Posts by Danielle
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Yes, that is indeed a lost cause. A personal choice.
Gah. You miss my point, which is that I am in fact usually such a suspender of disbelief and an enjoyer of things that I am practically a zero-gravity trapeze artist on ecstasy. For goodness' sake, I think it's perfectly acceptable in film for people to break into a choreographed tap dance in the middle of installing a kitchen sink, as long as it gives me a thrill. So when people tell me to 'stop analysing' and 'just enjoy it' it really gets on my tits. MEH.
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having just stepped back into this conversation after a late night OUT DRINKING WITH THE PIXIES </wank>
OMG! This goes under Things I Would Not Have Been Able To Do Without Drooling Embarrassingly On Kim Deal...
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Dude, it's not 'desperate bitching'. It's because we really, honestly didn't like it. We didn't think it was any good.
(And if anyone starts going on about suspension of disbelief and 'just enjoying it' again, well, watch out. My favourite film ever is the pure Hollywood confection that is Singin' in the Rain. I am not exactly a Dogme 95 purist.)
If an outfit is distracting from, or even working against, a woman's beauty then it has failed. Utterly and completely.
I want to agree with this. And yet... sometimes I just want to see something totally crazy, no matter who's wearing it or how bad they look. Do I have a red-carpet-trainwreck addiction?
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Boy, were there some excited tweets coming out of that room …
I had no time to tweet more than once before it started, because I was too busy DYING OF JOY. :)
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I think overcrowding mainly occurs because people are living in damp converted garages waiting for Housing New Zealand properties they can afford to pay the rent on...
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Megan, we stride like a mighty fashion colossus over PAS! (It's a good thing that no one can see what I'm wearing right now. Let's just say that my current options are limited and leave it at that.)
understated elegance
Pfffft, Craig old chap. That would be awesome, if I wanted everyone to follow the advice of the Fug Girls (who, don't get me wrong, are immensely entertaining but SO CONSERVATIVE). I need someone to break out something weird and amazing on a regular basis, and I thought the Saldana frock did the job. Shit, Tilda Swinton wasn't even there! Who was going to let their freak flag fly otherwise? (I did say a resounding no to the Charlize Theron gown, though. You should not react to the sight of a red carpet frock with a completely unplanned cry of 'BOOBS!')
I'll put my Pixies ticket up for grabs as well
If anyone is up in the air about this: YOU SHOULD GO. Oh my god. Words fail.
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I vote for the Bjork dead swan!
Heh. That frock is actually a neverending thorn in my side, because I always *loved* it and thought it was fantastic and whimsical. And now it's just shorthand for 'total red carpet disaster'...
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Rich speaks truth. You watch the Oscars for the clothes, the occasional acceptance speech or host zinger that is funny and/or well-constructed, and bizarre cock-ups like Lady Kanye. If the award is actually well-deserved it's usually just a fluke or a bonus.
expensive frocks
I vote yes on the Zoe Saldana gown-of-purple-growths! Who's with me?
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Oh, merit, schmerit. What it boils down to is 'if I deliberately misinterpret every single scene and character, this sure is conservative and racist!' :)
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a visually gorgeous pile of steaming crap
Was it actually that gorgeous, even? Ehhhh. I came out of it underwhelmed and have become even less so.