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logicbutton) wrote2004-05-19 02:35 am
logicbutton) wrote2004-05-19 02:35 am
This Week's Completely Unoriginal Thoughts
Today I went to Adecco to reactivate my file, because even though I Do Not Want to work in the bindery at West this summer, I might be able to get a clerical job there. On a couple of the bazillion forms I had to fill out, I listed the college as my previous employer. So anyway, the woman who was witnessing my many signatures came to one of said forms and said, "You went to Agnes Scott College?" Turns out she went to Judson College in Alabama, and vaguely remembers a brush she may have had with ASC, possibly in a field hockey game. (Did Agnes Scott have a field hockey team at one time?) It was pretty cool.
In other news, I saw Troy! I really really did! And if I seem to be squeeing to a greater extent than you think the movie merits, please remember that I was with two male friends and therefore was forced to keep it all in check, and I'm only now getting to let it out.
I heart Hector. Always have. But somehow, Eric Bana makes me heart him even more. Also, I heart Sean Bean and his Odysseus, because dammit, even though the Greeks were the "bad guys", I literally thought "aww...I can't stay mad at you" every single time he showed up. It took a bit longer for me to warm up to Brad Pitt and his Achilles, probably because the first like thirty times he came onscreen my first thought was "there's Brad Pitt" rather than "there's Achilles". But I'm pretty sure that's either because he's too famous an actor or because he looks absolutely nothing like my mental picture of Achilles. Speaking of Brad Pitt's appearance, he sure is naked a lot. And I really have to give the people responsible props for so skillfully avoiding everybody's naughty bits, because dude, more filmmakers need to realize that staying away from the full frontal nudity does not relegate one to only a brief implication that sex occurred. And vice versa--not that I'm opposed to film nudity as such, but it almost always feels gratuitous. In fact, as movies like this show, it really kinda is gratuitous.
Now, back to Hector (whose name, incidentally, I could not remember for the life of me for like half an hour, and it didn't help that the movie characters actually seemed to be avoiding saying it). I lurve him. And yeah, part of that probably is movie manipulation. I have decided not to care. Meanwhile, Paris is quite the silly boy. Actually reminded me very much of Will Turner. I fear for Orlando Bloom. Speaking of Orlando Bloom's past roles (hooray for contrived segues!), I was almost certainly not the only one hoping that Paris and Odysseus might come face to face, even for just a second, so we could have a "Legolas?" "Boromir?" moment. Dude, I feel a crossover plot bunny developing. Something about reincarnation in an alternate universe, or something like that. Luckily for all of us, I'm not stupid enough to try writing it.
Being an easily amused person, the best part of the whole experience was the reaction I had every single time anyone said anything along the lines of "We fight this war for the love of our women" or some shit like that. I would automatically add in my head, "and young boys. Don't forget the young boys." I think if someone in the movie had ever actually said that, it would have made my day. No, my year. But it was definitely one part of ancient life that the movie glossed over entirely. Also, Briseis? Definitely a beard, or a buffer, or a vehicle for Achilles' denial, because seriously now. I won't even get into her characterization. Well, actually...no...no, I won't. Really.
Ah heck, I'm just gonna go to bed now. This has been a very unproductive post. I didn't even squee as much as I thought I would. But maybe I could do it now.
SQUEE SQUEE SQUEE LOOKIT ALL THE MUSCULAR GUYS IN THEIR SHORT SKIRTS WAVING AROUND THEIR PHALLIC WEAPONRY WHY DON'T GUYS DRESS LIKE THAT ANYMORE SQUEE SQUEE SQUEE
And there you have it.
In other news, I saw Troy! I really really did! And if I seem to be squeeing to a greater extent than you think the movie merits, please remember that I was with two male friends and therefore was forced to keep it all in check, and I'm only now getting to let it out.
I heart Hector. Always have. But somehow, Eric Bana makes me heart him even more. Also, I heart Sean Bean and his Odysseus, because dammit, even though the Greeks were the "bad guys", I literally thought "aww...I can't stay mad at you" every single time he showed up. It took a bit longer for me to warm up to Brad Pitt and his Achilles, probably because the first like thirty times he came onscreen my first thought was "there's Brad Pitt" rather than "there's Achilles". But I'm pretty sure that's either because he's too famous an actor or because he looks absolutely nothing like my mental picture of Achilles. Speaking of Brad Pitt's appearance, he sure is naked a lot. And I really have to give the people responsible props for so skillfully avoiding everybody's naughty bits, because dude, more filmmakers need to realize that staying away from the full frontal nudity does not relegate one to only a brief implication that sex occurred. And vice versa--not that I'm opposed to film nudity as such, but it almost always feels gratuitous. In fact, as movies like this show, it really kinda is gratuitous.
Now, back to Hector (whose name, incidentally, I could not remember for the life of me for like half an hour, and it didn't help that the movie characters actually seemed to be avoiding saying it). I lurve him. And yeah, part of that probably is movie manipulation. I have decided not to care. Meanwhile, Paris is quite the silly boy. Actually reminded me very much of Will Turner. I fear for Orlando Bloom. Speaking of Orlando Bloom's past roles (hooray for contrived segues!), I was almost certainly not the only one hoping that Paris and Odysseus might come face to face, even for just a second, so we could have a "Legolas?" "Boromir?" moment. Dude, I feel a crossover plot bunny developing. Something about reincarnation in an alternate universe, or something like that. Luckily for all of us, I'm not stupid enough to try writing it.
Being an easily amused person, the best part of the whole experience was the reaction I had every single time anyone said anything along the lines of "We fight this war for the love of our women" or some shit like that. I would automatically add in my head, "and young boys. Don't forget the young boys." I think if someone in the movie had ever actually said that, it would have made my day. No, my year. But it was definitely one part of ancient life that the movie glossed over entirely. Also, Briseis? Definitely a beard, or a buffer, or a vehicle for Achilles' denial, because seriously now. I won't even get into her characterization. Well, actually...no...no, I won't. Really.
Ah heck, I'm just gonna go to bed now. This has been a very unproductive post. I didn't even squee as much as I thought I would. But maybe I could do it now.
SQUEE SQUEE SQUEE LOOKIT ALL THE MUSCULAR GUYS IN THEIR SHORT SKIRTS WAVING AROUND THEIR PHALLIC WEAPONRY WHY DON'T GUYS DRESS LIKE THAT ANYMORE SQUEE SQUEE SQUEE
And there you have it.