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laylee at 08:16pm on 19/03/2005
laylee at 08:16pm on 19/03/2005I have a new favourite movie and it's wonderful!
It's simply adorable. There was hardly a sour note and even the ones there were, were hardly worth worrying about. I watched it twice last night, the second time with the director's commentary on. You've no idea how much I squeed when Daniel MacIvor described CKR as an angel with wings and armour.
OMG, Squee!
Okay, random thoughts:
- I'm loving Paul's smoke-husky voice. Despite the fact that I abhor smoking, I love what a twenty-year habit has done to the timbre of his voice.
- And while we're on the subject of the pretty one, it was nice to see him playing a character who was choc-full of confidence and who wasn't quite sure of what they wanted out of life.
- Sandra Oh was less annoying than I thought she would be. I felt sorry for Carol who was trying so hard to be superwoman that she's forgotten that it's okay to be human.
- Callum was simply divine. I love the stillness he brought to Duck; his inner calm that was only broken when something forced him into action. His scenes with James Allodi and Ellen Page were so full of tenderness and understatement. He truly can deliver a wealth of meaning and emotion with a simple look or gesture.
- Ellen Page was so sweet and vulnerable and made a great job of a teenager who was tacking her first uncertain step into an adult relationship, all the while afraid that she's going to make the same mistakes her mother did.
- Rebecca Jenkins was a revelation. On the one hand you have a woman who seems happy to keep living from man to man and not worrying about the consequences her life has for her daughter. But then you catch a glimpse of the woman who isn't so confident and who probably wishes that her reputation didn't always precede her.
- What can I say about James Allodi as Dan? Simply heartbreaking.
Ah, I'm sure there's more, but my brain is somewhat overloaded from all the squee. More comments later.
It's simply adorable. There was hardly a sour note and even the ones there were, were hardly worth worrying about. I watched it twice last night, the second time with the director's commentary on. You've no idea how much I squeed when Daniel MacIvor described CKR as an angel with wings and armour.
OMG, Squee!
Okay, random thoughts:
- I'm loving Paul's smoke-husky voice. Despite the fact that I abhor smoking, I love what a twenty-year habit has done to the timbre of his voice.
- And while we're on the subject of the pretty one, it was nice to see him playing a character who was choc-full of confidence and who wasn't quite sure of what they wanted out of life.
- Sandra Oh was less annoying than I thought she would be. I felt sorry for Carol who was trying so hard to be superwoman that she's forgotten that it's okay to be human.
- Callum was simply divine. I love the stillness he brought to Duck; his inner calm that was only broken when something forced him into action. His scenes with James Allodi and Ellen Page were so full of tenderness and understatement. He truly can deliver a wealth of meaning and emotion with a simple look or gesture.
- Ellen Page was so sweet and vulnerable and made a great job of a teenager who was tacking her first uncertain step into an adult relationship, all the while afraid that she's going to make the same mistakes her mother did.
- Rebecca Jenkins was a revelation. On the one hand you have a woman who seems happy to keep living from man to man and not worrying about the consequences her life has for her daughter. But then you catch a glimpse of the woman who isn't so confident and who probably wishes that her reputation didn't always precede her.
- What can I say about James Allodi as Dan? Simply heartbreaking.
Ah, I'm sure there's more, but my brain is somewhat overloaded from all the squee. More comments later.
ecstatic