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Doodeedoo.
Watched Reign of Fire this afternoon - Creedy was actually in it a whole lot more than I thought he was. So that was good. Had completely forgotten the scene where Quinn and Creedy reenact the "I am your father!" scene from Star Wars - Christian Bale doing the Darth Vader breathing had me in stitches, and the general cuteness of them made me squeal so loudly that Thlayli jumped up on the sofa to see what I found so amusing. Of course, he's never actually seen Star Wars, so I suspect much of the humour was lost on him.
Other memorable moments included Crazy Dragonhunter Man and Co. showing up and Creedy declaring that "There's only one thing worse than a dragon: Americans," and Quinn going down to meet them and saying that if anything happens to him, Creedy knows what to do, and Creedy going "Yea- *pause* No, I have no idea."
So yes, Reign of Fire was lovely and much better than I remember it being.
Attila, on the other hand, is awful. I mean, really, really awful. Gerard Butler has this bizarre Scottish-American hybrid accent which makes my teeth itch, and it's all very, very bad. On the plus side, he does have lovely hair and spends a lot of his time in various states of undress, so it wasn't a total loss.
Think I may have to continue with Gerry Butler-themed watchery by watching Timeline and laughing at Paul Walker for a) having exactly the same hairstyle he had in those movies with Vin Diesel and the cars, and b) being a completely useless character whose sole achievement is, and here I quote Brother Wilhelm, "breaking down walls in a stupid American way".
Watched Reign of Fire this afternoon - Creedy was actually in it a whole lot more than I thought he was. So that was good. Had completely forgotten the scene where Quinn and Creedy reenact the "I am your father!" scene from Star Wars - Christian Bale doing the Darth Vader breathing had me in stitches, and the general cuteness of them made me squeal so loudly that Thlayli jumped up on the sofa to see what I found so amusing. Of course, he's never actually seen Star Wars, so I suspect much of the humour was lost on him.
Other memorable moments included Crazy Dragonhunter Man and Co. showing up and Creedy declaring that "There's only one thing worse than a dragon: Americans," and Quinn going down to meet them and saying that if anything happens to him, Creedy knows what to do, and Creedy going "Yea- *pause* No, I have no idea."
So yes, Reign of Fire was lovely and much better than I remember it being.
Attila, on the other hand, is awful. I mean, really, really awful. Gerard Butler has this bizarre Scottish-American hybrid accent which makes my teeth itch, and it's all very, very bad. On the plus side, he does have lovely hair and spends a lot of his time in various states of undress, so it wasn't a total loss.
Think I may have to continue with Gerry Butler-themed watchery by watching Timeline and laughing at Paul Walker for a) having exactly the same hairstyle he had in those movies with Vin Diesel and the cars, and b) being a completely useless character whose sole achievement is, and here I quote Brother Wilhelm, "breaking down walls in a stupid American way".