The Remains of the Day (with spoilers)

[spedbug]

No, I haven't been living under a rock but, yes, I just saw this film for the first time, last night.

I love Anthony Hopkins and I love Emma Thompson, individually,(they're both so damned versatile and subtly expressive!); a movie with them together should have been a 'must see'. I'm clueless as to how I went so long without watching this but, there you are - there's another insight into my character, dear friends. There are times when I'm undividedly clueless to the world around me - times that I'm so far down the rabbit hole of my own inner-world that even light can't escape the vacuum that are my tangled thoughts.

My first real reaction: "No! That better not be the end" (Yes, I stood up from the couch and yelled this at the television screen). But, as much as I railed against the way it ended (I'm a 'happy ending' whore, I'm afraid), I have to admit that the "forever-parting-of-ways, unrequited" ending was more fitting to the characters.

I just wanted to draw Anthony Hopkins head down to my chest and stroke his hair. Poor, repressed man with his thin comfort of having served well to last him the rest of his life. The injustice! Aaaaaagggghhh!

On an aside - I could've eaten Hugh Grant's character on toast with jam. Grrrowl!

Comments

[antof9.livejournal.com]

another fellow under-rock liver. Never saw it either. And I'm sure I don't want to now -- I'm a happy ending whore too! (isn't that the POINT of movies?!)

[resqgeek]

Yeah, me too, on both counts. I haven't seen it, and I'm not sure I want to. I'm a sucker for sappy endings (ooops! I just put my "guy card" in jeopardy, didn't I?).

[antof9.livejournal.com]

yikes!

Quick -- grab a beer and start burping :)

How about those Bears?

[spedbug.livejournal.com]

Seriously, though, you're cool as long as you don't outright sob at the end when Emma Thompson is standing in the doorway of the departing bus, obviously torn to bits over love lost once more, and Anthony Hopkins watching his one chance of happiness depart into the drizzling night.

[wobble, wobble] WAaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Re: How about those Bears?

[resqgeek]

Ok, now I know I don't want to see this movie! I'd be a wreck at the end. I'm such a sucker for scenes like that. Maybe that's why my wife is so fond of me?

Re: How about those Bears?

[antof9.livejournal.com]

Maybe that's why my wife is so fond of me?

Absolutely :)