mould countin'

carla and i braved the chill last night to go and watch a movie together. she wanted to see Passion of the Christ, but being jewish (ie a christ-killing-type-person) and not a big fan of movies with dialogue conducted solely in dead languages (aramaic? latin? subtitles? you're not serious.) or , particularly, of crucifixion, i was not really in the mood. carla was pretty determined (and i'm somewhat of a pushover) so it was somewhat fortuitous that it was sold out (incidentally, so was oh shucks i'm gatvol, which apparently has beaten out the passion in terms of SA revenue, which is very disturbing).

so after a lengthy discussion in which i summarised every one of the 11 other movies on at the multiplex (carla also waslooking a bit too hopefully at a coming attraction for a IMAX movie), we settled on Cold Mountain. which has jude law in it. it was a beautiful movie, bittersweet and delicate and perfect, but (and here's the problem), not as beautiful as jude.

the man is distracting. carla and i discussed it after the show was over (our discussion of the movie itself lasted about 45 seconds in total), and the discussion went something like this:

carla: "those eyes"
me:" those lips"
carla:" he's so beautiful. i just kept looking at him"
me:" and that scene when he was asleep, and his face was all relaxed, did you see that?"
carla:" yes, and when he had his shirt off. but those lips, he has perfect lips. i can't believe how gorgeous he is."
me:" i know, even when he's all beardy and muddy and bloody and with gaping wounds, he's still gorgeous. why are real men not like that? why ? it's not fair"
carla:"he's so beautiful. i think i've found competition for johhny (depp. another fave, but i digress). well, maybe not, but they're both tied for number one."
me:"yeah, a johnny jude sandwich sounds good>"
carla:"(laughs)oooooooh, but he is beautiful. those lips, those eyes."
me:" that butt. i was so jealous of nicole kidman-"
Carla:"- during that love scene! i know!"

well, anyway, it went on like this for a while. in the end i decided that he was so gorgeous i wanted to slap him, because it just isn't fair that a man like that exists. naughty man, jude. i think for me cold mountain will always be overshadowed by the jude.