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tatty bojangles ([personal profile] apocalypsos) wrote2004-03-06 05:16 pm

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Just got back from seeing "Hidalgo". Uh, Viggo's not going to make a habit of featuring equestrian romantic entanglements in every movie, is he? And this time, it was with an actual horse, not a tall, gangly actress with "coltish" legs who vaguely resembles a horse in the right light and will follow up her film success by marrying some alternative rock singer. Viggo ends up with chicks like that a lot in movies.

It wasn't like he wasn't dropping hints that he was into horses when he was Aragorn. Personally, I'd like to think that if I was lying unconscious on a river bank and my horse wanted to wake me up, he wouldn't start nibbling at my lower lip in that oh-so-seductive manner he knows I like. In fact, my hypothetical horse should never have an intimate knowledge of my kissing preferences. And yet, Aragorn. Yeah.

Anyway, "Hidalgo". Ah, the love between a boy and his horse. I can pretty much assure you that any scene featuring Frank and Hidalgo sharing screen time could have had its soundtrack replaced with any random drippy Celine Dion or Sarah McLachlan song and not have suffered in the least for it. The best was when the Arabian princess/love interest showed up, and all I could think was, "Oh, this relationship can never be. Frank is a horsemasexual."

I'm amazed my ticket didn't come with an itty bitty Frank/Hidalgo slash story printed on the back of it.

[identity profile] kirana-44.livejournal.com 2004-03-06 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm amazed my ticket didn't come with an itty bitty Frank/Hidalgo slash story printed on the back of it.
*giggle snort*
I'm going be seeing this movie in an hour. Nice to know what to expect.

[identity profile] kyizi.livejournal.com 2004-03-06 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm amazed my ticket didn't come with an itty bitty Frank/Hidalgo slash story printed on the back of it.

...hmmm...at least I'll know what to expect when it comes out over here! ;)

[wandered over from [livejournal.com profile] stevie_jane's lj]

*snicker* She said horsemasexual...*snicker*

[identity profile] semmie17.livejournal.com 2004-03-06 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I live in South Dakota, where this film is being treated as "The Passion of Hidalgo" and every breathing South Dakotan is required to go, lest they go to Hell. Or Nebraska. (Whichever is closest.)
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[personal profile] imperfect_tense 2004-03-06 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
*snickers* I was waiting for Hidalgo to give him a good kissing when he fell off.

Re: *snicker* She said horsemasexual...*snicker*

[identity profile] wenchamok.livejournal.com 2004-03-06 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
lest they go to Hell. Or Nebraska. (Whichever is closest.)

I thought they were one and the same..... ;)

[identity profile] wenchamok.livejournal.com 2004-03-06 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Heeee.....and Viggo's really starting to make a career out of Dirty!Scruffy!Smelly!Hero characters. But still....yum.....and I want a horse as cool as Hidalgo.

Re: *snicker* She said horsemasexual...*snicker*

[identity profile] trishalynn.livejournal.com 2004-03-06 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I know people who are firmly convinced that Nebraska just doesn't exist, because no one knows anyone from Nebraska. ^_^

Go KU!!!

Re: *snicker* She said horsemasexual...*snicker*

[identity profile] wenchamok.livejournal.com 2004-03-06 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, of course it exists...that's why Kansas is so windy -- Oklahoma sucks and Nebraska blows! *snerk*

*sigh* I'm so outta touch with what's going on in Lawrence. I guess that's par for the course when ya move halfway across the country....

[identity profile] lots42.livejournal.com 2004-03-06 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Itty Bitty Frank/Hidalgo:

And so Frank dragged the horse from the pond. "Don't you die on me!" he screamed. He put his friend on his back, tilted his head back and started CPR. "LIVE, DAMN YOU, LIVE!" he cried and pounded on the ribcage. Just then a spasming foreleg clipped his temple. Frank was unconscious for five hours. He awoke to see Hidalgo naked and hungry.

[identity profile] runcible.livejournal.com 2004-03-06 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm amazed my ticket didn't come with an itty bitty Frank/Hidalgo slash story printed on the back of it.

Hahaha, I ♥ you, TP.
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[personal profile] darcydodo 2004-03-07 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
Aww, you're insulting Liv Tyler. *pouts*

oww, my eyes...

[identity profile] chang-o.livejournal.com 2004-03-07 06:36 am (UTC)(link)
Eww. You lumped songs by Celine Deion & Sarah McLachlan together. :( the stinging... other than being a female singer, I've never considered that Sarah is anything like the dreaded Celine (ewww). Obviously, mileages vary a lot. :) (life would be a waste if we all had the same taste)
About Viggo: It is probably common knowledge by now, but he actually purchased the main horse that he rides in Hidalgo. I guess that's love. :)
I'm looking forward to seeing Hidalgo, but I do hope that VM's next film is non-horse-related.
FWIW, I recently heard that the producers of the next Batman flick are talking to VM about playing one of the villains. I just don't want to see him in a silly comics costume.

[identity profile] harpie84.livejournal.com 2004-03-07 07:14 am (UTC)(link)
RE: Frank/Hidalgo slash - best review of a movie EVAR.

I saw it yesterday with three other Viggo fans; we walked out with moony faces and tears in our eyes at the ending. I would probably see it again just for the Viggo pretty, but after that it's straight to DVD.

Re: *snicker* She said horsemasexual...*snicker*

[identity profile] trishalynn.livejournal.com 2004-03-07 09:45 am (UTC)(link)
Too true. I only visited twice when some friends and I were having a gaming campaign-meet there. I did get a KU Jayhawks shotglass, though. I make it a point of getting shotglasses from every state I visit.

[identity profile] muffytaj.livejournal.com 2004-03-07 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Aragorn/Begro (or however you spell it)

We all knew it. Heck, even Dom knew it.