"It always has to come this. Red bells ring this tragic gun."

[greygirlbeast]

It may be that I'll be returning to the habit of day-to-day blogging. More than a month after breaking the habit, I feel this hole. I'm forgetting things, and I can't look back at the LJ for the memories. And I'm only having so-so luck with the new pen and paper journal, because various things have conspired to ruin my penmanship. Which is really

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[shanejayell]

Hope things go well.

Pacific Rim

[ellistrae]

I'm glad to know that I'm not the only person who really enjoyed Pacific Rim. I'll admit to thinking that the commercials didn't do it any justice, but once I actually saw it, I was very happy with it.

[sovay]

How have you lot been?

Exhausted, sick, emotionally wrecked; without any irony or Facebook macros, we're adopting kittens today. Black polydactyl siblings. I am greatly looking forward to that.

Haven't you missed me?

Well, yes.

The trailers suggested a dark, dark film, possessed of powerful mood and a definite point of view. However, neither of those things can be said of the film I saw yesterday.

Major recuts?

bother to hire actors like Bryan Cranston and Juliette Binoche, then kill them off almost immediately - immediately in the case of Binoche

That is very disappointing. Is this to provide Taylor-Johnston with reasons to be a dusty water glass hero?

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[greygirlbeast]

Major recuts?

No. What we see in the trailers, it's a few scenes selected to give the impression that this is a different sort of film than it is. It's just a big summer blockbuster. It's a disaster film.

Is this to provide Taylor-Johnston with reasons to be a dusty water glass hero?

Yes. All the stuff with Cranston and Binoche, Taylor-Johnston's mother and father, it's essentially a prologue.

[sovay]

All the stuff with Cranston and Binoche, Taylor-Johnston's mother and father, it's essentially a prologue.

Bah.

I've never seen any Godzilla films except the original, which is extraordinary. Pacific Rim, I loved.

[greygirlbeast]

I've never seen any Godzilla films except the original, which is extraordinary.

Then you've done it right.

Also...KITTENS! Hemingway cats!

[greygirlbeast]

See, I'm not a fan of any of the Godzilla films except the original, which I see as having no real connections to the others. And, for my part, I'd have been very happy not seeing more of the monster/s until much later (as with Cloverfield and Monsters).

[mataar]

A new LJ entry from you makes any day a better day! Sorry that the break hasn't been working as hoped for. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Godzilla. More often than not, it is your recommendations that guide me in picking which films to check out in theaters. Sending wishes that the dreaded day may come and go, and prove less dreadful than anticipated. So happy to read your post! It's always good to see you online, wherever you choose to put in appearances. Bon courage with the editing!

[greygirlbeast]

Thank you.