Holiday distraction
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impy*eyes the world outside* Y'know, no. Not venturing into that right now, so I'm yanking this from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
irishgypsie and moving it over here because FB exhausts me.
Yesterday's answer:
I came home and she was in my old rocking chair from when I was little. (That my brother used and then Widget used and now Ozma has claimed.)
Today's:
The Family Stone. I've mentioned this before. Hell, I've probably done this whole thing before and probably used the movie then, too, but the answer still stands. I remember seeing the ads for it and thinking, "meh" because I'm not a huge SJP fan and I'm really not a huge fan of slapstick comedy and I swear, the trailers made this thing seem like it was going to be a laugh riot.
It's not. This movie will make you cry, but because you're expecting a movie that's all laughs (Claire Danes falls off a bus!) you're unprepared for the emotional punches it delivers.
I think I found the movie on HBO and it was maybe half an hour in? Maybe more, but HBO has a habit of playing the same movie back to back if you time it just right, so I sort of watched, sort of listened while doing something else. Which lasted for five minute and I was sucked in. I was hooked.
My family's pretty small and when I was younger, it felt bigger because we lived with my grandfather and my aunts, uncles, and cousins would spend the holidays with us. That actually didn't last all that long, but while it did, it was just normal to know that one set would run a little late and the other set would be so late that you'd kind of doubt they were coming at all. For two days of the year, my family was suddenly much larger and I could pretend I had sisters and it seemed like this would just be how it was forever. Until it stopped.
Anyway, I have a giant soft spot for movies with larger families and the chaos that brings. I'm pretty sure that if I found myself married into such a family I would lose my damn mind, but it's fun to watch on tv and in movies. Sometimes, if I'm really lucky, I'm left wanting to climb into the fictional world and just stay there forever. And that's how I feel about The Family Stone.
I go in, knowing these days that I will be crying by the end, but I enjoy the ride anyway. In fact, I think I might just go watch it now, if I can find it...
irishgypsie and moving it over here because FB exhausts me.
Yesterday's answer:
I came home and she was in my old rocking chair from when I was little. (That my brother used and then Widget used and now Ozma has claimed.)
Today's:
The Family Stone. I've mentioned this before. Hell, I've probably done this whole thing before and probably used the movie then, too, but the answer still stands. I remember seeing the ads for it and thinking, "meh" because I'm not a huge SJP fan and I'm really not a huge fan of slapstick comedy and I swear, the trailers made this thing seem like it was going to be a laugh riot.
It's not. This movie will make you cry, but because you're expecting a movie that's all laughs (Claire Danes falls off a bus!) you're unprepared for the emotional punches it delivers.
I think I found the movie on HBO and it was maybe half an hour in? Maybe more, but HBO has a habit of playing the same movie back to back if you time it just right, so I sort of watched, sort of listened while doing something else. Which lasted for five minute and I was sucked in. I was hooked.
My family's pretty small and when I was younger, it felt bigger because we lived with my grandfather and my aunts, uncles, and cousins would spend the holidays with us. That actually didn't last all that long, but while it did, it was just normal to know that one set would run a little late and the other set would be so late that you'd kind of doubt they were coming at all. For two days of the year, my family was suddenly much larger and I could pretend I had sisters and it seemed like this would just be how it was forever. Until it stopped.
Anyway, I have a giant soft spot for movies with larger families and the chaos that brings. I'm pretty sure that if I found myself married into such a family I would lose my damn mind, but it's fun to watch on tv and in movies. Sometimes, if I'm really lucky, I'm left wanting to climb into the fictional world and just stay there forever. And that's how I feel about The Family Stone.
I go in, knowing these days that I will be crying by the end, but I enjoy the ride anyway. In fact, I think I might just go watch it now, if I can find it...