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Quotage

“When I get a little money I buy books, and if any is left I buy food and clothes.”
~Desiderius Erasmus

"You lot. You spend all your time thinking about dying, like you're going to get killed by eggs, or beef, or global warming, or asteroids. But you never take time to imagine the impossible. Like maybe you survive."
~Doctor Who

"Nothing in this world that's worth having comes easy."
~Scrubs

"When you can't run, you crawl, and when you can't crawl - you find someone to carry you."
~Firefly

"Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live."
~Mark Twain

"Porthos dreams of being a bear, and you want to shatter those dreams by saying he’s just a dog? What a horrible candle-snuffing word. That’s like saying, “He can’t climb that mountain, he’s just a man”, or “That’s not a diamond, it’s just a rock.” Just."
~Finding Neverland

"Sometimes our best decisions are the ones that don’t make any sense at all."
~How I Met Your Mother

Quotage

“When I get a little money I buy books, and if any is left I buy food and clothes.”
~Desiderius Erasmus

"You lot. You spend all your time thinking about dying, like you're going to get killed by eggs, or beef, or global warming, or asteroids. But you never take time to imagine the impossible. Like maybe you survive."
~Doctor Who

"Nothing in this world that's worth having comes easy."
~Scrubs

"When you can't run, you crawl, and when you can't crawl - you find someone to carry you."
~Firefly

"Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live."
~Mark Twain

"Porthos dreams of being a bear, and you want to shatter those dreams by saying he’s just a dog? What a horrible candle-snuffing word. That’s like saying, “He can’t climb that mountain, he’s just a man”, or “That’s not a diamond, it’s just a rock.” Just."
~Finding Neverland

"Sometimes our best decisions are the ones that don’t make any sense at all."
~How I Met Your Mother

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legoline

03 September 2005 @ 01:33 am

nefantoiel,

rahja and I went to the Original Version Sneak Peak Preview Surprise Film thingy at the UCI in Bochum tonight. They showed The 40 Year Old Virgin (

glorfinniel remember my comment about that? ;o) ) . Anyway... wasn't as bad as I expeced it to be, judging from the title that is. It was okay and actually had some funny lines. And blimey, the bloke who played Dave totally looked like Michael Rosenbaum. No, really.

Best thing was definitely the trailer to Elizabethtown. Was kind of weird to see Orlando Bloom in normal clothes. In a film, I mean. But it looked rather good. And from what I've seen it also looks like they for once actually let Orlando show he can act when he's allowed to...

And I'll admit he's rather pretty in that film.

Also it appears I need to go to a cocktail bar to see the new German trailer of Lost. Hm.

lyxzen should I bring anything tomorrow? Like snacks or stuff?

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One Evil Muffin

legoline.livejournal.com on September 4th, 2005 09:39 am (UTC)

Same over here...over the past years I've come to really like German films. Most people my age (or especially younger) don't like them, I guess they're too less perfect-Hollywoodish. Of course not every German film is good. But what I've found with European films in general is that they tend to tell stories from everyday life with everyday people, and I like that muchly.

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fluttering-by.livejournal.com on September 4th, 2005 09:46 am (UTC)

Me too. The thing with Norway and Norwegian films, is that even if they're making more now than they used to, media still plays them up way too much, overrating them and praising them almost up the skies - and then when you watch them, you are sadly disappointed, because they were not all that good. They were good enough I suppose, but they did lack that little extra the media insisted on them having. So I'm a little reserved... Even before I've seen the movie in question:P

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legoline.livejournal.com on September 4th, 2005 09:48 am (UTC)

Heh I can see why! :p ... Thing is I was always a tad reserved towards German films, but when I started to watch them I was very surprised and found they were really good! Especially "Goodbye Lenin" is one of the best films I've ever seen... :p

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fluttering-by.livejournal.com on September 4th, 2005 09:50 am (UTC)

Never heard of it, but then you've probably never heard of the Norwegian films that have popped up these past few years either. Or before that, for that matter.

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legoline.livejournal.com on September 4th, 2005 09:54 am (UTC)

Probably. Which I think is a shame, really. I wish our cinemas would just not show one or two of the crappy Hollywood films that always seem to make it over here and focus a tad more on European film productions...

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fluttering-by.livejournal.com on September 4th, 2005 10:11 am (UTC)

Yeah... But it's the face factor again - people want to see something good, and the connect known faces with something good. So, Tom Cruise=good, which means that he will sell better than a 'homemade' film with german actors. Which is just plain sad, since Cruise is overrated and not at all that interesting.

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legoline.livejournal.com on September 4th, 2005 10:15 am (UTC)

But then again a lot of US actors are. I think it's also a shame that once an actor has grown a little famous over here they trey to make it in Hollywood. Which we know will never happen becauze of zeir Jerman aksents. I'm quite surprised actually Franka Potente's made it into some Hollywood films...

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fluttering-by.livejournal.com on September 4th, 2005 10:29 am (UTC)

Franka's accent's hardly noticable, but didn't she spend a year or maybe more in New York studying? Because that'd explain something at least.

The need to stop giving roles to Tom Cruise, ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Evangeline Lilly for fuck's sake - she's only had the Lost part so far, but I bet she's had offers, and I bet she'd suck just as much or even more in any other role, film or tv.

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legoline.livejournal.com on September 4th, 2005 10:36 am (UTC)

Actually she had a tiny part in my fave Smallville episode ^^ that was pre-Lost :o)

Franka's accent's hardly noticable, but didn't she spend a year or maybe more in New York studying? Because that'd explain something at least.

Yes she did I think... but still she's got an accent and I found it quite amusing how they pointed out why in "All I Want/Try 17" ... or even excused it. They just let her kick her car and shout "Scheißauto" ... *lol* Like - watch out! It's a German girl!

Also I was quite surprised to see Heike Makatsch in "Love Actually". Her English accent is quite good, but still they pointed out in the film she was from abroad...because the accent's still there :o)

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fluttering-by.livejournal.com on September 4th, 2005 10:42 am (UTC)

She did? I know she's had tiny little appearances here and there, but only as extras and such, no speaking roles... Which suits me just find, woman can't act for shit.

Hehe, well, yes, but when you're pissed off, and you start swearing, you usually do so in your native language, unless you're swearing at someone and want to make yourself understood. A car is pretty helpless:P

Heike? Who did she play?

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legoline.livejournal.com on September 4th, 2005 10:54 am (UTC)

but only as extras and such, no speaking roles...

Oh well she didn't speak in that one as well... :p

Hehe, well, yes, but when you're pissed off, and you start swearing, you usually do so in your native language,

Heh, true! :o) I just have the feeling that only put this scene into the film to make clear she's from abroad :o)

Heike? She was Mia in Love Actually... the woman who tries to seduce Alan Rickman...

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fluttering-by.livejournal.com on September 4th, 2005 11:10 am (UTC)

No one will ever give Evangeline Lilly a role because of her talent, she's doomed to be eye candy and perv material forever.

And ah, that's what I thought! But you're right, the accent was hardly there - she almots had me fooled:)

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legoline.livejournal.com on September 4th, 2005 11:14 am (UTC)

She's been living in London for some years now so I guess she adapted it pretty well ... :o)

No one will ever give Evangeline Lilly a role because of her talent

I don't think she's THAT bad. But she certainly isn't the next Meryl Streep either...

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fluttering-by.livejournal.com on September 4th, 2005 11:21 am (UTC)

Have we eatched the same show?:P She IS that bad. The Woman With One face - although I have to agree with whoever said she is a good cryes. Too bad crying only won't get her any places. Or very good, as I see it:P

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legoline.livejournal.com on September 4th, 2005 11:23 am (UTC)

Hmmm but Russel Crowe only has one face as well, and he IS a good actor. Well he does a lot with his voice :o)

I think I tend to just not care if I don' like a character on a show :o) (Except for Walt - teh Hate!)

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fluttering-by.livejournal.com on September 4th, 2005 11:34 am (UTC)

Well, yeah - but Crowe makes up for it with his voice and body language - this woman doesn't even have that! PLus, her character's bloody annoying. Makes me want bash her head in. Christ... *mutters angrily to self*

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legoline.livejournal.com on September 4th, 2005 11:37 am (UTC)

but Crowe makes up for it with his voice and body language

Very true, that.

Actually, I started to dislike her halfway through season 1... and then she cried so helplessly for Charlie when she thought he was dead that from that point I didn't mind her anymore ... :o) Though yes... she kind of IS a Mary Sue...

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fluttering-by.livejournal.com on September 4th, 2005 11:46 am (UTC)

She totally is. But a strong woman? Wtf, strong people stand up to face the consequences, whetehr they've done something wrong or not, she's just running away from them. Coward.

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legoline.livejournal.com on September 4th, 2005 11:48 am (UTC)

I never said she was strong, did I? actually I think she's rather whiny :o)

Sun is a strong woman I think...

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fluttering-by.livejournal.com on September 4th, 2005 11:50 am (UTC)

Sun is strong, and Claire too. Claire must have had an insane amount of pressure on herself, being pregnant and such, but also dealing with feeling useless and in the way beacsue of the belly and now later the baby. People call Claire whiny, but at least she has a reason too. Kate's just a big pain in the ass.

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legoline.livejournal.com on September 4th, 2005 11:57 am (UTC)

Claire is strong because she's on the island, heavily pregnant, and still finds the time to NOT whine and care for others. And Sun is just amazing...I love her to bits.

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fluttering-by.livejournal.com on September 4th, 2005 11:58 am (UTC)

Yup, that about covers it:)

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legoline.livejournal.com on September 4th, 2005 12:49 pm (UTC)

:o)

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