Magic is in the pen

I had no idea what Equus was until I looked it up, but I feel your pain. I felt the same way when I learned that Keanu Reeves was going to star in Constantine. -_-

So... (*patspats*) Sorry to hear it. Just remember, nothing can take the older, non-sucky versions from you. :)

(incidentally, when I looked it up, I found one article from last December where a spokesman for Radcliffe stated that the rumour of him starring in Equus was completely unsubstantiated, and one article from last week which confirmed that he was, indeed, going to star there. There's possibly some kind of lesson there about trusting a) spokespeople, b) the Internet, or c) both. =])

I'm very fond of Colin Firth, also. He was just plain amazing in Pride and Prejudice, just for starters. :D In fact, he gave me a fictional character I could identify with as much as with the Phantom of the Opera - which is nice, because it felt weird that the fictional character I could identify with the most was such a complete messed-up nut of a man. =]

> In other news, RL tried hard to kill me, but was, once again, foiled.

You didn't get where you are today by going around dying all the time - RL should have realised that by now. =] What happened? The usual crap deciding to launch an offensive, or brand new crap sneaking up on you?

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Say something against Keanu Reeves and die!!! :D
BTW, not everyone is Anthony Hopkins :D Someone should take by their looks :D I hope, for your sake, you don't hold anything against Colin Farrel :D

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I defy death threats! I say it loud, and I say it clear - the man butchered the part of John Constantine! Constantine is a brooding anti-hero! That's not the same thing as being a self-pitying asshole, but try telling that to Keanu Reeves! :P

I have absolutely no idea who Colin Farrel is, so I can hardly hold anything against him. So I'm clear on that score, at least. =]

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You haven't seen Alexander??? Poor you! That's why you are straight! :D Where are your other reviews, my dear? I was so much looking forward to them ;D

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You are too hard on him, my dear, he is just a baby :) I should tell you that there are three things I like about Dan: a) his eyebrows, b) his voice, c) his pronunciation :)

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Well, grrr, I had posted a short post which LJ saw fit to eat nonetheless leaving only the first five words. *sigh*

Can't be arsed to be all witty and things again, sorry lovelies. Point was: I'd never have imagined Keanu Reeves was actually able to do 'self-pitying asshole'. Maybe he should be Harry, then, because Dannypoo certainly can't even do that.

If you like Danny's voice and pronunciation you should swoon every time Alan Rickman gets on screen. He's, BTW, only one of a host of brilliant actors totally wasted in the wasteland of HP films.

Personally I don't find either sexy or yummy actors who can't act, but that's possibly because my definition of sexy and yummy includes a having a brain. Yes, that's just my opinion, yes, sexy is personal as hell.

Oh, and Russkiekins mine, the others are just babies as well, but none is as bad as Dannypoo and actually the boys playing Ron, Crabbe and Goyle are very good. And the Neville, Luna and Draco actors are more than decent. No, I don't remember their names and don't care to, but they ain't bad at all, specially the Crabbe and goyle kids. So there. :p

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LJ probably don't approve of your abusing my little humble self :D I still think you are too hard on him :D Maybe Dan's ugly jaw and far too thin lips are to be blamed for his lack of actor skills? :D And, pray tell, where did you see Crabbe and Goyle in movies??? :D And Draco? And who the heck is that Alan guy?

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HA! Can't abuse a troll, luvsky! Crabbe and indeed Goyle were together in another film about an orphanage and they weren't the villains and they were both GREAT! They were one extremely introverted orphan and one quite normal kid who happened not to have living relatives. I also saw a film with Crabbe - alright, alright, I'll go check imdb and learn his fucking name - as an ugly really menacing kid who gets offed at the end. Both brit film, dontchanow.

As for Draco, he was the son in the King and I which managed to be a hell of a good film and he was a child then and quite good. Also my cousin saw him in a theatre production last year... think it wa "French without tears" and she said he was very good and perfect for the part of the protagonist. Now French without tears is by Rattingan, a Brit guy who wrote plays and it's a very witty sophisticated type of thing. Three brit teens are in France to learn French and one has a complicated and funny-awww affair with the wife of the teacher. The... *gasp*... the 'Alan guy'...? It's PROFESSOR SNAPE to you! :p

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Oh, Snape... Yes, I love his pronunciation but do not quite like his voice :) Oh, his 'however' mmmm *orgasm*
But my most beloved voice is Christopher Lee - oh, the power!!! the beauty! Unfortunately his pronunciation isn't as British as I'd have liked (that Americans!!!) but British it is :)

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Dahlin', Christopher Lee is GOD! Er.. no I tell a lie, he's DEATH - yep

baeraad, Pterry's DEATH in the BBC cartoons of Wyrd Sisters and Soul Music :-D

Christopher Lee is also absolutely Brit and has a perfect pronunciation, thankyouverymuch, as he came from RADA and was - and is - a theatre actor.

Where do you get these odd notion of what the 'correct Brit pronunciation' is? Besides UK is NOT one small town, y'know, lots of dialects and different BUT legitimate sounds for the same word. Don't you dare tell me Russian is not the same. :p

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Darling, as non-native speaker (and as a person who attended musical school, Opera theatre etc.) I hear many differences :) Christopher's pronunciation has its pecularities :)

I know UK isn't a small town and I even know that there are other languages spoken in UK :) They must have their impact on their natives :)

For example in Russia, which is surely not a small town, there is only one kind of correct pronunciation and I am sure it's the same everywhere. Accents aren't punished but there are just that... accents :)

PS. You should be amusing me, my dear, or I'll eat that little clone of yours alive - oh, he is very amusing :)

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Russkiekins, no matter what you think in your pretty lil head we's a lot more civilised than lots of countries so we don't force people to moo in a sort of Platonic Idea English. Only BBC presenters in the 50s did that and they were PATHETIC! I should know, they had a sort of wankfest of a restrospective and it was 'orrible to 'ear.

P.S. I was not born to amuse thee, troll. Best thou grateful I talk with thee and do not command thee with commands such as 'begone, thou foul troll'. Not that I'd ever give you the satisfaction, honeypoo. You sound far too amused, actually, than it's good for you. now go and repent.

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Oh, and BTW, your lil stunted darling, the Radcliffe failure, has a clear Northants accent.

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Would be your last meal, mate. I'm pure poison, or so I'm informed. :P

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lilian-cho.livejournal.com

Crabbe and indeed Goyle were together in another film about an orphanage and they weren't the villains and they were both GREAT!

Which movie? :-D

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> Can't be arsed to be all witty and things again, sorry lovelies.

No worries. Being alive and well is mandatory; being witty is optional. =]

> I'd never have imagined Keanu Reeves was actually able to do 'self-pitying
> asshole'.

Mostly, he stomped about, pouted, and glared at everyone in sight. It wasn't really one of the greater artistic efforts in our time. =]

> Maybe he should be Harry, then, because Dannypoo certainly can't even do
> that.

Not sure he can handle the CAPSLOCKS OF DOOM, though. Can't recall ever seeing him emote, or, indeed, give any sort of sign that he hasn't been dead for three hours and is controlled with strings... =]

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Well luv, stomped about and glared is quite good Harry form. And he can do CAPSLOCK for lots, at least in that stupid bus thing with bomb he was CAPSLOCKING like a very CAPSLOCKING thing for aeons.

Grin at the mandatory thingie, actually being alive and well is problematic, not mandatory. :-D

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Yeah, well, I like having you around, so I can't be having with you going around dying all over the place. That sort of thing would upset my delicate, artistic constitution. You wouldn't want to be responsible for that, now would you? =]

So, mandatory, I say! =]

(on a more serious note, good luck with solving the problematic. :) )

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