Things I have watched recently

[very_improbable]

1) Rebel Without A Cause, which, no, I had not seen before; I have on numerous occasions tried to rent and watch it and various things kept happening to prevent my seeing it to the point that I had nearly become superstitious. Anyway, it's everything kumquatweekend said it was and I love it to pieces. Also it's a completely different movie from the one that we are led to imagine from its cultural status--and a much more interesting one, to boot. Pop-cultural osmosis, you have failed me. (Pop-cultural Moses failed me as well.)

2) The TV movie Not Only But Always... which I happened upon at Scarecrow Video. I think this may be a shippier work of television biopic than even The Two of Us, although I did not watch the latter all the way through. More than once I had to flail my arms at the screen and be all like, "Dear Channel Four: PLEASE STOP MAKING ME SHIP PETER COOK/DUDLEY MOORE. It is NOT APPROPRIATE SERIOUSLY."

3) I'm halfway through watching The Four Feathers, an underrated adventure movie with a young-and-hungry Heath Ledger (I'm pretty much cribbing twistedchick's description, I think). But what I wanted to say is that there's one trailer on the DVD and it's for The Core, of all things, that ridiculous sci-fi movie with Aaron Eckhart! At least it looks ridiculous, I never saw it, but I almost want to now, just to enjoy Aaron Eckhart's evident ability to sell any preposterous-ass line with such determined sincerity. The CORE OF THE EARTH has STOPPED SPINNING, you guys. We have to go to the CORE of the EARTH with NUKYULAR WEAPONS. And whoever goes into the CORE...isn't going to make it OUT.

Comments

[kumquatweekend.livejournal.com]

OH GOD THE CORE. SO, SO BAD. I CANNOT EVEN.

... and yet, it's also awesome. So you should probably see it.

I am still ridiculously happy you've seen Rebel. Now we will find you the extras! We will, we can, we must!

[very-improbable.livejournal.com]

And at Scarecrow, I also saw Eckhart's face on the cover of Meet Bill, which also looks dreadful. I'm so glad he's had his Big Break now (not that being a big time movie star prevents one from doing totally crap movies, of course *coughBATMANANDROBINcough*).

[marginaliana]

Peter Cook/Dudley Moore YES YES YES.

A couple of times yuletide has had this as a possible fandom but I don't think anything's ever come of it. And I'm not nearly brave enough to offer it myself.

YOUR SHIP IS OK. :P

[very-improbable.livejournal.com]

Hahaha oh god. I only ship the TV-movie versions of Peter Cook/Dudley Moore, though! Like shipping the Pirates of Silicon Valley fictionalizations of Bill Gates/Steve Jobs.

I mean, did you SEE Not Only But Always? Like, I expected it to be a little unintentionally slashy because, you know, it's a biopic about a duo and their complicated whatnot, but I was not PREPARED.