Dec. 25th, 2003

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Well, happy solstice/|Christmas to the lot of you tomorrow....

Meg pointed something out to me about the horribly cheesy voiceover on the King Arthur trailer (the rest of it is drowned in incoherent squeeing - Dad approves, too, for getting the fusion of Roman/Celtic stuff right, not to mention there's not one mention in trailer of Guinever/Lancelot, that they based the whole of First Knight<./i> around) - it's clearly an American trailer. You can tell stylistically. For anyone who's ever seen the different ways they pitch films to the different sides of the pond, you'd be convinced they're marketing two diffent films sometimes. Emphasis is different, prime examples being Billy Elliot, Velvet Goldmine and Bend it Like Beckham. Anyway. We very rarely have voiceover man when they make the UK trailers. Plus, er, the voiceover bit is *wrong*.

Voiceover : 'the myth was based on a real hero'.

Me and Meg : :raised eyebrow: Er, excuse *us*, but Arthur is a *king*. Rulers aren't heroes. You can admire them and respect them and adore them, but they can't have the title of 'hero' applied to them. Especially not royalty. It's a duty/job thing.

This was where Monty Python started butting in and going 'authority comes from a mandate derived directly from the masses, not from some watery bint going round handing out swords!'

Oh, and how to get into house when can't be arsed to fumble for keys : sing carols. Also, grin for the day. The end battle had started in Phantom Menace when I came in, and Dad said worriedly 'I must be going insane. I keep seeing Keira Knightley.'
Me, patiently : 'It's okay, dad, she played Amidala's double.' See him sigh with relief... Oh, and he commented that she's definitely going up profile-wise if she's getting second billing in King Arthur.
He agrees that Jar-Jar was also the worst idea Lucas has had in a loooonnnnng time.

Oh, and how to tell you're way too familiar with an actor : You can recognise them from a split-second appearance in a trailer. Not so bad, you might say. From *behind*???? That was me, when Ray Winstone appeared, back to the camera, raising his arms. So doomed to geekhood.

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