The Inadvertant Stalking Of James McAvoy

[sophieisgod]

The Mac is everywhere in my life at the moment. He keeps popping up and twinkling his freckles at me... I'm not doing it on purpose!


I saw The Last King of Scotland a few weeks ago and it completely blew my mind. It's been ages since I saw a new film that was so visually stunning and emotionally affecting. All the reviews I read focused on Forest Whittaker's colossal portrayal of Idi Amin, but my friends and I felt that McAvoy deserved more recognition. His character Nicholas Garrigan isn't particularly likeable, but he's played with such honesty and charm that it's impossible not to warm to him. And BAFTA obviously agrees with us, because McAvoy's up for Best Supporting Actor! Although he has far more screentime than Whittaker... Pfft. Oh, and he gets his cock out.

Then, I finished my re-read of Atonement, by Ian McEwan, as part of my ongoing war of attrition with my university course. I still haven't finished my set texts, so I'm winning! I think. Anyway, I then find squillions of new icons for the upcoming adaptation starring Keira Knightley and.... James McAvoy. And he does look rather scrummy in his army uniform.

Which brings me to my next point. My friend is educating me in the ways of the HBO series Band Of Brothers, and who should feature rather prominently up in today's episode? You guessed it. And he was so young and innocent looking. And freckled, obviously. If you haven't seen it, do. Unless you don't like violence, in which case watch it through your fingers, because it's worth it. I don't want to spoil it, so I shall just sigh heavily and leave it at that.

Finally, my lovely friend directed me in the direction of the trailer for Becoming Jane. McAvoy + Austen = Happy me.

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[darkangsty42.livejournal.com]

I hearth James. Yes, I've only got Narnia as point of reference, but he was the best part of it. And I really want to see The Last King of Scotland. Becoming Jane I'm leery about. It's not that I dislike Anne Hathaway like the rest of the world seems to, it's just that I can't see her fitting the part. And the script sort of looks like a rehashed P&P. But I'll probably end up seeing it anyway because of James, Maggie Smith, and Anna Maxwell-Martin. And because IT IS Jane Austen.

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I didn't realise AMM was in it! She was beyond amazing in Bleak House. And I completely agree about the Tumnus love, he was far and away the best thing about Narnia. I don't know, it didn't really rise to my expectations, particularly the battle scenes, which were disappointingly tame. I know it's a family film and all, but LotR gave me bloodlust, dammit!

Speaking of which, my housemates and I did a LotR Extended Edition marathon this weekend. We watched all three extended cuts, and then the major extras in order. We started at 9am, and by the time it got to 3am, we started to aim for a 24 no sleep, all Rings binge... Unfortunately, we put on Ringers and fell asleep at 7.30, after a mere 22 and a half hours... So close.

[darkangsty42.livejournal.com]

My best friend and I did that last spring. We managed to get through all of it, but there were some major bathroom breaks, and the time we had to make pizza, but it was worth it. Nothing compares to the absolute beauty and splendor of those films. Or those books for that matter. I love the C.S. Lewis quote about the series. Sums it up perfectly.