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nausicaa83) wrote2015-03-04 09:30 am
nausicaa83) wrote2015-03-04 09:30 am
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"'Cause I'm as free as a bird now, and this bird you'll never change."
I'm quite proud of myself this week. Even with no therapy (no sessions last week), I feel like I'm making a lot of progress: I did some baking for the first time in months, and yesterday I went to the cinema all on my lonesome for the first time since last summer. I did a couple of errands, and arrived at the cinema just in time for the 5pm screening of Kingsman The Secret Service. And I loved that movie to pieces. Which isn't actually a surprise, because Matthew Vaughn is one of my favourite directors ever, and everyone on tumblr was posting reviews about how much they loved the movie, but still. There was a lot of squeeing on my part, it was even better than I hoped!
It's basically to old Bond movies what Kick-Ass was to superhero movies. It's thrilling, funny, fascinating, and the soundtrack is awesome. The fight scenes are edited in a way I'd never seen before, and that's saying a lot. I didn't think it was possible to do something original there, but they managed to create a editing style that's so quick the gory stuff flashes by and your brain keeps catching on half a second later. Also bonus points for Gazelle, a disabled fighter who uses her disability as a unique way of fighting and is never sexualized. Didn't think it would be possible (especially after seeing the poster), but turns out I was wrong. She's basically the Toph of the movie. Great job there, guys!
(God, Free Bird is never going to be the same)
If I have to find one flaw, it's the final shot. I get the joke, but I think it falls flat. It could have worked better if there had been a few more scenes after, dealing with the aftermath of the movie, but as a final scene it doesn't work. Other than that, no complaints at all. Except that it loses a lot in translation. The Italian voice actors are great, as always, but there's no equivalent for the cockney/posh talking, as everyone is speaking in the same perfect, polished Italian, and some jokes make no sense at all. Hope we'll get a decent version on the net soon, I don't want to wait months for the dvd before I can watch it as it's meant to be.
And now it's time for some baking! I'm making cookies, so this afternoon I'll have one batch ready for my therapist, and one for Tati. *_____*
It's basically to old Bond movies what Kick-Ass was to superhero movies. It's thrilling, funny, fascinating, and the soundtrack is awesome. The fight scenes are edited in a way I'd never seen before, and that's saying a lot. I didn't think it was possible to do something original there, but they managed to create a editing style that's so quick the gory stuff flashes by and your brain keeps catching on half a second later. Also bonus points for Gazelle, a disabled fighter who uses her disability as a unique way of fighting and is never sexualized. Didn't think it would be possible (especially after seeing the poster), but turns out I was wrong. She's basically the Toph of the movie. Great job there, guys!
(God, Free Bird is never going to be the same)
If I have to find one flaw, it's the final shot. I get the joke, but I think it falls flat. It could have worked better if there had been a few more scenes after, dealing with the aftermath of the movie, but as a final scene it doesn't work. Other than that, no complaints at all. Except that it loses a lot in translation. The Italian voice actors are great, as always, but there's no equivalent for the cockney/posh talking, as everyone is speaking in the same perfect, polished Italian, and some jokes make no sense at all. Hope we'll get a decent version on the net soon, I don't want to wait months for the dvd before I can watch it as it's meant to be.
And now it's time for some baking! I'm making cookies, so this afternoon I'll have one batch ready for my therapist, and one for Tati. *_____*