I have nothing against Anne Hathaway or James McAvoy, but I found "Becoming Jane" boring. I spent the entire movie watching for Anna and saying, "Poor, sweet, awkward Wisley - well, at least you get Billie Piper."
I liked the beginning, but then it just started to fall apart; it's like they were afraid to actually go for SWEEPING romance. Ah, I have Billie's other work waiting to watch. I'm doing my rewatches and THEN I'm diving into all of the Piper/Eccleston/Tennant/Tate other work.
"I LOVE the dorky, goofy moments because it comes across as if THAT is who the personality of this Doctor truly is, but the horror of what happened to him has dimmed that, so when that comes out -- more and more, thanks to Rose"
YES! Nine is so crushed and defeated, and Rose rebuilds him slowly.
She really does. It's partially her youth, but also I think the way she DOES flirt with him, and those moments where she DOES treat him like a "man" worth wanting and having. It all worked to build him back up.
I forget who it was who said that Rose made Ten. Ten's openness, Ten's smiles, Ten's more joking behavior - to me, at least, it was a product of Rose's being with him before, particularly so soon after the Time War and regeneration.
A few people have said it, but I know some Nine purists get upset at the notion (as if it demeans Nine, and makes Rose shallow for wanting a pretty boy?!), but I see it as a wonderfully romantic thing, personally.
I love David Tennant, I do, and I've seen some of his non-"Who" work, but I'm not sure he could have pulled off the tortured Nine as well as Eccleston did.
Right, I agree. But then, Eccleston really is in that rare class of actor who can pretty much pull off ANYTHING. I'd put him up there with Ralph Fiennes, Gary Oldman, etc. And that's HIGH, HIGH praise coming from me. (Fiennes is my favorite actor ... period.)
I really had trouble with the scene in "Christmas Invasion" where the Doctor allows the Racnoss' Empress's babies to be flooded to death. I suppose the idea was both fear and sorrow while Donna screaming for the Doctor to stop while Ten has no sympathy, that it's to be a moment where the viewers is slightly frightened by this dark side of the Doctor while feeling sympathy for all that has brought that darkness, but I just couldn't feel it.
"The Runaway Bride," you mean. I dunno, I don't remember having a problem with it, because I did feel sorry for him, but I was thinking 'oh, noes, he's lost Rose and he's falling apart!!' so I was all caught up in the tortured romance of it. I know, I know, I need help.
By contrast, when Nine started torturing the Dalek, it was a bit freaky; but when Rose confronts him at the end, he says, "Oh, Rose - they're all dead!" I just wanted to run over and hug him.
Hmm, see I love Eccleston (you know that), but that wasn't one of my favorite line readings by him. It wasn't bad or off by any stretch, it just didn't reach out and grab me (like the earlier stuff in that episode had for instance). I did want to hug him, but thinking on it, comparatively, I don't think we were supposed to get the same reaction. I think it was supposed to be more like his reaction to Cassandra in TEoftW. And I didn't feel much sympathy for Nine there. I dunno, I'll have to see where I'm coming from where I do the rewatch-review of TRB.
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Date: 2008-08-27 01:07 pm (UTC)I liked the beginning, but then it just started to fall apart; it's like they were afraid to actually go for SWEEPING romance. Ah, I have Billie's other work waiting to watch. I'm doing my rewatches and THEN I'm diving into all of the Piper/Eccleston/Tennant/Tate other work.
"I LOVE the dorky, goofy moments because it comes across as if THAT is who the personality of this Doctor truly is, but the horror of what happened to him has dimmed that, so when that comes out -- more and more, thanks to Rose"
YES! Nine is so crushed and defeated, and Rose rebuilds him slowly.
She really does. It's partially her youth, but also I think the way she DOES flirt with him, and those moments where she DOES treat him like a "man" worth wanting and having. It all worked to build him back up.
I forget who it was who said that Rose made Ten. Ten's openness, Ten's smiles, Ten's more joking behavior - to me, at least, it was a product of Rose's being with him before, particularly so soon after the Time War and regeneration.
A few people have said it, but I know some Nine purists get upset at the notion (as if it demeans Nine, and makes Rose shallow for wanting a pretty boy?!), but I see it as a wonderfully romantic thing, personally.
I love David Tennant, I do, and I've seen some of his non-"Who" work, but I'm not sure he could have pulled off the tortured Nine as well as Eccleston did.
Right, I agree. But then, Eccleston really is in that rare class of actor who can pretty much pull off ANYTHING. I'd put him up there with Ralph Fiennes, Gary Oldman, etc. And that's HIGH, HIGH praise coming from me. (Fiennes is my favorite actor ... period.)
I really had trouble with the scene in "Christmas Invasion" where the Doctor allows the Racnoss' Empress's babies to be flooded to death. I suppose the idea was both fear and sorrow while Donna screaming for the Doctor to stop while Ten has no sympathy, that it's to be a moment where the viewers is slightly frightened by this dark side of the Doctor while feeling sympathy for all that has brought that darkness, but I just couldn't feel it.
"The Runaway Bride," you mean. I dunno, I don't remember having a problem with it, because I did feel sorry for him, but I was thinking 'oh, noes, he's lost Rose and he's falling apart!!' so I was all caught up in the tortured romance of it. I know, I know, I need help.
By contrast, when Nine started torturing the Dalek, it was a bit freaky; but when Rose confronts him at the end, he says, "Oh, Rose - they're all dead!" I just wanted to run over and hug him.
Hmm, see I love Eccleston (you know that), but that wasn't one of my favorite line readings by him. It wasn't bad or off by any stretch, it just didn't reach out and grab me (like the earlier stuff in that episode had for instance). I did want to hug him, but thinking on it, comparatively, I don't think we were supposed to get the same reaction. I think it was supposed to be more like his reaction to Cassandra in TEoftW. And I didn't feel much sympathy for Nine there. I dunno, I'll have to see where I'm coming from where I do the rewatch-review of TRB.