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« on: February 21, 2014, 05:47:20 AM »
Strange moment... (Joan Bennett gives less convincing scream than last ep) Liz holds face in hands, why isn't he killing me yet she must be thinking... sees werewolf isn't there, and suddenly Amy is standing right there. Chris dimly knew who she was, I guess. I like the Liz-Amy friendship we see from this point on. I like how Liz leads Amy by the hand, as if protecting her from the werewolf, when a moment ago, Liz was screaming in helpless terror, and Amy was actually doing the protecting (though she didn't realize it).
What I never liked about the acting of kid actors, back when I was a kid, was that excessive, naive open-faced-ness, the utter total earnestness, and the sing-song-iness of their delivery, though I wouldn't have phrased it that way back then. Children don't speak like that. No one I knew did. It's just how adults see kids. I don't really have this complasint about DH and ND-- they do this less than most, and they don't let it stop them from acting very well. I should be emphasizing how good their acting was, but this old complaint of mine about kids' acting in general occurred to me, so I'm posting it before I forget.
It's a nice, spontaneous conversation David and Amy have in her room, with the cameras following them as they move around the room. It's one of the most pivotal DS conversations ever. I liked David's line about Collinwood: "I guess it's the same as every other place," !!?!? In the West Wing.... David points out old Thaddeus Collins who was alive during the Civil War, whom David will get to [spoiler] be possessed by over a year later...[/spoiler] No indication of whether he actually served in the war. Note he said "was alive during the Civil War", and not "died during the Civil War"...
I like how Quentin's only tenuous link to the outside world is this telephone in somebody else's room [spoiler](his own was blocked off)[/spoiler], and as long as it stayed untouched, he was totally cut off. Amy was great, being utterly unphased by hearing Quentin's voice, though a sign of slight surprise might have been nice. Anyway, good for her!
QUENTIN!
Good for David and Amy, going instantly into paranormal researcher mode, getting out family histories, and studying the phone in a better light. Amy goes back to the West Wing a second time on her own... the end.