Rickmanis interruptus

[firecat]

Sat down to watch Truly Madly Deeply with my OH. First time either of us has seen it. I was getting really into it, not just because I'm a slobbering Rickman fan (tho' I admit to that), but because it was seeming like a really interesting, intense movie. In fact I was getting into an emotional state I haven't felt in months and months and I've rather missed.

Uh oh -- OH isn't getting into it. Finally about 45 minutes into the movie he stops it and says he can't watch any more. I ask if he minds if I continue watching it on my own. He says I can if I want but he'd rather I didn't. I decide that since I'm going out of town tomorrow and we won't see each other for almost two weeks, I should spend time with OH instead of finishing the movie. But arrgghhh! it was really uncomfortable to thump unceremoniously out of that emotional state.

Comments

[therealjae.livejournal.com]

Did he say why he didn't want you to finish watching?

-J

[firecat]

He didn't give much detail, but he didn't have to. It's just a kind of movie he doesn't like, and fortunately I figured that out before he decided to stop watching, so it wasn't a complete surprise. (I could describe the kind of movie he doesn't like, but that might involve spoilers.)

[therealjae.livejournal.com]

Heh. Written and directed by Anthony Minghella! I know this movie. ;-)

But what I actually asked was not why he didn't want to keep watching, but why he didn't want YOU to keep watching.

-J

[firecat]

Oh, duh.

'Cos I was going away the next day, and then the day after I get back he's going away for a few days, so it would be a while before we saw each other again. We historically haven't done a lot of traveling away from each other.

[therealjae.livejournal.com]

Ah, okay, gotcha.

-J