Movie recommendation: Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)

Is it just me or was LJ out of commission for most of the day?

Anyway, back to usual.

I wonder if anyone on my friends list has seen Sweet Bird of Youth, the 1962 movie with Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight and Ed Begley.

If you haven't, might I recommend it? I first watched it a long time ago, but I just rewatched it the other day and LOVE. LOVE. Everything I love in my movies: damaged protagonists, dysfunctional families, an OTP that pushes all my kinks, angst with happy ending.

SBoY is loosely based on a Tennessee Williams play of the same name. Since I never read the play (I am not a huge TW fan), I can't say if it's better/worse/equal to the play, but in its own right, it's an awesome movie (I also adore the ending much more than the play's ending).

SBoY follows Chance Wayne (Paul Newman. The man is too gorgeous to be real, seriously), a man desperate for success and willing to do almost anything for it. Ergo, he is a gigolo. He is with his latest client, Alexandra (Geraldine Page), a washed-out actress who had just made her comeback attempt, when because of circumstances, they end up temporarily stranded in a small Southern town. This town is Chance's hometown, run by the manipulative, sadistic Boss Finley (Ed Begley). Boss Finley is the father of the one girl Chance has ever loved, Heavenly (Shirley Knight)...

It goes from there. I love watching all the main characters: Chance, who is so incredibly messed up (and oh boy, did Boss Finley help) but no matter his tries, so out of his league when faced with someone truly ruthless, Alexandra, fragile and aging and still mesmerizing. Boss Finley, the irresistable monster, and the appropriately/symbolically named Heavenly, pure yet not untouched by the misery/evil around her.

My favorite scene is ( spoilery comment )

The ending turns me into a pile of girly goo.

An awesome OTP MV:

( another one )

Movie recommendation: Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)

Is it just me or was LJ out of commission for most of the day?

Anyway, back to usual.

I wonder if anyone on my friends list has seen Sweet Bird of Youth, the 1962 movie with Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight and Ed Begley.

If you haven't, might I recommend it? I first watched it a long time ago, but I just rewatched it the other day and LOVE. LOVE. Everything I love in my movies: damaged protagonists, dysfunctional families, an OTP that pushes all my kinks, angst with happy ending.

SBoY is loosely based on a Tennessee Williams play of the same name. Since I never read the play (I am not a huge TW fan), I can't say if it's better/worse/equal to the play, but in its own right, it's an awesome movie (I also adore the ending much more than the play's ending).

SBoY follows Chance Wayne (Paul Newman. The man is too gorgeous to be real, seriously), a man desperate for success and willing to do almost anything for it. Ergo, he is a gigolo. He is with his latest client, Alexandra (Geraldine Page), a washed-out actress who had just made her comeback attempt, when because of circumstances, they end up temporarily stranded in a small Southern town. This town is Chance's hometown, run by the manipulative, sadistic Boss Finley (Ed Begley). Boss Finley is the father of the one girl Chance has ever loved, Heavenly (Shirley Knight)...

It goes from there. I love watching all the main characters: Chance, who is so incredibly messed up (and oh boy, did Boss Finley help) but no matter his tries, so out of his league when faced with someone truly ruthless, Alexandra, fragile and aging and still mesmerizing. Boss Finley, the irresistable monster, and the appropriately/symbolically named Heavenly, pure yet not untouched by the misery/evil around her.

My favorite scene is ( spoilery comment )

The ending turns me into a pile of girly goo.

An awesome OTP MV:

( another one )

Movie recommendation: Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)

Is it just me or was LJ out of commission for most of the day?

Anyway, back to usual.

I wonder if anyone on my friends list has seen Sweet Bird of Youth, the 1962 movie with Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight and Ed Begley.

If you haven't, might I recommend it? I first watched it a long time ago, but I just rewatched it the other day and LOVE. LOVE. Everything I love in my movies: damaged protagonists, dysfunctional families, an OTP that pushes all my kinks, angst with happy ending.

SBoY is loosely based on a Tennessee Williams play of the same name. Since I never read the play (I am not a huge TW fan), I can't say if it's better/worse/equal to the play, but in its own right, it's an awesome movie (I also adore the ending much more than the play's ending).

SBoY follows Chance Wayne (Paul Newman. The man is too gorgeous to be real, seriously), a man desperate for success and willing to do almost anything for it. Ergo, he is a gigolo. He is with his latest client, Alexandra (Geraldine Page), a washed-out actress who had just made her comeback attempt, when because of circumstances, they end up temporarily stranded in a small Southern town. This town is Chance's hometown, run by the manipulative, sadistic Boss Finley (Ed Begley). Boss Finley is the father of the one girl Chance has ever loved, Heavenly (Shirley Knight)...

It goes from there. I love watching all the main characters: Chance, who is so incredibly messed up (and oh boy, did Boss Finley help) but no matter his tries, so out of his league when faced with someone truly ruthless, Alexandra, fragile and aging and still mesmerizing. Boss Finley, the irresistable monster, and the appropriately/symbolically named Heavenly, pure yet not untouched by the misery/evil around her.

My favorite scene is ( spoilery comment )

The ending turns me into a pile of girly goo.

An awesome OTP MV:

( another one )

Travel help

OK, I looked online and couldn't find an answer. Maybe one of you knows, or knows where I can look.

Mr. Mousie and I want to go on vacation to Chile and Argentina in the beginning of September. I know seasons are reversed down there, but the weather in the cities will be OK for travelling. However, part of it will involve driving in the Andes between Chile and Argentina (in fact, it's the part both of us are looking forward to the most). Question: does anyone know how I can find out if the mountain passes are drivable that time of year?

Related question. We were planning to go to Chile/Argentina (with a detour to Uruguay) in the beginning of September and go to Hong Kong/Thailand in November. Part of the reason for that is I read September's monsoon season in that part of Asia. So, question: is it? Or could we do HK/Thailand in September? In which case we'll flip the trips. Going to Chile/Argentina in September means missing out Tiera del Fuego, Patagonia, Lake District etc though we didn't have time to do everything anyway.

Travel help

OK, I looked online and couldn't find an answer. Maybe one of you knows, or knows where I can look.

Mr. Mousie and I want to go on vacation to Chile and Argentina in the beginning of September. I know seasons are reversed down there, but the weather in the cities will be OK for travelling. However, part of it will involve driving in the Andes between Chile and Argentina (in fact, it's the part both of us are looking forward to the most). Question: does anyone know how I can find out if the mountain passes are drivable that time of year?

Related question. We were planning to go to Chile/Argentina (with a detour to Uruguay) in the beginning of September and go to Hong Kong/Thailand in November. Part of the reason for that is I read September's monsoon season in that part of Asia. So, question: is it? Or could we do HK/Thailand in September? In which case we'll flip the trips. Going to Chile/Argentina in September means missing out Tiera del Fuego, Patagonia, Lake District etc though we didn't have time to do everything anyway.

Travel help

OK, I looked online and couldn't find an answer. Maybe one of you knows, or knows where I can look.

Mr. Mousie and I want to go on vacation to Chile and Argentina in the beginning of September. I know seasons are reversed down there, but the weather in the cities will be OK for travelling. However, part of it will involve driving in the Andes between Chile and Argentina (in fact, it's the part both of us are looking forward to the most). Question: does anyone know how I can find out if the mountain passes are drivable that time of year?

Related question. We were planning to go to Chile/Argentina (with a detour to Uruguay) in the beginning of September and go to Hong Kong/Thailand in November. Part of the reason for that is I read September's monsoon season in that part of Asia. So, question: is it? Or could we do HK/Thailand in September? In which case we'll flip the trips. Going to Chile/Argentina in September means missing out Tiera del Fuego, Patagonia, Lake District etc though we didn't have time to do everything anyway.

Fanfic, dramas, Hollywood and Bollywood

I am craving Remus/Tonks fic after Deahtly Hallows so started Fernwithy's awesome Shades, set during HBP. Yay. So good.

EEEEEE! Realized that I can do screencaps now and I really want to do screencaps of Kamisama Mou Sukoshi Date, with yummy angsty OTPing Takeshi Kaneshiro. Yes. Coming soon to a LJ near you.

Saw Hairspray last night. It was fluffy, contageously adorable film. I still prefer the 1980s version, but this was neat.

A whole bunch of trailers, but the only ones I remember are The Golden Compass and August Rush.

TGC: yawn. I tried reading the books and gave up, being bored with them, and also annoyed with the bratty main protagonist. Children protagonists rarely work for me. Mr. Mousie snarked that TGC is like the satanist’s version of Narnia and that makes sense, because I find Narnia boring too.

August Rush: it looks totally sappy and unrealistic but I don’t care. My brain has been rotted by kdrama, and I want! This is a story about an 11 year old music prodigy growing up in an orphanage who wants to use this music to find his parents. As many abandoned children do, he believes that his musician parents loved each other and loved him, and…because it is so kdrama, he is right, and the poor adult woobies (Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys-Myers, all angsty and hot) have been searching for each other and/or him ever since. It’s going to be sap-fest, and I’ll love it.

( Slightly more detailed summary from IMDB and trailer )

Also, I remembered reading about Tom ‘the loony’ Cruise being banned from filming somewhere in Germany, so I idly looked up what was the movie. And eeeeee! It’s Valkyrie, about some German generals’ unsuccesful plot to kill Hitler. This could be really good. I think TC is a lunatic, but I confess I like his movies.

In Bollywood news. How do you make me watch a movie about a girls’ hockey team when I loathe sports films? That’s how:

( Reasons behind cut. SRK as the coach, basically )

And on another ‘SRK makes me faint’ note, here are stills from ‘Suraj Hua Maddam’ song with him and Kajol (got these from a SRK website). *swooooon* Still the sexiest song in Bollywood.



(yup, I prefer clean-shaven, with an OTP)

( Multitude of gorgeousness )

Fanfic, dramas, Hollywood and Bollywood

I am craving Remus/Tonks fic after Deahtly Hallows so started Fernwithy's awesome Shades, set during HBP. Yay. So good.

EEEEEE! Realized that I can do screencaps now and I really want to do screencaps of Kamisama Mou Sukoshi Date, with yummy angsty OTPing Takeshi Kaneshiro. Yes. Coming soon to a LJ near you.

Saw Hairspray last night. It was fluffy, contageously adorable film. I still prefer the 1980s version, but this was neat.

A whole bunch of trailers, but the only ones I remember are The Golden Compass and August Rush.

TGC: yawn. I tried reading the books and gave up, being bored with them, and also annoyed with the bratty main protagonist. Children protagonists rarely work for me. Mr. Mousie snarked that TGC is like the satanist’s version of Narnia and that makes sense, because I find Narnia boring too.

August Rush: it looks totally sappy and unrealistic but I don’t care. My brain has been rotted by kdrama, and I want! This is a story about an 11 year old music prodigy growing up in an orphanage who wants to use this music to find his parents. As many abandoned children do, he believes that his musician parents loved each other and loved him, and…because it is so kdrama, he is right, and the poor adult woobies (Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys-Myers, all angsty and hot) have been searching for each other and/or him ever since. It’s going to be sap-fest, and I’ll love it.

( Slightly more detailed summary from IMDB and trailer )

Also, I remembered reading about Tom ‘the loony’ Cruise being banned from filming somewhere in Germany, so I idly looked up what was the movie. And eeeeee! It’s Valkyrie, about some German generals’ unsuccesful plot to kill Hitler. This could be really good. I think TC is a lunatic, but I confess I like his movies.

In Bollywood news. How do you make me watch a movie about a girls’ hockey team when I loathe sports films? That’s how:

( Reasons behind cut. SRK as the coach, basically )

And on another ‘SRK makes me faint’ note, here are stills from ‘Suraj Hua Maddam’ song with him and Kajol (got these from a SRK website). *swooooon* Still the sexiest song in Bollywood.



(yup, I prefer clean-shaven, with an OTP)

( Multitude of gorgeousness )

Fanfic, dramas, Hollywood and Bollywood

I am craving Remus/Tonks fic after Deahtly Hallows so started Fernwithy's awesome Shades, set during HBP. Yay. So good.

EEEEEE! Realized that I can do screencaps now and I really want to do screencaps of Kamisama Mou Sukoshi Date, with yummy angsty OTPing Takeshi Kaneshiro. Yes. Coming soon to a LJ near you.

Saw Hairspray last night. It was fluffy, contageously adorable film. I still prefer the 1980s version, but this was neat.

A whole bunch of trailers, but the only ones I remember are The Golden Compass and August Rush.

TGC: yawn. I tried reading the books and gave up, being bored with them, and also annoyed with the bratty main protagonist. Children protagonists rarely work for me. Mr. Mousie snarked that TGC is like the satanist’s version of Narnia and that makes sense, because I find Narnia boring too.

August Rush: it looks totally sappy and unrealistic but I don’t care. My brain has been rotted by kdrama, and I want! This is a story about an 11 year old music prodigy growing up in an orphanage who wants to use this music to find his parents. As many abandoned children do, he believes that his musician parents loved each other and loved him, and…because it is so kdrama, he is right, and the poor adult woobies (Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys-Myers, all angsty and hot) have been searching for each other and/or him ever since. It’s going to be sap-fest, and I’ll love it.

( Slightly more detailed summary from IMDB and trailer )

Also, I remembered reading about Tom ‘the loony’ Cruise being banned from filming somewhere in Germany, so I idly looked up what was the movie. And eeeeee! It’s Valkyrie, about some German generals’ unsuccesful plot to kill Hitler. This could be really good. I think TC is a lunatic, but I confess I like his movies.

In Bollywood news. How do you make me watch a movie about a girls’ hockey team when I loathe sports films? That’s how:

( Reasons behind cut. SRK as the coach, basically )

And on another ‘SRK makes me faint’ note, here are stills from ‘Suraj Hua Maddam’ song with him and Kajol (got these from a SRK website). *swooooon* Still the sexiest song in Bollywood.



(yup, I prefer clean-shaven, with an OTP)

( Multitude of gorgeousness )

I crave intense romance...

Can someone recommend me a good intense romantic jdrama?

I don't mean 'they are cute and fluffy together' or 'there is romance but it's more about family/societal issues/business environment' drama that a lot of jdramas are.

I mean something swoony.

For clarification, the ones I think fit the out and out romance genre are Kamisama Mou Sukoshi Dake, Forbidden Love, Tatta Hitotsu No Koi.

Something like that?

I crave intense romance...

Can someone recommend me a good intense romantic jdrama?

I don't mean 'they are cute and fluffy together' or 'there is romance but it's more about family/societal issues/business environment' drama that a lot of jdramas are.

I mean something swoony.

For clarification, the ones I think fit the out and out romance genre are Kamisama Mou Sukoshi Dake, Forbidden Love, Tatta Hitotsu No Koi.

Something like that?

I crave intense romance...

Can someone recommend me a good intense romantic jdrama?

I don't mean 'they are cute and fluffy together' or 'there is romance but it's more about family/societal issues/business environment' drama that a lot of jdramas are.

I mean something swoony.

For clarification, the ones I think fit the out and out romance genre are Kamisama Mou Sukoshi Dake, Forbidden Love, Tatta Hitotsu No Koi.

Something like that?