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Helena Bonham Carter Continues Her Campaign To Batsh*t Her Way Into My Heart

By Joanna Robinson | Posted Under Pajiba Love | Comments (44)

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Many thanks to Dustin for covering the P. Love beat while I was off applying to the Werner Herzog School of Film. You can too! (IndieWire)

This phenomenal tumblr ought to have you cringing in your cubes, ducking at your desks and cowering in the conference room. It’s the gaping maw of nature, and it’s coming to get you, Barbara. (Nature Wants To Eat You)

You can listen to the Childish Gambino (a.k.a. “Community“‘s Donald Glover) for freesies over at NPR. I’m sorry, he’s funnier AND sexier than Alison Brie. YOU HEARD ME. (NPR)

Check out the inventive James Hance’s Lost Boys/Peter Pan mash-up. Wendy Darling’s looking pretty fly. (James Hance Geek Tyrant)

The “Consider” campaigns have started in earnest. (You remember Melissa Leo’s, right?) Nathaniel from TFE takes you through the Harry Potter “Consider” booklet he just received. It’s deliciously over the top. (TheFilmExperience)

Speaking of deliciously over the top, here’s the first look at Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham in Great Expectations. With apologies to Bellatrix Lestrange and Lucy Honeychurch, this was clearly the role HBC was born to play. (Cinema Blend)

I delighted in these Dia De Los Muertos Star Wars paintings. (Etsy)
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Speaking of honoring the dead, Chuck Klosterman has an unusual tribute to Andy Rooney over on Grantland. Rooney passed away at the age of 92. That’s roughly 48,387,286.5 minutes. (Grantland)

The Other Greg sent me this very thorough examination of 13 Film Poster trends. They missed my favorite…the face-off. (Oh No They Didn’t)

But a key player in that Film Poster article is the scowling, glowering face of Leonardo DiCaprio. Here’s a chart of the complete gamut of DiCapriomotions. (Uproxx)

The talented Joel Walden has put together a supercut of Tarantino movies. It’s a pop homage to the master of pop homages.

Finally, advertising can be supremely confusing. I’m not sure what’s being sold here. Chocolate? The Olympics? Patriotism? Whatever it is, I’m buying.









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Hey, how are Irina, hippyherb , severine, elisamaza,Luis, lillie, mex, jmd, eliza, marie, Socraz6, zach, MyBuddyKeith, and ArchaeoKelly, molly’s lips, jayem, Neon, Bothari, and these people who are not technically lurkers Bob Frapples, TheEmpress, phedre, today?

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at November 7, 2011 1:11 PM

Well, considering it's Monday and my staff keep springing surprise appointments on me, not too bad. And yourself, Mrs. J?

Posted by: jmd at November 7, 2011 1:22 PM

See, we lurkers really do read the comments!

Posted by: jmd at November 7, 2011 1:23 PM

I could do without the vertigo, but the Dramamine is helping.

You have a staff? Lurkers are so fancy!

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at November 7, 2011 1:25 PM

Oh we lurkers read them. This particular lurker reads all of them and has been doing so since Pajiba was a baby. I'm doing well this morning Mrs. J, despite my 18 month old waking up at 5 a.m. because her sleep schedule was screwed all to pieces because of the dumb ass concept of daylight savings time. And how are you and the doorknobs today?

Posted by: lillie at November 7, 2011 1:29 PM

And someone needs to note that the Le Creuset dutch oven Ina Garten just used costs roughly $500.(I'm working from home.)

More on topic: I liked Helena Bonham-Carter as Miss Havisham, but I wasn't so pleased about the non-period appropriate dress. Was she left at the altar in the 18th century?

I've just learned that there is a dating service called Great Expectations. Does that strike anyone else as not a great choice?

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at November 7, 2011 1:31 PM

The doorknobs are safe (for the moment).

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at November 7, 2011 1:32 PM

Lurkers are adorable, and we love them. Even the fancy ones with staff.

I'm home deathly ill today, but I have risen from my sickbed for a quick Pajiba read. Now, to the Nyquil!

Posted by: MM at November 7, 2011 1:33 PM

I haven't been lurking so much as haven't really had anything pithy to say.

Oh and welcome to our corner of FB, all of the above! If you can find me, I'll add you.

Posted by: Green Lantern at November 7, 2011 1:44 PM

That tumblr actually had me shaking a little. Once I got to the terrifying bug mosnter sitting inside the mouth of the terrifying fish monster, I closed the tab. Y'all, even Disney can't rescue that hell-reject.

Posted by: Donut Plains at November 7, 2011 2:01 PM

And I totally just heard the Batman noise/jingle (with the spinning bat signal) when I read MM's "Now, to the Nyquil!"

Posted by: NateS1973 at November 7, 2011 2:02 PM

Mrs. Julien, I think you are officially Mama 'Jiba.

Posted by: Donut Plains at November 7, 2011 2:02 PM

Mrs. Julie:

I have two of those dutch ovens. My mother, in a surprisingly uncharacteristic move, bought them for me in a shop in our local town that was going out of business and had marked everything 80-90% off. She knew they would be the first to go so she asked the staff to hold them until she could get in to buy them. None of my sisters wanted them so I took both and checked them in my luggage coming back to the US.

Posted by: PaddyDog at November 7, 2011 2:09 PM

Apparently the "n" on my keyboard is on a work to rule order today.

Posted by: PaddyDog at November 7, 2011 2:10 PM

Also, Mrs Julien: Although Great Expectations was published in the 1860s, it is set in the beginning of the story in 1812 so given the fact that Miss Havisham was jilted many years prior to the beginning of the novel, I think her costume is appropriate to the style she would have been wearing for the wedding.

Posted by: PaddyDog at November 7, 2011 2:14 PM

It's odd that I can confirm the price of that dutch oven. I have spent far more time in the Le Creuset outlet in the last two months than one would expect of a bachelor who mostly cooks stir fry.

Posted by: lubeg at November 7, 2011 2:15 PM

I smell lilacs!

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at November 7, 2011 2:18 PM

Also just popping in for a quick hello to all you Pajibans. I actually have a day off today and that Cadbury's video just motivated me to get the hell of the couch and do some running. See you when I'm back!

Posted by: Phedre at November 7, 2011 2:31 PM

Is it just me who's a little apprehensive about HBC as Miss Havisham? That's cool. I'm not full-out against it. Just skeptical. I fucking loved that book.

Posted by: A-schaef at November 7, 2011 2:34 PM

PaddyDog I checked the publication date (what? you don't sometimes check things before you post), but not when it was set. Even so, the skirt looked a little too laser cut for my taste. I'm probably saying that just to save face.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at November 7, 2011 2:40 PM

A-schaef:

It's not just you. HBC suits some parts (Honeychurch) but I think she has a really limited range. I'm not sure she's capable of bringing the bitterness of Havisham to life without making it seem too obvious too soon. It should take a while to understand how much of a villain Havisham has become. Tilda Swinton would have been a much better choice but since HBC can just wear her own clothes on set I suppose they decided to save money that way.

Posted by: PaddyDog at November 7, 2011 2:49 PM

Mrs. Julien:

With this crowd? Hell, not only do I check things before posting, I call up the reference department at The Bodleian and have them verify my information and then I double check that against the National Archive's original copies. Not checking is like issuing a invitation to be eaten alive by locusts while swinging upside down from ones short and curlys.

Posted by: PaddyDog at November 7, 2011 2:53 PM

There SHOULD be a dating website called "Lowered Expectations." That would be much more accurate. Back when SNL was funny, they hit that right on the head.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 7, 2011 2:57 PM

Am I the only one bugged by the swimmer's peudo-synch to the music in that "British People Get Reservedly Psyched for The Olympics" video?

Her pace is a scooch off the tempo, yet by cutting in short shots with her stroke synched on a downbeat, it looks as if she were.

(Doesn't everybody jut see stuff like this? Anybody? No? Well, I am happy and sad for you.)

Posted by: BierceAmbrose at November 7, 2011 3:00 PM

HEY MRS. JULIEN!!
Nice of you to be so welcoming!
I love the Tarantino video. I haven't seen Pulp Fiction in a while and now I'm itching to!!
And as much as I want to like Donald Glover (mostly because I want to believe that he is an extension of his 'Troy' persona) I really cannot take the pretentious rapping. It isn't even very good. Just a lot of "hos" and "bitches" and not a lot of creativity. Maybe he should just stick to acting. He's really good at that.
P.S. Alison Brie is hotter :P

Posted by: severine at November 7, 2011 3:01 PM

"That’s roughly 48,387,286.5 minutes."

Yeah, but what's that equal in Kardashian? (insert overused rimshot)

Posted by: Skitz at November 7, 2011 3:03 PM

Loved that seal photo.

I got that Harry Potter "For your consideration..." book as well and found it just as ridiculous. So ridiculous, in fact, that I considered sharing it all over the Internet but was way too lazy to embark on the project. (I might have been more motivated had I seen the film.) Anyway, I guess it's good to see I wasn't alone in that impulse.

Posted by: DarthCorleone at November 7, 2011 3:08 PM

LindsEy: Lowered Expectations was actually on Mad TV.

(Only correcting to be an ass because of the funny "fact-checking" convo going on above you.)

Posted by: becks at November 7, 2011 3:10 PM

I assume Lower Expectations would get a lot of competition from MeHarmony though. A positive message will do that for you.

Posted by: Socrates_Johnson at November 7, 2011 3:11 PM

I still sing the Lowered Expectations jingle in my head when I see wildly mismatched couples. My favourite was the drunk guy who danced for his whole tape singing "Look at whatcha got." Great sketch.

Posted by: becks at November 7, 2011 3:19 PM

My God, you are right. How unlike me, giving SNL credit for things they did not do.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 7, 2011 3:36 PM

Don't be crude, Skitz.

Posted by: Ghisent at November 7, 2011 3:37 PM

I'm probably not a lurker anymore, but I probably should be.

Posted by: Amanda6 at November 7, 2011 4:23 PM

Oh my God, that harry Potter "For Your Consideration" pamphlet thing was embarrassing for everyone involved!!
It was a good movie but for God's sake it wasn't anything exceptional.

Posted by: severine at November 7, 2011 4:35 PM

"Lowered Expectations." the one funny skit MadTv ever did.

I wanna see the HBC pictures. I'm only getting a page not found. I love her crazy and was hoping for something spectacular.

(I slipped in a new link, Brooke, hopefully it should work better!--JR)

Posted by: Brooke at November 7, 2011 4:54 PM

Thank you! I was not disappointed.

Posted by: Brooke at November 7, 2011 6:17 PM

Hi, Mrs. Julian! Late to the party, but having a good time.
I think James Hance might be my soul mate. Wookie the Chew and now The Lost Boys? So awesome!

Posted by: Bob Frapples at November 7, 2011 6:31 PM

Hello. Happy Monday.
I s'pose I'm mostly a lurker too, though I try and comment about once a day.

I think pretty much every one of those Leo faces looks like a "who farted" face.

HBC is at her best when she isn't doing a Tim Burton movie, and when she is doing a period piece, so I am optimistic.

I have now decided to film a documentary on something-or-another using the built in video camera on my cell phone so I can apply to than Werner Herzog seminar. Clearly this plan will work out for me.

Also, I think Deathly Hallows Part II has certainly been one of the 10 best movies to come out so far this year, but I think that says more about the caliber of movies that have been coming out lately than it does about DHP2 being particularly brilliant. (I did love it, but I am a huge nerd.)

Posted by: DominaNefret at November 7, 2011 6:50 PM

Mrs. Julien, I think it's the netting that's throwing HBC's look off. It looks like cheap nylon netting. Not exactly late 1700-early 1800 appropriate. Other than that, the costume is ok, I guess.

I managed to check out the first page of Nature Wants To Eat You, but couldn't go any further for fear there would be spiders. However, the fish with the louse for a tongue? The louse didn't bother me half as much as the fact that fish has HUMAN TEETH! What is a FISH doing with HUMAN TEETH? That will haunt my nightmares.

Posted by: natalie at November 7, 2011 7:19 PM

I didn't like Deathly Hallows part 2 in the least. Too many scenes where we're assumed to have read the books, not just seen the first 5 movies. Too many contemplative scenes of Harry feeling depressed. Too much dark filter, though not as bad as part 1. Too much slo-mo and Malicky scene drinks used in place of real acting and real directing.

Posted by: Protoguy at November 7, 2011 8:44 PM

And that louse is the single most creepifying thing I've seen all year

Posted by: Protoguy at November 7, 2011 8:44 PM

I'm thinking of lurking for awhile (like, oh, two days, a few hours and some minutes) and then delurking, just to get a big how-de-do welcome from Mrs. Julien, who for some reason I envision as looking like the lovely Judith Martin.

Posted by: , at November 8, 2011 1:07 AM

Thank you for the warm welcome, Mrs. Julien! Procrastination is the name of my game today (which is how I found pajiba in the first place!)

Posted by: molly's lips at November 8, 2011 2:59 AM

Hi Mrs Julien. It is 5.30 am here and it is hot and muggy, so i am dreading going to work. Other than that, all is good. thanks for asking.

Posted by: hippyherb at November 8, 2011 1:39 PM