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I've got an unexpected few hours free and am toying with seeing an early film after work. But as there's nothing in my list I'm dying to see, I'm suffering from chronic indecision.

So what do y'all think?

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I'm leaning slightly towards Attack the Block, since the chances of it hanging around are considerably slimmer than for any of the other films, but I'm willing to be convinced otherwise.

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I used to see everything in the theatre, and I do mean everything. (The Sweetie and I hooked up in part because we were both at the local Cinematheque for every screening of a Jean-Pierre Melville retrospective. We tell everyone that French gangster films brought us together.) But the onset of arthritis in my back made double bills tough. And with Ros, I get out at most once a week, and then not always to films, so there are a growing number of films that I would totally have seen in the last five years that I just haven't.

Go you for your massive powers of persuasion. Especially convincing people that Defiance didn't have *that* much shooting. And I love the thought of The Eagle as Step Up in Roman times.

I have a feeling I'll be seeing Captain American and C&A on the movie network, because, yeah, they don't sound fab. The Sweetie saw Project Nim recently and says it's very interesting.

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The various ventures to attempt to communicate with primates was a topic I was very interested in when I was about 12, and I think Project Nim is going to break my heart (it had already been massively discredited when I was reading about this stuff and barely got a mention in the books I read except as an example of how not to do it), that's why I need to see 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' - because it's a fantasy narrative of a somewhat similar case where the ape ends up TAKING OVER THE DAMN PLANET and that will make me feel better *nods*

Randomly, did you ever see this post I did? (http://takethatslash.livejournal.com/24527.html) - I mention it because of the pictures (I'm currently trying to get together a birthday fic and seeking inspiration and found it)

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The fact that I reckoned Project Nim would break my heart into tiny pieces played a role in me not prioritizing seeing it. But I'll probably watch it at some point. The Sweetie says it is heart breaking in sections, but it also doesn't overly sentimentalize Nim himself, which makes it even more interesting.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes has me intrigued, not least for the reason you've given.

And no, I hadn't seen that post!!! I've been working my way through both the takethatslash and markiewhumpers archives, but haven't come close to exhausting them. (I have to admit I spent a good week going through all the fic on Markie Whumpers tagged as rentboy!mark. ::hangs head in shame::)

But going back to your post, YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!!! Everything you said is totally true. Especially the thing about them looking like rent boys. ::hangs head in shame again. sort of. well, if they will give us the visual reference for what they'd look like a rent boys, they have no one to blame but themselves::

Also, that bonus pic cenea posted is awesome. I hadn't seen it before.

And they donated their M&S fee to Children in Need?! Yes, they are in fact the nicest boys in the history of niceness.