i've got dreams like you - no, really!

[falulatonks]

just much less - touchy-feely
they mainly happen somewhere warm and sunnyyyyyyyy!

1. I watched Tangled again today, this time with snoorella and imprinted_soul, and for free (!!!). A few more thoughts behind the cut, just because I am a sappy, Disney-lovin' fool.
   
   
   • I couldn't help but notice how nicely the movie oriented you as soon as you stepped into a new setting. I can't think of many other animated movies with recurring places (instead of nondescript areas and huge expanses of land where characters never come to a same area twice), but Tangled definitely does, and they use that really well. I love the overhead cameras and the shots that move with the characters - there's a fight scene in the middle of the movie that starts off immediately with you seeing where the characters are, where they need to go, and the obstacles on the way, and they don't do it clunkily at all! I loved the area around the tower, with the curtain of leaves, and I love that you know exactly how it looks right outside that tower. It's a dumb thing to geek out about but I really, really enjoyed that.
   
   
   • Donna Murphy is fabulous as the evil non-mother - Mother Knows Best is full of character and sass and a lot of reason to dislike her, which I loved. I loved keeping track of the way she interacted with Rapunzel, too - at the end of MTB she nudges Rapunzel's head down so she doesn't kiss her forehead, but her hair. I like that part of me could almost believe that she does love Rapunzel, but mostly - no.
   
   
   • Rapunzel says, "that's why my mother never let me - " and then she pauses and corrects herself and says, "that's why I never let myself leave the tower", and that's just an example of how in-charge of her story this character is, which made me happy. I just wanted to say that. She's clumsy and she's earnest and she's brave and she's smart, even when brandishing a frying pan as her weapon, and I love how much she moves the story forward on her own.
   
   
   • I like that Rapunzel is barefoot for the entire movie. Feet are a bitch to draw.
   
   
   • FLYNN, SIR. I'm still flailing a little bit over that hug and how much their limbs overlap (IT'S THE SWEETEST THING, HIS BIG HAND ON HER BACK AND HOW CLOSE SHE LEANS IN AND THE WAY HE BURIES HIS HEAD INTO HER NECK OH MY GOODNESS, IT'S ALL THAT I WANT TO SEE IN A HUG BETWEEN PEOPLE I 'SHIP, SEE?!!) but his schmoopy face when watching Rapunzel in the town combined with the way he pushes Maximus the horse away but doesn't try at all to change his expression is my favourite thing, especially because of how he doesn't try to change his facial expression - he knows he's gone already! TOO CUTE. I'm sorry, but damn it. They are the cutest.
     
     And Rapunzel going around happily, easily, thoughtlessly calling him "Eugene" and him responding to it with that same ease despite not having been called that in years and years is adorable, too, and oddly endearing. I don't know why I love it so much, but it's so much like her to just immediately take to calling him a different name, and it's so much like him to just go along with it BECAUSE IT'S HER, AWWWW.
     
     (And did someone's heart collapse a little bit because of the overwhelming feelings she felt when Rapunzel said "you were mine" after Flynn's "you were my new dream"? IT WASN'T MINE, of course it wasn't, I am too weary of joy and cliche to enjoy lines that everyone knew were coming. Of course it wasn't mine.)
     
     Ugh, you guys. You guys. I forget how satisfying Disney movies are when it comes to 'ships. Sometimes all I need is that kind of contentment, okay.
   
   
   • I've Got a Dream is fucking delightful, I don't know why I tried to kid myself about things like this.


2. As a side-note, crunching on popcorn is annoying but easy to tolerate, and people checking their cell phones for texts is okay (although no calling, ugh, what is wrong with you), but I draw the line at the food. I want to kill the person who thought it was a great idea to allow cinema food to include things like hot dogs and nachos and pasta and whatever else, because it is wrong that a cinema smells like anything beyond popcorn, and it actually gets disgusting to know people are eating full meals sitting a few seats down from you when everyone else is trying to enjoy a movie. And as a vegetarian I'm fine with smelling meat, I'm completely used to it, but it's unbelievably worse in an air-conditioned area like that, and when all I'm doing is watching a movie. I'm sorry for the rant, but REALLY. REALLY, CINEMA-GOERS?


3. I don't have too much to say about Merlin, but the setting-up of the Round Table of Badassery was well-done, I think, because it felt both epic/awesome and also like all characters there were people who deserved to be there, which is nice, and it's more than I'm used to from this show. Also, knowing Katie McGrath has forced to smirk this often has made me like her more, feel better about watching her, and get really annoyed with the direction on this show.
   
   And finally, I am having a serious Colin Morgan Problem, but I don't know what to do with myself every time I see something of him that makes me flail on Tumblr, and I do think that most of my tags are written when I'm not paying attention to my brain. I love him (and Merlin Emrys, the bravest of them all!!!1) very much.


4. Cougar Town is wonderful (Jules and Bobby being to laugh together over the boat made me smile and smile), Castle is warm and comfortable and delightful (I always love when Castle gets particularly enthusiastic about something), and Phil Dunphy chasing after the salesman with cologne is probably the greatest thing I've seen this week (but then again, Phil Dunphy is one of the greatest things ever in general, so thank you, Modern Family).

-- rachu

Comments

[mollivanders.livejournal.com]

*hangs head* I love movie nachos. I do tend to finish them before the movie starts though, since the portions are so small.

I really need to go see Tangled already! If nobody else wants to go, I'll go alone.

[falulatonks]

I'm irrationally biased against nachos because when I was young, I took them in to watch a movie, and I spilled the cheese in the dark over my jeans. :P

You should watch it alone! I enjoyed it immensely.

[marketchippie.livejournal.com]

THIS MOVIE IS ADORBS and I flailed my limbs wildly around in my seat with my friend during the lantern scene. Ridiculous physical reactions to too much pretty. ♥

[falulatonks]

IT'S SO CUTE, IS IT NOT?! All the lanterns and the singing and the colours and the reflections in the water, oohohohoh.

[kasuchi]

ON AN ISLAND THAT I OWN
TANNED AND RESTED AND ALONE
SURROUNDED BY ENORMOUS PILES OF MONEEEEEEEY!

STILL COMPLETELY IN LOVE WITH THIS MOVIE. JUST FYI. ALSO: NOT YOUR HEART BUT MIIIIIIINE.

[falulatonks]

I JUST WANT TO WATCH IT EVERY DAY. ALSO: WE ARE THE SAME PERSON!

[kasuchi]

THAT'S WHY I DOWNLOADED A SHITTY CAM VERSION. BECAUSE I WANT IT WITH ME ALWAYS.

We totally are the same person. Next you'll tell me you're a 5'10" Tamil Iyengar Brahmin with serious family issues. (Er. Oversharing?)

[falulatonks]

I actually cannot stand watching movies I adore on cam versions, which is ridiculous of me. I refused to download Toy Story 3 despite wanting to watch it again desperately!

5'10" Tamil Iyer Brahmin, here, but otherwise, HELLO, SELF!

[kasuchi]

...wait, hold up you're seriously 5'10" ???? skjdfla;ksjd;f HOMG WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL OF MY LIFE?!

[falulatonks]

I'm more 5'9", actually, sorry. heh.

[kasuchi]

NOT THE POINT. Seriously, are Tamil girls just made taller??? Every tall Indian girl I know that's like 170cm or taller is a Tamil one! too bad tamil men are short and ugly

How old are you again? Seventeen? I gained my last inch during my first year of university. THERE'S STILL TIME.

But...lkjaskfd awesome. I KNEW WE WERE SEEKRITLY SOUL SISTERS. homg let's be penpals!

[falulatonks]

UGH, Tamil men are the worst. All the taller, better-looking ones are douchey.

I'm 19 in January, but I've been this height since I was...14, or something? :P I don't particularly want to be taller - being this tall in Asia is already ridiculously out of place.

WE SHALL! Just promise you won't run away from my awkward initial conversation, okay? (And I need your address! Should I message you for it?)

[kasuchi]

homg where have you been all my life?! every tamil girl i talk to feels like this, but i'm only friends with like 3 indian people because all of the girls are Pooja Patel and I hate that bitch ugh.

seriously, i think i love you. you're basically saying things i've thought / blogged about for years. YEARS.

i will NEVER walk away - I'm super amazingsauce and love starting rando conversations with people :D oh uh address. yes messaging would be best. :D

[cashewdani.livejournal.com]

We are getting dine-in movie theaters all around where I live which sounds terrible, but also means they'll serve alcoholic beverages, and seeing films like Twilight or High School Musical 3 without having to smuggle in my own booze would be delightful. I don't know how to feel.

[falulatonks]

Alcohol manages to stay out of the 'public eye' around here so drinking at the movies has never occurred to me or anyone I know, but I see the attraction! Will the dining-in feature be at all movies or only some, though?

[cashewdani.livejournal.com]

It will only be at some theaters, but I think there's like 4 close to me that are springing up. I can't wait to see if they're awesome or awful.

[lanafromoz.livejournal.com]

2. PASTA? Omg, beyond the smell issue I can't help but wonder about the logistics of eating that stuff in the dark without making a complete mess.

[falulatonks]

RIGHT? It's ridiculous! How does that even work!? I brought in nachos when I was a kid and spilled cheese over my jeans - I can't imagine the mess that could come out of having to eat an actual meal.

[zombres.livejournal.com]

EVERYTHING YOU SAID ABOUT TANGLED.

ALL OF IT.

EVERY WORD.

GOD DAMN I LOVE THAT MOVIE/THESE CHARACTERS/THIS SHIP.

THE PHYSICALITY AT THE END. ALL OF IT. UGHHHH, MY HEART.

I NEED THIS MOVIE ON DVD RIGHT THE FUCK NOW SO I CAN HAVE IT ON CONSTANT REPEAT FOR ROUGHLY THREE WEEKS.

MUST.
WRITE.
MORE.
FIC.

NNNNNNNGH.

[zombie_boogie.livejournal.com]

ANGIE. CAN I AMEND MY ADVENT CALENDAR REQUEST? I WANT TANGLED FIC.

[zombres.livejournal.com]

YES. YES YOU BLOODY WELL CAN. ANY SPECIFIC PROMPT/SITUATION?

[zombie_boogie.livejournal.com]

Ooh hmm well I'll be pleased as long as there is FLUFF and ADVENTURE and CUTENESS, so let your imagination run wild (god I need an icon).

[zombres.livejournal.com]

MEAGHAN, TELL ME YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN MY TANGLED-TASTIC ENTRY.

[falulatonks]

Intruding to say ICON, ICON, ICON! THEIR FACES.

[falulatonks]

THE PHYSICALITY, RIGHT, RIGHT!? TOUCHY 'SHIPS ARE MY FAAAVOURITES. IT HELPS THAT THEY ARE OPENLY SAPPY. OH, DISNEY.

WRITE MORE, WRITE MORE, WRITE MORE PLEASE.

[zombie_boogie.livejournal.com]

I saw Tangled for the first time today! SO MUCH PRESH. CANNOT HANDLE. Oh and I love your attention to detail. I love that even though there was obviously a huge romantic element to the movie, Rapunzel finding herself (and finding herself through her own actions) was just a big a part of the overall narrative. OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD HER MAGICAL HEALING SONG. It was so simple and yet I think it was the most moving melody in the whole movie. I could watch that hug over and over and over again.

Oh Merlin. Did you read that interview with the show runners that basically said that they didn't have any material to write for the girls until Morgana was evil and Gwen was a love interest? Ugh. But Colin Morgan's face makes everything better.

[falulatonks]

WAS IT NOT WONDERFUL? I'm so glad people are flailing so hard over this movie, too, because it's so great and happy and sweet and Rapunzel is so great and the romance was so lovely asdjalksd. And I COMPLETELY AGREE! The healing song is haunting and short and perfect, and absolutely the best song of the movie.

Oh, we should not get into how angry that interview made me. Morgana being evil gave them something to do? Really? Is that why they went into such detail about the reasons behind her change? WHAT EVEN. And oh, oh really, Gwaine being kind of a ladies' man was mentioned fleetingly in some versions of the legend, but Gwen being a warrior queen is too hard to squeeze into the episodes that are already packed with so much quality? HER FATHER WAS A BLACKSMITH. SHE FOUGHT IN A SEASON ONE EPISODE. WHAT ARE YOU SAYING, WRITERS. (Oh, look, I'm talking about it anyway!) But yes. Colin Morgan's face makes everything better.

[jessm.livejournal.com]

3. How'd pasta get in there!? LOL! The theaters 'round me stick strictly to snacks. We have nachos and hot dogs and soft pretzels, but not a lot of people buy them.

[falulatonks]

Ugh, can you believe it? It's not just that people are finding it so easy to sneak in things to the cinema (which is where most of it comes from), but they're selling pasta at the cinema itself now! It's the worst. And the Singapore movie-going culture focuses far too much on everything you can do at a cinema except watching a movie. I have a feeling it's why movies like An Education get single-theatre releases. :/

[tentickled.livejournal.com]

omg merlin! i am still sore about not being able to watch season 3, haha. omg who do you follow on tumblr to see nice merlin stuffs? lol i shall leech.
-leech leech-
and rapunzel was awesome :D i totally agree with the bits you highlighted! and Pascal, though kinda apart from the main plot, is super adorable too :D

[falulatonks]

I mostly track the "merlin" and "colin morgan" tags, hehe, but forgers, wakingworld and collapsingnight are probably good places to start? This is good, too. :D

Pascal was adorable! As was the horse Maximus, hehe.

[imprinted-soul.livejournal.com]

I'M PRETTY SURE IT WASN'T PASTA. IT WAS SOUP FROM SAYBONS DOWNSTAIRS. they starting a thing where GV Plaza allows people to bring in soup from Saybons (they love lovely tomato soup to be honest) into cinemas because they give it to you in takeaway glasses like coffee. You drink it out of the sippy hole thingy.

but yeah omg it smelt strange. HAHA I ALWAYS CRUNCH MY APPLES SUPER LOUDLY. i was laughing like a maniac through the movie, though. so yeah.

:D RAPUNZELLLLL

[falulatonks]

UGH IT'S HORRIBLE, ALL THE SMELLING. Can I not watch a movie in peace!? I didn't hear you crunching on the apples and I don't usually hear people crunching on popcorn, either, to be honest, but the smell is getting awful.

vidhu

[(Anonymous)]

you're such a dork.
HAHAHAHA YES YOU WERE MINE. NOT, YOU WERE MY DREAM. BUT JUST YOU WERE MINE. HE WAS HERS!!!!!! OH MY GOD

sorry

oh, and ok i forgot what i wanted to say. yeah. oh. i bought pizza before watching rapunzel 'cos i hadn't had lunch so sorry, i am guilty but WHATEVS I WAS HUNGRY AND I LOVE PIZZA

[torigates.livejournal.com]

The Tangled hug is like AMAZING for an animated film. IT IS SO HAPPY MAKING!!!

[falulatonks]

IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL! Physical interactions don't happen a lot in animated movies, and I usually rely on actors to give me ~looks and ~touching for my 'shipping in live-action stuff, but the physicality between Rapunzel/Eugene was wonderful and so beyond anything I expected for an animated movie, and it's delightful.