More weekend fun

[dangermousie]

Cherry blosom festival+nice weather=Out walking for 6 hours=horrendous sunburn. I am ready to be the main entree at Red Lobster. But it was still so worth it. Perfect weekend...

Husband and I saw Fever Pitch yesterday. His idea. It's a perfect date movie as it has baseball for the guys and cuteness for the girls. It was a lot of fun. Much more so than the 1997 version about Arsenal with Colin Firth (very boring movie). Not as good as About a Boy, my favorite Hornby movie, but not as loathsome as High Fidelity. We had tons of fun and it looks like Jimmy Fallon will become one of those rare SNL alums that will have a movie career. The fact that he looks normal helps. But yeah, the movie (about a mad Red Sox fan and his girlfriend) was hilarious, sweet and a great $16 spent. Not anything I'd rewatch or buy, but I can think of much worse ways to spend 2 hours. We also had Red Sox fans in the audience as people were applauding when they won the World Series :)

But the best part was the trailers. No, I am not dying to see Kicking and Screaming (speaking of SNL alums, Will Ferrell just needs to stop. We could use him as a WMD, he is so annoying). Neither do I have any desire to see Madagascar (saw the trailer 5 times already, and still my desire to see it is zilch. If every time a cartoon character made a stupid joke, a fairy died, this movie would be the equivalent of the bubonic plague for the fairy kingdom). And Crash looks pretentious, though am glad to see Ryan Phillippe is working as he is too cute to be a house-husband. But after all this nonsense, they showed the trailer for the Kingdom of Heaven. Cue Dangermousie hyperventilating, as it is the first time I really see the trailer. 20ft tall and with surround sound...boy does it look good! I. Can't. Wait. Favorite trailer moment: the knight's oath administered by Balian. Swoooooooooon. Favorite line: "You are a Princess and I am no Lord." Though if he is a knight, he is technically a Lord, I love the delivery. Swooooooon again. I think I will need to bring a large water bottle to the theater to keep rehydrated.

And in case that wasn't enough, they decided to knock me out with a one-two punch, as the next trailer was the Revenge of the Sith. Anakin. Light saber-duels. Anakin. Ship battles. Anakin. Padme crying as if her heart was breaking. Anakin. "You were the chosen one." Anakin. Palpatine fighting. Anakin. The lava planet that looks like hell. Anakin. Vader.

Comments

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

Ryan Phillipe as a house husband amuses me a little. Though now that you mention it, he HASN'T done anything in a long time, has he? Considering how big he was around the time that Cruel Intentions came out, he has had a bit of a set back.

Frankly I don't think the princess cares about the fact that he's not a lord. I wouldn't care if he was or not. I think she mainly cares about the fact that an extremely hot and noble knight has wandered into her abode.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

For me, the real mystery of KoH is *spoiler* *spoiler* that apparently his wife killed herself. What woman in her right mind would off herself when married to Orlando Bloom looking the way he does in KoH? Sure, Middle Ages are grimy, nasty and the career and travel options are limited, but OTOH, Orlando Bloom Is Your Husband, woman!

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Sort of like the "I'm married to Anakin, but won't let him tell everyone that we're married and have him settle down with me" thing. While more understandable than the Balian wife death wish, it still makes me slap my forehead in frustration. What IS IT with these women? What more do they want?

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Whaaaa....? Sorry, any mention of Anakin and Balian in the same sentence makes my brain short-circuit from the hotness.

I understand the Padme thing but only as a short-term solution. I can see why she wants him to keep his career as it is important to him. But surely she realizes they can't stay secretly married for the rest of their lives. How will she explain the children? Won't the Jedi wonder about Anakin's living arrangements? etc etc. They really should tell the Jedi and see how the chips fall. With Obi-Wan in their corner (I am sure) and the fact that they are in the middle of a war and need all the Jedi they can get, their chances are as good as they will ever get...

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

Short term plan though it may have been, it went on for three years before Padme was put in the rather uncomfortable position of having to explain her emaculate conception and why a half clad Jedi was wandering around her apartment. And even then she didn't want to tell that he was the father for fear of him losing his position as a Jedi and possibly getting on the council. She should have realized they probably had bigger problems than hubby's career, namely hubby going a little psycho.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

True. Status Quo is all well and good, but when it's going to get shot to hell sooner rather than later anyway, that's a whole another matter. I don't think Padme was thinking very clearly.

why a half clad Jedi was wandering around her apartment.

Anakin is a big sleepwalker :)

She should have realized they probably had bigger problems than hubby's career, namely hubby going a little psycho.

When my friend saw the pic of shirtless Anakin with his head in his hands, she brough up a very salient point that no wonder Padme did not want to believe he was going evil...who wants to lose a husband that hot?

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

Well it does give validation to her denial. Heck, I probably would have become his dark queen somehow if I'd had the option and it had been me, but that's beside the point.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

But I don't think having a hubby who is into Force Choking would have been great unless that was one's kink.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

Hey, as long as he's not choking me, we're okay. Crushing galaxies might be fun for a change, though it would probably have to include inviting the creepy Emperor over for dinner.

[jonaki.livejournal.com]

I"m sorry, did you just use High Fidelity and Loathsome in the same sentence?

Why?!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

As long as the Emperor doesn't try to touch your knee during dinner, it can't be that bad. As he is a politician, Palpatine would be pretty able to do small talk.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I found John Cusack's character incredibly horrible: mental age of 5, selfish, cheated on his g/f (who I lost any sympathy for because she turned out to be just as awful). And unlike the one in About a Boy or US version of Fever Pitch, he never matured or grew up. If I met someone like that, the date would have lasted 5 minutes before I slapped him.

[meyerlemon.livejournal.com]

I actually really liked Crash. And Ryan Phillipe (Um- Philippe?) was really good in it.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen it and it can be unfair to judge a movie by its trailer (this one really had "look at me, I am important" written all over it). But it does have a good cast, so if I like what the reviews say (hasn't opened here yet), I'll see it.

[meyerlemon.livejournal.com]

I agree, it totally looks pretentious. But it surprised me.

Plus, every good actor ever is in it. You can play Actor!Bingo. :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

LOL. It does look like one of those movies that would make 6 degrees of separation much easier.

Also, was amused that the impression the trailer gave of LA was "crazy people shooting and crashing into each other." I don't think it's a Board of Tourism kinda film.

[elvensapphire.livejournal.com]

Will Ferrell just needs to stop. We could use him as a WMD, he is so annoying *laughs madly* Amen to that!

Ahhh, KOH and ROTS all in one theatre!!!! *fans self* Mmmm, that would be pretty boy overload for me (and that? would not be a bad thing).

And be careful with those large water bottles in the movie, because you wouldn't want to miss any of the pretteh!!! ... Is it May yet?

[katranna.livejournal.com]

My dear cousin has the strangest (imo) taste in movies.

But since she hates over half the movies that I love, and vice-versa, I've long ago adopted the mindset of simply not thinking or being surprised about anything she says on the subject. :D

I think she does the same with me: otherwise we would never be able to watch movies together!

(Dangermousie and I watching PotO:

Dangermousie: Oh, I love this movie! *swoon*
Me: Oh my god, this movie is so, so, so bad. I think it's one of the worst movies I've seen!
Dangermousie: It's so much better than the musical! Now that was terrible!
Me: Hey, I liked the musical!)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Is it May yet?

No, but I wish it was!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Too true. But then you are the girl who loves Velvet Goldmine :D

[katranna.livejournal.com]

And you are the girl who loves Moulin Rouge. The mind boggles. :-P