#candyflossandsprite

[phillypies]

Community!

never seen it | need to see it | hate it | ugh | it was okay | LOVED IT | asdfghjkl

i mean it could be kinda problematic but i love it all the same omg

send me a movie/tv show/book/webseries

[sonseulsoleil]

candyflossandsprite said: Is it any good?

It's definitely worth watching. I gave it a whirl because of In Earnest--the actor who plays Benedick plays Jack on In Earnest--and I do not regret it.

The acting is on point, the writing is witty, and the chemistry between the actors is flawless. I particularly love Episode 11 (Bea and Ben simultaneously realizing how in the love they are.)

There are some weak spots. It over-uses the "crazy fangirl" trope, which bothers me a lot. It's filmed in poor quality--which granted is part of the brilliant mockumentary style (it's basically like if MAAN and The Office had a love child)--that bugs me. Hero and Claudio lack depth. Balthazar just...isn't there? BALTHYYYY.

However Benedick is a guy-liner obsessed, leather jacket wearing, musician who thinks he's so totally punk rock, but 100% just isn't. It is glorious.

It is also interesting, in my opinion, to watch different adaptations of things to see how different people interpret these characters.

[sonseulsoleil]

candyflossandsprite said: Thanks for you thoughts on it! Sounds pretty interesting. I think I might watch it sometime :) I got into In Earnest literally two days ago and I really like it. And if ‘Jack’ is in it, it would be pretty fun to see how he plays Benedick!

Oh, it is! It's really amusing to me because I'm so used to seeing him all straight laced and well mannered and polished as Jack, but as Benedick he's the complete opposite.

[phillypies]

Hi! :) Nr. 55: You can re-live any point of time in your life. The time-span can only be a half-hour, though. What half-hour of your past would you like to experience again?

thank you! haha the first thing that comes into my head is going to a harry potter exhibit at the local science museum, as the first time i hadn't read the books and didn't really how lucky i was :) (i can probably come up with wayyy more meaningful stuff, this is just the first thing i thought of!)

heyyy questions!