Mar. 7th, 2010

inmyriadbits: oranges on blue (holmeswatsonnewspaper)
Last night, I saw Enemy At The Gates with Jude Law as a famous Russian sniper in the Battle of Stalingrad. Since it is way too depressing a prospect right now to think serious thoughts about a) WWII, b) the millions of people who died in that battle, c) all the characters who die in the film, or d) melodramatic adaptations of real events, I have some shallow ones for you all instead:

1. Very important observation, this one: Jude Law is a damn good-looking man, even when he's covered in dust/mud/blood/etc. (Maybe especially then, because it makes his eyes stand out all the more.) Also, I don't know how he did it, but he made his face look Russian. I'm not sure how that's possible, but somehow, he made it happen.

2. Rachel Weisz is a damn good-looking woman. I think I would like more films where she is a sniper, thank you. She's also exceedingly likeable; I have yet to see a film in which I didn't like her character, even when there were things I didn't like about the character. That's a great quality.

3. Holy shit, Expandthat one scene ). *fans self*

4. Ed Harris's character was a bastard, but I do love me a competent antagonist. I sorta wish Expandthat one spoilery thing hadn't happened ). But then again, I'm biased toward making villains a little sympathetic, thereby to make their villainy the more awful.

5. I admit...I am now left imagining Afghanistan-era Dr. John Watson. And it's not even all Jude Law's fault; the same thing happened to me after the "Bastogne" episode of Band of Brothers, because, well, Doc Roe (♥ he's my favorite!).

Expandlong tangent about Watson's self-narration and his time in the Second Anglo-Afghan War )

All right. I'm off! Katie and I are visting [livejournal.com profile] gingerwall for the next couple of days. I am leaving my laptop and bringing books. There will probably be drinking, movie-watching, and general town-painting of the crimson variety. \o/! We drive back in the day before our birthday (Wednesday the 10th), then [livejournal.com profile] claudiagray is in town on the 11th, and then SXSW STARTS ON THE 12TH WHOOOOOOO!

It's looking to be a good week, is what I'm saying. :D

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