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First of all, GIP!.
Did I mention that everyone and their dog should see The Quiet Man? Of course I did. *g* It's a gem, completely. Maureen O'Hara was at her most beautiful, and her voice with its lovely accent is captivating. She plays the feisty Mary Kate so incredibly, guh. She's gorgeous. And I am so very much NOT a John Wayne fan, but I love him in this. The fact that he took a fifty percent pay cut makes me feel just a little better about him, despite his ultra right-wingedness.
And anyway, I can't help but love this film, because it was programmed into my brain at a very young age (it's my mum's favourite movie, I mean, she actually recorded the sound from it when it was on television and would play the audiotape over and over and over). I'll always be grateful that it was, especially because despite all its stereotyped quaintisms (is that a word?) it started me on my lifelong love for Ireland and Irish history. Probably one of the reasons I was so drawn to Cape Breton is because it looks a lot like Western Ireland, which is one of the other most gorgeous places on the planet.
I found the best analysis of the film I've ever seen. Well, okay, I've never actually seen a serious analysis. I didn't know they existed. Yay for film studies essays by geeky English professors. Someone talk me out of ordering Poetry and ideology in Revolutionary Connecticut, okay?
Oh, and speaking of books, ( cut for long-arsed book rec/survey geekout )
Oh, and one more thing, and I just know I'm gonna be sorry for this:
A meme from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
alfirin_kirinki:
If my LJ/life were a fandom...
a. Who would people ship me with?
b. Who would be my arch-nemesis?
c. What would a Mary Sue in my fandom be like?
d. When or how did I/will I jump the shark?
e. Write a one sentence summary of the story that would win the Best Fanfic Award in my fandom.
f. What would a typical badfic involve?
g. Who would be the BNFs in my fandom?
h. Why would my fandom end up on fandom_wank?
Okay, time to get dressed and go to dinner with my Oldest Child.
Did I mention that everyone and their dog should see The Quiet Man? Of course I did. *g* It's a gem, completely. Maureen O'Hara was at her most beautiful, and her voice with its lovely accent is captivating. She plays the feisty Mary Kate so incredibly, guh. She's gorgeous. And I am so very much NOT a John Wayne fan, but I love him in this. The fact that he took a fifty percent pay cut makes me feel just a little better about him, despite his ultra right-wingedness.
And anyway, I can't help but love this film, because it was programmed into my brain at a very young age (it's my mum's favourite movie, I mean, she actually recorded the sound from it when it was on television and would play the audiotape over and over and over). I'll always be grateful that it was, especially because despite all its stereotyped quaintisms (is that a word?) it started me on my lifelong love for Ireland and Irish history. Probably one of the reasons I was so drawn to Cape Breton is because it looks a lot like Western Ireland, which is one of the other most gorgeous places on the planet.
I found the best analysis of the film I've ever seen. Well, okay, I've never actually seen a serious analysis. I didn't know they existed. Yay for film studies essays by geeky English professors. Someone talk me out of ordering Poetry and ideology in Revolutionary Connecticut, okay?
Oh, and speaking of books, ( cut for long-arsed book rec/survey geekout )
Oh, and one more thing, and I just know I'm gonna be sorry for this:
A meme from
alfirin_kirinki:If my LJ/life were a fandom...
a. Who would people ship me with?
b. Who would be my arch-nemesis?
c. What would a Mary Sue in my fandom be like?
d. When or how did I/will I jump the shark?
e. Write a one sentence summary of the story that would win the Best Fanfic Award in my fandom.
f. What would a typical badfic involve?
g. Who would be the BNFs in my fandom?
h. Why would my fandom end up on fandom_wank?
Okay, time to get dressed and go to dinner with my Oldest Child.
