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Wesley: Feng Shui. Gunn: Right. What's that mean again? Wesley: That people will believe anything. Actually, in this place, Feng Shui will probably have enormous significance. I'll align my furniture the wrong way and suddenly catch fire or turn into a pudding.

'Conviction (1)'

All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American

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Angus G - Jul 13, 2003 4:05:56 am PDT #5670 of 9843

Roguish Laird

I know, I couldn't believe that Patrick OF ALL PEOPLE let his guard down like that!

Leigh - Jul 13, 2003 7:43:43 am PDT #5671 of 9843

Nobody

I felt like I was watching one of my own dreams on screen or something

The dream imagery in Donnie Darko was definitely my favourite aspect of the movie, and I liked the sense that Donnie had a whole other world unfolding inside his head because it seemed intimately familar in a nice creepy way. But I found the ending too predictable, it felt like a cop-out in a way I don't think I can properly articulate--it was very much a nonsensical gut-reaction thing.

you know how sometimes a movie or something feels likes its explaining something about you to yourself?

Yeah, that's a great way of describing how I feel about Restless, oddly enough. Definite moment of instant recognition, there. In a way, my love for that episode is almost separate from my BtVS fanishness (that so isn't a word, but it needs to be, damnit!), even if my knowledge of the characters and such informs my reaction to it. I don't think I've ever felt that way about a film, though--I'm too cynical about the medium, or something. Maybe cinema is just too finite for me--a bad ending usually ruins the film for me, but a bad ending to a novel seems to have a less dramatic effect on my reaction, probably because I can't read a book in two or so hours.

evil jimi - Jul 13, 2003 9:00:57 am PDT #5672 of 9843