I actually wrote out several long-ass drafts for posts on different topics before running out of ideas and giving up out of sheer frustration - nothing seemed to work out the way I wanted it to. I couldn't even think of a title for this post. So while I get my shit together and rediscover the blogging mojo, here are some (mostly Batman related) things that have made me a very happy girl recently.
This masterclass cosplayer became a fully-fledged Tumblr sensation after appearing at this year's Comic Con in a ridiculously spectacular Joker costume. This is seriously beyond boss.
And because the Universe is twisted and cruel and never lets me have all the nice things, this is what professional Awesome Human Being Anthony Misiano looks like under all that makeup and fabulous bad guy swag.
O the endless sexual frustration.
Which leads me nicely into the next thing I want to talk about - The Dark Knight Rises. With a lot of pop culture street cred to uphold, I watched the movie twice in two days, and enjoyed myself thoroughly both times. The film is far from perfect - there are many flaws which I only allowed myself to acknowledge after the initial rush of OMG OMG BATMAN had subsided. But a solid cinematic experience nonetheless. I'm not going to do a proper review because other people have already done so, and far more eloquently than I could ever manage.
I will say that as far as Tom Hardy goes, I have officially left the I-Sort-Of-Vaguely-Respect-Him-As-An-Actor territory and gone into Holy-Shit-Incoherent-Babbling levels of adoration. His Bane, who could have otherwise been a fairly generic and one-note bad guy, was horrifyingly sexy, deliciously menacing, and utterly compelling and magnetic (I personally take no issue with his voice, by the way). The guy is a ridiculously underrated and incredibly intelligent actor, and he needs to be in more things, okay? Things in which we are allowed to see his entire face. Okay.
I understand that Bane's character pretty much requires him to walk around wearing a mask, but hear this Hollywood ; never again shall you take it upon yourselves to deprive us of the utter lusciousness that is Tom Hardy's face. Never again.
Just a thought, but do any of you guys find it impossible to call Joseph Gordon-Levitt anything other than his full name? I can't seem to ever refer to him, in speech or writing/type, as Joseph. Or even Gordon-Levitt. Joe is completely out of the question. JGL is an option now and then, but it feels wrong when used too much. If I were his friend I'd have his mobile number listed in my phone as 'Joseph Gordon-Levitt'. I'd be like "Hey Joseph Gordon-Levitt, wanna grab lunch tomorrow or something, Joseph Gordon-Levitt?". I wonder if even his mom is capable of calling him anything else. "No TV until you finish your homework Joseph Gordon-Levitt".
Anyway here is a video of Joseph Gordon-Levitt singing a Beatles song and being irresistibly adorable, just because he can. You go, Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
In other news, Cillian Murphy is still prettier than you. His cameo in The Dark Knight Rises was essentially perfection, just like his face.
