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Watched Master & Commander, as am very weak-willed. Good movie. Jack Aubrey's hair does not really fit my requirements, but that was tolerable as it turns out Paul Bettany is actually quite more adorable than I remembered. Also, I had a couple lovely bits of spot-the-actor; "dude, that's the kid from Rome!" came easy, though "holy shit, that's Sam Tyler's dad!" took a little longer. (The hair threw me off. I must say, he looks considerably better without that horrible seventies haircut.) And then there was Billy Boyd, of course, who was actually the reason I first saw the movie when it was out in theaters--well, actually on the very day it came out; my mom is a very dedicated Patrick O'Brian fan. I went with her because, well, it was 2003 and I was fully in the grip of a powerful obsession with Lord of the Rings, but of course I liked the rest of the movie too, especially the parts with Stephen, because seriously, Stephen. I think my slasher tendencies may have been rising even then, at the early age of thirteen, as I have vague memories of taking an active interest in those scenes in the cabin with the violin and the cello. I have totally come up with an overwrought rationale as to why they chose those particular instruments, by the way; violins are the flashier, more in-your-face breed of instrument, whereas cellos provide the backbeat and move much smoother and more subtly. They both produce quite lovely sounds on their own, but put together? Even better.
...yeah, I've actually been reading the odd bit of fic about them for the last couple years, because I was already vaguely familiar with them and I never say no to a good story. I suspect I'm going to have to read the books now. Drat it all to hell.
Incidentally:
ME: Do we have the Master & Commander DVD?
MOM: Yeah, I think so. Why?
ME: Sudden urge to watch it.
MOM: Hunky Paul Bettany, or hunky Russell Crowe?
IT'S LIKE SHE KNOWS ME.
...ooh! Almost forgot. They are almost certainly going to eventually make a movie out of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, so: Paul Bettany = Jonathan Strange, Y/N? TOTALLY Y.
...yeah, I've actually been reading the odd bit of fic about them for the last couple years, because I was already vaguely familiar with them and I never say no to a good story. I suspect I'm going to have to read the books now. Drat it all to hell.
Incidentally:
ME: Do we have the Master & Commander DVD?
MOM: Yeah, I think so. Why?
ME: Sudden urge to watch it.
MOM: Hunky Paul Bettany, or hunky Russell Crowe?
IT'S LIKE SHE KNOWS ME.
...ooh! Almost forgot. They are almost certainly going to eventually make a movie out of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, so: Paul Bettany = Jonathan Strange, Y/N? TOTALLY Y.