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Tonight I went to see A Single Man, the new film by Tom Ford starring Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, and Matthew Goode (♥). It was wonderful - if you get a chance to see it, please, please do. You won't regret it. Such a lovely piece of filmmaking - beautiful and quiet and heartbreaking and uplifting. Colin Firth's performance is a vision of understated genius. The camera work very much shows Tom Ford's designer eye, but in a really lovely way. All in all, a breathtaking cinematic experience - I literally found myself holding my breath in a few scenes.

For those who don't know, the film is set in the 60s and is about a professor (Colin Firth) whose long-term boyfriend/partner/not-legally-husband-but-essentially-that (Matthew Goode) is killed in a car accident. The film is one day in his life when he's trying to cope with this reality. There's flashbacks to them being adorable, so that's definitely a plus, but mostly it's about the power of love, and the vacuum it leaves when it's snatched away. Really just - a beautiful film. Here's the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aypyJtHzC70 (Can't embed :() I will say that the trailer's rather misleading - it's much less about The Ladiez than it seems, but they're also important in his life, which I think is a cool part about how this character is approached in a very natural, real way.

So, yes. Many many thumbs up. I've been anticipating this since I first heard "Matthew Goode's playing Colin Firth's boyfriend! \o/" but I had no idea it would be *this*. Lovely.

On a completely different note, I've realized that with the cancellation of Dollhouse (;______;), my viewing habits on a weekly basis are profoundly fluffy. Much more than they ever have been before. Every week, I watch: Big Bang Theory, White Collar, Life Unexpected (IT'S SO CUTE), Leverage, Bones, Castle, and Supernatural. The only holdout in the "serious" category is Friday Night Lights, but I'm only catching up with that sporadically, not watching every week, so it doesn't quite count. Once upon a time, Supernatural would have counted in the serious category, mostly because of the emotional resonance it carried for me every week, but now... not so much. I tune in mostly because I can't NOT tune in, it's so much a part of who I am. (Lol, lame.) I miss Battlestar Galactica so much. I miss Dollhouse already. I miss coherent, Winchester-driven Supernatural. I've got Band of Brothers right now to anchor me on the "thinking about my media" front, but it all just feels so... fluffy! Now, I love all these shows, but it's just getting a little bit too intensely sweet. Trouble is, I don't have the time to catch up with any of the good "serious" TV out there (Dexter, Mad Men, etc - any other suggestions?) so I'm kind of stuck, it's just something that's been bothering me a little. Where's all the good character-driven dramas, world? (Oh right, Joss Whedon wants to make them BUT YOU WON'T LET HIM. >:()

I'm just talking for the sake of talking so I'mma shut up now. You all stay safe in this crazy post-snowpocalyptic world! ♥

PS Thank you so so much to the lovely anonymouses who left me love in the Secret Admirer meme. You are too sweet. ♥

Comments

[brightedelweiss.livejournal.com]

I haven't been watching Supernatural. It came back and I just...I just didn't feel like watching it. Maybe later, but right now? I'm just not feeling it.

AND I KNOW IT CAN NEVER EVER REPLACE BSG, but have you been watching Caprica. I was sort of unsure about it but it has some lovely characters and a really intriguing plot-line. Finding the correlations between PRESENT DAY POLITICAL/SOCIAL CLIMATE and Caprica is also good fun.

AND I AM GOING TO GO SEE A SINGLE MAN the 27th. My mom just started volunteering at a movie theater/music venue/I don't know how to explain it. They mostly show older movies or Indies (in September they show six movies from Teluride Film Festival and it's called "Teluride by the Sea"). ANYWAYS when she volunteers she can bring a guest (because it's mostly ushering) and...it's me. They're showing A Single Man then but this Saturday I'm going in and paying to see The Young Victoria.

[beerbad.livejournal.com]

YOU SHOULD WATCH LEGEND OF THE SEEKER. Wait, do you have a category for Very Epic And Very Pretty Crack? ;)

In all seriousness, it's super quick to catch up on (2 weeks for me) and I haven't felt LOVE like this for a TV show since BSG. Oh, did I mention the bucketloads of pretty? How about the gorgeous, often-shirtless men and the completely kickass female characters?

[maryangel200.livejournal.com]

I really want to see this movie.

OMG Life Unexpected is adorable. :D Glad to see someone else thinks so.

Do you watch Psych? I know it's not drama but it's still wonderful and character driven.

My TV show list is insane. I had to trim it a little.

[maleyka.livejournal.com]

This may seem like kind of a weird suggestion, but have you ever given Criminal Minds a shot? I love that show to bits, for a multitude of reasons; it's manages to be more than your usual procedural without sliding into soapy THIS TIME IT'S PERSONAL drama, and the characters are wonderful.

(ALSO, after your pimping a while back, I finally watched The Big Bang Theory! SHOOOW! ♥)

(ANNE I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I AM YOU GOT INTO BAND OF BROTHERS. THAT SHOW HAS BEEN CLOSE TO MY HEART FOR, LIKE, SIX YEARS. ♥ ♥ ♥)

[walkwithheroes.livejournal.com]

I feel badly for all the Dollhouse fans. I kind of saw it as a hot mess with some good characters and awesome actors. But, I have to say - it had some really serious and thought provoking ideas. Like - Is a person their memories and personality or is a person something more? That's why I dug the whole Victor and Sierra remembering each other thing and the idea of the "Dolls" evolving.

[schneestern.livejournal.com]

YOU LIKED A SINGLE MAN! I am so thrilled by that omg. I wanna see it agaaaaain, but it won't be out here for a while yet :( But omg, WILL YOU HELP ME MAKE IT A BIG AWESOME FANDOM! Because I want so much backstory fic omg.

Ahem, anyway.

I've been watching A LOT of TV lately, but mostly older stuff. I caught up with all of Californication and Dexter I missed (and omg, cannot recommend both of them enough). I also watched Sports Night and am currently trying out Eureka. So idk, I don't really think I'm all THAT good at advice giving. BUT have you seen Life? Because that show is AMAZING and wasn't the main guy whose name I always forget (shameful) also on Band of Brothers?

[elodiek.livejournal.com]

A Single Man is a gorgeous movie. Colin Firth is such a brilliant actor! I hope he'll get the Oscar.

You should watch Southland. There's nothing fluffy about this show AND it has a terrific cast led my Michael Cudlitz.