I sit here in the thunder, the green on the grey

[sovay]

Me: I should rewatch Sense and Sensibility (1995). It might pair illuminatingly with Persuasion (1995); I haven't seen it in nine years and I've never written about it; I saw it for the first time in 1996 with someone who didn't like it. That was a point in my life when I saw very few movies and did not think critically about them if I did. Those can be interesting to revisit.

*half an hour of movie later*

My critical faculties: FUCK, Alan Rickman is BEAUTIFUL.

Ladies and gentlepeople, that may be the review.

Comments

[alexxkay]

Kes and I recently saw The January Man, which we can't actually recommend (incoherent plot and tone). But Rickman was, as usual, great, and the film did afford some fun opportunity for contemplating slash/fixfic between Rickman and Kevin Kline's characters.

[kore]

Haha, is that the one where he is a computer hacker in truly tragic eighties sweaters?

(I have seen so many bad movies for Alan Rickman. Including the one where he was Rasputin.)

[alexxkay]

I tend not to notice clothing, but, yeah 80s hacker / painter / sculptor.

[sovay]

But Rickman was, as usual, great, and the film did afford some fun opportunity for contemplating slash/fixfic between Rickman and Kevin Kline's characters.

I am glad it wasn't a dead loss.

January Man et al

[lauradi7dw]

January Man was a bit of a train-wreck (with some really famous actors). Someone has kindly spliced together Rickman's scenes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcOxoyYrm4Y

While rummaging around, I found this. Talk about ugly 1980s clothes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4WbDqiZPuU

1980 jogging clothes are better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0DcUU_z0pY