Randominity

Serenity leaves two out of the remaining three theaters it was playing in tonight, so I went to pay my last respects at one of those theaters. I went alone this time. And this time, I cried. I let myself suffer from Return of the King syndrome: I anticipate the tear-jerking and work myself up so I end up crying before the bad thing even happens, just so that I can get it out of my system. I do this because the actual event doesn't allow me enough time to get through the tears part, and there isn't much worse than gearing up for a nice little cry and then not being able to squeeze the tears out. You just end up with a lump in your throat and an ache in your chest, and that sucks. But I was kind of bummed for the rest of the movie.

All that said, I really like [Serenity in 2000 words or less]. It's so true that the first time I watched it, I relaxed after Book died. I had sort of..... I had a hunch that it was going to be Zoe or Wash, just from the vibe I was getting from some people. But I still wasn't sure, so while watching, I maintained a sort of emotional distance so I wouldn't be too crushed when "it" happened. Then Book died and I DID think, "oh, WHEW." Not that I was happy or anything (and Mal almost crying was hard enough to watch), but at LEAST it wasn't, you know. Zoe, or Wash, or Simon. Or Kaylee! Or, you know, Inara.

And then, well, yeah. And then, THEN, like, Kaylee gets shot in the neck with those darts, and I'm like "....!!!" and then Simon gets shot, and I'm like "!!!!!!!!" And at that point I totally thought, "holy shit, who isn't he going to kill?" (Sean Maher did the "shot in the gut" thing so marvellously, uh, not that I know anybody who's been shot in the gut, but, um. I should finally make that post I've been mentally composing about me and men and vulnerability, huh?)

Anyway, good times, good times. At least I don't have a crying headache. Will now cut some more footage for the fanvid and turn in early-ish.