Watching Monday
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brigdhTrue Blood
Things I never needed: Eric and Pam's 80s hair. Also Eric having sex on a tractor.
Possibly I hate Jason's girlfriend even more this week than I did last week. What, no medieval Catholic men had children? I somehow doubt her claims. I want Jason and Jessica to hook up again, because they were incredibly sweet, and also then James is free to hook up with Lafayette. I am really enjoying their chemistry, though I don't believe James's angst over Jessica "not being really present" when he doesn't seem to have noticed that she'd been missing for over a day.
I really loved the scene with Lettie May's husband. I'd been thinking of him as a forgettable background character, but the actor and writers were able to give him so much depth and background in just this one speech. It was very impressive.
Goodbye Hoyt's mom! You were a terrible person, but so much fun to hate.
Goodbye Alcide! You were a pretty good person, but sadly I never cared much about your plotlines, so I don't really care that you're dead.
Hello Sarah Newman! I love you and am glad you're back. Also it's hilarious that the one thing that can motivate Eric is killing you.
Leverage
Hey, remember I was watching this, ages ago? I finally started again!
The French Connection Job: The "12 for a kilo" is totally going to turn out to be not drugs but some sort of ingredient, isn't it? Truffles, saffron, caviar...
Okay, I have no idea if it's standard to tip a bike messenger, but giving someone change for a tip is worse than not tipping them at all. Hardison, don't be a dick! If you can buy lasers, you can tip the guy.
"What's your name?" / "Chef." HA.
Truffles! Ha, called it.
Haaaa, of course Hardison is into molecular gastronomy.
Oh, man, I love Eliot beating up the dude in-between cooking and barely even noticing it.
Ew, salsa verde on spring rolls? WTF, Eliot. And then bone marrow?
And aww, Parker found her passion.
Snowpiercer
I liked this less than most of the internet, unfortunately. It's a fun action movie, but that's all I got out of it - I didn't connect to any of the characters, and felt that the world-building only holds together as long as you don't think about it too hard. On the other hand, the acting was pretty great all around, and there were some brilliant moments.
How to Train Your Dragon
Oh, this was so lovely. I adored the animation - the dragons, of course, obviously, and the flying, but also all the little moments of historical detail in the houses or ships or background. I liked how certain things were just shown and never commented upon, the ubiquity of women fighters and disabilities in particular. I loved that the entire point of the movie was about the necessity of kindness. It was sweet and funny and occasionally weird in the best of ways.
Things I never needed: Eric and Pam's 80s hair. Also Eric having sex on a tractor.
Possibly I hate Jason's girlfriend even more this week than I did last week. What, no medieval Catholic men had children? I somehow doubt her claims. I want Jason and Jessica to hook up again, because they were incredibly sweet, and also then James is free to hook up with Lafayette. I am really enjoying their chemistry, though I don't believe James's angst over Jessica "not being really present" when he doesn't seem to have noticed that she'd been missing for over a day.
I really loved the scene with Lettie May's husband. I'd been thinking of him as a forgettable background character, but the actor and writers were able to give him so much depth and background in just this one speech. It was very impressive.
Goodbye Hoyt's mom! You were a terrible person, but so much fun to hate.
Goodbye Alcide! You were a pretty good person, but sadly I never cared much about your plotlines, so I don't really care that you're dead.
Hello Sarah Newman! I love you and am glad you're back. Also it's hilarious that the one thing that can motivate Eric is killing you.
Leverage
Hey, remember I was watching this, ages ago? I finally started again!
The French Connection Job: The "12 for a kilo" is totally going to turn out to be not drugs but some sort of ingredient, isn't it? Truffles, saffron, caviar...
Okay, I have no idea if it's standard to tip a bike messenger, but giving someone change for a tip is worse than not tipping them at all. Hardison, don't be a dick! If you can buy lasers, you can tip the guy.
"What's your name?" / "Chef." HA.
Truffles! Ha, called it.
Haaaa, of course Hardison is into molecular gastronomy.
Oh, man, I love Eliot beating up the dude in-between cooking and barely even noticing it.
Ew, salsa verde on spring rolls? WTF, Eliot. And then bone marrow?
And aww, Parker found her passion.
Snowpiercer
I liked this less than most of the internet, unfortunately. It's a fun action movie, but that's all I got out of it - I didn't connect to any of the characters, and felt that the world-building only holds together as long as you don't think about it too hard. On the other hand, the acting was pretty great all around, and there were some brilliant moments.
How to Train Your Dragon
Oh, this was so lovely. I adored the animation - the dragons, of course, obviously, and the flying, but also all the little moments of historical detail in the houses or ships or background. I liked how certain things were just shown and never commented upon, the ubiquity of women fighters and disabilities in particular. I loved that the entire point of the movie was about the necessity of kindness. It was sweet and funny and occasionally weird in the best of ways.
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Date: 2014-07-07 09:38 pm (UTC)Hardison trolling Elliot over food was a thing of beauty.
Parker!
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Date: 2014-07-08 02:39 am (UTC)It really was.
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Date: 2014-07-08 06:34 pm (UTC)httyd! yay, i'm so glad you loved it; it's so beautiful and full of life. NOW DO THE SEQUEEEEEEL.
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Date: 2014-07-08 09:36 pm (UTC)I know, I do! It's still in theaters here, so I might see it there instead of on my tiny laptop.