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gently69 · October 12, 2015 12:07 pm

Oh God Yes! Nothing more to add.

nakahara · October 12, 2015 6:34 pm

Black Mass gala:

nakahara · October 12, 2015 6:35 pm

nakahara · October 12, 2015 6:43 pm

That sexy fencing match in gifs again:

Zatoichi · October 12, 2015 6:46 pm

I´ve probably said it before, but I really like Sophie´s style! She always has the most classical and yet somehow new and interesting dresses.

And Benedict´s look is intriguing, too, a bit of a mixture of red-carpet-batch and casual batch with stubble and slightly unruly hair..

nakahara · October 12, 2015 7:33 pm

Zatoichi wrote:
And Benedict´s look is intriguing, too, a bit of a mixture of red-carpet-batch and casual batch with stubble and slightly unruly hair..

A true embodiment of iki (粋)- "stylish refinement", consisting simultaneously of:
hari - straightforward, cooly gallant manner
bitai - flirtatious allure untainted by vulgar feeling and
akanuke - urbane, unpretentious air and unassuming character.

Very aesthetic "object"!

Zatoichi · October 12, 2015 7:41 pm

Yay for Japanese concepts again..

Vhanja · October 12, 2015 8:59 pm

From the red carpet of "Black Mass" Premiere - Ben hugging his father. I think I just died of sweetness overload.

This Is The Phantom Lady · October 12, 2015 11:16 pm

Ben looked especially lovely at the Black Mass premiere! Wow!

And for the fencing... oh my! Now that is a sexy sport! I love a man who can wild a dancing sword!

nakahara · October 13, 2015 10:49 am

Vhanja wrote:
From the red carpet of "Black Mass" Premiere - Ben hugging his father. I think I just died of sweetness overload.

These two are possibly the sweetest men alive.

gently69 · October 13, 2015 11:44 am

That's such a sweet "Oh Daddy!" experience.

Yitzock · October 13, 2015 1:33 pm

This Is The Phantom Lady wrote:
Ben looked especially lovely at the Black Mass premiere! Wow!

And for the fencing... oh my! Now that is a sexy sport! I love a man who can wild a dancing sword!

I will tell you right now, Phantom, (as a former fencer) that it is not nearly as sexy when you've got all the proper equipment on and a mask and you are very very sweaty. Great exercise, yes, but it's a bit different from what you might expect. I will also point out that in a match that you might find in the Olympics and such, that it's not good to have your left arm (or your right arm if you're left-handed) in front of your chest like that. Only in a play or a "real" swordfight would that not be considered bad form, I would think.

On another note, yes, he did look great at the premiere. And the bit where he hugged is dad was very sweet.

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ukaunz · October 13, 2015 7:38 pm

I thought he might have been holding his arm in front because it was injured (in the play). I'm waiting until I see it at the cinema to have this confirmed

nakahara · October 13, 2015 7:50 pm

Historical fencing is nothing like today´s modern sport. It was used in a real fight so you needed to hold your hand in front of you like that to deflect the enemy´s blade if it slipped past your control:

What they performed in Hamlet was the historical rapier fencing, I believe and the postures were correct for that.

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ukaunz · October 13, 2015 7:57 pm

Cool

This Is The Phantom Lady · October 13, 2015 9:17 pm

Thank you Nakahara, very interesting!

I have actually tried fencing for a while, it was part of PE class. the mask especially is horrible! If I remember correctly we held our free hand behind our back.
Fencing killed my back because of the odd position and my bad balance, but it was one of the few times I actually enjoyed going to PE.

Yitzock · October 14, 2015 1:03 am

Yes, nakahara. That's what I was trying to say, that other than those kinds of sword fights you generally avoid having your hand in front of you (though it still happens sometimes because of instinct). Of course in the play it's a swordfight with life on the line, so you would defend yourself that way.

lol I loved fencing for the first few years, but then the last year or so I stopped finding it as fun as I used to. It may have been the people that I was with, but also I hated having to referee matches during practice. I just liked the sparring part, not the drills and the practice refereeing. It was always too fast for me to see. Everyone else could do it, but I always felt hopeless. I don't share your hatred of the mask, Phantom, but it could be sweaty under there.

nakahara · October 14, 2015 11:48 am

Casual Benedict:

This Is The Phantom Lady · October 14, 2015 12:14 pm

CasualBatch is YummyBatch!!

nakahara · October 14, 2015 12:36 pm

Have also some FormalBatch: