Maurice

Finally watched Maurice, the gay period piece featuring the wonderful, amazing, gorgeous...


Rupert Graves as Alec Scudder!

I didn't honestly understand what Maurice saw in Clive. Sure, he was his first love, that's why he was rather blind to Clive's faults - but Clive was so reluctant to give in to their intimacy, I was a bit surprised that Maurice honestly thought their relationship would last. He was so in love with Clive and he just didn't understand that Clive might not love him back enough to risk everything.

But then Maurice got to know Alec, an uneducated but really gorgeous and passionate man. And for the first time, Maurice actually experienced sex. And not just any sex but a really, really hot sex!

( Pictoral evidence - beware, some of the pics might be considered NSFW! )

I really loved the film because there aren't enough gay movies with a happy ending, especially the period ones. And Maurice and Alec, the way Alec sacrificed what he had where Clive wouldn't... Wonderful.

My favorite scenes? When Maurice waited for Alec on the ship and Alec didn't come, Maurice's expression! And then when Maurice told Clive the truth, that he was in love with Alec and that he slept with him and that it was wonderful. And when Maurice found Alec sleeping in the boat shed... I watched those scenes over and over and over again. Beautiful!

Mission Impossible 5!

According to this article - here - there WILL be Mission: Impossible 5. I mean, it was pretty much a no-brainer what with MI4's worldwide gross of almost $680 mil. with a $145 mil. budget, but still, it's good to know it for certain!

I loved MI4 so, so much. Seriously, I was all bouncy and ecstatic after seeing it! It was the best MI movie so far and I think I know why. As the article says:

You might recall that, after the box office takings for Mission: Impossible III fell a little below what they were after, the studio looked to retool the film that became Ghost Protocol, apparently to take a little of the weight off Tom Cruise’s shoulders.

Thus, in came Jeremy Renner, with the possibility that the lead in the series would ultimately pass to him.

This. Exactly this. The introduction of Jeremy Renner's Brandt was THE thing for me. Brandt was amazing and I adored all his scenes with Cruise's Ethan Hunt. The "And you're JUST an analyst, right?" is my favorite! The way Ethan pulls his gun on Brandt and Brandt snatches it away! Lovely! Bloody FANTASTIC!

But I hope they keep the same cast: Ethan, Brandt, Jane and Benji, they were the right mix of awesome kick-ass power and crazy humor.

Fic rec: Sherlock

"How Mycroft Stopped Worrying About Sherlock" by jupiter-ash | Gen | Mycroft has worried about Sherlock all of Sherlock’s life. This, however, is all about to change. | ~3.600 words

Yes, Doctor Watson had been deduced, accepted and then absorbed into Sherlock’s life and did not appear to be looking to leave any time soon.

This was… good.

This was also a touch disturbing.

Love this Mycroft and his endless To-Do lists :P

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Finally managed to watch Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Well. Hm. On the one hand, they made most of the characters more interesting/likable than in the book - on the other hand, they managed to make the story even more boring and confusing, which is a real feat, something I thought nobody could actually accomplish.

So many stars in one movie, established and well known stars like John Hurt, Colin Firth, Mark Strong and Gary Oldman - and yet, it was Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hardy who made a lasting impression on me. Though Benedict looked... weird with blond hair:







Good things:

1) Benedict Cumberbatch as Peter Guillam - and Peter as a really likable, not!pathetic human being. His was actually the one scene that really moved me, him breaking up with his lover. That made me really like the film!Peter - the book!Peter was downright pathetic.

2) Tom Hardy as Ricki Tarr. In the book, Tarr was an arrogant know-it-tall but in the movie, I actually felt for him!

3) The relationship between Smiley and Peter:



In the film, you felt that Smiley actually cared about Peter, about what would happen to him, they seemed like real friends, they could trust each other and only each other and they did. And there was nothing Peter wouldn't have done for Smiley. And it was wonderful.

4) In the movie, you actually saw that Bill Haydon had feelings for Jim Prideaux, that he cared, really cared. Sure, in the book he blew the whole net to get him back but it was the small gesture of Haydon taking the photograph that proved he wasn't just using Jim.

Bad things:

1) Contrary to how the writers changed Peter's character, Smiley remained a love-sick, pathetic fool. I mean, his wife slept with his colleague - in the book, she slept with everybody - and yet, she remained his blind spot. Seriously?

2) The first 90 minutes dragged on like whoa! But at least the last half-hour offered some suspense.

3) Without knowing the book, you are basically lost because so many things get muddled in the transition. Like, for example, who is actually Peter Guillam - maybe I missed something but I didn't notice them mentioning he was the head of the scalphunters. And many other things that would've made me all head-scratchy if I hadn't read the book first.