OMG, just finished watching It's A Wonderful Life.
**is dead**
What is wrong with you people? Why did none of you introduce me to the awesomeness of this film before now? Especially those of you who know I've owned it for almost a year now and never got off my ass to sit down and watch. I'll have to see it again when I get home because there were way too many commercials worked in (btw, SHUT UP, OLD NAVY CAROLERS. STFU. She is not buying all 14 of her cousins freakin' performance fleece!) and NBC seemed to have been cutting left and right.
I started sniffling when Uncle Billy came in with the collected money. Then when Harry walked in and toasted his brother, I started all out bawling.
Am such a LOSER. I know this. Potter, btw? What a bastard.
I love the way every line out of Jimmy Stewart's mouth comes off naturally, almost to the point where you feel like he's ad-libbed every other sentence. And the casting was so good! But I must bitch about just one thing: that wicked extreme close-up on George as he steps away from Ma Bailey's boarding house. The shot where he looks directly into the camera? Of the no.
Speaking of actors who bring the warm fuzzies...A quick scan of the f-list over the past few days reveals a lot of Finding Neverland love. And that makes me happy ^_^
( Hey, Coupling (UK) is on public television. W00t. As they say. )
Anyhoo, did not go home for the holiday; stayed here under the pretense of doing work. Actually spent Turkey Day drinking eggnog, watching the Bond marathon on Spike, and eating pie. Remember when Comedy Central used to do MST3K marathons on Thanksgiving? Bond isn't near as fun, but it was easily the best thing going on cable. My mom called in the early afternoon and asked what I was having for dinner, and I told her I'd just taken the pie out of the oven to cool. I think she understood that to mean that I had cooked other things, because of course I wouldn't just have pie. But that is exactly what happened. Pie and eggnog. All day. And James Bond. It was brilliant. Except for the Dalton Bonds, because wtf to those, still.
On Friday, Dom killed the internet, so I spent the majority of that dayoverhauling my mood theme studying contracts. I did organize my flashcards and type up several weeks of notes. Was mighty proud of me.
Oh, I wanted to share: there's a Discovery special called Becoming Alexander and it is all manner of absolutely hilarious. One would think Colin and those supporting actors were gonna be called in to supplement US forces in Iraq or something. You should check your listings, and you should watch it and you should laugh. You should also have a sip of cider and cheer every time someone says "Morocco" or "Moroccan". It's fun, I promise.
Btw, I want to thank every reviewer who's taken the time to point out that the blond wig on Colin in that film is complete and utter ASS. There is really no excuse.
....and now I seriously need to turn the lights out and hit the mattress. See where watching holiday feel-goods gets you?
**is dead**
What is wrong with you people? Why did none of you introduce me to the awesomeness of this film before now? Especially those of you who know I've owned it for almost a year now and never got off my ass to sit down and watch. I'll have to see it again when I get home because there were way too many commercials worked in (btw, SHUT UP, OLD NAVY CAROLERS. STFU. She is not buying all 14 of her cousins freakin' performance fleece!) and NBC seemed to have been cutting left and right.
I started sniffling when Uncle Billy came in with the collected money. Then when Harry walked in and toasted his brother, I started all out bawling.
Am such a LOSER. I know this. Potter, btw? What a bastard.
I love the way every line out of Jimmy Stewart's mouth comes off naturally, almost to the point where you feel like he's ad-libbed every other sentence. And the casting was so good! But I must bitch about just one thing: that wicked extreme close-up on George as he steps away from Ma Bailey's boarding house. The shot where he looks directly into the camera? Of the no.
Speaking of actors who bring the warm fuzzies...A quick scan of the f-list over the past few days reveals a lot of Finding Neverland love. And that makes me happy ^_^
( Hey, Coupling (UK) is on public television. W00t. As they say. )
Anyhoo, did not go home for the holiday; stayed here under the pretense of doing work. Actually spent Turkey Day drinking eggnog, watching the Bond marathon on Spike, and eating pie. Remember when Comedy Central used to do MST3K marathons on Thanksgiving? Bond isn't near as fun, but it was easily the best thing going on cable. My mom called in the early afternoon and asked what I was having for dinner, and I told her I'd just taken the pie out of the oven to cool. I think she understood that to mean that I had cooked other things, because of course I wouldn't just have pie. But that is exactly what happened. Pie and eggnog. All day. And James Bond. It was brilliant. Except for the Dalton Bonds, because wtf to those, still.
On Friday, Dom killed the internet, so I spent the majority of that day
Oh, I wanted to share: there's a Discovery special called Becoming Alexander and it is all manner of absolutely hilarious. One would think Colin and those supporting actors were gonna be called in to supplement US forces in Iraq or something. You should check your listings, and you should watch it and you should laugh. You should also have a sip of cider and cheer every time someone says "Morocco" or "Moroccan". It's fun, I promise.
Btw, I want to thank every reviewer who's taken the time to point out that the blond wig on Colin in that film is complete and utter ASS. There is really no excuse.
....and now I seriously need to turn the lights out and hit the mattress. See where watching holiday feel-goods gets you?