Fannish 50 - #5 - Time Travel Romance
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temris Another post for the Fannish 50 after 84 years, yay!
I am done with midterms, and we only had one day before my classes started again, which was horrible for my mental health LOL but I feel rejuvenated this weekend. For some strange reason, I actually have some plans for the near (very near) future that I have motivation for! This is great for me and I just wanted to share it.
As I have guessed, I have not been very well at posting for the Fannish 50 lately. I have some free time now, so I decided to talk about another movie today.
First of all, I gave this movie probably like 2 stars out of 5, at most. But I cannot not watch it every December. It's actually not even that good, especially the second half; but whenever I just get this craving for a medieval knight, I find myself turning this on again.
There's a scene in a café that makes me laugh every single time I see it, that is caused by the changing semantics between time periods that I love so much xD One thing that annoys me is that he leaves his medieval clothing too early, like before even half of the movie! And Vanessa Hudgens (I have no idea what her character was called, but I do remember the male lead was called Cole, thus giving us 'Sir Cole' which, to be honest, sounds like a joke Philomena Cunk would make.) dresses him in the most bland 21st century male clothing I've seen...
WHICH IS SAD. Because he looks so good in a medieval shift!!
I also liked the fact that they didn't go with late medieval years where he'd have to be clad in full plate armor, and we saw chainmail armor! I am an avid enjoyer of 10--12th century armors and it is not the first thing people think of when someone mentions medieval armor. (See for it yourself, the next time you stumble upon a medieval knight drawing a mainstream artist draws, and it will be plate armor.) It is nice to see it, even if it's not the best thing, they still tried!
As always, it is the valiance and gentlemanly nature in traditional masculinity that I find so endearing in the guy. It is not the best movie, but it is at least entertaining.
I am done with midterms, and we only had one day before my classes started again, which was horrible for my mental health LOL but I feel rejuvenated this weekend. For some strange reason, I actually have some plans for the near (very near) future that I have motivation for! This is great for me and I just wanted to share it.
As I have guessed, I have not been very well at posting for the Fannish 50 lately. I have some free time now, so I decided to talk about another movie today.
First of all, I gave this movie probably like 2 stars out of 5, at most. But I cannot not watch it every December. It's actually not even that good, especially the second half; but whenever I just get this craving for a medieval knight, I find myself turning this on again.
There's a scene in a café that makes me laugh every single time I see it, that is caused by the changing semantics between time periods that I love so much xD One thing that annoys me is that he leaves his medieval clothing too early, like before even half of the movie! And Vanessa Hudgens (I have no idea what her character was called, but I do remember the male lead was called Cole, thus giving us 'Sir Cole' which, to be honest, sounds like a joke Philomena Cunk would make.) dresses him in the most bland 21st century male clothing I've seen...
WHICH IS SAD. Because he looks so good in a medieval shift!!
I also liked the fact that they didn't go with late medieval years where he'd have to be clad in full plate armor, and we saw chainmail armor! I am an avid enjoyer of 10--12th century armors and it is not the first thing people think of when someone mentions medieval armor. (See for it yourself, the next time you stumble upon a medieval knight drawing a mainstream artist draws, and it will be plate armor.) It is nice to see it, even if it's not the best thing, they still tried!
As always, it is the valiance and gentlemanly nature in traditional masculinity that I find so endearing in the guy. It is not the best movie, but it is at least entertaining.
