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mimesereA vid.
What it means to be Commodore James Norrington.
http://www.ourfallenwords.com/mimesere/commodore2.wmv
http://www.exp626.net/vids/commodore2.wmv
Hosted by the magnificentthemagdalene, who is kindness itself.
And if that doesn't work then...well. I shall hand out another url. But the .wmv is much nicer, despite the mysterious line. 'cause like, Elizabeth's head doesn't look like it has a giant growth on it.
What it means to be Commodore James Norrington.
http://www.exp626.net/vids/commodore2.wmv
Hosted by the magnificent
themagdalene, who is kindness itself.And if that doesn't work then...well. I shall hand out another url. But the .wmv is much nicer, despite the mysterious line. 'cause like, Elizabeth's head doesn't look like it has a giant growth on it.
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Date: 2004-02-07 09:12 pm (UTC)OOOOOOH.
*is in love*
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Date: 2004-02-08 10:37 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-08 10:44 pm (UTC)Norrington is a bittersweet character and I love him to pieces.
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Date: 2004-02-07 09:53 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-08 10:50 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-02-07 10:57 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-08 10:51 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-02-07 11:33 pm (UTC)It all haunts, there are so many clever choices with the cutting and the juxtaposition. I especially like the ending, because the attack on the Dauntless really really is horrible and inside the cave there's the big swashbuckling revenge-fight with the wisecracking and the one-liners and the sassiness and meanwhile pirates are slaughtering the navy. And so Jack gets his moment of triumph, but that same moment is something else up on the ship and Norrington's sword is all bloody and there's no gloating or victory in his eyes, just fear and sadness, and it's such a little moment but your brought it to the fore here really well and I'm babbling but this video is wonderfulperfectGREAT and you deserve a whole bucket of strawberries and mulberries and raspberries and other yummy things.
And you showed what a marvellous leader he is, too, which is something the movie treats as the wind-up to the joke of Sparrow's constant escapes. So, yay for badass Norrington!
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Date: 2004-02-08 11:09 pm (UTC)I wanted to show the character that we love so much, 'cause he's...there's one thing in saying that he's a good man and there's another thing entirely in *showing* it. And *word* to the tragic, violent, horrifying, lonely, and melancholy things about the movie. Because it's all there, but it's buried in the middle of the swashbuckley swordfight, as you say, and oh, just. I really love your brain a lot.
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Date: 2004-02-07 11:50 pm (UTC)*applauds*
thanks so much for sharing :D
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Date: 2004-02-08 11:35 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-02-07 11:52 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-08 11:41 pm (UTC)properly awed
Date: 2004-02-08 12:29 am (UTC)before i watched the vid, i was thinking "YES! now this would show all those folks out there who had misunderstood him all along "What it means to be Commodore James Norrington."
after i watched it, i realized even i hadn't really understood it, and i call myself a 'shipper?.. i am greatly humbled by your insightful work. what mary said above is so right on. i think when i was watching the movie, i was, like most of the audience, desensitized to the carnage aboard the Dauntless. we were removed from the desperation he must've felt right there and then, just the way disney wanted it, because he wasn't the main character here.. but you bring justice to this; you show us how he must have truly felt - alone, even amidst so many fellow soldiers, because of the responsibility and the lives of those men he shouldered.
you are brilliant!
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Date: 2004-02-09 09:16 am (UTC)And he flat out *says* what he's all about with the whole "I serve others, not only myself" line and oh, I just love him to itty itty bits.
And thank you :)
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Date: 2004-02-08 01:44 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-09 09:16 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-02-08 02:54 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-09 09:18 am (UTC)Or, well, not secret. But I love him to bits! as should all right thinking people.
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Date: 2004-02-08 06:06 am (UTC)You did it - love the shots for "the fourth, the fifth", love it all.
Lonely, quiet, brutal, hopeful, resolute: It's him, and it's you, and it's beautiful.
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Date: 2004-02-09 09:22 am (UTC)*cuddle*
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Date: 2004-02-08 07:21 am (UTC)You've done him proud.
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Date: 2004-02-09 09:22 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-02-08 10:13 am (UTC)*salutes* You bring people together with your magic fic-vids! Magicalness!
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Date: 2004-02-09 09:24 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-02-08 10:19 am (UTC)James! His duty weighs so heavily!!!!
::sobs::
::runs to pimp::
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Date: 2004-02-09 09:25 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-02-08 10:36 am (UTC)Have you made any other vids or do you have site I can check out? Do you have any other PotC vids that you recommend me watching?
Amazing job. Love it. Thank you for sharing it with all of us.
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Date: 2004-02-09 09:29 am (UTC)Um. I have made one other vid (Firefly, to "Man of Constant Sorrow"), but it's not up anymore because I was hosting it on earthlink and I'm still not sure what their policy about bandwidth is.
And as for PotC vids...I *highly* recommend Walk the Walk (http://www.purplebrickroad.net/) by Beth. There's a bit of navigating to do, but it's worth it.
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Date: 2004-02-08 10:48 am (UTC)Heartbreaking, and the clips you chose both illustrate and enhance the emotions of the music beautifully.
Thank you.
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Date: 2004-02-09 09:30 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-02-08 10:49 am (UTC)I was so utterly moved by your video. The words of the song and the moments of the film you chose were just amazing. This almost brought tears to my eyes. It makes me recal everything it is that I love about dear, angsty Norrington.
Thank you so much for making this beautiful vid. It made my day entirely.
And simply because of your amazing talent and NOrry love, I'd like to get to know you. Would it be alright if I friended you?
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Date: 2004-02-09 09:33 am (UTC)And it's perfectly all right if you friend me, as long as you don't mind random inanity and happy noises about marching bands at the Grammys :)
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Date: 2004-02-08 10:58 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-09 09:35 am (UTC)And thank you.
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Date: 2004-02-08 11:28 am (UTC)From an emotional perspective, asd9eroarhia;faref90 r3u92q05nhf;s.
MY POOR JAMIE! *wail*
Ahem. Thank you for sharing this.
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Date: 2004-02-09 09:35 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2004-02-09 09:38 am (UTC)He's an incredibly easy character to love.
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Date: 2004-02-08 12:05 pm (UTC)*loves*
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Date: 2004-02-09 09:38 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-02-08 12:22 pm (UTC)...
My heart was just breaking throughout that and despite how pathetic this may sound, I had tears in my eyes. I love Norrington to death, and I thank you from the bottom of me piratey heart for making this.
<333
Cami
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Date: 2004-02-09 09:42 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-02-08 12:50 pm (UTC)*standing ovation*
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