You Go Halfway, You Get Hurt

[redbrunja]

[+] I have reached a heretofore unimagined level of adulthood; I now have matching crockery. Matching plates, matching bowl, matching appetizer plates, matching glasses, matching mugs.

[+] I have also followed latenightcuppa's lead, and had a friend change my tumblr password. It's been amazing tumblr, and I mean that truly. But I want to start writing again.

[+] However, prior to leaving tumblr, I noticed someone - no idea who, commenting about how Cutting Edge was one of their formative-as-fuck movies, so I watched that tonight with backtothesea a.k.a. the friend who locked me out of tumblr  (l lurve you too). It was, as promised, a deliciously '80's love story between an ice skating ice queen and the working class former hockey player. I feel that will either appeal to you or it won't. It had a very nice defrosting the ice queen arc and the male lead was delightfully doofy.

[+] This movie also got me thinking about what my formative-as-fuck movies are. Thus,

#the formative as fuck movies meme
#pick five movies that were pivotal to your personal development/media tastes/etc
#ideally movies you’ve watch multiple times
#now talk about them

[1] Anastasia and [2] Star Wars both contain scrappy, snarky princesses who have romances with scoundrels. I mean... just go watch the movies if you haven't already. And if you have (and come on, you totally have) come talk to me about them in the comments. [3] Indiana Jones & The Raiders of the Lost Ark. The ONLY good thing I will say about the fourth movie is that it married Indiana and Marion. THE ONLY THING.
[4] Titanic (I don’t feel this one was as developmentally relevant as other movies, but I owed it and rewatched it often for several years, so it goes on here. [5] Labyrinth is a movie that I can literally use to trace my personal development. The first time I watched it I hated Sarah because she was too similar to me (to be clear, too similar to me at ten, not fifteen) and hated that she and Jareth didn’t end up together and didn’t understand why they hadn’t. The second time I watched it I understood that Sarah was growing and changing as a character, and that’s why she’s such a brat at the beginning, and why she couldn’t stay yes to Jared when he asks her to at the end. I also didn’t get how wonderfully, gloriously, hopeful the ending is. Think about what a great, progressive, positive message that Labyrinth ends on; that you do not ‘grow out’ of magic but can keep it with you.

Also, for those of you playing at home, yes, I have always shipped the inappropriate fierce young girl with the older, more emotionally open man. (I shipped Nick and Cassie from the trailer, people. The trailer. I remember watching the trailer and going ‘I don’t think they want me to ship hot older guy with inappropriately young multi-colored hair girl, but I totally am.’)

Comments

[h-loquacious.livejournal.com]

I love the Cutting Edge! Totally a formative movie. Toe Pick!

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Toe pick!

[profshallowness.livejournal.com]

What I love about fandom is that I knew other people would react to the trailer (or quite possibly even a picture-heavy 'coming soon' article in a film magazine for me) in exactly the same way.

Hmm, that meme's intriguing.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I was glad to learn I am not alone about many of my tastes.

[streussal.livejournal.com]

Shia LaBeouf, you are not the son of Indiana Jones. (My dad agrees with me on this.) And definitely not the son of Indiana and Marion. That movie. ...I did enjoy Cate Blanchett's hilarious fake accent though.

...sob Push. Dakota Fanning and Chris Evans had inappropriately good chemistry.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I sort of enjoyed the fourth Indiana movie in the moment but it was... not good.

Dakota Fanning and Chris Evans had inappropriately good chemistry.

The best.

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

The Cutting Edge!! I love that movie, so much so that I wrote a 70,000 word crossover fic with Kara as the hockey player and Lee as the ice prince(ss). Hee! So much fun.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Of course Kara would be the hockey player. OF COURSE.

[kerrykhat.livejournal.com]

The Star Wars series in general (Originals, Prequels, EU, you name it) is my formative as fuck fandom. Like, nothing will ever displace it as my go-to place when I need a pick me up. And even though the prequels aren't the same level of quality, I still really enjoy them. And don't get me started on how emotionally involved I've become in the Clone Wars series because that will just devolve into me crying over Ahsoka.

[empressearwig.livejournal.com]

Once upon a time, one of my sixth grade classmates parents vetoed us watching The Cutting Edge on a class trip because they thought it was a slasher movie.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Semi-understandable, but still, way to be a reactionary, uninvestigative parent.

[mistaria.livejournal.com]

I have always shipped the inappropriate fierce young girl with the older more emotionally open man too. :p

What about formative TV shows?

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Definitely Buffy. The mix of humor and drama, the quippy writing, the stand-alone episodes building to a larger, longer storyarc - all things I still look for in prospective tv shows.

[zombie_boogie.livejournal.com]

However, prior to leaving tumblr, I noticed someone - no idea who, commenting about how Cutting Edge was one of their formative-as-fuck movies

That was probably me (http://zombie-boogie.tumblr.com/post/43702899222).

I don't use my "formative shit" tag consistently enough, but mine would probably be Clueless, 10 Things I Hate About You/The Cutting Edge/Much Ado About Nothing/Pride and Prejudice/Anastasia (you can probably sense the theme), The Mummy/Indiana Jones, and Anne of Green Gables.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

That was probably me.

Thank you!

Anne of Green Gables was formative for me to! I remember acting out what was happening in the novel with my Anne of Green Gables paper dolls while my mom read the book to me.

[mollivanders.livejournal.com]

Star Wars so so formative for me, in so many ways. It just - idk, I'd read stories with strong women before but I think Leia was the first major strong woman I'd seen on film and it had a real impact on me. Han Solo was possibly even more formative for me (because along with Indy) he represented what I wanted to become, even from a very tender age. I wanted to be a space pirate, I wanted to have a spaceship and travel with my best friend, I wanted to have adventures and fight the bad guy. I was just talking with a friend last night about how Indiana Jones was one of my favorite characters as a kid and I would dress up as him for Halloween during junior high and high school. Just, such a big deal. Marion is also amazing (even more so looking back) and she's a great example of a character who survives - she takes care of herself and herself first. I really like that about her. Harrison Ford movies, man. They hit me hard.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Star Wars so so formative for me, in so many ways.

Same for me. Leia was a really pivotal character for me as well.

Marion is also amazing (even more so looking back) and she's a great example of a character who survives - she takes care of herself and herself first. I really like that about her. Harrison Ford movies, man. They hit me hard.


Word. I spent many an hour pretending to be Marion or Leia as a kid.

[eos-joy.livejournal.com]

Labyrinth is a movie that I can literally use to trace my personal development. The first time I watched it I hated Sarah because she was too similar to me (to be clear, too similar to me at ten, not fifteen) and hated that she and Jareth didn’t end up together and didn’t understand why they hadn’t. The second time I watched it I understood that Sarah was growing and changing as a character, and that’s why she’s such a brat at the beginning, and why she couldn’t stay yes to Jared when he asks her to at the end. I also didn’t get how wonderfully, gloriously, hopeful the ending is. Think about what a great, progressive, positive message that Labyrinth ends on; that you do not ‘grow out’ of magic but can keep it with you.

Also, for those of you playing at home, yes, I have always shipped the inappropriate fierce young girl with the older, more emotionally open man. (I shipped Nick and Cassie from the trailer, people. The trailer. I remember watching the trailer and going ‘I don’t think they want me to ship hot older guy with inappropriately young multi-colored hair girl, but I totally am.’)

I HEARTILY AGREE WITH ALL OF THIS.

kthanxbai

>.< *off to study*