Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings

I watched Voyage of the Dawn Treader last night.

Where is the good Edmund/Caspian slash?

They even helped each other into their armours ♥

So, I forgave Joseph Gordon-Levitt for his unfortunate resemblance to my cousin and decided to renew my acquaintance with him by rewatching some of his older films. He had helped me to sit through the 50+ hours of Inception, after all.

Plus, there's that:



Over the years, I had seen Joseph Gordon-Levitt in: Brick, The Lookout and 500 Days of Summer. I have now added Mysterious Skin to the list. I have always vaguely liked him (well, he is dark-haired, dark-eyed and skinny, that's always a plus in my books), and I now realised that I might have liked him, because he is very good at being disturbed, intense, desperate and confused without crying. In all the above films, he plays characters who suffer from some major trauma or other, and he hardly ever conveys emotions by crying. He does it by acting. He's very good at freezing his expression so that you just know when realisation and/or pain hit him. And I really, really appreciate that, because I have been getting sick of all those men crying all the time to show that they hurt. - Yes, I'm looking at you, John Simm. David Tennant, delightful as he is, overuses the crying, too. I realise this is the new millennium and men are allowed and positively encouraged to be emotional, but really. There is nothing wrong with some self-control.

Of course, this is probably me being misandrous and emotionally stunted (which I wouldn't quite rule out), but there you go. As a member of the crying-encouraging society, I feel like Rachel Green must have felt in that Friends episode where she dates Bruce Willis and encourages him to show emotions and share his pain, and then he just won't stop whining and weeping.

I've got a confession to make: I've never been a huge fan of "Pirates of the Caribbean". I did watch the first two movies and liked them in a vague sort of way, but I didn't really get into the swing of things. And now I have found myself in the possession of the third part, started to watch it and have realised that I've got no idea how the characters got to where they are. I can't be bothered to re-watch part two (I'd have to rent the DVD), but I'd really like to know why Geoffrey Rush is back, why Keira is in Shanghai and where Orlando is. (I remember Johnny being eaten by the Giant Squid.) So, even though I'm a bad fangirl: Would anyone like to explain Important Plot Points to me? Please?

On a totally unrelated note:

What is your perfect guy/girl comprised of?

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- Hotness is most important in a boyfriend/girlfriend. This indicates that you are mostly into having an attractive partner. You prefer to date around, and don't usually get attached.


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I don't usually post quiz results, but this one is a) embarrassingly true and b) rather misleading at the same time. Because I think there is a difference between "actively choosing" certain character traits in a partner and "taking them for granted". See, a high education level, intelligence, and similar interests are things that I take perfectly for granted - not to mention "kindness" in the broadest possible sense. These are basically the only men I ever interact with - I wouldn't be able to interact socially with anyone with whom I wasn't able to, y'know, talk about stuff and who didn't display intelligence and humour. And within that group of intelligent, witty, sophisticated, artsy people, it will be the hot ones that will attract me and whom I will actively choose (if they let me, the picky bastards).

The reason why I mention this at all is because I find it rather interesting how the "taking things for granted" thing has changed within a few generations. For my granny - may she rest in peace - not being beaten up by a husband was something to be happy about and grateful for and not something that should be a matter of course. She actually once told my Mum after Mum had had a row with my Dad that she had nothing to complain about - after all, Dad wasn't an alcoholic and didn't beat her!* Today, hardly anyone would expect me to specify that I wished to not be beaten up by my partner - we take it for granted. As I do with intelligence and education. Hotness, on the other hand, is a desirable extra.

*Granddad didn't use to beat up Granny, either. But for her, it was still something worth pointing out as the trait of a good husband.

I'm looking for movies that feature intelligent robots/machines. Any suggestions? Anyone?

It is my unshakable conviction that Jeremy Irons should play Lord Voldemort.

Yes, he is a cliché baddy. But hey, it's Jeremy. He's tall, he's thin, he can put on an evil glare like anything, and-

he would play Alan's and Jason's master.

I'd pay good money to see that.