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Post by MarryMeOwen on Jan 19, 2009 14:08:18 GMT -5
www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20253130_3,00.html And best yet: Owen showed up to Cristina's for their date hours late and drunk. Okay, that's not really the good part. The good part starts with the fact that he brought her flowers and wore a suit. (And honestly, if a guy was so nervous that he had to get tanked to come pick me up, I might find that endearing. Of course, this might also explain a few of my dating problems.) The good part continued with Cristina telling him he needed a shower. So, of course, he headed right for hers, fully clothed. And he stood there, under the water stream, and he told her about his best surgery, something about a guy he saved who then later killed himself. It sounds sort of ridiculous, but in the hands of these two, it was masterful, riveting. And it's worth noting that Hunt is also a wonderfully nuanced depiction of a veteran. No annoying flag-waving and histrionic heroics, just a guy who somehow survived an unbelievable job, and was destroyed by it in some ways, but is still muddling through back in real life now, and still needs love. Anyway, then she stepped into the shower with him, also fully clothed. And, wow, that was good
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Post by kaz on Jan 19, 2009 18:07:21 GMT -5
Great review. I'm glad these two are getting the praise they deserve for this scene.
And as an aside, I really liked the part where Owen headed for Cristina's shower. She's opening the door to let him out and he's pensive and just goes "Right. Shower" and heads to hers. Brilliant.
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Post by marcy on Jan 19, 2009 19:59:53 GMT -5
It's so wonderful that 'the powers that be' can see the depth of talent that we clearly see! Thanks for the post.
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Post by MarryMeOwen on Jan 21, 2009 16:40:30 GMT -5
Great review. I'm glad these two are getting the praise they deserve for this scene. And as an aside, I really liked the part where Owen headed for Cristina's shower. She's opening the door to let him out and he's pensive and just goes "Right. Shower" and heads to hers. Brilliant. something else I notice, is that in "all By Myself" and in this episode, the phrase "Not here". I wonder if that is something? Before Cristina breaks down in the hall at SGH, Owen goes up behind her and says "Not here.. Here" and opens the door to the vent. Then when he takes off for her shower, she goes "Not here!" while he heads for her shower.. Something i noticed is that the emotionally charged scenes between them are usually in or around an enclosed space, like elevator, the vent, the shower. If you think of it in terms of Owen in general, mentally he's not there, except in snippets. When he can focus on one thing at a time. Maybe I'm reading too much into this but maybe there's a connection or could just be my film geek mind working over time
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