12:13 am - 02/16/2013
The 10 most dysfunctional couples in movie history
Hollywood has always had a complicated relationship with Valentine's Day — after all, the industry released films called Valentine's Day and I Hate Valentine's Day within two years of one another. There are plenty of great movies about couples who were absolutely awful together, we can all benefit from a little schadenfreude. So if you're in a relationship, be grateful it's not one of these disastrous onscreen pairings. And if you're not in a relationship, remember, it could always be worse:
1. Cobb and Mal (Leonardo DiCaprio and Marion Cotillard) — Inception, 2010
What went right: Cobb and Mal have the life of their dreams — literally — as they live what feels like 50 years (but is actually about a day) in a "Limbo" they construct together. They also have two children, who spend a suspicious amount of time on the beach.
What went wrong: Cobb convinces Mal to return to the real world by using Inception to plant the idea that their fake world isn't real in her brain — an idea, unfortunately, that she carries into the real world, which leads to her suicide. The only remaining "Mal" is the manifestation of guilt that exists in Cobb's brain — a manifestation that has an unfortunate tendency to show up with guns blazing in an attempt to sabotage his missions. (Yes, it's a complicated movie.)
2. James Bond and Vesper Lynd (Daniel Craig and Eva Green) — Casino Royale, 2006
What went right: As he recovers from torture inflicted by the villainous Le Chiffre, 007 finds his cold heart melted by the beautiful Vesper Lynd. On reflection, Bond decides that being smashed in the groin with a carpet-beater a dozen times is a good reason to put his spying days behind him, as he turns in his license to kill and prepares to sail around the world with Vesper.
What went wrong: Alas, Bond discovers that Vesper is the bad kind of Bond Girl — albeit the conflicted kind — when he catches her delivering his millions in poker winnings to a representative of the villainous Quantum organization while vacationing in Venice. A conflicted Vesper locks herself in an iron cage as it sinks underwater, drowning before Bond can reach her. Bond is left angry and grief-stricken, without a single quantum of solace until the sequel, Quantum of Solace.
3. Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala (Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman) — Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, 2005
What went right: Padme, the queen of the planet Naboo, first meets Anakin as a young boy on the planet Tatooine (which is actually sort of gross, but we'll let it slide). But as Anakin matures into the broody, sand-hating Jedi played by Hayden Christensen, the two fall in love, and are married in a secret ceremony witnessed by C-3PO and R2-D2.
What went wrong: Anakin is wooed to the dark side by the villainous Palpatine, who says he can prevent Padme's death. Unfortunately, he ends up inadvertently causing her death, after betraying the Jedi, slaughtering a bunch of younglings and Force-choking her into unconsciousness — which makes her die of a broken heart, and makes him becomes Darth Vader. Irony, George Lucas style.
7. Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen (Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb) — Sid & Nancy, 1986
What went right: Well, no one can deny the passion of the relationship between Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and groupie girlfriend Nancy Spungen. Shame about all that heroin, though.
What went wrong: There's a reason that the phrase "fighting like Sid and Nancy" has replaced "fighting like cats and dogs" in some circles. The self-destructive relationship destroys both Sid and Nancy's lives, first figuratively and then literally, as Sid ends up stabbing her — perhaps accidentally, perhaps not — and dying of an overdose shortly thereafter.
8. Jack and Wendy Torrance (Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall) — The Shining, 1980
What went right: Writer Jack Torrance takes a job as the winter caretaker of the vacant, off-season Overlook Hotel, which will give wife Wendy and son Danny a chance to explore the grounds — including an oh-so-fun hedge maze! — as dad works on his writing.
What went wrong: Unfortunately for all involved, the Overlook turns out to be haunted, and Jack goes insane, eventually attempting to murder Wendy and Danny with an ax. Wendy and Danny escape, and Jack freezes to death in the hedge maze — or maybe gets transported back to the 1920s? It's kind of a confusing movie.
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1. Cobb and Mal (Leonardo DiCaprio and Marion Cotillard) — Inception, 2010
What went right: Cobb and Mal have the life of their dreams — literally — as they live what feels like 50 years (but is actually about a day) in a "Limbo" they construct together. They also have two children, who spend a suspicious amount of time on the beach.
What went wrong: Cobb convinces Mal to return to the real world by using Inception to plant the idea that their fake world isn't real in her brain — an idea, unfortunately, that she carries into the real world, which leads to her suicide. The only remaining "Mal" is the manifestation of guilt that exists in Cobb's brain — a manifestation that has an unfortunate tendency to show up with guns blazing in an attempt to sabotage his missions. (Yes, it's a complicated movie.)
2. James Bond and Vesper Lynd (Daniel Craig and Eva Green) — Casino Royale, 2006
What went right: As he recovers from torture inflicted by the villainous Le Chiffre, 007 finds his cold heart melted by the beautiful Vesper Lynd. On reflection, Bond decides that being smashed in the groin with a carpet-beater a dozen times is a good reason to put his spying days behind him, as he turns in his license to kill and prepares to sail around the world with Vesper.
What went wrong: Alas, Bond discovers that Vesper is the bad kind of Bond Girl — albeit the conflicted kind — when he catches her delivering his millions in poker winnings to a representative of the villainous Quantum organization while vacationing in Venice. A conflicted Vesper locks herself in an iron cage as it sinks underwater, drowning before Bond can reach her. Bond is left angry and grief-stricken, without a single quantum of solace until the sequel, Quantum of Solace.
3. Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala (Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman) — Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, 2005
What went right: Padme, the queen of the planet Naboo, first meets Anakin as a young boy on the planet Tatooine (which is actually sort of gross, but we'll let it slide). But as Anakin matures into the broody, sand-hating Jedi played by Hayden Christensen, the two fall in love, and are married in a secret ceremony witnessed by C-3PO and R2-D2.
What went wrong: Anakin is wooed to the dark side by the villainous Palpatine, who says he can prevent Padme's death. Unfortunately, he ends up inadvertently causing her death, after betraying the Jedi, slaughtering a bunch of younglings and Force-choking her into unconsciousness — which makes her die of a broken heart, and makes him becomes Darth Vader. Irony, George Lucas style.
7. Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen (Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb) — Sid & Nancy, 1986
What went right: Well, no one can deny the passion of the relationship between Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and groupie girlfriend Nancy Spungen. Shame about all that heroin, though.
What went wrong: There's a reason that the phrase "fighting like Sid and Nancy" has replaced "fighting like cats and dogs" in some circles. The self-destructive relationship destroys both Sid and Nancy's lives, first figuratively and then literally, as Sid ends up stabbing her — perhaps accidentally, perhaps not — and dying of an overdose shortly thereafter.
8. Jack and Wendy Torrance (Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall) — The Shining, 1980
What went right: Writer Jack Torrance takes a job as the winter caretaker of the vacant, off-season Overlook Hotel, which will give wife Wendy and son Danny a chance to explore the grounds — including an oh-so-fun hedge maze! — as dad works on his writing.
What went wrong: Unfortunately for all involved, the Overlook turns out to be haunted, and Jack goes insane, eventually attempting to murder Wendy and Danny with an ax. Wendy and Danny escape, and Jack freezes to death in the hedge maze — or maybe gets transported back to the 1920s? It's kind of a confusing movie.
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Any tips? Hoping some ONTDers who have gone will see this :)
EDIT: You've probably already seen this, but here's the website that should answer your questions! Remember, register early for everything!! Passes, hotel rooms, everything!
http://www.comic-con.org/cci/2013-b
Edited at 2013-02-15 10:46 pm (UTC)
I'm just nervous now looking at the cost because the hotels are crazy expensive and I'd also be flying in.
After you get your tickets the sooner you get your hotel the better. There are some deals on the comic con site, if you book through them but at the VERY least you're going to be paying 160 a night. Most of these hotels are actually a 15-20 min drive from the convention center, but there is a huuuuge shuttle service to and from comic con (but those lines are massive and take forever tbh).
Edited at 2013-02-15 11:18 pm (UTC)
I was looking at the early-bird hotel specials :/ So crazy expensive. I wish it was in like San Francisco with their awesome train thing which goes everywhere, so I could do a cheaper hotel stay further away lol.
sorry this was totally unrelated, but you really should have put a comic con tickets trigger on your post tbh
You can always go next year too! :)
btw, as for hotel they have a metro rail line that's cheap if you want to book a hotel farther away. they even give out cute themed tickets for sdcc weekend.
Every single restaurant and bar will be having specials so eating and drinking is usually not hugely expensive. Most fast food places will have special lunch boxes (I know Subway does this) that you can grab quickly and get out and back to the con.
The convention center is about eight city blocks long/about half a mile. It is huge. There are events that take place at the adjacent and surrounding hotels, not just inside the convention center. The actual convention show floor is divided up into several sections and if it is your first time attending you can probably spend about two days walking up and down every aisle (which I highly recommend, it's tons of fun and you find lots of cool stuff). Don't let the artists in artists alley make you feel bad for not buying their shitty fanart.
As soon as panel schedules are finalized, figure out what panels you think you want to see most. Things in Hall H are typically things like Game of Thrones and other high profile panels and if you want to see a panel in there, be prepared to get in line at like 4am. If there are any promotional toys at comic con you know you're going to want to buy, again, those lines start either on Wednesday (the preview night) or 4am the day of. For your first trip to SDCC, it's probably best to just avoid stuff like that and instead enjoy yourself, take in the sights, and worry about really nerding out for panels and toys another year. You'll be less stressed and you'll probably have a better time. After you've been once you'll be more well equipped for future comic con expeditions. Visiting the smaller panels can be a lot of fun, there's a lot of art instruction, more niche shows and fandoms, and other cool things to be seen in those.
Best of luck getting passes, they streamlined the process a lot and at least for professionals it went a lot smoother than last year, so hopefully it goes well for regular registrants too.
Also like someone else said, downtown San Diego in general is awesome that time of year so even if you don't get tickets, driving down for a day is a ton of fun and you'll still get to enjoy a lot of the comic con nerdery going on.
Could you explain to me more about that? I'm hoping to fly out for Comicon this year, if I get a badge tomorrow, and have absolutely ZERO idea how to best go about booking a hotel