30 Days of Film - Day Twenty One
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We now resume our normal program.
Second day at work. Have ended up with a bit of headache which sucks, so this will be short. My office really is full of mentals. No Shoes Guy amused me earlier. I was watching him when he arrived, to see when he took off his shoes (within a few minutes of sitting down) and had to contain my amusment when he took one arm out of his jumper, logged in, and then finished taking off his jumper.
I had another tough time trying not to laugh for the first hour before my boss (who sits directly opposite me, facing me) changed out of his cycling gear. He was wearing a lycra-ish top that was a peculiar cross between sunshine and mustard yellow and it proved conclusively that Harry Cunningham is about the only one who can make yellow work. He teamed this with cycling trousers. The kind that are basically high waisted leggings with arse padding. The whole effect was slightly Star Trek I realised when he walked away from the desk and I thought “Picard”.
Camp Edgar Wright is kind of distracting cos I keep hearing him around the office, sounding like Edgar Wright.
The guy who sits behind my boss looks a little like an older, grey haired, much less attractive Neil Patrick Harris. Actually, that’s not quite true. He looks like an older, grey haired, much less attractive Billy from Doctor Horrible.
And the guy who sits behind me I have named Good Stuff Guy, because when he came to say hi to me this morning he said “good stuff” more than 20 times in what was probably a less than three minute conversation.
Oh yeah and stupid thing I did at work today: Drank Orange Squash made with hot water because I didn’t want to admit I screwed up by not checking the temperature first.
So anyway, the meme.
· Day 21 - Favourite action movie
No contest.
Die Hard (1988)
I really love this film. Shit blows up, the plot is waaay OTT, Alan Rickman has a truly terrible German accent (and then an even more terrible German Doing American accent), Alan Rickman falls off a building and Bruce Willis is pretty.
What is not to love?
When I’m pissed off or frustrated or upset in that “the world sucks” kind of way, this film cheers me up. Dunno why, the silliness and the bloody violence I guess. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels has much the same effect, but Die Hard is better. I think it has something to do with Alan Rickman falling of a building. I’m not even sure why; it’s not like, say Just My Luck, where bad shit happening to Lindsay Lohan makes me feel better because I don’t like Lindsay Lohan. I like Alan Rickman, he is awesome. And yet, I also like watching him fall off a building.
Whenever I see this film I get the urge to yell “Yippee-kai-ay Motherfucker” loudly in the middle of supermarkets. *shrugs* I guess it gets my adrenaline going a bit.
And did I mention shit goes boom? Or the fact that John McClain defeats Bad Guys barefoot? Including one scene where he has to walk through broken glass.
Also, this totally counts as a Christmas film, so I always find an excuse to watch it round then.
DIE HARD!
We now resume our normal program.
Second day at work. Have ended up with a bit of headache which sucks, so this will be short. My office really is full of mentals. No Shoes Guy amused me earlier. I was watching him when he arrived, to see when he took off his shoes (within a few minutes of sitting down) and had to contain my amusment when he took one arm out of his jumper, logged in, and then finished taking off his jumper.
I had another tough time trying not to laugh for the first hour before my boss (who sits directly opposite me, facing me) changed out of his cycling gear. He was wearing a lycra-ish top that was a peculiar cross between sunshine and mustard yellow and it proved conclusively that Harry Cunningham is about the only one who can make yellow work. He teamed this with cycling trousers. The kind that are basically high waisted leggings with arse padding. The whole effect was slightly Star Trek I realised when he walked away from the desk and I thought “Picard”.
Camp Edgar Wright is kind of distracting cos I keep hearing him around the office, sounding like Edgar Wright.
The guy who sits behind my boss looks a little like an older, grey haired, much less attractive Neil Patrick Harris. Actually, that’s not quite true. He looks like an older, grey haired, much less attractive Billy from Doctor Horrible.
And the guy who sits behind me I have named Good Stuff Guy, because when he came to say hi to me this morning he said “good stuff” more than 20 times in what was probably a less than three minute conversation.
Oh yeah and stupid thing I did at work today: Drank Orange Squash made with hot water because I didn’t want to admit I screwed up by not checking the temperature first.
So anyway, the meme.
· Day 21 - Favourite action movie
No contest.
Die Hard (1988)
I really love this film. Shit blows up, the plot is waaay OTT, Alan Rickman has a truly terrible German accent (and then an even more terrible German Doing American accent), Alan Rickman falls off a building and Bruce Willis is pretty.
What is not to love?
When I’m pissed off or frustrated or upset in that “the world sucks” kind of way, this film cheers me up. Dunno why, the silliness and the bloody violence I guess. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels has much the same effect, but Die Hard is better. I think it has something to do with Alan Rickman falling of a building. I’m not even sure why; it’s not like, say Just My Luck, where bad shit happening to Lindsay Lohan makes me feel better because I don’t like Lindsay Lohan. I like Alan Rickman, he is awesome. And yet, I also like watching him fall off a building.
Whenever I see this film I get the urge to yell “Yippee-kai-ay Motherfucker” loudly in the middle of supermarkets. *shrugs* I guess it gets my adrenaline going a bit.
And did I mention shit goes boom? Or the fact that John McClain defeats Bad Guys barefoot? Including one scene where he has to walk through broken glass.
Also, this totally counts as a Christmas film, so I always find an excuse to watch it round then.
DIE HARD!