid she'll get hit.
(Kong is all, "My Ann.")
"Beautiful. Yes. Yes it is."
NO! No no he's going to get shot they can't shoot him if I'm there they won't shoot him if they see me--
(How do none of these bullets manage to hit him in the head?)
Oh my god this is high.
And then the ladder she's on gets shot down. Thank you, USAF.
She won't accept that Kong is dying, and so he won't either. But it's too late, he's hurt too badly.
(Holy crap. Cell phone at the MOST DRAMATIC MOMENT.)
She watches his eyes die, and she watches him fall.
"The ape musta known what was comin'."
Manny -- who the heck is Manny to her? One of them says something about being all the other has. My theory? Ann's parents died when she was in her late teens, around 18, and Manny took her under his wing, gave her a job, trained her in vaudeville. I'm going to say Ann is around 24 at this point, maybe a little younger.
At the beginning of the movie, they haven't had a paycheck in two weeks.
Manny: "Ever since you were small people been lettin' you down." Okay, so one of her parents left when she was young. "Fate comes along and snatches it away."
She's not very subtle -- she chases down the casting director of "Isolation" to try and convince him to cast her.
(I love how Carl goes straight to the strip joint to find his leading lady.)
She has pride -- she won't sell her body -- but not too much pride to stoop to stealing an apple.
"I want you to know, Mr. Denham, that I'm not in the habit of accepting charity." She's a pull-herself-up-by-her-bootstraps kind of girl.
"But she doesn't trust it. If she loves someone it's doomed. Good things never last, Mr. Denham." She sounds like she's speaking from experience.
She is such a little Driscoll fangirl.
Engelhorn and the voyage make her nervous, but she doesn't want to show it.
She has a definite sense of something bigger than herself before she steps onto the ship.
The ship has at least a camel. Who knows what else.
Ann is juuuust a touch vain. I mean, practicing what she's going to say in front of a mirror, "Oh, this old thing?" . . .
(Carl tells Jack about the island and then DRAMATIC LIGHT.)
When Ann gets nervous, it shows in her acting -- she wounds forced -- and she gets nervous performing for Jack.
Jack is her inspiration -- see sunset scene.
(--Jack is in the same outfit for the entire trip. Eurgh.)
(Aw, Jimmy's all tough at Mr. Hayes.)
Ann makes friends easily, when she's being herself. It's when she tries to be someone else -- a starlet, for instance -- that she gets flustered.
She's very comfortable in her body, and she knows how to make it do what she wants, be it dancing, running, whatever.
"Why would I write a play for you? Isn't it obvious?" "Not to me." "Well. It's in the subtext." "I guess I wasn't paying attention." "It's not about the words." And then OMG I MELT.
She's asleep when they enter the fog. She wakes up at the jolt of the ship hitting rock.
And then she hangs on to Jack! All together now -- d'awwwww.
Ann really doesn't like going onto the island (I have a bad feeling about this) but she's attracted by the mystery nonetheless.
(At least Baxter is a gentleman, giving her a hand down steps.)
(Scariest. Little kid. EVER OMFG.)
(That scary old woman totally flips them off.)
The scary old woman scares the crap out of Ann, and she can't get her out of her mind.
These are Ann's nightmares -- when she's being dragged through the crowd to certain death.
When she sees Kong, she's certain she's going to be eaten.
Kong smells. Like shit, and dirt, and musk.
(*sings* Jimmy has a cru-ush.)
Ann is smart -- she stabs Kong rather than just scream. She does a fair amount of screaming too, but.
Ann biggest fear -- like what a boggart would turn into -- is bugs.
She tests Kong. "If I jump up and down, do you eat me? No? How about if I dance?"
She sees Kong as an overgrown kid. She recognizes a temper tantrum when she's sees one.
When Kong and the T-rex face off, and she backs up? "Bring it. I've got an APE."
(Kong: "I'm posing!")
(Bruce Baxter is AWESOME -- swinging in, guns blazing.)
Ann can't whistle.
(The evil bats piss me off.)
When Jack appears, Ann thinks she's dreaming, which is why her first action is to touch him and see if he's real.
She doesn't exactly like leaving Kong to deal with the bats, but she likes the island even less.
Jack stopping her from stopping the others is a betrayal. She doesn't forgive him the whole trip back.
"It's me he wants!" "Go back!"
She knows Kong feels betrayed, and that's what breaks her.
Final injury count at the end of the island adventure: skinned toes, rope-burned wrists, whiplash, bruises, especially on her sides and back, a lot of small cuts on her face (I don't care if the movie only showed her with one. She got more injured than that), probably cuts on her feet and legs, and more than likely PTSD.
Ann knows about Kong on Broadway, obviously, and knowing about opening night and remembering the look in Kong's eyes is what breaks her down in the middle of her performance (frigging unprofessional. I mean).
Seventeen men died on the expedition.
"And lo, the beast looked upon beauty, and beauty stayed his hand. And from that day on, he was as one dead."
I'm pretty certain Ann and Preston had some interesting conversations on the way back.
Ann is performing as a chorus girl at the De Luxe theater.
Maybe it's precognition. Maybe it's some kind of connection to Kong. But she knows something's wrong, even before she hears the screams. That's when she leaves the theater.
This takes place near Chrismas (judging by the Coke ad "Thirst knows no season"). Thanksgiving, maybe?
Ann doesn't even see Jack in the taxi. Um, sorry.
Considering how cold it is out, Ann's doesn't much mind being carried.
Part of why she's screaming when the army comes out is that she's afraid she'll get hit.
(Kong is all, "My Ann.")
"Beautiful. Yes. Yes it is."
NO! No no he's going to get shot they can't shoot him if I'm there they won't shoot him if they see me--
(How do none of these bullets manage to hit him in the head?)
Oh my god this is high.
And then the ladder she's on gets shot down. Thank you, USAF.
She won't accept that Kong is dying, and so he won't either. But it's too late, he's hurt too badly.
(Holy crap. Cell phone at the MOST DRAMATIC MOMENT.)
She watches his eyes die, and she watches him fall.
"The ape musta known what was comin'."