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dollsome told me to, and OH MY GOOOOOD. The story is just so enchanting and cleverly written, and though it does drift off into the land of slight cheesiness near the end, it is just so, SO, superb (and "Happy Together" - ONE OF MY FAVORITEST SONGS IN THE UNIVERSE - is the montage song at the end!). And the acting, Jesus Christ. The cast is fantastic and while some parts make you feel like you are about to explode with GLEE, some parts hurt so much it's like they yanked your heart out of your chest and put it through a paper shredder. All the characters are so much fun and so realistic; from the main couple, Rachel and Luce (Luce is played by the incredible Lena Headey, and let me say, it is SO STRANGE to see her play a character who isn't constantly being kickass and shooting people in the face, at first, but she pulls it off INCREDIBLY), to H, Rachel's precocious and adorable little sister, to Hec, Rachel's husband (played by the amazing and drool-worthy Matthew Goode!) - which is especially lovely, since usually the antagonist in romantic comedies is a total caricature, and not sympathetic AT ALL. Everyone has wonderful chemistry, the relationships are well-formed and believable, and it's such a legitimately good movie. Also, who should show up at the end but ANGEL COULBY? Acting wonderfully Gwen-like and generally being adorable!
In addition, it is SO BEAUTIFUL. Like, full on "Notes On A Scandal" beautiful. So beautiful, that I felt the urge to picspam, and what was supposed to be a maybe 40 cap affair turned into 100+ caps. Er, oops?
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Also. MATTHEW GOODE. ♥ ♥ Reason #93324830 why I so very excited for WATCHMEN.
Aaaaaand. Also. HI. I haven't talked to you in a while.
I DID NOT KNOW MATTHEW GOODE IS IN WATCHMEN! I may actually have to look into that thing, after all. AND I WAS RESISTING THE PULL SO VALIANTLY.
Hiiiii! ♥♥♥♥ Yeah, it's been Misc. Fandom (+BSG!) Central around these parts for a while. :/
NOOOOO. Don't resist Watchmen! It is so epic and amazing. ♥ ♥ The movie looks like it's going to be fabulous and Matthew Goode plays Ozymandias, who is really, really interesting -- though all of the characters are -- and also pretty and . . . yeah. GIVE IN TO THE WATCHMEN. It is seriously one of the best things ever. *loves*
That's okay. Misc. Fandoms are fun to read about. And my journal's pretty much been MY EPIC
ALLY PATHETICUNREQUITED LOVE central, so. XDD Good talking to you, though. ♥The line from trailer is basically on the first page of the graphic novel, and it makes sense in the context of the character who says it, but it's probably overused in the trailer. But it sounds very dramatic, I guess.
Besides. MATTHEW GOODE. Possibly gay? And blonde. And awesome. The smartest man in the world. And did I mention awesome?
If you'd like, as part of my Quest of Bettering the World By Making People Read Watchmen and Question Everything They Thought They Knew About Graphic Novels and Superheroes, I'd be willing to lend you my copy of Watchmen. IDK if you're that interested, though. But I will say this: if you liked S1 of Heroes, you should like Watchmen, because the first season of Heroes is highly derivative of Watchmen. There are fewer characters and Watchmen is more thematically and structurally tight, but there are some definite similarities. And I don't know how else to sell it, because my OMGFLAILSQUEE is apparently not doing it, but trust me when I say it's the best thing I've read in a long time, and by far the movie I am most excited for this year.
And I will stop badgering you about this now, 'cause people badgered me about it, too, which just made me want to read it less, actually. Until I finally just sat down and did it, and then became a badgerer. XD
Also: *is now downloading Imagine Me & You instead of writing my essay*. Sigh. You are always so strangely compelling with these squee posts. D:
YAAAAAY! YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT. ♥
I WILL PROBABLY REGRET NOT WRITING MY ESSAY UNTIL ONE IN THE MORNING, BUT WILL PROBABLY LOVE THE MOVIE INTENSELY. BTW, I'm downloading Brideshead Revisted next, because I forgot how much I wanted to see it
what with it not coming out in theatres where I live and then me going to college and being totally cut off from the worldbut now I am reminded. :DDOh man, I have yet to study for my terrible history midterm which is TOMORROW AT EIGHT IN THE MORNING. I've been meaning to get off the Internet for the past hour, but then someone posts a new comment, and I answer it, and hey look, someone on my f-list posted again! AUUUUUUGH. Also, Brideshead Revisited!!! My love for that film was so epic I even made a FANMIX. GOODE/WHISHAW IS THE WAY IT SHOULD ALWAYS BEEEEE! (I really, really want to write Brideshead RPF. DAMN IT, SELF.)
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WOMAN, DON'T TEASE! But if you wanted to, I would tell you to go through all their interviews in my delicious, because OH BOYYYYS.
Also, I do not know if I should actually write it! I DON'T WANT TO BE KNOWN AS GIRL-WHO-WRITES-RPS-FOR-EVERYTHING-EVER.
Eh, who am I kidding? THAT'D BE A PRETTY AWESOME TITLE.1. The first chapter tends to put people off, including me the first time, because it's slow going. KEEP READING ANYWAY. Once you start getting to the flashbacks (which start in Chapter 2, I believe) it's all worth it.
2. The text bits in the middle also occasionally put people off, because after reading comic-format, it's easy to see prose and go OMG TOO MANY WORDS. It's okay to skip those bits if you need to, in order to keep reading, but I recommend that you at least go back and read them at the end, because they make the experience so much richer. ♥
3. Um. APPRECIATE THE AWESOME? Because it is so very awesome. <3
Annnnyway. I am going to finish downloading this movie, then downloading Brideshead, then PAINFULLY RESIST WATCHING EITHER/BOTH while I write this stupid essay. XD
Not to mention Billy Crudup being blue and naked and awesome.WATCHMEN IS JUST SO MUCH LOVE OMG. ♥ ♥ ♥
I'm sorry I just spammed your comment.
BUT I'M JUST TOO EXCITED FOR VEIDT/OZY/MATTHEW
You don't realize it, but they can tell stories really wonderfully in ways that novels can't.
BESIDES Watchmen is epic on so many levels. The characters and the techniques AND EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS. LIKE THE ENDING WHICH IS ALL "asjdlfkjkf HOLY SHIT did that really just happen?! That was so brilliant I can't even explain it."
I'm such a Watchmen fan after reading the book. It's totally worth the money too. I lent mine out to a friend and I had withdrawal because I couldn't go back and re-read certain parts.
The thing that amazes me about it is that there're all of these historical/cultural tie ins. Like the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. And then Nixon era feelings. I mean there are heroes, but only one of them is really 'super' and the way that its worked in to the culture is just BRILLIANT. And the moral ambiguity of them is really intricate.
read it PLEASE. It makes me exceptionally happy.
BUY ANYWAYS. I shall be reading it soon!