Another Lovely Meme, And Some Incoherent Musings On Leon

[sophieisgod]

Comment on this post. I will choose 6 interests from your profile and you will explain what each of them means (and why you're interested in them). If you comment and don't want to do it, just let me know.

spybarbie gave me: bloody motherfucking assholes, golden spacesuits, princess mononoke, remus lupin, spartan abs, toby stephens

bloody motherfucking assholes is a reference to a gorgeous Martha Wainright song called, oddly enough, Blooedy Motherfucking Asshole. I'm a big Rufus Wainwright fan, but there's something incredibly raw about the way Martha sings that hits me right in the gut. And I love these lyrics rather a lot:
I will not pretend
I will not put on a smile
I will not say I'm all right for you
When all I wanted was to be good
To do everything in truth
To do everything in truth

golden spacesuits is a reference to the Danny Boyle film Sunshine, starring Cillian Murphy and his lovely freckled shoulders.

I just like the spacesuits, because they are gold for seemingly no reason, and it's very glam rock.

princess mononoke is a Hayao Miyazaki film from 1997, and it's strange and wonderful and has forest spirits in. The English dub was scripted by Neil Gaiman, who I love to an unreasonable degree, and Billy Crudup and Claire Danes did some of the voices. Plus, it's Studio Ghibli, so the animation is beautiful. IMDb!


remus lupin is probably my favourite character in the Harry Potter universe (it fluctuates between Lupin and Ron, depending on my angst levels). Anyway, he's a werewolf. With issues. And ANGST. And I love him lots. He's endured horrendous things (lycanthropy, persecution, unemployment, thinking his best friend murdered his other friends, seeing his best friend die) and yet carries himself with tremendous grace and dignity. I have a major kink for 'wry smiles'. Rather than making me hate him, his struggles in Deathly Hallows only made me feel for him more. And it doesn't hurt that he's played by David Thewlis.


spartan abs is listed as a sign of respect to those poor, sweaty, ripped actors who played Spartans (AROO! AROO!) in 300. True, they may have been digitally enhanced, but there was a gratifying amount of manflesh on display.

toby stephens is a remarkable (and HOT) actor, probably best known for playing Mr Rochester in the 2006 Jane Eyre and the bad guy in Die Another Day. He is beautiful, and ginger, and the son of Dame Maggie Smith. He is actually sex on legs, and I was lucky enough to see him in Betrayal at the Donmar in June. I squeed about this rather a lot.



I watched Leon today! It is so very hardcore. And even when he's smelling people and bullying twelve year old girls, Gary Oldman *still* manages to be sexy! How is he doing this? I definitely have to see Dracula now. Anyway, I want to have a complicated relationship with Jean Reno so he can teach me how to be a hitman, and if I ever have daughters, I shall dress them like urchins and make them have haircuts like Natalie Portman's. The plant! Sting, on the end credits! Milk!

EDIT: I can't count. Or read. I gave most people five interests instead of six. Oops!

Comments

[bishwop.livejournal.com]

I am doing this meme now, and have only just realised that you gave me five only. Did you want to pick another one? Or not.

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

I suck, I did that to everybody!

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