Home from the Hosiptal

[litotease]

Less symmetrical than I used to be, but everything else seems to be intact, thank God, including my slightly off-kilter sense of humor.

I love my daughter!  She went to the video store to get me some "comfort movies."  Were she picking for herself, she would have brought back a giant stack of chick flicks.  I -- can't handle chick flicks at the moment.  I don't want to watch anything in which the beauty of our intrepid heroine (particularly not her softly-rounded or lushly-full bozooms) is a plot point. 

She brought back:

• Snatch
• The Lost Boys
• Shawn of the Dead
• Men With Brooms
• The Bourne Identity
• Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
• My Big Fat Greek Wedding (fully acceptable because part of the point is that Nia Vardalos isn't Hollywood pretty)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer (fully acceptable because her boobs are part of the joke!)

She did soooooo good.

What do y'all think we should rent next?  What would you watch if (1) your energy levels were low -- like, fall asleep every hour or two low, and (2) you wanted to avoid our cultural obsession with pairs of perfect, perky tits, but still wanted to be entertained? *g*

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[(Anonymous)]

Hmm - a challenge. I must say that Shawn of the Dead and the Lost Boys would have been on my list already. At the moment a lot of what I can think to add is a little old and offbeat and seems to lean strongly on movies about gay men so a too avoid an emphasis on boobies.
Here's the list:

Another Country, it is British, made in the late 1980s set in the 1930s. You should enjoy it if you are a slash fan. Stars Rupert Everett, Colin Firth and Cary Elwes.

Highlander, though of course I'd avoid the sequels.

Better of Dead, one of the best of the 1980s teen comedies, stars John Cusack. Is about a guy who tries to commit suicide cos his girlfriend left him but keeps failing. Some of the jokes are a bit sharp but nothing worse than Shawn of the Dead I think.

My Beautiful Laundrette, also British also late 80s but set late 80s about an interracial gay romance, stars a very young Daniel Day Lewis.

A Beautiful Thing, British, mid to late 1990s, a sweet gay teen romance.

Thunderheart, starring Val Kilmer and Graeme Greene, a murder mystery. Val Kilmer is an FBI agent Graeme Greene is a Native American policeman, they investigate murder and skulduggery on the reservation. No Romance.

The Princess Bride, may have slightly too many boobies in it. But I think, like Buffy, the boobs are part of the joke and they are not in any way the entirety of the plot.

Also of course I would remcomend some blockbusters; the Harry Potter films (mostly the third and fourth, the first two were a bit rubbish); the Xmen movies particularly the second film; The Fantastic Four; Troy (mostly for the under-dressed men, it doesn't have much else to recommend it); Pirates of the Caribbean (though it may have too much Keira Knightly)

Hope this is helpful

[katesnotes.livejournal.com]

The above was me - I didn't realise I wasn't signed in - sorry

[gracecourage.livejournal.com]

The Princess Bride is one we own, and is always the first to go in when one of us doesn't feel well. (As many times as I've seen it, that last "As you wish" always makes me teary in the good way. I think I'm not as hard boiled as I like to think I am.) My Beautiful Laundrette is an old, old favorite. I haven't seen it in years, but now that you've mentioned it, I'm craving it like one might crave chocolate. (Also, will you still respect me if I confess to actually liking Highlander 4? Really, it's an Adrian Paul thing.)

Other than the blockbusters, I haven't seen any of the others, but they're all going on the "must view" list. Gay boys always make me happy, my daughter is appalled that I haven't seen Better Off Dead, and I have an inexplicably strong crush on Graham Greene (don't know how I missed this one).

Thank you!

[lily-liedtome.livejournal.com]

Er. All I have to say to that is that you had BETTER have seen Better Off Dead by now. *is also appalled*

Also, beautifulthingisthebestthingever. *nods*

[serendu.livejournal.com]

I'm feeling rather bad that I never managed to answer your earlier posts - so I hope at least one of my suggestions will make you feel slightly entertained...

As you've got Shaun of the Dead... How about Hot Fuzz - being as its the same people - only with the police not zombies. Plus Timothy Dalton in a villian moustache.

Erm. I too would have suggested Highlander.

Connie and Carla? Being as its Nia Vardalos?

Stage Beauty for something slightly off kilter?

Labyrinth for some old school David Bowie in a crazy hairdo entertainment?

Or - if you like weird films - can I suggest the cartoon (I think it was released over there as) The Triplets of Bellville. Originally French - but with English subtitles. With the best trip into a dog's phsyche ever. No really. Weird. You either get it and think its the best thing ever. Or just think its odd.

Erm. Now I'm stumped. The cultural obsession with perfection has left me with few other ideas. Unless of course you want to go the whole action film with pathetic blonde who needs rescuing every five minutes? In which case your daughter should head for the Steven Seagal et al section...

[gracecourage.livejournal.com]

Oh, I like your taste in movies.

The daughter was thinking that Hot Fuzz hadn't been released here yet, but I just checked Amazon, and it's available for ordering, so I think I must go harass gently encourage the manager of our vid store to get it on the shelf.

I remember hearing about The Triplets of Bellville, but haven't seen it yet. It's so going on the list.

(And, yeah. The pathetic blonde. I think she and her ilk are "to be avoided for now." *shudders*)

Thank you!

[logovo.livejournal.com]

Excellent movie choices! You daughter indeed did damn good :)

The second Bourne movies, also of the good. Have you seen these (just listing the movies I can see again and again) that might fit with the profile of the list you rented:

Fight Club
Trainspotting
Oldboy (Korean)
Tombstone
District B13 (French)
The Transporter

Have you seen Firefly? If not, since you enjoyed Buffy, thumbs up there.

You are in my thoughts, which I know might be strange, coming from a total stranger, but I have thought of you as I get ready for my day.

[gracecourage.livejournal.com]

The first rule of Fight Club is, you do not talk about Fight Club. Choose life, choose a job, choose a career, choose a family, choose a fuckin' big television.... Anything Kurt Russell has ever been in, even the bad stuff, starting with Disney. Browncoats rule! *g*

Which leaves Oldboy, District B13, and The Transporter to go on the "Yay, new movies" list right now. Woo-hoo! \o/

Also, I get the stranger thing. I wound up falling hard into SPN because I accidentally stumbled across poisontasters stuff (I'd never heard of her, and never seen the show). (Lucky, lucky me!) With my lurkerish ways, I've never commented in her journal, never established any sort of relationship with the woman. Still, for months now, every Friday I find myself thinking "Poisontaster has chemo today," and wishing her well. I'm old school hippie enough to believe that such thoughts are a kind of prayer, that they have energy, and weight, and that they matter. I certainly believe that I can feel y'all rooting for me through the internets and the aether. I am moved by, and grateful for, the (your) kindness and good thoughts for me.

*gives you a great big thank you hug*

[topaz119.livejournal.com]

Welcome home! From my off-kilter sense of humor to yours:

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - Their boobs are fake and they still look faaaaabulous.

Master and Commander - For the subtext that is text. And no one looks prettier in a flowered robe than Paul Bettany.

[gracecourage.livejournal.com]

LOL! Priscilla is perfect. Fake, fabulous boobs are exactly what's called for at the moment. Also, the daughter has no recollection of having seen Master and Commander, even though she's a massive Paul Bettany fan, so it's going on the list, too. (Did you ever read in that fandom? Any particularly good authors to rec?)

I've been thinking about you, lately, wondering if it's biopsy time yet, and wishing you well.

[topaz119.livejournal.com]

Oh, you're sweet to be thinking about me right now...it is indeed time to go be squished and hmmmmm'd over, and squished some more, with a side-order of ultrasound and the always popular, 'wow, that's interesting.' I'm scheduled for later in August, with the added bonus that my mom has just been warned that they're 95% sure that something she found is going to be bad, in the chemo-to-shrink-it-and-then-a-lumpectomy kind of way, which is throwing all *my* doctors on high alert. So I fully expect at least a needle biopsy this year as everyone scrambles to cover all the bases.

As for M&C, I never really read a lot there, but I think astolat has an awesome genderfuck in that world. I shall see if I can hunt it down for you. And if the daughter is a massive Bettany fan, then I'd add A Knight's Tale to my movie list, because as much as I hate the A story in there, I'll still watch it every time it's one, just for the sheer glory that is PB's Chaucer. =)

[daybreak777.livejournal.com]

Hi, glad you're back. Let's see. I second the X-Men. Love that flick. Um, Gladiator? Not the greatest film ever, but it entertained me and I enjoyed it. What about Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon? It's long, you can fall asleep and wake up and it's still going. And you won't really miss much. I love that film, it's so pretty. And yay, swordfighting!

Have you seen Being John Malchovich? It's been a while but I remember laughing out loud.

[gracecourage.livejournal.com]

Hi! I'm sorry to take so long to say "thank you." My energy levels have just been in the sub-basement this week.

I LOL at your Crouching Tiger comment. So true. I'm saving that one for in case I have to do chemo (I'll find that out on Tuesday).

I'm really funny about John Malkovich. I had a crush on that man for the longest time, and then suddenly I didn't. Like, really didn't. Like, fingernails-on-a-chalkboard didn't. And I don't know what happened!

Gladiator, though. Mmmm. Pretty, sweaty men being all manly, with lots of subtextual possibilities. Yeah.

*g*

[daybreak777.livejournal.com]

Oh my goodness, your birthday is tomorrow! I'm sending greetings early because I tend to forget such things. Happy birthday!

Wish I could do something to cheer you, I know your energy is low. I'm taking drabble requests at my journal. Yeah, I'm way delurked now! I'd be happy to write you something to make you smile!

[lily-liedtome.livejournal.com]

I know this comment is way late, but I just wanted to let you know that I'm thinking about you! I hope everything is going as well as possibly possible for you right now. *virtual hugs times infinity*

Be well,

Beth

[lily-liedtome.livejournal.com]

According to LJ it's your birthday today - I hope it was lovely! I feel honoured to know you, even if only virtually!

Beth