we were born and raised in a summer haze

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- there is a vidder love meme(DW link) and it's lovely, I finally had a free moment to go gush at my favorite vidders. my thread if you're so inclined but there are lots of fantastic people over there, totally worth checking out.

- Have I really not completed a vid since september? I feel aggravated and useless about that. Especially when due to

Comments

[tabaqui]

Ooh, Whip It! That movie rocked. Black Swan was a little more iffy for me. I loved that we got girl/girl 'ship and sex and such, and it wasn't for a guy or anything but...the ending left me a little flat, i dunno.

The Black Swan was amazingly gorgeous, however. :) Ms. Portman was *so fucking thin*, it was a little scary. How does anyone that thin have enough muscle to propel themselves around doing ballet steps? It's baffling.

[bendtothesun]

Whip It rocked so hard.

Black Swan was an interesting movie, I loved the parts that you loved but... The movie explicitly told you what was going to happen and then did it (down to stage directions, which I giggled about a little). In the end I think I came down on the side of liking it just because there were a lot of elements that worked for me (her descent into madness as it were, her creepy mom and I sorta really loved Lily and thought Portman did a beautiful job of protraying Nina). But I'd agree the ending was a bit of a let down after like this massive building up. But at the same time I'm not sure I can think of a more satisfying way it could have ended. How does one resolve that sort of story?

She was super thin. I didn't even really notice until the wardrobe lady was measuring her out and I'm like omg wut? She had to have been *all* muscle to do all that. Sheesh!

[tabaqui]

I guess since if ind death!fic and death-of-main-characters books so unsatisfying, that's why the ending of it was less than awesome for me. I was kind of hoping the 'black swan' was a ghost or spirit or *something* that she could fight against/recover from, instead of just...swanning away to die, heh.

I read that the actress that played Lily got hurt doing all the stuff she had to do - i'd probably have curled up and died, heh.

[bendtothesun]

I agree with them being unsatisfying. I like seeing/reading how people live, not how they die. And the black swan as a spirit or a curse or something sounds fantastically cool. I think in the end I like Black Swan simply because it is flawed and there's room to poke and change and fix. I like shows that have that option there.

Oh god. I was reading a little about how the actresses had to train for like a year to do that and I'm like, I prefer eating and not being injured. D: Curled up and died indeed.

[kerryblaze]

I loved loved Whip It!

[bendtothesun]

It was SO AWESOME. I think one of my favorite parts about it was the fact that even though there was a romance plot line that it wasn't at all the focus.

Plus those women were all so kick-ass. I probably had crushes on all of them. XD

[tearful_eye]

just running in here to say: sam/casiel vid? OMGYESPLEASE *FLAILYHANDS* FINISH EET!!!!!!!!1

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...BUT RECAPTURING THINGS AND WORK! *throws a baby hissy fit*

;)

Yeah I probably will finish it, I was really liking where it was going. Hopefully I can get back into it pretty easily! *finger crossed*