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Monday, December 17, 2012

You're so fine, Mickey

Why I love 'Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man':
Apart from the bit where Don Johnson begs Mickey Rourke not to hold the gun like a part of his anatomy?
Last scene, when Mickey in his Greek God avatar says to the supermodel posing as hitchhiker: "Where're you headed?"
She says, "Nowhere special."
He says, "Lemme take you there."

Friday, December 7, 2012

Die, die!

I've always had a weak spot for threesomes. By which I mean the girl-in-love-with-two-boys motif, silly. So The Vampire Diaries was a fave TV show. Then they got confused. The threesome is still going strong, never fear, but I can no longer keep track of people being killed and then coming back to life.
The worst was the Season 3 finale. Alaric's death scene was poignant, everyone comes to pay their respects, fat, white candles burn in the background - and then, hey presto, he's back! Ridic.
But wasn't it high time they made Elena a vamp? Of course, God knows what Season 4 will bring and I am not going to Google it. I shall wait, patriotically, until it comes to the Third World. I might even stay undisappointed longer that way. Like they remain undead.

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Speaking of which, how painfully dull was "Breaking Dawn 2"? Although I did notice Rob Pattinson seemed so relieved throughout the movie, seeing the light at the end of the perennial fog in Forks, no doubt. The lead actors must have had 10 lines each, but Michael Sheen was hilarious. Every time he came onscreen, the theatre erupted in laughter. But the weird baby, the repulsive bond between a grown man and said baby, the way too facile answers to all the problems on hand and the stark contrast between how appalling the Twilight movies are when you compare it to the Potter movies... I can tell you Pattinson isn't the only one relieved the nightmare franchise is over.
Oh, and anyone wondering whether Kristen Stewart is a good actress or not? I was on her side until I saw "Breaking Dawn 2". When she shouts at Jacob for bonding with a newborn? Cringeworthy. Since I'm good at the waiting game, however, I shall reserve final judgement until "On the Road".