So ...

[apocalypsos]

... last night I watched 'Equilibrium,' which I think I love. No, wait, I *know* I loved it. Yeah, it didn't make sense sometimes, but I had fun, so I really didn't care. And I'm now utterly convinced that Christian Bale has a clause in his contract that states that he must be shirtless at least once in every movie he's in. Not that I'm complaining, mind you. Ab shots are my crack, which means that occasionally I freebase on Christian Bale movies. (By the way, it's really hard to stuff "Reign of Fire" into a syringe. let me tell you.)

It does mean I missed '10.5', though, which depresses me a bit. Not because it was probably good, but I know that it was beyond horrible. And as much as I love disaster movies, awful disaster movies hold a special place in my heart. It's one thing for the survivors to go, "Okay, we're trapped on a flipped-over so we need to get to the bottom to get out," but when they're like, "We're having great big earthquakes, so let's pour Super Glue into the faultline and learn to walk kinda wiggly so it doesn't look so funny and all get ourselves some oars so we can row what breaks off California anywhere we want!" ... now, that's a fun movie.

And Beau Bridges as the president? Beau Bridges?! Heck, I'd believe Jeff Bridges before I'd believe that, and I'm not talking like in 'The Contender,' I'm talking like if he cracked his skull and suddenly believed he'd been elected president as long as he did so as the Dude. (And let's keep in mind, I love seventies disaster movies, in which George Kennedy is some sort of superhero. Hey, you've never seen him and Superman in the same place together, now, have you?)

Also, Bosslady and Lieutenant Asshat have read "'Cause Islands Are a Girl's Best Friend." Apparently, 'You must be this tall to ride the lesbian' is a hit with everyone. *eye roll*

Comments

[girlwiththebook.livejournal.com]

Equlibrium is SUCH a good movie.

And christian bale is in it, which makes me happy.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I knew it had completely won me over when he was fighting Taye Diggs and did that one move (you know the one) and I went "Holy shit, did he just do what I think he just did?" Aaaaaaand, yup, he did. I shouldn't die laughing in happy glee at something that gross, but yeah. :)

[miggy.livejournal.com]

Some of the 10.5 commentary heard around these parts last night:

"Note to Amtrak: don't build tracks directly over fault lines."
"I like how the earthquake sensed exactly when the train fell in, and stopped so as not to disturb anyone else."

"Today's lesson: if you're on a bike and the Space Needle is falling your direction, pedal in any of the other 359 degrees."

"Cool, now Spokane, Boise, and Vegas are on the coast. I bet our property values go up."

Good times.

[spyderqueen.livejournal.com]

Sounds a lot like the things I was yelling at the TV. Only my parrot heard me though.

Goddamn I love shitty disaster movies.

[fallofrain.livejournal.com]

Oh it was wonderfully cheesy. So beautifully implausible. You missed a good one, m'dear. But I'm sure it'll be on again or they'll put it on DVD somewhere. Or you can probably bribe someone who taped it to send you a copy.

[mice.livejournal.com]

Jeff Bridges is the only American man I'd let touch my boobies.

[laurelin-kit.livejournal.com]

Thanks to a tiny little 1993 movie called The Vanishing, Jeff Bridges scares me into celibacy. Or at least into being too terrified of being abducted by strange men with girly bracelets to go anywhere without a lighter, hairspray, a knife and a baseball bat.

[mice.livejournal.com]

I may have to watch it to test my perseverence - after all, I feel head over for him in a movie with the most vile movie monster of them all, Barbra Striesand.

[nycdeb.livejournal.com]

George Kennedy Travel Advisory?: If you see George at the passenger terminal - just walk away. Why? Airport 70 (and 75, 77, 79, and 80), Death on the Nile, Death Ship. No passenger terminal in Earthquake but certainly it deserves mention.

Ah disaster movies.

Give me THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (the greatest story ever told) and I, for one, am thrilled. Thrilled to the core. Fie on you people who dismiss disaster movies as meaningless fluff. Hey! I love fluff. Keep your proverbs and moving meaningful subplots. Away with your Henry James and Shakespeare. Let me have my vulgar fun. Any one of the Airport movies (is that Karen Black? I'll catch a later flight, thanks), Towering Inferno (really tall relatively new buildings after normal work hours - bad)- even Krakatoa, East of Java (though of course, Krakatoa is WEST of Java - why quibble) can make my whole weekend.

And let's not forget the blissful time not long ago when we could see Dante's Peak AND Volcano within mere weeks of each other. Ah, happiness. Few things make me happier than watching stuff blow up, burn up, get washed away or sink. If you throw in Pierce Brosnan, all the better. If you told me that my geologist would look like that, I'd live near a volcano too.

[kkglinka.livejournal.com]

Dude. Toy cars falling off a fake bridge. I kept looking around for the TARDIS, the special effects were so bad.