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The one that got away
Sunday, September 11th, 2005 10:31 pmTuesday evening, I got to go to the premiere of Thumbsucker, the film that Elijah almost starred in, but decided not to because he and the director agreed that he was "too old for the role".
Yep, the premiere. Red carpet and everything. Seems FIND scored balcony seating for its members. And it was fun! We didn't see any of the red carpet stuff, because the line we were waiting in was around the corner so as to be out of the way of all the hooha. But the Egyptian is a lovely old movie palace, recently restored by American Cinematheque, and I haven't sat in a balcony for a film since I was a kid.
There were two reasons I saw this film, and both will probably be familiar to anyone around here who knows me. First reason is obviously that Elijah was gonna be in this one and then wasn't. So comparisons had to be made. (More on which later.) The second reason is my bestest friend Spike. She and I were in the trenches of Keanu fandom together, and when I say trenches, I mean trenches. (I was surprised at the sensitivity and tendency to kerfuffle in LOTR fandom when I first got here, because I was internet-fandom-weaned over at a Keanu board called JTJ, and if you didn't go in there in plate armor with ten edged weapons and a neckful of amulets, you deserved whatever you got.) LOTR came along and knocked Neo out of my head almost completely, but Spike is still living in Keanuland, and happily. So the chance to watch her squee her head off was irresistible. Once the line started towards the theater, I was happy and Spike was VIBRATING.
Coming up to the door, there he was, schmoozing with some fashionably disheveled indie people, and damn if the man didn't look fine enough to eat. Would I fuck him? You bet I would. (Hey, I may have the hots for Elijah, but I'm not stupid.) He looked like a big ol' plate of hotsex. And I'll tell you, the man has a smile that dazzles. (Such is the power of that smile that Spike actually froze in her tracks. I had to grab her sleeve and pull on her to get her to start walking again.)
So, that was reason 2 accounted for, and quite enjoyed. Back to Reason 1.
( Thumbsucker is what I call a Some Guy book... )
Yep, the premiere. Red carpet and everything. Seems FIND scored balcony seating for its members. And it was fun! We didn't see any of the red carpet stuff, because the line we were waiting in was around the corner so as to be out of the way of all the hooha. But the Egyptian is a lovely old movie palace, recently restored by American Cinematheque, and I haven't sat in a balcony for a film since I was a kid.
There were two reasons I saw this film, and both will probably be familiar to anyone around here who knows me. First reason is obviously that Elijah was gonna be in this one and then wasn't. So comparisons had to be made. (More on which later.) The second reason is my bestest friend Spike. She and I were in the trenches of Keanu fandom together, and when I say trenches, I mean trenches. (I was surprised at the sensitivity and tendency to kerfuffle in LOTR fandom when I first got here, because I was internet-fandom-weaned over at a Keanu board called JTJ, and if you didn't go in there in plate armor with ten edged weapons and a neckful of amulets, you deserved whatever you got.) LOTR came along and knocked Neo out of my head almost completely, but Spike is still living in Keanuland, and happily. So the chance to watch her squee her head off was irresistible. Once the line started towards the theater, I was happy and Spike was VIBRATING.
Coming up to the door, there he was, schmoozing with some fashionably disheveled indie people, and damn if the man didn't look fine enough to eat. Would I fuck him? You bet I would. (Hey, I may have the hots for Elijah, but I'm not stupid.) He looked like a big ol' plate of hotsex. And I'll tell you, the man has a smile that dazzles. (Such is the power of that smile that Spike actually froze in her tracks. I had to grab her sleeve and pull on her to get her to start walking again.)
So, that was reason 2 accounted for, and quite enjoyed. Back to Reason 1.
( Thumbsucker is what I call a Some Guy book... )
