Movies!

[elementalhero]

I saw two movies tonight.


...was awful. I have read all five books in the series, and I can say that the movie not only stripped the plot down to its most basic elements, it took the characters, twisted and crushed them until they were down to the most offensively stereotypical incarnations of themselves, and then ignored it all in favor of showing off the special effects. I hate Chris Columbus. I really just loathe him. As a filmmaker. I want to just. Ugh. Annabeth turned into some kind of amalgamation of the barest elements of her character and Clarice's character, and was then completely stripped of personality and turned into The Girl. She's a daughter of Athena and she did NOTHING. NOTHING. GOD-FRACKING-DAMNIT. And then there's Grover, who was turned into the Black Best Friend (complete with general ineffectiveness and Lame Jive Slang).

I just.

/sob.


BUT THEN....


...WAS THE GREATEST DISNEY MOVIE IN A LONG TIME. OMFG. I WAS LIKE. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH. THE MUSIC, THE CHARACTERS, THE VILLAIN, THE ARTWORK, THE EVERYTHING, THE AAAAAH I WAS SO HAPPY EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. /NO WOOOOOOOOOOOOORDS


So yeah.

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[okroginator.livejournal.com]

I kind of want to see Shutter Island. I'm not so sure about Avatar--I know it's eye candy, which is a thing I like in movies, but after all the hype going back and forth and back and forth about it, I kind of don't really feel like seeing it just because I know it will never live up for me in either direction. I know it can't possibly be as mind-blowingly good as some people are making it out to be, and I also know it can't possibly be as bad as others are.

So I'll go, and not be excited about it, and not be angry about it. And I hate coming out of a movie and not feeling strongly either way about it.

/SHRUG

[digthenym.livejournal.com]

/THREADJACKS


Just rewatch Pocahontas. Same story, cooler magic tree.

[ironyaficionado.livejournal.com]

PLUS MUSIC.

[digthenym.livejournal.com]

PRECISELY 8D


DIG AND DIG AND DIGGITY DIG~

[ironyaficionado.livejournal.com]

I feel the same way about movies in general. It's really hard to take a risk on a movie (considering how much they cost) and feel like you've come out with an experience that's been worth it (being either awesome or totally awful and hilarious).