this isn't a Bourne movie, you know

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[thesmallhobbit]

I'd been debating about seeing "A Dangerous Method", and from your description I've just moved it up the list of possibles. Won't have any trouble with OH though, "it's got Keira Knightley in" should work.

[ariadnes_string]

Yeah, I liked it far more than I expected to--it's adapted from a play, so the script is at least articulate and coherent, and Fassbender and Mortensen give wonderful performances. Even KK, who I don't like at all as an actress, is very good. It is pretty interesting, too, on the role of class and religion in the politics of early psychoanalysis.

nb: the beginning with KK being nutso is a little cringe-worthy, but it gets better.

[embroiderama]

Yeah, the snow delays down here are nuts. We actually got a little more though--there was 2 inches or so on my car. Most of the schools were closed today anyway so I suspect there are a lot of kids thinking the timing of the snow was way unfair. ;)

[ariadnes_string]

lol--two inches are the cause of extreme panic around here--the kids would probably have three days off.

I do understand that the ice can be horrible, but this one was a little ridiculous, even by NC standards.

Hope your snow is pretty at least!

[embroiderama]

Oh yeah, it would be extreme panic here too, except that it's warm and sunny today and tomorrow I think. There's some worry about ice tomorrow morning but I think that most places will be dry enough for that not to be a big issue.

[ariadnes_string]

oh yeah, it's 60 degrees here too--bye-bye snow. But I was glad we at least glimpsed snow this winter, I guess.

[tj_teejay]

I watched The Unusuals back when it was airing. Mostly because of Amber Tamblyn, but I ended up loving all the characters. And Amber and Jeremy were great together. Such a shame they cancelled the show, it was a refreshing change to all the other cop shows out there.

[ariadnes_string]

Yeah, I didn't know what to expect, but I'm enjoying it, and wishing there was more of it. They are great together. It reminds me weirdly of that very old cop show Barney Miller--maybe just b/c they have the lock-up right in the middle of the squad room.

[norgbelulah]

I looove that gif. I remember when I saw the movie I was thinking, what a funny way to say that. I didn't even consider the amazing gif possibilities!

I really didn't mind Keira elogating her jaw like that. I thought it was an interesting choice to say the least, but the fact that she did it SO MUCH was a different story.

I loooved MF and Viggo in this together, I thought they played up each other's strengths in the roles quite nicely. And I can totally see them defending Helm's Deep and talking about how one of them makes everything about sex. :P

I thought MF's performace was very understated and lovely compared to other film's I've seen him in. I especially love how subtly his relationship changed with Keira from their first tryst to their second. <3

[norgbelulah]

ALSO, I am SO GLAD you're watching the unusuals. Jeremy has some of the choicest lines. I just looove his character. Like a lot. <3

[ariadnes_string]

yeah--I don't think I would've watched it without you telling me about it, but I'm really enjoying it. I love the shots of NYC, and he's adorable in his squunchy way.

[norgbelulah]

Yay! and LOL "squunchy!"

ALSO, Your MI:4 fic is KIIIILLLING ME RIGHT NOW.

Literally, killing me.

I demand that you stop it with this crazy awesome fever!fic h/c crazy good hotness. But, you know, obviously NEVER STOP. T_T

[fengirl88]

The Lady Eve! *squees and falls over*

glad to hear ADM was good. I enjoyed MF's Rochester more the second time when I knew what its parameters were going to be.

[ariadnes_string]

Barbara Stanwyck's voice! it's enough to make anyone fall over + that dress. I love that movie, particularly the way Henry Fonda keeps saying "you're a lot of woman for a man who's been down the Amazon for two years" (though I couldn't find a clip of it).

I liked Jane Eyre quite a bit as a movie--maybe I should watch it again--I saw it before I even knew who MF was. ADM was better, though--Cronenberg has a surer hand, and got more consistent performances from his actors.

[fengirl88]

I love BS and HF together, especially the kiss scene with the interfering horse - oh, and the wedding night confessions of course!

I thought Jane Eyre stood up well to a second viewing - the film I saw before I knew who MF was was XMFC, though afterwards I realized I'd seen him in a couple of things before...

[ariadnes_string]

You're making me want to watch it again so bad!

The film that really made me a MF fan was Hunger, though I really liked him in XMFC. ADM was right up there, though, as a performance, though in a completely different vein.