"Cowboys", couples, and other stuff
Oh my gosh, what did they do to the Rich Text editor this is so weeeeeeiiiiirrrd.
Anyway...
I have decided upon Fridays as my weekly Lady Appreciation Post day. So expect that in the near future.
In the meantime, have some fangirly rambling about two movies I saw this weekend. There will obviously be spoilers.
Wheeeeeeee!
SO WAS THAT A FUN RIDE OR WHAT?
1. Trailers:
There seemed to be a LOT of trailers attached to the front of this one. Mostly action flicks (not surprisingly). There were trailers for Contagion, that weird creepy-looking disease epidemic movie, In Time, a coolish sci-fi dystopian future where time is literally currency, Battleship, the movie about the board game and holy cow what they have done with the basic premise is BIZARRE but interesting and I think there are aliens involved somehow, and of course Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol.
Holy cow that is awesome. I just love the song they used in it. Will have to look it up. Oh and the epic Mission Impossible theme orchestration by my love Michael Giacchino is great too.
2. Cinematography:
One of the very first things I noticed about the movie proper is just how clear and clean and crisp the picture looked and just how pretty all the shots were. I was very highly impressed. Slow pan-shots, nice still camera for quiet moments, not too much shaking or jarry shots during the dramatic action.
I want that cinematographer to do every movie. Seriously.
3. Music:
HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS MY LOVE!
Ha ha, second thing I noticed about the film. Immediately geeked out when his name came up in the credits. And definitely heard shades of Narnia in some of the orchestrations.
4. Characters:
Jake Lonergan our main protagonist was your standard Devil May Care badass, though he softened a bit towards the end, especially around Ella and his wife (in the flashbacks). He was tough and gritty and Daniel Craig played him beautifully. And he was intensely, immensely awesome. It was fun to watch him punch and shoot his way through people and aliens. And stand up for Ella when one of his old robber pals kept calling her a whore. (Hooray for gentlemanly non-sexist heroes!)
Woodrow Dollarhyde, played by Harrison Ford, was also awesome. Given that he's played Harrison Ford he was, of course, a Papa Wolf, albiet much more crusty and cranky and surly and racist than Ford usually plays them. Even though Percy Dollarhyde was an arrogant pansy jerkface, Woodrow still cared a lot about him, even though he didn't put up with the boy's shit or blubbering. And even though he was curt and dismissive of his adopted Apache... son? Hired hand? Whatever, his name was Nat. Anyway... it was still heartwarming to see him eventually admit, "Yeah, you're a good boy. I wish I had a son like you." D'aww!
Nat didn't do much besides be cute and woobie and translate for the cowboys when they were trying to scratch out a battle plan with the Apache tribe. And then die.
Preacher Meacham (Clancy Brown, why hello Lex Luthor how ya doing?), was fun and awesome while he lasted. (He died in the first third beating an alien off little Emmett.) Stitched up Jake and chatted aimiably while doing so. Stood up to Punk Percy when the little douchenozzle was harrassing people in the town. Stuff like that.
Speaking of Percy, he was obviously my least favorite character, by reason of being a young swaggering bullying jerk towards the other townsfolk and thinking he could get away with it because his dad owns most of the cattle and land. It was very satisfying watching Jake nail him in the groin and then later bash him against the prison cell bars and then even later break his hand in order to free them both from their cuffs. Yes, I reveled and felt much glee at the Percy-abuse. But even he got a bit of character development. Apparantly his abduction by the aliens and being memory-blanked by their weird hypnotizing light thingy was a nice sobering experience for him. He stood up a little straighter and was a lot more respectful and soft-spoken. Thank you movie.
Doc was... there. And cute with his wife. And that's about it.
Oh yeah, ELLA AND EMMETT! Ella and Emmett were my two favorite characters. Ella (Olivia Wilde) was just so... subtly badass. She didn't do a lot of punching and shooting like the boys but the things she DID do were just so quietly awesome. Jake swaggers into town? She immediately recognizes he's a prior alien captive and does her darndest to help him remember. And knocks him out in one blow when he's beating up sherriff people, so he won't leave before she can talk to him. And tries to follow him to his old house. And insists on going with the alien hunting party. And does her darndest to try and help Jake remember who he is and what happened to him when he and his wife was abducted. Why? Because she's a super-regenerating alien chick who followed the other aliens to Earth to destroy them personally herself because they killed her people that's why. And she's so nonchalant about it too. She emerges gloriously from the campfire after seemingly having died and is just all like, "Yeah. I do that. I'm not human in case you couldn't tell. Wanna help me take revenge against the sun o' guns that destroyed my planet?"
And Emmett (Noah Ringer) was just adorable. Found myself paying attention to him pretty much whenever he was onscreen, even if he was in the background. Couldn't help it. Kid is just too cute for his own good.
5. The Story:
Pure unadulterated popcorn fun. That is all.
Conclusion:
Oh jeez I desperately want fic. WHY DOESN'T IT EXIST?
---
OH HELLO SEVERAL SHINY NEW SHIPS HOW ARE YOU?
Very cute movie. Heartwarming, funny, charming. Standard fiances meet the in-laws kind of plot but compelling enough for me to enjoy it an be genuinely surprised by some of the twists.
And yeah, gained several new ships out of watching it, within minutes of their first hintings onscreen, I HAVE NO REGRETS.
Jason/Sabrina- Hello adorable protagonist engaged couple, who met when Sabrina almost ran him over with her car, and who got engaged in a pretty Christmas lights lit public park with an ensemble playing a love song, and who did not jump into bed before their wedding even though they clearly wanted to because dangit Sabrina made a promise to God and she's keeping it by golly, and Jason would so totally wait another six months without sex for her because she's worth it, and many many other miscellaneous cute heartwarming things.
Sebastian/Shonda- Oh curses upon my thing for shorter younger guys with taller older women! I could feel myself starting to ship them the moment Sebastian showed up and was like, "Hiiiii..." to Shonda, and she was all, "Pffft, please, are you even out of high school yet?" to his face but when he leaves she's all like, "Damn I want me some of them manbiscuits. I feel like such a pedo."
Come on Shonda. He's twenty and in college and clearly over the age of consent. You don't have to feel skeevy about being into him. (That being said, Pam's teasing "Couger, coooouuuger..." line was hilarious.)
Chef/Blythe- HHNNNNNGGGHHH OH GOSH EYE CANDY GALORE. These two were ridiculously gorgeous and hot together. I approve.
Malcolm/Amanda- Ha ha little last-minute hook-up.
AND CREEPY UNCLE WILLIE EARL IS FOREVER ALONE IN HIS SEXIST DOUCHISHNESS.
Ha ha, but yeah, very cute movie, very cute couples, and I want fic of this movie too.
Pardon me, I'm off to the Pit to search!
Anyway...
I have decided upon Fridays as my weekly Lady Appreciation Post day. So expect that in the near future.
In the meantime, have some fangirly rambling about two movies I saw this weekend. There will obviously be spoilers.
Wheeeeeeee!
SO WAS THAT A FUN RIDE OR WHAT?
1. Trailers:
There seemed to be a LOT of trailers attached to the front of this one. Mostly action flicks (not surprisingly). There were trailers for Contagion, that weird creepy-looking disease epidemic movie, In Time, a coolish sci-fi dystopian future where time is literally currency, Battleship, the movie about the board game and holy cow what they have done with the basic premise is BIZARRE but interesting and I think there are aliens involved somehow, and of course Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol.
Click to viewHoly cow that is awesome. I just love the song they used in it. Will have to look it up. Oh and the epic Mission Impossible theme orchestration by my love Michael Giacchino is great too.
2. Cinematography:
One of the very first things I noticed about the movie proper is just how clear and clean and crisp the picture looked and just how pretty all the shots were. I was very highly impressed. Slow pan-shots, nice still camera for quiet moments, not too much shaking or jarry shots during the dramatic action.
I want that cinematographer to do every movie. Seriously.
3. Music:
HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS MY LOVE!
Ha ha, second thing I noticed about the film. Immediately geeked out when his name came up in the credits. And definitely heard shades of Narnia in some of the orchestrations.
4. Characters:
Jake Lonergan our main protagonist was your standard Devil May Care badass, though he softened a bit towards the end, especially around Ella and his wife (in the flashbacks). He was tough and gritty and Daniel Craig played him beautifully. And he was intensely, immensely awesome. It was fun to watch him punch and shoot his way through people and aliens. And stand up for Ella when one of his old robber pals kept calling her a whore. (Hooray for gentlemanly non-sexist heroes!)
Woodrow Dollarhyde, played by Harrison Ford, was also awesome. Given that he's played Harrison Ford he was, of course, a Papa Wolf, albiet much more crusty and cranky and surly and racist than Ford usually plays them. Even though Percy Dollarhyde was an arrogant pansy jerkface, Woodrow still cared a lot about him, even though he didn't put up with the boy's shit or blubbering. And even though he was curt and dismissive of his adopted Apache... son? Hired hand? Whatever, his name was Nat. Anyway... it was still heartwarming to see him eventually admit, "Yeah, you're a good boy. I wish I had a son like you." D'aww!
Nat didn't do much besides be cute and woobie and translate for the cowboys when they were trying to scratch out a battle plan with the Apache tribe. And then die.
Preacher Meacham (Clancy Brown, why hello Lex Luthor how ya doing?), was fun and awesome while he lasted. (He died in the first third beating an alien off little Emmett.) Stitched up Jake and chatted aimiably while doing so. Stood up to Punk Percy when the little douchenozzle was harrassing people in the town. Stuff like that.
Speaking of Percy, he was obviously my least favorite character, by reason of being a young swaggering bullying jerk towards the other townsfolk and thinking he could get away with it because his dad owns most of the cattle and land. It was very satisfying watching Jake nail him in the groin and then later bash him against the prison cell bars and then even later break his hand in order to free them both from their cuffs. Yes, I reveled and felt much glee at the Percy-abuse. But even he got a bit of character development. Apparantly his abduction by the aliens and being memory-blanked by their weird hypnotizing light thingy was a nice sobering experience for him. He stood up a little straighter and was a lot more respectful and soft-spoken. Thank you movie.
Doc was... there. And cute with his wife. And that's about it.
Oh yeah, ELLA AND EMMETT! Ella and Emmett were my two favorite characters. Ella (Olivia Wilde) was just so... subtly badass. She didn't do a lot of punching and shooting like the boys but the things she DID do were just so quietly awesome. Jake swaggers into town? She immediately recognizes he's a prior alien captive and does her darndest to help him remember. And knocks him out in one blow when he's beating up sherriff people, so he won't leave before she can talk to him. And tries to follow him to his old house. And insists on going with the alien hunting party. And does her darndest to try and help Jake remember who he is and what happened to him when he and his wife was abducted. Why? Because she's a super-regenerating alien chick who followed the other aliens to Earth to destroy them personally herself because they killed her people that's why. And she's so nonchalant about it too. She emerges gloriously from the campfire after seemingly having died and is just all like, "Yeah. I do that. I'm not human in case you couldn't tell. Wanna help me take revenge against the sun o' guns that destroyed my planet?"
And Emmett (Noah Ringer) was just adorable. Found myself paying attention to him pretty much whenever he was onscreen, even if he was in the background. Couldn't help it. Kid is just too cute for his own good.
5. The Story:
Pure unadulterated popcorn fun. That is all.
Conclusion:
Oh jeez I desperately want fic. WHY DOESN'T IT EXIST?
---
OH HELLO SEVERAL SHINY NEW SHIPS HOW ARE YOU?
Very cute movie. Heartwarming, funny, charming. Standard fiances meet the in-laws kind of plot but compelling enough for me to enjoy it an be genuinely surprised by some of the twists.
And yeah, gained several new ships out of watching it, within minutes of their first hintings onscreen, I HAVE NO REGRETS.
Jason/Sabrina- Hello adorable protagonist engaged couple, who met when Sabrina almost ran him over with her car, and who got engaged in a pretty Christmas lights lit public park with an ensemble playing a love song, and who did not jump into bed before their wedding even though they clearly wanted to because dangit Sabrina made a promise to God and she's keeping it by golly, and Jason would so totally wait another six months without sex for her because she's worth it, and many many other miscellaneous cute heartwarming things.
Sebastian/Shonda- Oh curses upon my thing for shorter younger guys with taller older women! I could feel myself starting to ship them the moment Sebastian showed up and was like, "Hiiiii..." to Shonda, and she was all, "Pffft, please, are you even out of high school yet?" to his face but when he leaves she's all like, "Damn I want me some of them manbiscuits. I feel like such a pedo."
Come on Shonda. He's twenty and in college and clearly over the age of consent. You don't have to feel skeevy about being into him. (That being said, Pam's teasing "Couger, coooouuuger..." line was hilarious.)
Chef/Blythe- HHNNNNNGGGHHH OH GOSH EYE CANDY GALORE. These two were ridiculously gorgeous and hot together. I approve.
Malcolm/Amanda- Ha ha little last-minute hook-up.
AND CREEPY UNCLE WILLIE EARL IS FOREVER ALONE IN HIS SEXIST DOUCHISHNESS.
Ha ha, but yeah, very cute movie, very cute couples, and I want fic of this movie too.
Pardon me, I'm off to the Pit to search!