10:47 AM
Last night was a night I've been waiting for, and dreading a bit, and also totally excited for for months. The Labyrinth viewing at the Colony Theater. "Labyrinth? Dreading it?" you ask. Yes, for two reasons 1) all good things come to an end, and 2) until last week I wasn't sure if Jeni would be able to attend because of her new papoose. So that's why we took this picture at the Ferris Bueller showing, jic:
But! Dave stayed home with the baby and let us go have our fun. I thanked him a zillion times and I still don't know if he understands just how important that was to me to share it with Jeni, or if he just thinks I'm a nerd, or both;)
I left work and stopped at McDonald's for dinner <--is good for diet. As I was leaving, "Under Pressure" was playing outside. :) I got to Jeni's and, as predicted, she and Henry were wearing the required uniform. Here we are, powerful, perfect triplets:
And Jeni lent me some Mary Janes so we could properly show off our Toby socks:
At the theater I hugged teh poster. Love, no?:
They promoted this movie hardcore. I got so many emails and bulletins about "Like David Bowie?? Then come see Labyrinth!" We were happily surprised to walk in to hear they were pumping the Ziggy Stardust album through the speakers. And the theater was packed. Like 4/5 full. Never seen it like that. It was awesome to see how many local fans of Labyrinth there are. After some retro trailers including Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Ernest Goes to Jail, we got down to the good stuff with explosive applause from the audience.
David Bowie's name got several whoops but Jennifer Connelly's got whistles and howls and one deafening "HOTTT!!!" hahaha! My camera was getting on my nuh-herves so I relied on Jeni's talents for photo-takings. She totally delivered with shots of every excellent Jareth part. Here is his grand, glittery entrance that henceforth opens up the glitter vaults on the whole movie:
Then the side-lit scene in the tunnel obscenely displaying David Bowie's area got hella laughter and rowrs:
The acid peach induced ballroom fantasy scene is my favorite. I didn't tell Jeni what I hoped she would capture, but she must have been in my head because she got it. This look=swoon:
After the scene someone let out a nasty fart/Bog of Eternal Stench sound that broke us all out of our love trance, bwahaha. Lots of laughter during the goblin battle and then it was on to Jeni's favorite scene, the "Within You" scene. She sighed a long sigh and put her head on my shoulder. Heehee:) This brought us to the final confrontation and the stupidstupidstupid line from Sarah that we all know is coming but still always hope will somehow be miraculously changed. With the final confrontation brings a final change of costume for Jareth (Ziggy4Life) and the most revealing tights thusfar. Pandemonium. So funny. And then there's his pleading with her to stay and Jeni and I always mutter "Don't say it!" under our breath. Poor boy, we would stay:
Labyrinth would probably be permanently sad if they didn't have the uplifting party at the end from which Jeni took this photo of Sir Didymus:
"I say, does anybody want to play a game of Scrabble?" heehee
It was a delightful evening. And I hear they might have a midnight showing of it sometime. Guess who's going;)
All photos here. Watch the movie in eleven parts here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.
But! Dave stayed home with the baby and let us go have our fun. I thanked him a zillion times and I still don't know if he understands just how important that was to me to share it with Jeni, or if he just thinks I'm a nerd, or both;)I left work and stopped at McDonald's for dinner <--is good for diet. As I was leaving, "Under Pressure" was playing outside. :) I got to Jeni's and, as predicted, she and Henry were wearing the required uniform. Here we are, powerful, perfect triplets:
And Jeni lent me some Mary Janes so we could properly show off our Toby socks:At the theater I hugged teh poster. Love, no?:They promoted this movie hardcore. I got so many emails and bulletins about "Like David Bowie?? Then come see Labyrinth!" We were happily surprised to walk in to hear they were pumping the Ziggy Stardust album through the speakers. And the theater was packed. Like 4/5 full. Never seen it like that. It was awesome to see how many local fans of Labyrinth there are. After some retro trailers including Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Ernest Goes to Jail, we got down to the good stuff with explosive applause from the audience.David Bowie's name got several whoops but Jennifer Connelly's got whistles and howls and one deafening "HOTTT!!!" hahaha! My camera was getting on my nuh-herves so I relied on Jeni's talents for photo-takings. She totally delivered with shots of every excellent Jareth part. Here is his grand, glittery entrance that henceforth opens up the glitter vaults on the whole movie:Then the side-lit scene in the tunnel obscenely displaying David Bowie's area got hella laughter and rowrs:The acid peach induced ballroom fantasy scene is my favorite. I didn't tell Jeni what I hoped she would capture, but she must have been in my head because she got it. This look=swoon:After the scene someone let out a nasty fart/Bog of Eternal Stench sound that broke us all out of our love trance, bwahaha. Lots of laughter during the goblin battle and then it was on to Jeni's favorite scene, the "Within You" scene. She sighed a long sigh and put her head on my shoulder. Heehee:) This brought us to the final confrontation and the stupidstupidstupid line from Sarah that we all know is coming but still always hope will somehow be miraculously changed. With the final confrontation brings a final change of costume for Jareth (Ziggy4Life) and the most revealing tights thusfar. Pandemonium. So funny. And then there's his pleading with her to stay and Jeni and I always mutter "Don't say it!" under our breath. Poor boy, we would stay:Labyrinth would probably be permanently sad if they didn't have the uplifting party at the end from which Jeni took this photo of Sir Didymus:"I say, does anybody want to play a game of Scrabble?" heeheeIt was a delightful evening. And I hear they might have a midnight showing of it sometime. Guess who's going;)
All photos here. Watch the movie in eleven parts here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.
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March 21, 2008 2:12:00 PM EDT �
you guys are too awesome!! i want to see that baby in a close up of that shirt! glad to hear you guys had a great time!!
March 23, 2008 6:38:00 PM EDT �
Yay for Henry for being so cooperative and coming two weeks early! Allowed me just enough time for recovery so we were able to have our night out, hooray. :)
Dude, I love that picture of the three of us. I just can't believe how cute we are. We should send that to the person on Cafe Press who made the shirts. And hello, thanks SO much for the T-shirt, I LOVE IT!!!
I love the fact that we wear the same shoe size. :)
I can't believe there's an "area" website - too funny for words.
Gobs of Glitter, yes?
That look does = swoon. xoxoxo
Henry made some "bog of eternal stench" noises today!
Man, my pics do look pretty good on your post - happy happy!
I would do it again any time, punkin. You's my favorite to hang out and watch DB with. :)
xoxoox
March 23, 2008 9:48:00 PM EDT �
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3
:D
Email sent:)
March 24, 2008 12:58:00 PM EDT �
You are too funny, it looks like you both had a great time. :-)
March 31, 2008 1:40:00 PM EDT �
Um, so that guy who yelled "HOT!" at JC? Yeah, that was my pal Andy. Pre-show, he was talking about how greatly he esteems her as an actress but only because she's done a lot of nude scenes. Apparently his favorite is from The Hot Spot. Boy, do I need new friends.
I now have a live bookmark to your blog so I can keep up to date on any exciting Bowie-related news you might have. I don't blog on this website, but registered so I could read others' blogs. I blog occasionally (irregularly, really) on MySpace (feel free to add me!): http://www.myspace.com/helenaqueenofscots
April 1, 2008 1:32:00 PM EDT �
The "acid peach induced ballroom fantasy scene" is my favorite too! Even as a seven-year-old, I had the good sense to wish I was that particular Sarah.
David Bowie's protruding area on the big screen would be mind-boggling indeed....