The man who shot Liberty Valance is not who you think he is. Nope.

Okay, fine, so you all knew I'd do it anyway.

I found a copy of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and watched it tonight.

And by "found" I by no means am saying that I searched high and low and discovered that the only store in the state of Maine that carried ONE copy was Borders. No.

Also, all of our movie rental stores? Suck.

But there's no reason I should know this because I am not that obsessive.

Nope.

.....

Has anyone else seen this movie? Because I'd REALLY like to discuss it.




Suffice it to say, despite it being a Western, and despite John Wayne (who I have decided I am not a fan of, really), I liked it.

Enough to not regret the $8 I spent on it. ;)



My favorite character not being Liberty Valance, Tom or Ransom, but Hallie.

Yes, the female lead.




She kind of rocked. It surprised me.

Hallie has a temper and the best thing ever? The way she slams things around the kitchen she works in and yells at everyone and bullies them around with her yelling. Particularly the men.

And then, in the end, I totally can't read her and it... intrigues me.


( Some thoughts I'm thinking... )

And THAT is how the movie ends.

It's kind of a depressing ending, and it sort of left me a little sucker-punched, like... whoa.

So, worth it for that ending.

All that said, ( The reason I think I like this movie... )

The song is a lot cheerier. ;)



Also, I think certain parts could have been built up and the movie would have been better had they explored the love triangle more. Given us more of a reason to understand that ending, anyway. That, and a bit more between Liberty and Ransom to set up the duel.

Also, Liberty called Ransom "dude" the entire movie, and Tom called him "pilgrim." It was odd.

WIP Meme

Totally, shamelessly stolen from xenokattz and likeadeuce. Cause I need to stop thinking about Liberty Valance.

If you happen to be working on some creative writing project, fanfiction or NaNoWriMo or what have you, post exactly one sentence (or more) from each of your current work(s) in progress in your journal. It should probably be your favourite or most intriguing sentence so far, but what you choose is entirely your discretion. Mention the title (and genre) if you like, but don't mention anything else -- this is merely to whet the general appetite for your forthcoming work(s).

( Helga Hufflepuff fic for femgenficathon )

( Cedric in the maze fic, bookverse )

( Salazar's departure from Hogwarts, for some unknown fic )

( X-Men, Scott Summers' background fic written with Zoe_Chan )

( Phantom of the Opera fic, set after it ends )

( Untitled RENT fic, Mark-centric )

Yeah, so... I really ought to finish something one of these days... =P

In other news, we are getting the house appraised. So long, vacation. >_< Ugh.

Absolutely nothing of substance here...

So... feeling strange. I've got anxiety tonight, and it bothers me. (This happens on occasion.)

In any case, unless I calm myself down, I'm going to work myself into a very interesting state and won't be able to sleep. Then I'll lie awake worrying all night.

Good lord, isn't there a way to turn our brains off? Seriously.

( Rambly ramblings... )

So, anyway.

Oh, I found a HP fanvid to The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.

It amuses me. And is quite good, so you ought to check it out.




And thanks to xenokattz, I now want to find appropriate "models" for my Founders. In other words, I want to cast them.

::headdesk::

I OUGHT to be writing about them, really.


Also, apologies for setting off minor wankage with my last entry. I didn't mean it, I promise!