May 29, 2004
Drinking Longest, When All Booze Is Gone
Posted by nerdling | May 29, 2004 01:35 AM
For the record, imbibing five shots of vodka within an hour while watching all five (yes, five) hours of Pride & Prejudice isn't nearly as fun as it sounds. Sure, you get to see Colin Firth soaking wet, but that happened in Love, Actually too and nothing could save that pile of crap. Not that the particulars matter—since between the two of us, my roommate and I own the entire collection—but as far as Jane Austen adaptations go, at present I'm all about Persuasion.
Viva la vodka! I'm going to bed.
Is this some sort of drinking game? Like, when a character exhibits either pride or prejudice you down a shot? Cool!
Here's a challenge -- watch Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and drink whenever they do. Can't be done.
Posted by: Filmbrain at May 29, 2004 07:36 AM
I'm afraid I can't resist a challenge, especially when it is a challenge to my drinking abilities. Now I'll have to give it a go.
The drinking started because I was about two and a half hours in and when I realized that I have two and a half more to go, I decided that I needed to get a bit drunk to get through the rest of it. Five hours is a long fucking time, especially when you're watching a bunch of terribly repressed and snobbish Brits faff about the whole time.
Posted by: Marleigh at May 29, 2004 11:20 AM
Good luck on the game. Oh yeah, no shots -- you've gotta drink what George and Martha drink.
"Bergin and water!"
"Don't start with me, Martha!"
Long weekends are great for marathon sessions though, aren't they?
I'm having some friends over tonight to watch all four hours of Shinji Aoyama's Eureka, one of the best films of the last five years.
Posted by: Filmbrain at May 29, 2004 03:18 PM
My boyfriend and I were set to tackle the challenge last weekend, but it fell through the cracks. More to the point, we were already too drunk for most of the weekend to drive to the video store.
It is definitely on the agenda, however, and I will give a full report when the results are in.
Posted by: Marleigh at June 2, 2004 03:26 PM
