You were the last high.

[osaraba]

Watched HCL with Liz on Sunday night. She liked it a lot. Which made me very, very happy. After the movie, we watched some fanvids and interviews and things like that, I told her some of the stuff I know about CKR and HD from listening to the DVD commentary and reading HCRS, and eventually that sort of trailed off... at which point, she said something that made the stupid lightbulb go off above my head.

Why I've been unable to stop watching this movie over and over.

I mean, I'm not the type to watch something over after just having seen it. And I usually wait a while before watching something over again. Especially with movies: I'm not the biggest fan of the visual medium (as opposed to books, that is). But with this movie... I just can't get enough of it.

She said, "I want to watch something else like it."

And yeah, we agreed, there's just nothing else that has the same feeling. Sure, there are movies that will have the feel of this part, or the same maneuvering, or subtext, or emotion, as that part -- but nothing I've seen comes together the way this movie does.

And the ending.

The ending is what I look for in every movie I watch, or book I read, or story I hear. Something unsurprising -- as in, it's completely in character, so it makes complete and utter sense that it would happen -- but also completely unexpected. Didn't know it would happen at that moment, and whoa, the ending has just rushed up to you, out of nowhere, in your face. It lifted you way up, like a geyser, and left you cartoonishly hanging in the air, mouth agape and wondering in panic if you'll be able to come down without hurting yourself.

But the best thing about this movie is that you never come down. You're just forever at that point of inhalation, holding your breath; never letting it go.

It's just perfect.

Comments

[surya74.livejournal.com]

It is an addictive movie indeed! It never quite left my heart/brain again. And Billy and Joe are OTP. "...and in the end, it's love." <3

[metallicapixie.livejournal.com]

livejournal should have a "like" button. not really, but i "like" this post. i agree! minus the fangirling, but only 'cause i don't have time. <3

[metallicapixie.livejournal.com]

p.s. i'm glad you remembered to change your "current obsessions" box.

[idreamedmusic.livejournal.com]

Why I've been unable to stop watching this movie over and over.

Aaaaah, marry me! I had the exact same reaction. I watched the film. Then I watched it again. And again. Then I listened to the commentary and read HCRS and the "novel" it's based on and then I watched it again. And then wrote an essay  here exploring the two main things that intrigued me, LOL.

And you really hit the nail on the head - there is absolutely nothing like it out there!

The ending is... perfect. Just perfect. Total shock, yet, right after the shock, it's the only way this could have ended. Just as you describe it.

And I just wanna talk about this film and the characters and the format and how brilliant it is! And any time I see it, I see something new and aaaaaaah! I think I'm gonna watch it again tonight ;)