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So I was watching this movie...
May. 31st, 2009 11:14 pmJude starring Christopher Eccleston and Kate Winslet. I didn't know much (read: anything) about the movie and I was pretty much just watching it because I found it and it had CE's name on the cover.
Maybe forty minutes in I had a minor nerd freakout because none other than DAVID TENNANT showed up as some random guy in a bar and challenged Christopher Eccleston to, like, some battle of Latin or whatever. He had about two lines (and got pwned by CE's character) but I was highly amused. Guys, the movie is from 1996!
In case I haven't made it clear here, I totally adore Christopher Eccleston and Nine. Love them. Did not love this movie. Oh, it was well-written and well-acted and well-directed and all that but it was also essentially two hours of DESPAIR. It was quite compelling, but not unlike a trainwreck. I thought it was going to be a period romance, and it nominally was but it was also the most upsetting movie I've seen in a long time. I DID NOT SLEEP AFTER I WATCHED IT.
Maybe forty minutes in I had a minor nerd freakout because none other than DAVID TENNANT showed up as some random guy in a bar and challenged Christopher Eccleston to, like, some battle of Latin or whatever. He had about two lines (and got pwned by CE's character) but I was highly amused. Guys, the movie is from 1996!
In case I haven't made it clear here, I totally adore Christopher Eccleston and Nine. Love them. Did not love this movie. Oh, it was well-written and well-acted and well-directed and all that but it was also essentially two hours of DESPAIR. It was quite compelling, but not unlike a trainwreck. I thought it was going to be a period romance, and it nominally was but it was also the most upsetting movie I've seen in a long time. I DID NOT SLEEP AFTER I WATCHED IT.
