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backupmemoriesThis last week has been...god. So terribly bad. Not really, I suppose, if you look in retrospect, but it was damn bad while I was in the middle of it.
I had just been assigned a few huge assignments in class, I had work which I had to do because it was a favor to someone (and it was work that I tend to panic over anyway - I hate the phone like the plague), and I was starting to get sick. Not to mention the ever-lovely monthly mood-swings of doom coming on me again. So if I snapped at anyone, I'm sorry. I was, how do they say, a little bit stressed.
Now I'm REALLY sick, and I haven't done any of the assignments. But hey - at least I'm calm about it...>__<
This was caused, rather abruptly, by my Political Theory teacher yesterday trying to explain a point and deciding to quote Saint-Just to support his argument. It was very nice.
However! There is a bright point to all this sickness! Well, sort of bright. My roommate, seeing how miserable I am (and for some reason thinking that distracting me would help), brought back the movie Danton and cheerily announced that we had to watch it that night because it was due back tomorrow. Well. Having never seen any other French-Revolution-related movies before, I couldn't really bring myself to say NO...
It's an odd movie. Very odd. Odd, odd characterizations. BUT, for everyone's reading pleasure, I can bring you the commentary that arose during it. This is standard commentary on most movies my friends and I watch - I'm not sure why, but movies make us terribly hyper. -_-;; No drugs were necessary in the creation of these comments. ^^
They're not in order, as far as I can tell. Names have been eliminated to preserve the innocent. More often than not, I'm the one making the silly and/or morbid comment.
Gerard Depardieu's face has as much facility in movement as Sylvester Stallone, or Arnold Schwarzenegger. That is to say, none at all.
During the scene where Maxime is being dressed up by David to be painted:
A: "Look! It's pretty pretty princess Maxime!"
B: "Comes complete with an assortment of pretty pretty plantlife!"
Rule: No one who is wonderingly aloud why Maxime can't touch "that girl from the start" should watch the scene in which 'Maxime grabs Camille by the shoulders' while they are sitting on the edge of a couch. You WILL fall off the couch laughing hysterically, and then we'll have to pause the movie to check for brain damage, and that's no fun for anyone.
The scene in which Camille is in prison and snivelling should NOT - and I repeat - NOT be followed by the loud, honestly joyful scream-at-the-top-of-one's-lungs shout of "PRISON RAPE! :D!!" Talking with the RA and explaining was awkward to say the least.
A: "Wow, Saint-Just is more...um...puppyish than expected?"
B: "Yeah, but at least he's the happy-cute type of puppy, not the 'I want to put it into a bag and throw it into the nearest river' type puppy."
A: "Well, then it's all right then."
C: "Are you both INSANE?!"
Camille is, in fact, an idiot. There has been a vote on this subject. Damnit, the Convention of Movie-Watchers had DECREED it: Camille, you're a freaking MORON!
C: Is Danton making another speech? Good, good. I'm off to make popcorn. Pause it if something changes before I come back.
*few moments later*
C: ...wait, he's STILL talking about himself?
During the scene Danton and Maxime are having dinner and Danton just passed out against Maxime:
D (innocent suitemate): Hey, A, can I borrow your...holy hell, is that guy giving that other guy a blow job? I didn't know you guys were watching porn!
During the scene with Camille again, attempting to describe it to someone who hadn't seen it:
It was kind of like...Maxime, POUNCE!
A: "Saint-Just, please stop referring to that nice member of the Committee as your mother. You have enough parent issues as it is."
B: "Hey, did they just put Camille and Danton in the same prison room for the night? Maxime's gonna be jea-lous! ^_^! Well, movie version of him, anyway..."
B: Danton, stop being such a hypocriteplzthankyouverymuch.
B: I bet you that when they execute them, there'll be dramatic shots of the guillotine blade falling, followed by equally dramatic shots of blood splattering around everywhere.
*few moments*
B: Yep, there it goes, splashing around.
A: *breaks out into song* Splish-splash, I was taking a bath, all on a saturday night..!
Others: *attempt to murder A with pillows*
A: *recovers enough to start singing again* Rubber ducky, you're the one; rubber ducky-
B: *laughing hysterically* Cut off the ducky's head!
C: YES! Danton is now officially and forever to be known as "Ducky"!
C: "Is it just me, or does Camille look very...raccooonish?"
In the movie scene where Maxime is agreeing to their arrest, the summary thereof:
A explaining: And Maxime is saying, "...maybe we should save Camille...", then everyone looks at Saint-Just...
C: Oh, he's definitely doomed then.
Summary of movie later on:
D: So, why was Maxime so opposed to killing Camille again?
B: Well, for the first...make that MOST of the movie, he was being all "But you can't kill him! He's my boytoy of love! And propaganda!"
A: Is Danton trying to be emotional, or is he just being ill?
B: "Saint-Just! Get your filthy boots off the bed this INSTANT!"
*followed immediately by*
A: "WTF dictator huh?"
B: "...maybe it's some sort of nightmare he's having...?"
During Danton's trial:
"YOU, the Knave of Hearts, are standing accused of having stolen some tarts!"
"Yes, I stole those tarts (and they were pretty good in bed, too!), but you see, I did it for PEACE and JOY! After I had them, they were HAPPY tarts!"
Not terribly funny - they were probably more amusing under the influence of movie, but it'll be easier for me to link to them if they're posted in one area. ^^ There was also a weird dream had shortly thereafter, but I'm still poking at it with a ten-foot-pole and not being willing to go there.
I had just been assigned a few huge assignments in class, I had work which I had to do because it was a favor to someone (and it was work that I tend to panic over anyway - I hate the phone like the plague), and I was starting to get sick. Not to mention the ever-lovely monthly mood-swings of doom coming on me again. So if I snapped at anyone, I'm sorry. I was, how do they say, a little bit stressed.
Now I'm REALLY sick, and I haven't done any of the assignments. But hey - at least I'm calm about it...>__<
This was caused, rather abruptly, by my Political Theory teacher yesterday trying to explain a point and deciding to quote Saint-Just to support his argument. It was very nice.
However! There is a bright point to all this sickness! Well, sort of bright. My roommate, seeing how miserable I am (and for some reason thinking that distracting me would help), brought back the movie Danton and cheerily announced that we had to watch it that night because it was due back tomorrow. Well. Having never seen any other French-Revolution-related movies before, I couldn't really bring myself to say NO...
It's an odd movie. Very odd. Odd, odd characterizations. BUT, for everyone's reading pleasure, I can bring you the commentary that arose during it. This is standard commentary on most movies my friends and I watch - I'm not sure why, but movies make us terribly hyper. -_-;; No drugs were necessary in the creation of these comments. ^^
They're not in order, as far as I can tell. Names have been eliminated to preserve the innocent. More often than not, I'm the one making the silly and/or morbid comment.
Gerard Depardieu's face has as much facility in movement as Sylvester Stallone, or Arnold Schwarzenegger. That is to say, none at all.
During the scene where Maxime is being dressed up by David to be painted:
A: "Look! It's pretty pretty princess Maxime!"
B: "Comes complete with an assortment of pretty pretty plantlife!"
Rule: No one who is wonderingly aloud why Maxime can't touch "that girl from the start" should watch the scene in which 'Maxime grabs Camille by the shoulders' while they are sitting on the edge of a couch. You WILL fall off the couch laughing hysterically, and then we'll have to pause the movie to check for brain damage, and that's no fun for anyone.
The scene in which Camille is in prison and snivelling should NOT - and I repeat - NOT be followed by the loud, honestly joyful scream-at-the-top-of-one's-lungs shout of "PRISON RAPE! :D!!" Talking with the RA and explaining was awkward to say the least.
A: "Wow, Saint-Just is more...um...puppyish than expected?"
B: "Yeah, but at least he's the happy-cute type of puppy, not the 'I want to put it into a bag and throw it into the nearest river' type puppy."
A: "Well, then it's all right then."
C: "Are you both INSANE?!"
Camille is, in fact, an idiot. There has been a vote on this subject. Damnit, the Convention of Movie-Watchers had DECREED it: Camille, you're a freaking MORON!
C: Is Danton making another speech? Good, good. I'm off to make popcorn. Pause it if something changes before I come back.
*few moments later*
C: ...wait, he's STILL talking about himself?
During the scene Danton and Maxime are having dinner and Danton just passed out against Maxime:
D (innocent suitemate): Hey, A, can I borrow your...holy hell, is that guy giving that other guy a blow job? I didn't know you guys were watching porn!
During the scene with Camille again, attempting to describe it to someone who hadn't seen it:
It was kind of like...Maxime, POUNCE!
A: "Saint-Just, please stop referring to that nice member of the Committee as your mother. You have enough parent issues as it is."
B: "Hey, did they just put Camille and Danton in the same prison room for the night? Maxime's gonna be jea-lous! ^_^! Well, movie version of him, anyway..."
B: Danton, stop being such a hypocriteplzthankyouverymuch.
B: I bet you that when they execute them, there'll be dramatic shots of the guillotine blade falling, followed by equally dramatic shots of blood splattering around everywhere.
*few moments*
B: Yep, there it goes, splashing around.
A: *breaks out into song* Splish-splash, I was taking a bath, all on a saturday night..!
Others: *attempt to murder A with pillows*
A: *recovers enough to start singing again* Rubber ducky, you're the one; rubber ducky-
B: *laughing hysterically* Cut off the ducky's head!
C: YES! Danton is now officially and forever to be known as "Ducky"!
C: "Is it just me, or does Camille look very...raccooonish?"
In the movie scene where Maxime is agreeing to their arrest, the summary thereof:
A explaining: And Maxime is saying, "...maybe we should save Camille...", then everyone looks at Saint-Just...
C: Oh, he's definitely doomed then.
Summary of movie later on:
D: So, why was Maxime so opposed to killing Camille again?
B: Well, for the first...make that MOST of the movie, he was being all "But you can't kill him! He's my boytoy of love! And propaganda!"
A: Is Danton trying to be emotional, or is he just being ill?
B: "Saint-Just! Get your filthy boots off the bed this INSTANT!"
*followed immediately by*
A: "WTF dictator huh?"
B: "...maybe it's some sort of nightmare he's having...?"
During Danton's trial:
"YOU, the Knave of Hearts, are standing accused of having stolen some tarts!"
"Yes, I stole those tarts (and they were pretty good in bed, too!), but you see, I did it for PEACE and JOY! After I had them, they were HAPPY tarts!"
Not terribly funny - they were probably more amusing under the influence of movie, but it'll be easier for me to link to them if they're posted in one area. ^^ There was also a weird dream had shortly thereafter, but I'm still poking at it with a ten-foot-pole and not being willing to go there.
