I love feel-good triumphant sports movies too. I will never get over the disappointment of going to watch Million Dollar Baby and being stunned that it was not a "underdog trumps all" film as I had been falsely led to believe. I WAS SO BETRAYED.
I just saw The King's Speech the other day. It was good. / the extent of my critical powers
omg, Nancy. That movie. YOU THOUGHT IT WAS A FEEL GOOD UNDERDOG MOVIE, OH GOD. I mean, I guess it was...for the first half...then Clint Eastwood just drops you off a cliff of sadness. I watched that movie on a plane and was crying embarrassingly loud to myself. Ugh.
I had so many shattered hopes when it came to Million Dollar Baby. I generally don't pay attention to movies until someone drags me to them. So at first I had no idea what it was about.
Reaction 1 was: Ooh, this is probably going to be a heist movie! Where they steal a baby! Maybe a royal baby! Maybe a baby who can speak Latin! Maybe a baby who can shoot lasers out of her eyes!
Reaction 2: Wait. There's a lot of punching. IS THERE GOING TO BE BABY PUNCHING? I don't know how I feel about baby punching.
Reaction 3: oh, okay. No baby punching. Just awesome women's boxing! Rah rah, yeah, I am getting into this!
Reaction 4: ........................
Reaction 5: sob sob sob why did it have to end like that, whyyyyy.
btw, still working on your birthday fic. Occasionally I stop to snort and giggle at it, because I am easily amused by my own feeble plots.
Actually, I didn't think about the context of it. You're totally right. Also, I watched it off-and-on over a period of like, 2 days, which probably didn't help much. John Hawkes killed me with awesomeness though; I hope he gets some recognition. I'm still kind of meh about Jennifer Lawrence, but that lake scene was super intense/amazing. EXCITED TO SEE HER IN X-MEN THOUGH.
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I just saw The King's Speech the other day. It was good. / the extent of my critical powers
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THOSE ARE ON PAR WITH MY CRITICAL POWERS.
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Reaction 1 was: Ooh, this is probably going to be a heist movie! Where they steal a baby! Maybe a royal baby! Maybe a baby who can speak Latin! Maybe a baby who can shoot lasers out of her eyes!
Reaction 2: Wait. There's a lot of punching. IS THERE GOING TO BE BABY PUNCHING? I don't know how I feel about baby punching.
Reaction 3: oh, okay. No baby punching. Just awesome women's boxing! Rah rah, yeah, I am getting into this!
Reaction 4: ........................
Reaction 5: sob sob sob why did it have to end like that, whyyyyy.
btw, still working on your birthday fic. Occasionally I stop to snort and giggle at it, because I am easily amused by my own feeble plots.
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:DDDDDD I'm so esssssited / I just can't hiiiiide it / And I know I know I know I know I know I want yoooooouuuuuu
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Actually, I didn't think about the context of it. You're totally right. Also, I watched it off-and-on over a period of like, 2 days, which probably didn't help much. John Hawkes killed me with awesomeness though; I hope he gets some recognition. I'm still kind of meh about Jennifer Lawrence, but that lake scene was super intense/amazing. EXCITED TO SEE HER IN X-MEN THOUGH.
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