Sucking on Jesus Juice

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Last night I was able (thanks to certain connections) to be part of a special advance screening of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian last night.

In terms of effects, design, cinematography, costumes, and makeup, the film was outstanding. Visually, it was really gorgeous.

Otherwise? Wardrobe was better.



However, at one point, I leaned over to my friend and remarked, "I liked this better when they called this The Two Towers." I'm all for shooting in New Zealand, but there's a big difference between shooting in the same place and "I think Peter Jackson's gonna sue somebody else." And, make sure to get a soda, because they're going to try to shove a lot more Christian evangelism down your throat this time around, and you'll want to stay lubricated. Prince Scott Baio Caspian himself was decent, even though they gave him a Spanish accent for reasons I can't fathom. I kept expecting him to start skateboarding or singing some 1970s teen pop ballad. (There was much Princess Bride quoting done by my friend and I.) Much. And they reaaalllly played up the whole Susan/Caspian flirtation. To the point where I scratched my head, and couldn't remember that happening in the book. I also don't remember the Telmarines being 16th/17th Century Spaniards either, but creatively, it sort of worked.

Reepicheep was done well, though. (and voiced by Eddie Izzard!) Otherwise? Eh. I'm glad that I saw it for free.


After the movie, I came home, watched a pretty lame episode of How I Met Your Mother and an awesome episode of Gossip Girl


Way to dodge a bullet there, S.
Dan is a dumbass. Georgina is still more annoying than anything else. (Shut UP, Dawn!)
Lincoln Hawk = Five For Fighting or Third Eye Blind. Discuss!

However: the entire episode made my world for two reasons:

A) RUFUS AND LILY KISSED AGAIN. HI.

B) Blair: Serena, you can tell us! I had sex with Chuck in the back of a limo!
Chuck: Several times!
Nate: I had sex with you at a wedding that I brought Blair to!
[pause, all look at Chuck]
Chuck: I'm Chuck Bass.

That's right. I'm Chuck Bass, bitch! Oh, show!


And now there's today. I'm trying to figure out how I can get grocery shopping done AND meet up with blergeatkitty. A time turner would be extremely useful right now, I'm just saying. Groceries may get shifted to tomorrow out of sheer necessity. But we shall see. As it stands, I'm going to have to do it shifts anyway. This week is nuts. Tomorrow is my allergy shot. Thursday is redesigner's recognition ceremony, and Friday I'm seeing The Mountain Goats with whtegrlwthehair. (redstapler? Tickets are NOT sold out. Repeat: Tickets are STILL available on ticketweb.)

And now, back to this monstrous pile of payments I have to do!

Comments

[redstapler.livejournal.com]

Emailed.

Edit: PURCHASED. \m/

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

WOO HOO!

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

Wow, I just reread Caspian the other day, and I don't remember Susan vibing with Caspian at all; I mean, all the Pevensies liked Caspian, but there was no shippiness.

And shame about the evangelism, as I feel like in the book it's appropriately ... I don't know what the right word is, but, like, there's the theme that one should trust in Aslan and in his people (e.g., trust that the Horn worked and wait for help to come rather than resurrecting Jadis, follow Lucy even when you can't see Aslan yourself), and there are lots of Christian allusions that are obvious if you have that cultural background, but it didn't feel excessively sledgehammery to me.

The Telmarines were descended from pirates from our world, so I can see where the 16th/17th century Spaniard idea comes from, though it's not one I would have thought of. It seems kind of cheap to make them so obviously Foreign (Evil) Conquerors, but I suppose I shouldn't expect subtlety and nuance.

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

The ship was STRONG with this one. (and here I thought there was no ship until Dawn Treader! *rimshot*)

Maybe it felt more sledgehammery in the movie than the book - a lot of things felt like they were being driven home harder this time around. Granted, Aslan's resurrection in Wardrobe was a pretty heavy allusion, but somehow the allusions in that movie felt less heavy handed than they did. Also? In terms of storytelling, it felt really choppy and disorganized.

The Telmarines were descended from pirates from our world, so I can see where the 16th/17th century Spaniard idea comes from, though it's not one I would have thought of.
Me either. I see where they were going with it, but the armor/dress/accents were really obvious.

It seems kind of cheap to make them so obviously Foreign (Evil) Conquerors, but I suppose I shouldn't expect subtlety and nuance.

Snerk. I agree, but SNERK.

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

(and here I thought there was no ship until Dawn Treader! *rimshot*)

*giggles*

Granted, Aslan's resurrection in Wardrobe was a pretty heavy allusion, but somehow the allusions in that movie felt less heavy handed than they did. Also? In terms of storytelling, it felt really choppy and disorganized.

Yeah, the Resurrection is pretty obvious, but it also has the bonus of being AWESOME.

I never had any particular interest in seeing the Caspian movie, but rereading the book I was wondering how they were gonna turn it into a movie, 'cause the book opens with the Pevensies getting pulled back to Narnia -- which makes sense as a dramatic hook of an opening, but then there's the extended flashback to explain what's happened to Narnia in the interim, so I wondered if they were gonna do the movie the same way or if they would open the movie with Caspian and not bring in the Pevensies until Caspian blows the Horn.

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

Actually, the pull back into Narnia sequence is really well-done (see comment above about how good the effects are). They actually don't bring up the Penvensies until about 20 minutes in - after they do all sorts of scenes establishing the Prince, his quest, his evil uncle, etc. Then there's a chase, then the horn. The beginning was actually really exciting, dark, and promising. They sort of lost me towards the middle/end.

[queenmother49.livejournal.com]

Yay Gossip Girl! Yay Chuck Bass!

S, stop snivelling and fight the fuck back.

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

Yay Chuck! I hated him at first, but once they gave him a few more dimensions, I love him. Blair is my favorite. Serena and Jenny I usually want to smack. A lot.

[valjean615.livejournal.com]

Yeah, HIMYM was pretty darn lame. Brittney really cannot act and I found her even more annoying this time around.

Though, I did appreciate this.

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

Exactly. I just sincerely hope that this is the last we see of her.

Ha! Weird.

GG

[angelicillusion.livejournal.com]

So as I was saying last night OMG! I loved the whole "the scooby gang is back!" atmosphere. & the whole wow S really does have more dimensions and isn't so "hi I'm S and goody goody" sort of deal going on. And Vanessa ... dude WHY did you need to go TELL Georgina that HI I KNOW YOU'RE GEORGINA?? And Dan ... Dan you are so so so so so so so so so STUPID!!! WHY ARE YOU SO STUPID??? And of course they're the whole Lily and Rufus thing cause that's the story everyone on the planet is rooting for ... cause srsly everyone just is ...

<3 GG it's crack it really just is <3