http://ambival.net/movies/spice-world Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:46:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://ambival.net/movies/spice-world/comment-page-1#comment-562 Ambival.net » Movies » Geri Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:43:09 +0000 http://ambival.net/?p=676#comment-562 [...] I’ve actually found myself wondering frequently over the past year what it is I love so much about Geri. I loved her last album and I felt downright hurt by her appearance in the abominable Fat Slags. But outside of watching Spiceworld: The Movie at the end of last year, I’ve barely even thought of her at all, aside from, as I said, why it was there was a time I used to love her so much. This documentary really captures that conflicted feeling – ‘cos for all the energy she is able to exude, it’s evident on almost every frame how lonely and sad and longing to be loved she is, how she’s able to ‘play’ confident and ‘play’ outgoing but she retreats so easily into herself at the drop of a hat. In short, I fell in love with her all over again and – I’m sure I’m not alone – by the end of the movie all I wanted to do was hug her (shut up, I’m being serious here – not to say she isn’t stunning to look at). That after-movie activity being unavailable to me, I might just stick some Spice Girls and Geri stuff on my iPod this weekend. [...] [...] I’ve actually found myself wondering frequently over the past year what it is I love so much about Geri. I loved her last album and I felt downright hurt by her appearance in the abominable Fat Slags. But outside of watching Spiceworld: The Movie at the end of last year, I’ve barely even thought of her at all, aside from, as I said, why it was there was a time I used to love her so much. This documentary really captures that conflicted feeling – ‘cos for all the energy she is able to exude, it’s evident on almost every frame how lonely and sad and longing to be loved she is, how she’s able to ‘play’ confident and ‘play’ outgoing but she retreats so easily into herself at the drop of a hat. In short, I fell in love with her all over again and – I’m sure I’m not alone – by the end of the movie all I wanted to do was hug her (shut up, I’m being serious here – not to say she isn’t stunning to look at). That after-movie activity being unavailable to me, I might just stick some Spice Girls and Geri stuff on my iPod this weekend. [...]

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