For the record: voice over? Makes J. very cranky

[beelikej]

Tonight I went to see TAoJJBtCRF, mostly because I was promised slash by tanisafan and ccke. Well, Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck being all cowboyie? What else can you expect, really. So I was looking forward to this, even though I had to go to the Arthouse by myself and deal with the incompetent staff. But they tried really hard to make things right this time: the cashier didn't give me shit about being late to pick up my reservation (seriously: if I could get to the Arthouse half an hour before the film, I wouldn't need to make a reservation, now would I?) Unlike most other times they didn't fuck up the sound, so we were off to a good start.

...

Then the movie had a voice over. And an intermission. And people were smoking at the emergency exit, which stinks up the whole auditorium. Then after the 'break' the projectordude decides to have a conversation in his not very soundproof booth. Yeah, I had a great time.

Luckily, after about two hours of movie, the slashy scenes arrived. YAY!
For your enjoyment I've pasted tanisafan's and ccke's very amusing comments on the film. This is what inspired me to stay until the end...

ccke: Well, the subtext in TAoJJBtCRF (HEE!) was hard to miss :p:p *whimpers*
There even was TOUCHING! Neckmassage! That must've been the equivalent of Australian sex in those days! *giggles*

tanni: God, yes, the massage. What was that all about?
I feel kind of bad that when they sang 'he ate of Jesse's bread, he slept in Jesse's bed', I went SNORT. Rather loudly, too, because the old man to my right gave me an Annoyed Look that could've killed a horse. Oops.

ccke: Pfft, do we care? They didn't get the subtext!!
Did they not SEE the revolver? Did they miss the dialogue that went with that scene?

tanni: Ah, yes. The revolver. With its two pounds of solid weight, lying heavily in his hand. My, aren't we optimistic :P.

ccke: *WHIMPER*

beelikej: Ladies! I have to wait until November February(!) before I can see this very promising movie. I will now not be able to watch it as the pure and innocent girl I was before I read this thread.
... :-) Thank you! *bounces in anticipation*

ccke: *giggles*
When I read that first line, I thought you were going to yell 'SPOILERS AAARGH *KILL*'
*relief*
*Giggles some more* It's a very... perky movie! I'm sure you'll enjoy it very much. Nekkid men in bathtubs and such...

tanni: Dude, spoiler: Jesse James totally gets assassinated. Bet you didn't see that coming! :P.

Comments

[tanisafan.livejournal.com]

Yeeeeaaah, we're a little perky when confronted with cowboys and slash (and Brad Pitt), the two of us.

Man, it sucks when there are that many distractions. I'm very nitpicky when I go to the movies and I knock on the projectionist's door quite often to tell me that the image is too blurred, the sound too shaky, or the room too hot. But then, I spend enough time in those booths to know that you can't always tell how things are in the theatre. Usually, they thank me for it. I've never encountered a projectionist who talked loudly though. THAT would piss me off (I already hiss violently at everyone who speaks during a movie *g*).

Wow, babble. Sorry. Was the movie worth your time in the end, despite the voiceover?

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Ehm, I took my time writing the review, but it's finally online now: what I thought of tAoJJbtCJF;)