Dull Surprise/Quotes

"I also like how Cloud reacts to the fact that his nemesis that he thought he'd killed in the climax of the game is finally back to life."

raises eyebrows*

"That's pretty much the extent of most of the emotions in this movie."

—That Dude in the Suede about Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

Neo: Whoa.

—The Matrix

Mal: Fear is nothing to be ashamed of, Doctor.
Simon: This isn't fear. This is anger.
Mal: Well, kind of hard to tell one from t'other, face like yours.

Simon: Well, I imagine if it were fear my eyes would be wider.

—Serenity

Their small-town eyes will gape at you
In dull surprise when payment due

Exceeds accounts received at seventeen

—Janis Ian At Seventeen

"Okay, here's the problem with Bella Swan - she's boring. And it's not Christine [sic] Stewart's fault, this isn't a product of bad acting. This is a product of a phenomena I like to call "Nullodrama". It's the opposite of melodrama. Remember the good old days of film when acting was way over-the-top at all times? Okay, it was pretty annoying, but our modern reversal of it is even more annoying. We have invented a style of acting where every emotion is underplayed, under-expressed and so nuanced that it defies you to even detect its presence. Bella Swan's emotions consist of bland, dull, boring and blasé. Her character is so nullodramatic that I can hardly believe that M. Night Shyamalan didn't direct this movie."

—The Distressed Watcher

"Can someone please tell me what emotion Batman is expressing with that line? Confusion? Irony? Sadness? Anger? Acceptance? Disgust? Surprise? Anticipation? Contempt? Awe? Disappointment? Shame? Sympathy? Rage?! Oh, wait, that's me. Agony? Frustration? Apathy? It's apathy, isn't it? (sighs) OK, you don't care, Batman, so we don't either."

—Linkara on the "Bees. My God." quote from Amazons Attack

Claudia: We have a tragedy here.

Chick: (in the same dull voice) I flunked acting.

—The Nostalgia Chick, The Baby Sitters Club

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"......dis is ebsolutely fescinating."

—Werewolf