Not dangerous, per se, but inadvisable. In the Rock, Paper, Scissors world of SCA melee combat, a pulse charge (of half a dozen beefy shieldmen) is what you do when your opponents are outperforming your side with long weapons. You try to take away their advantage by breaking up their formation, and killing some of the spearmen and polemen in the confusion. I seem to have enough bulk, strength and sense of timing/awareness to mess up pulse charges when I get the chance. It's not the sort of thing to get wrongly, lightly. Being trampled by a bunch of agitated 300 pound guys in armour truly sucks.
Haven't you already cherished the goob? And I've had your cooking - it's more than basic bachelor style. Wayyy more than what I'm prepared to do in the name of hunger...
Goob-cherishing: I try, but I can always do better. Regarding cooking, you can cook, and really well, in my experience, but it isn't something you enjoy investing time in, except on special occasions. I totally get that. :)
Your list of movies is so close to my own it's uncanny--except for Lost in Translation, which makes me tilt my head in adorable puzzledness and go "Aroo?"
All those movies are carefully paced, intensely personal, character-driven dramas (except Fellowship, and the intensely personal stuff at the heart is what gives it strength, but I'm a Tolkien nut). They all have sacrifice, and lost souls and people being tested against their inner core.
Lost in Translation is all that and a bag of chips. It is totally an iceberg movie. Bill Murray does a brilliant job of hinting at the turmoil, pain and confusion just beneath his surface that has been ripped open by the appearance of this girl at the beginning of her journey, reminding him of all the things he wanted and thought his life would be, but isn't, even though he has it all. They're in the same place, but at opposite ends of the path, and that's why they connect. It's for everyone who's ever been in the wrong place at the right time. I love this movie beyond reason, for the subtleties, the nuance, the ennui, and the heartache. That most of all.
I agree it was introspective and illuminative of both characters--that they were revealed by being offset against each other in a way they would not have been with other people, or by themselves. There were things I deeply loved about the movie, and things that, jewel-like I appreciated. As a whole, though, it didn't hold together for me. That's probably a lack of comprehension on my part rather than a flaw in the film.
All those movies are carefully paced, intensely personal, character-driven dramas (except Fellowship, and the intensely personal stuff at the heart is what gives it strength, but I'm a Tolkien nut). They all have sacrifice, and lost souls and people being tested against their inner core.Yes, I agree on all the others (except Garden State, which I still haven't seen), but Lost in Translation isn't that movie to me because to me, there was no story. It was a snapshot, or a series of art photographs that wanted to tell a story, but I couldn't feel that it was an actual
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I don't know what it is, but it =sounds= dangerous.
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Here's my take, this is why I think it fits.
All those movies are carefully paced, intensely personal, character-driven dramas (except Fellowship, and the intensely personal stuff at the heart is what gives it strength, but I'm a Tolkien nut). They all have sacrifice, and lost souls and people being tested against their inner core.
Lost in Translation is all that and a bag of chips. It is totally an iceberg movie. Bill Murray does a brilliant job of hinting at the turmoil, pain and confusion just beneath his surface that has been ripped open by the appearance of this girl at the beginning of her journey, reminding him of all the things he wanted and thought his life would be, but isn't, even though he has it all. They're in the same place, but at opposite ends of the path, and that's why they connect. It's for everyone who's ever been in the wrong place at the right time. I love this movie beyond reason, for the subtleties, the nuance, the ennui, and the heartache. That most of all.
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I agree it was introspective and illuminative of both characters--that they were revealed by being offset against each other in a way they would not have been with other people, or by themselves. There were things I deeply loved about the movie, and things that, jewel-like I appreciated. As a whole, though, it didn't hold together for me. That's probably a lack of comprehension on my part rather than a flaw in the film.
All those movies are carefully paced, intensely personal, character-driven dramas (except Fellowship, and the intensely personal stuff at the heart is what gives it strength, but I'm a Tolkien nut). They all have sacrifice, and lost souls and people being tested against their inner core.Yes, I agree on all the others (except Garden State, which I still haven't seen), but Lost in Translation isn't that movie to me because to me, there was no story. It was a snapshot, or a series of art photographs that wanted to tell a story, but I couldn't feel that it was an actual ( ... )
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