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all the Haven feels
Oct. 12th, 2013 01:23 amZOMG. I am flailing. DUUUUUUUDE!!!! I did not see that coming. ( spoilers ) Eeeeeeeeee! I am so excited about where this will go. I love that I so rarely have any idea how anything will resolve. This show, man. It gives me ALL THE FEELS.
In other news, I recommend Rush. I was surprised I liked it so much. It was a compromise choice with a friend. I didn't want to see Gravity (floating off into space has been the stuff of nightmares since I learned it was possible as a kid), and he didn't want to see The Butler (granted, the movie time was not so convenient) so we chose Rush even though neither of us was gung-ho. I figured, what the fuck, at a minimum, I can watch Chris Hemsworth, and boy did it deliver on that front. On him, 70s fashion makes sense. And we see him out of his clothes too! ( minor spoilers about Natalie Dormer's character )
But even beyond the tastiness of Chris Hemsworth, the movie is genuinely good. In some way it reminds me of Friday Night Lights, in that it's hard to explain how it's both about a sport and not about a sport at the same time. I have zero, truly zero, knowledge about or interest in Formula One racing, and that in no way impacted my enjoyment of the movie. In fact, it was super exciting, since I legitimately didn't know who won what. Don't let the trailer put you off, it's more than a zoom zoom popcorn movie, although it does entertain on that front, too. It's really about rivalry between two drivers and how it pushes them and how they make each other better, even as competition crystalizes their belief in their approach, and what the sport means to them. Daniel Brühl is fricking amazing in this movie. I hope it does well overseas, as it appears not to be setting the US box office on fire, which is a shame, because I really liked it.
In other news, I recommend Rush. I was surprised I liked it so much. It was a compromise choice with a friend. I didn't want to see Gravity (floating off into space has been the stuff of nightmares since I learned it was possible as a kid), and he didn't want to see The Butler (granted, the movie time was not so convenient) so we chose Rush even though neither of us was gung-ho. I figured, what the fuck, at a minimum, I can watch Chris Hemsworth, and boy did it deliver on that front. On him, 70s fashion makes sense. And we see him out of his clothes too! ( minor spoilers about Natalie Dormer's character )
But even beyond the tastiness of Chris Hemsworth, the movie is genuinely good. In some way it reminds me of Friday Night Lights, in that it's hard to explain how it's both about a sport and not about a sport at the same time. I have zero, truly zero, knowledge about or interest in Formula One racing, and that in no way impacted my enjoyment of the movie. In fact, it was super exciting, since I legitimately didn't know who won what. Don't let the trailer put you off, it's more than a zoom zoom popcorn movie, although it does entertain on that front, too. It's really about rivalry between two drivers and how it pushes them and how they make each other better, even as competition crystalizes their belief in their approach, and what the sport means to them. Daniel Brühl is fricking amazing in this movie. I hope it does well overseas, as it appears not to be setting the US box office on fire, which is a shame, because I really liked it.
