Warning: I'm feeling chatty today

[the_deep_magic]

Finally got to see Unstoppable today!  The problem's been that my moviegoing friend (the one who, like me, is willing to spend a large part of her discretionary income at the movie theater) doesn't usually go for straight-up action.  For that, I generally go with my dad, but there's often no telling when he'll want to go.  Sometimes we'll plan on it all day and he'll back out at the last minute, and then sometimes he'll tell me to get my shoes, we're going right now.

So we're headed to the theater -- running late, as usual -- when I remember that the Bulge Shot is at the very beginning of the movie.  But I of course can't just yell "STEP ON IT, DAD, I MUST SEE CHRIS PINE'S PENIS!" so I just squirm in my seat in the car, then squirm in line for the ticket, then squirm in line for the popcorn until he tells me just to go get us seats.  I got there just at the end of the previews, so all was well.

And the Bulge is on screen very briefly, though I don't suppose a loving, lingering full-frame shot of CFine's underoos would go over well with the intended audience.  Ah, well, their loss.

I actually don't have a whole lot to say about the movie -- pretty standard action fare, though nicely pared down to just the essentials and really well done.  I kept grinning stupidly at inappropriate times when Chris was making his Serious Angry Face, all up there on the big screen with his tiny ears which I would totally nibble on in a heartbeat.  It's okay, Chris, I have tiny ears, too!  We can start a club.  Pants are optional, but the thrice-weekly make-outs are mandatory.

Anyway, movie.  Enjoyable, though I don't know that it's something I'd want to see over and over again.  The foot-crushing scene, as non-explicit as it was (thank god), made me cringe, because I sort of live in fear of a) crush injuries and b) something horrible happening to my hands or feet.  I almost cheered when Denzel told him to keep the boot on.  And no, nolikereally, that is NOT your cue to share some horrifying story. ;o)

I was a little weirded out that they went to all the trouble of describing the reasons for the restraining order, down to Will pulling a gun on someone, only to have everything completely resolved in the end with no additional effort whatsoever.  Weirded out, but not surprised.  Also, the whole "Did you hit her?" thing.  Because it's okay that you scared the crap out of her, as long as you didn't hit her.  Eh, like I said, not surprising, just a bit disappointing.  Though I have to say, after the horse trailer, I was glad they didn't go the route of let's-see-how-many-increasingly-unbelievable-things-we-can-get-to-stall-out-on-the-tracks.  NO BASKETS OF PUPPIES WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS MOVIE.

In related news, my sister is apparently "over" her Chris Pine crush.  That brings the number of things we have in common back down to 2.  (A love of chocolate-chip pancakes and a distressing tendency to accidentally say the author's name as "Darles Chickens," in case you were keeping score at home.)

I have encountered a new writing problem: the crack fic I'm working on keeps trying to turn into serious!fic.  I think I'm just going to let it go where it wants to go and then worry about it making sense later, since I've been writing pretty slowly anyway these days.  ARRRGH, I am working on so many things and none of them are getting done fast enough!

Comments

[blue-jack.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh, I giggled out loud at the "Darles Chickens" thing. Hahahahaha.

I have not seen the movie yet, but this whole restraining order thing gives me the heebee jeebees. Come on, Hollywood! You can do better than that! Or at least, you know, try.

Finally, throwing my two cents in, crack with angst is not a bad thing necessarily. It can add another dimension to a fic, and anyway, I for one can't wait to read it, however it turns out.

[the-deep-magic.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think she pronounced it that way ONCE, and forever after both of us always say it that way.

Crangst? Okay, I can dig it.

[the-deep-magic.livejournal.com]

If it IS the Four Loko talking, I'm very impressed. I was led to believe that stuff sounded more like askl;lsakjflEXPLOOOOOODE!!!!

[bostongirl2003.livejournal.com]

I was equally weirded out by CP's backstory in Unstoppable, and that the resolution was so pat and sappy. Loved the stuff with Denzel's daughters tho.

[the-deep-magic.livejournal.com]

IMDb says that the railroad consultant they worked with actually has daughters that work at Hooters, so that's where they got it from.

[orphica.livejournal.com]

That makes at least 3 of us. I'm so glad I'm not alone on that one. I was like, "DUDE, IRRATIONAL JEALOUSY IS NOT OK!". And then she just goes back to him because he saved the town? I get that heroicism is hot, but it's like the audience was supposed to relate to him about seeing his kid, and I'm like, NO GT AWAY FROM THAT KID UNTIL YOU GET YOUR ISSUE SORTED, if not forever. I hated the impression that we were supposed to think, "oh that bitch, keeping his son from him."

[orianaborealis.livejournal.com]

Can I be in this tiny ears club? I have tiny ears too!

I didn't enjoy Will's back story either-- it didn't really seem to fit, but I have to wonder if it was out of the real-life Will's life, or just made up for the film. *shrugs* Whatev, I guess.

...How can a person get "over" Chris Pine? How is it possible? O_O

Lastly, I am positive that I have said "Darles Chickens" more than three times in my life. I am verbally dyslexic like that. ~So many similarities~

[the-deep-magic.livejournal.com]

...How can a person get "over" Chris Pine? How is it possible? O_O

I don't knoooow! I can't believe we're related!