Movies, v. 2009.2
Remember to post spoiler warnings (ending in periods), please!
Continued from Movies, v. 2009.1.
Date: September 7, 2009
Categories: The Universe, Things We like
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soccer starr
in September 7th, 2009 @ 10:31So…does anyone want to talk about the upcoming Percy Jackson movie? Who thinks it will be good? Who thinks it won’t be? Right now I just don’t know what to think about it, even though I’m so excited they’re making one! Sorry I don’t know if this was discussed on the last thread already but I want to bring it up anyway….
First post?
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Enceladus
in September 7th, 2009 @ 10:31I think it’ll be good, as a movie that’s not a Percy Jackson.
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soccer starr
in September 7th, 2009 @ 16:56Same here, actually. I don’t think it will be very similar to the book which will probably disappoint some fans, but as long as it’s a good movie I don’t mind. (Much.)
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Sunrunner Bramblewood
in September 8th, 2009 @ 17:21There’s going to be a Percy Jackson movie?!?
I don’t even want to think about it- Hollywood has gotten it’s claws into another one of my favorite books, and the end result will not be pretty.
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RoseQuartz
in September 8th, 2009 @ 17:28Kyaaaaaaa! *watched preview today* They’ve RUINED it! SO BADLY! *kills them*
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soccer starr
in September 11th, 2009 @ 15:06I watched the trailer, and it doesn’t look terrible. Even before I knew about the Percy Jackson movie I did think that it would have some potential. Now I’m not really sure because of the cast – I’m crossing my fingers that Chris Columbus will be able to pull through with them though.
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TreeCafe
in January 4th, 2010 @ 14:04I know! “pies Hollywood”
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cromwell
in September 7th, 2009 @ 10:32Has anyone seen District 9?
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muselover
in September 7th, 2009 @ 16:59My dad saw it… he won’t let me.. but he said it was good!
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cromwell
in September 9th, 2009 @ 10:50He won’t let you?! Just because it’s R? I don’t believe that.
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muselover
in September 9th, 2009 @ 19:45Come on, you should know from the last thread that my parents won’t let me watch ANY PG-13 and beyond, except for LOTR, JP, and (possibly) 9.
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cromwell
in September 10th, 2009 @ 10:51It’s not inappropriate at all besides every other word being the F-bomb.
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Gimanator
in September 10th, 2009 @ 17:36Really? No gore? What? I’m planning on seeing that movie. Heard GREAT reviews.
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muselover
in September 11th, 2009 @ 15:16cromwell’s exaggerating. The movie is also rated R for bloody violence. In fact, I checked out a “parental guide” for it, and it said that the review referenced content that was inappropriate for children to even read. 8 O
Plus, I CAN’T SEE 9!!! All because 2 gets put to a gruesome use by The Seamstress. Also-
I AM ABOUT TO POST A HUGE SPOILER FOR 9, SO IF ANYONE READING WANTS TO SEE THE MOVIE AND DOESN’T WANT TO HEAR ANY SPOILERS FROM THE END, EN SHOULD PROBABLY LOOK AWAY NOW.
5 of the 9 stichpunks die.
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Axa
in September 7th, 2009 @ 13:02The only movie I’m looking forward to right now is The Road
I need to finish reading the book, actually.
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Thanks For All The Fish42
in September 8th, 2009 @ 06:50THERE’S A BOOK!? The only reason I know what movie that is is that I was looking who was going to play the boy protagonist in the American Let the Right One In, and there were rumors of the kid playing the boy in The Road being the him.
What’s the name of it?
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Axa
in September 8th, 2009 @ 18:30The book is called…………..The Road
It’s by Cormac McCarthy who is a master of language as far as I am concerned
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muselover
in September 7th, 2009 @ 17:04For all of you who question Danny Elfman’s greatness, here is something I heard (for the first time, mind you) a couple days ago:
The Simp-SONS…
Dah-nuh-nuh-dun-dah-NAH-nun-duhn-dah-nah-NAH…Ohhhhh…such brilliance.
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Elias Eiholzer-Silver
in September 10th, 2009 @ 10:13Elfman is annoying.
More importantly, how have you not seen a Simpsons episode until a few days ago? For shame!
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Luna the Lovely
in September 10th, 2009 @ 10:21I’ve never seen one, ever.
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Elias Eiholzer-Silver
in September 10th, 2009 @ 11:09You need a slapping, pronto.
Go to google videos and search for a full episode in streaming. It will enrich your life.
I mean it. I’m the most elitist intellectual on here, and I can assure you that the Simpsons are comedic genius.
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Luna the Lovely
in September 10th, 2009 @ 16:18I don’t like slappings, they’re painful.
I might watch it, some day. However, I have had the (mis)fortune of seeing a couple of Simpson episodes on TV in my younger years, and I really wasn’t all that impressed. I tend to find most so-called comedy to be more stupidity than amusement.
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muselover
in September 10th, 2009 @ 16:49Most of the time I do too, but the Simpsons is just classic. Especially Itchy and Scratchy. Plus, Danny Elfman’s less annoying than Hans Zimmer! *flees from Hans Zimmer-loving MBers*
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Lovely Lunegood
in September 10th, 2009 @ 18:36*dodges out of the way* I love the Simpsons! Really, I do! Please don
t slap me! *begs* Random fun fact: Bart finds out that Flanders is a huge beatles fan, and then repeats a line from I am the Walrus: yelloe matter custard drippin’ from a dead dog’s eye. Well, since that’s all I have for a *fun* fact, i might as well just hit submit.
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Elias Eiholzer-Silver
in September 20th, 2009 @ 04:43“So-called comedy”? You mean cartoons? Get off of your high horse. You probably didn’t understand the jokes when you were younger.
BART: “I have to find a way to get my soul back from Milhouse!”
LISA: “You know, Pablo Neruda says that the soul-”
BART: “I am AWARE of the works of Pablo Neruda.”Genius.
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muselover
in September 21st, 2009 @ 13:37I think she means like Mr. Bean.
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Rainbow*Star
in November 21st, 2009 @ 17:44I am no longer allowed to watch The Simpsons. It’s inappropriate, apparently.
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muselover
in March 19th, 2010 @ 19:24Actually, me neither. I’ve only watched 3 episodes, one of which was without my parents’ knowledge.
(HTML gnome, if that smiley is wrong, please fix it. I have choklit handy. How much do you need?)[It’s “oops” not “blush.” Thanks for the choklit. *nom* ~HTMLG]
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Ebeth
in March 19th, 2010 @ 20:11Early Simpsons was great, but i feel like it’s declined a bit. Still better than Family Guy though, imho.
Actually, i think South Park is better than both, despite the rudeness and occasional dumb-as-something-that-would-be-deleted-by-the-GAPAs episodes
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☮iŹ√Ҳ!☮ (400 piepoints 40 brain points, 9 wung points, 7 EBP in reserve)☮
in September 7th, 2009 @ 17:141- Yes, a Percy Jackson movie has potential…hmmm…
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I-Man
in September 7th, 2009 @ 21:55Isn’t anyone else psyched about 9?
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Gimanator
in September 7th, 2009 @ 22:18Ah, I can’t wait to see it. Excellent reviews from everyone I know who’s seen it.
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Thanks For All The Fish42
in September 8th, 2009 @ 06:51I don’t know much about it, but the commercials look good. Isn’t it coming out tomorrow?
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muselover
in September 8th, 2009 @ 16:38YES IT IS!!!
We had such potential… such promise.
(Here could follow a commentary by the creators of G-Force.)
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Lovely Lunegood
in September 8th, 2009 @ 19:51I really want to, but I dunno if I’ll get to see it.
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I-Man
in September 9th, 2009 @ 17:03NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE!
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Thanks For All The Fish42
in September 9th, 2009 @ 18:25Did anyone see 9 today? I didn’t… *homework/parents*
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muselover
in September 9th, 2009 @ 19:37For me it’s *homework/parents fighting over whether it’s appropriate*
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Gimanator
in September 9th, 2009 @ 19:47Really? What’s it rated…PG-13? How old are you, then?
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muselover
in September 9th, 2009 @ 19:5212. See post 2.1.1.1.
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Luna the Lovely
in September 9th, 2009 @ 20:03The first time I remember watching an R-rated movie, I was 10 years old. My mom and gramma took me and my 12 year old sis to see The Patriot. I’m quite sure by that point I had probably seen countless PG-13 rated movies. My parents weren’t overly concerned about such things. Although, for the longest time I was banned from watching Beetle Juice, because when I was little, they had a little bit of one playing at the video store, and I had nightmares, so dad said I couldn’t watch it. Not that I had any intentions to do so, it was just a rule that stood for many, many, many years.
Of course, all horror movies still give me nightmares…..I ahve a very overactive imagination.
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Tesseract
in September 9th, 2009 @ 20:20I’ve seen one and a half R-rated movies: The Matrix and half of Donnie Darko. I was fine with both of them, although I think I saw The Matrix at age 13 or 14 and Donnie Darko just a few weeks ago.
Horror movies I could never handle though. Even
“scary” scenes in regular movies freak me out.
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Gimanator
in September 10th, 2009 @ 09:08I dunno… I’ve seen a couple of R movies… only some parts of some I didn’t really want to see…
Saw the Matrix (Isn’t that everyone’s first R?), it’s 2 sequels(which I loved),
Frost/Nixon, Milk, The fugitive, and Watchmen(Much more graphic then the Matrix, if some of you can believe it). I sorta crossed the border a while ago…Still, PG-13 constitutes maybe scary-action film. I don’t think someone should not be allowed to see one because they’re 12. Well… have any movies given your parents evidence to not let you see 9, Muselover?
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muselover
in September 10th, 2009 @ 16:52Not necessarily movies, but my dad looks at the IMDb parental guides. He said 9 looked pretty grim, but it’s Tim Burton(who PWNS)! *hint for alter ego, hint, hint, hint* What did he expect? Ah well, I guess it’s still possible…
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muselover
in September 10th, 2009 @ 16:52SFTDP *another alter ego hint*
My dad says I could probably watch all except the shoot-up scene in Matrix.
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Gimanator
in September 10th, 2009 @ 17:35Yep. Then again, those scenes are so unrealistic… The first Matrix(as far as I remember it) wasn’t that gory. I mean, sure people bleed all over the place and get a little charred, but it’s so unrealistic and just doesn’t compare (in terms of the traumatizing-o-meter) to other movies.
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I-Man
in September 12th, 2009 @ 12:59I think the main reasons it’s rated PG-13 is because of (supposedly – I don’t know for sure) swear words in the theme song, creepy machines that would give youngsters (5 or 6 year olds) the willies, and a bunch of fighting between said machines and a group of rag dolls.
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muselover
in September 12th, 2009 @ 20:06The theme song doesn’t have any swear words, but the robots have been said to literally inspire nightmares.
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soccer starr
in September 11th, 2009 @ 15:12Horror movies ALWAYS give me nightmares for weeks afterwords too. I know this sounds extremely crazy, (Especially since it’s SUPPOSED to be a comedy!!!) but I watched Pink Panther (The first one) in fourth grade and I couldn’t sleep for weeks afterwords. It’s not like I wasn’t mature enough to watch it, I just have a majorly ginormous imagination and can’t stop thinking about tiny little things, even if they’re not even supposed to be crazy. Creepy stories scare me too, but that’s another story. Now I try to avoid scary movies as much as possible, but of course nothing is completely avoidable…
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iamisthbest
in September 9th, 2009 @ 21:15I just saw the Aladin trailer and it looks like they don’t follow the storyline. But I don’t think the movie will be that much of a disappointment (not like Eragon).
1- What Percy Jackson is a movie now? Why does Hollywood go for the best books and make the worst movies?
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soccer starr
in September 13th, 2009 @ 12:14The movie (The Lightning Theif) will be coming out in February 2010. I was simply asking what people’s expectations and thought of it are, even though I know it’s a little premature. They’ve only released one trailer and an incomplete cast list.
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I-Man
in September 12th, 2009 @ 19:399 SPOILER 9 WARNING 9 SPOILER WARNING 9 SPOILER WARNING 9 SPOILER WARNING 9 SPOILER WARNING 9 SPOILER WARNING 9 SPOILER WARNING.
Tim Burton + post-apocalyptic world + adorable dolls + Halloween-style machines + small touch of magic = THE BEST ANIMATED FILM SINCE THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (with the possible exception of Coraline)!
Only three things I didn’t really like:
1. It was a lot less scarier than I thought it was going to be. While I admit there were some “jump in your seat” scenes, they were nothing you wouldn’t find in a PG movie.
2. Half of the dolls died! I mean, seriously, that’s about a third of the characters!
3. A little bit too short.
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muselover
in September 16th, 2009 @ 19:14I wouldn’t not like it because of #1! Your review could win points with my parents! THANK YOU, I-MAN!
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I-Man
in September 16th, 2009 @ 19:35You’re welcome
Just keep in mind – I did say PG would have been better instead of PG-13, but that doesn’t mean there will be absolutely no scare at all.
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muselover
in September 17th, 2009 @ 12:06It can’t be creepier than Coraline, can it?
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I-Man
in September 17th, 2009 @ 17:11Oh goodness, no. I haven’t seen Coraline, but it looks much creepier.
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muselover
in September 18th, 2009 @ 17:42I think the whole reason it’s rated PG-13 is because Timur Bekmambetov (there’s an earful) thought that as long as the characters are dolls, he could mutilate them as much as he wanted.
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I-Man
in September 18th, 2009 @ 17:47But they didn’t really get mutilated all that much. I mean, sure, some of them got their souls sucked out, but it wasn’t in a violent way or anything.
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muselover
in September 19th, 2009 @ 21:39But they do get sliced up and skewered and stuff like that.
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bubblebabe46
in September 13th, 2009 @ 12:169 looks too scary for me. I want to see that new Disney movie, “The Princess and the Frog.” It has hand-drawn animation – the first hand-animated movie in years!!
Did anyone see “Julie and Julia”?
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Alice
in September 13th, 2009 @ 12:5710- I love it when half the characters die!
Watching the new Bleak House. I don’t know… Well, I mean, it’s obviously wonderful, and they kept a lot of characters that the first series discarded, which is great. But they change stuff around a lot.
SPOOOOOILLLLERSSSS BLEAK HOUSE 2005 SERIES SPOILERSS
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Some of that is for the better; Mr Jarndyce and Mr Woodcourt are both much more obviously in love with Esther, for example. I’ve read the book since seeing the first miniseries, so perhaps that has something to do with my this-isn’t-quite-right feel–I’m sure it does. And yet…there are so many characters that just aren’t as potent as they ought to be. Richard, for one. Mr. Skimpole, annoying though he be. Mr Snagsby, the Reverend Chadband (and what on earth happened to Mr Snagsby’s little woman?), Boythorn, Inspector Bucket, the Jellybys (all of them), old Mr. Turveydrop, Gridley, even Sir Leicester…I mean, they weren’t all perfect in the first miniseries either, but like I said, I’ve read the book since then.
I am also rather disappointed that the Bagnets don’t make an appearance. But ah well. I suppose if I want a perfect Bleak House, I’ll have to make it myself.Also, I have to say that I have always been a bit disappointed with Esther’s disfigurement. In the first series, she had a lot of scars, but they were all so small and close together that she looked pretty much the same as before, just a little more…pitted. In the new one, the scars are much more obvious, but there aren’t nearly as many of them, and she still doesn’t look that bad. Surely if she had really survived smallpox, she would have looked dreadful? I’ve looked at pictures of smallpox, and it’s not a pretty sight.
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muselover
in September 18th, 2009 @ 17:45I can’t get Welcome Home out of my head! And I just found out how inappropriate it is!
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Elias Eiholzer-Silver
in September 20th, 2009 @ 04:37Coheed & Cambria are amazing. What’s so inappropriate about that song?
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muselover
in September 21st, 2009 @ 13:24Uh, they say the F-word? Plus it’s all about someone’s rejection of God.
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mas0n
in September 18th, 2009 @ 18:02I know this is late, but who liked the latest Harry Potter movie? I didn’t think it was the best one, but I can’t wait for the last one. I am sad at the same time.
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soccer starr
in September 26th, 2009 @ 11:13There is a thread that’s completely dedicated to the latest Harry Potter. The link is below:
https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=3431
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muselover
in September 19th, 2009 @ 21:55I just saw Pee-Wee for the first time, and now I want Large Marge as my avatar…
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I-Man
in September 21st, 2009 @ 20:48Cloudy with a chance of meatballs looks amazing. Watching the trailer reminded me of how much I loved the book.
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Fio (aka La Mort)
in September 21st, 2009 @ 20:59THe trailers make the movie look…completely different from the book. I loved the book too, but I don’t think I’m going to go see the movie.
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muselover
in September 22nd, 2009 @ 13:07My mom’s only taking us to see it because my 6-year-old sister wants to.
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Silver Lining
in October 1st, 2009 @ 15:49I don’t want to see that movie, because it really bothers me when they wonderful children’s books such as that and Where the Wild Things Are and turn them into movies that aren’t even rated G.
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muselover
in October 5th, 2009 @ 12:46But Wild Things looks really good, unlike Cloudy.
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Thanks For All The Fish42
in September 27th, 2009 @ 15:12*giggle* Does anyone else think that Abigail Breslin being in Zombieland is funny?
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Silver Lining
in October 1st, 2009 @ 15:5317–Yes.
I saw Fame the other day with my friend, and it was good. Fabulous music and dance scenes. Have any of you guys seen it yet?
**SPOILER FAME SPOILER FAME SPOILER FAME SPOILER FAME SPOILER FAME SPOILER FAME SPOILER.**
It was really scary when Kevin tried to commit suicide. I was so terrified he was actually going to do that.
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Thanks For All The Fish42
in October 3rd, 2009 @ 17:37I’m watching Disturbia on TV with my little brother. I probably shouldn’t watch it at all… My little brother will probably handle it better than I will. It’s actually pretty funny right now.
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Thanks For All The Fish42
in October 3rd, 2009 @ 18:21SFTDP SPOILERSPOILERBUTNOTREALLYFORDISTURBIABUTI’LLPUTTHISWARNINGUPJUSTINCASE!
IF THAT GUY MYSTERIOUSLY APPEARS STARING AT THEM ONE MORE TIME I’M GONNA’ FLIP!!!! Oh. My. God. Ron left his phone in the guy’s car. He has to go back. This movie just digs under my skin… I won’t be sleeping tonight.
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Enceladus
in October 4th, 2009 @ 11:01Good News for Looking Glass Wars Fans!
The writer of those books is
A: Writing A Third Books
B: Writing A Screenplay! Yay! No people who haven’t read the book ruining it in a movie! Yay!
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I-Man
in October 4th, 2009 @ 12:26I just saw Coraline this week, and it was AMAZING (although very creepy)!
Favorite Scenes:
-The scene where Coraline tries to walk out of the Other World (I thought it was better than in the book)
-The set of scenes where she tries to find the ghosts’ eyes
-All the scenes with the real Wybie
-The final battle at the well
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muselover
in October 8th, 2009 @ 19:54I FINALLY saw Attack of the Clones, and let me tell you, I was disappointed. Not that I had high expectations of it in the first place, but it was just phenomenally bad. Here is my assessment of the actors and whether they can act.
Hayden: Nope
Natalie: Nope (sorry, Portman-lovers)
Ewan: Amateurish
Samuel: Yeah
Frank: Kind of lost his touch
Christopher: Best actor in the movieThere you have it. May I add that there was no cohesive storyline throughout the movie?
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I-Man
in October 9th, 2009 @ 21:30Has anybody seen Across the Universe? I haven’t, and I really don’t want to for two reasons:
1. I can’t stand 3-hour emotional love flicks. I’m sorry, but I just can’t.
2. Biggest. Most crap. Beatles. Ripoff. EVER. Need I say more?
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Luna the Lovely
in October 9th, 2009 @ 21:43I’ve not seen it, but I’ve heard it’s good. That is to say, one of the vet’s I work for recommended it to the 15 year old girl who was volunteering over the summer, after she mentioned she like Beatles music. No clue if it’s any good, not particularly interested, myself, but…..
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I-Man
in October 10th, 2009 @ 08:57See – if it weren’t so emotional, or such a huge Beatles rip-off, I might actually like it. Unfortunately, I just listened to five songs from the soundtrack:
-Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
-With a little help from my Friends
-Dear Prudence
-I Am the Walrus
-Come Together
And guess what? Compared to the originals, they were all completely butchered (with the exception of WALHFMF, which they didn’t butcher quite so bad).
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Pseudonym
in October 10th, 2009 @ 11:55I haven’t seen it, but we did an abridged play version of it at camp, and I didn’t think it was so bad. It was only an hour though, and it would probably be too long at three hours.
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SudoRandom
in October 10th, 2009 @ 09:43My homeroom teacher saw Where the Wild Things Are, and she said it was amazing. Which is good, because I was worried. Apparently, the director is so good he actually gave the movie a PLOT, and kept it “every bit as wild as the book.” ((Quote from Maurice Sendak).
So, movie to see.
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I-Man
in October 10th, 2009 @ 11:36Wait a sec… I thought it wasn’t supposed to come out until October 16 :?.
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bookgirl_me
in October 10th, 2009 @ 12:03That reminds me of the time when I watched Ice age 2 at school even though it was only in movie theaters so far. Especially because the teacher was very strict and not the sort of person you’d think of as illegally downloading things
. It was probably legal but still quite amusing.
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SudoRandom
in October 10th, 2009 @ 20:49She got an early premiere.
My brother got to see Kung Fu Panda in school one time while it was only in theaters, because one of his teachers also works at an airport and found one of the earli-ish versions and got to keep it.
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in October 29th, 2009 @ 22:31I watched a movie today called He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not starring Audrey Tautou. It was so good and so creepy, especially the ending. SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER WARNING. SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER WARNING. SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER WARNING. SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER WARNING. It starts out with this young college girl (Tautou) who is in love with this middle-aged man and they’re having an affair, but he starts to not return calls and he dumps her. She’s distraught and tries to commit suicide. The movie rewinds to the beginning and it’s told from the man’s point of view, and it turns out that she’s stalking him and driving a wedge in his marriage and ruining his career. Long story short, he figures out it’s her and tells her that he doesn’t know her and doesn’t love her, and she tries to kill him. He goes to the hospital, recovers, and he and his wife have a family and a happy life. She is taken to a mental institution, and after several years she’s been good and said that she made up a fantasy and all that, they let her go. As they’re cleaning out her room, they push aside a cabinet and find a full portrait of the man she was stalking, made entirely of all the pills she supposedly had been taking.
It’s really brilliant how in the first part you’re on the girl’s side but then when you see it from the man’s perspective things completely change.
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in November 3rd, 2009 @ 22:56Has anybody else seen the trailer for Alice in Wonderland? I think it looks pretty good except for the plot – Alice should not be 10 years old, and combining Wonderland and the Jabberwocky is a disaster (in the movie, not in the real world) just waiting to happen.
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in November 4th, 2009 @ 10:49Has anyone else seen the movie Amelie? It’s a great movie. We’re watching it in French class right now. It has a really interesting style. There’s a lot of narration. For example, whenever you meet a character, the narrator explains what the character likes and dislikes.
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in November 4th, 2009 @ 15:27My class is planning on watching The Christmas Carol once it comes out because we’re reading it in English. It’ll be interesting to see it in the animated version, although I’m sure it’s been completely Disney-ified.
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in November 21st, 2009 @ 15:43Or rather, Zemeckis-fied.
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in November 10th, 2009 @ 20:29Has anybody seen The Vampire’s Assistant or The Men Who Stare at Goats yet? They both look really good.
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in November 21st, 2009 @ 18:23I just saw Apollo 13. I loved it.
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in November 21st, 2009 @ 22:33I am going to go see a movie on Thanksgiving but I don’t really know what’s in theatres other than new moon *barfs under table*. Does anyone have any suggestions? I’m trying to stay away from romance, horror or shoot-em-up movies, and I will have to see it with either Mom, Dad, or sister. *wishes HBP was still in theatres even though they buchered it*
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in November 21st, 2009 @ 23:062012 is pretty good. I mean, I don’t really buy a lot of the things that were happening as a result of all the stuff, but…..It wasn’t a bad movie, if you suspend a bit of disbelief (as is the case with most disaster movies, really).
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in November 21st, 2009 @ 23:14speller — I love Amelie! My brother apparently likes it more than me though because he took it with him to college so I can’t watch it again. I loved the gnome….
Audrey Tautou is in Coco Before Chanel, which I would like to see if it’s still out…. She was also in the Da Vinci Code, I think.Marfwarrior — well The Road comes out on Wednesday but I don’t know if that’s really Thanksgiving fare. There’s The Fantastic Mr. Fox, a stop motion film that looks interesting…based on a book by roald dahl.
If Amelia is still playing near you, there’s always that. It’s about Amelia Earhart .I haven’t seen it yet but if my math teacher is to be believed it was pretty good
The movie season is just getting started if you ask me. I’m looking forward to Broken Embraces, I hope it plays somewhere nearby…
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in November 21st, 2009 @ 23:37Yay! It’s an awesome movie. Our teacher had us watch some sections without English subtitles, which was interesting. I never realized they talked so fast.
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in December 11th, 2009 @ 21:54Fantastic Mr. Fox was hilarious and kept the same spirit as the book. I highly recommend it to Wes Anderson fans, Roald Dahl fans, and anyone just looking for a great movie to watch.
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in November 22nd, 2009 @ 00:00Two of my sister’s roommates just got back from watching twilight…..I am quite pleased to hear that they weren’t too impressed. THey seem to be in agreement that Bella is annoying, Edward not hot and definitely creepy, Jacob they seemed to be ok with when he’s “normal”…….
It’s so nice some people remain sane.
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in November 22nd, 2009 @ 19:14New Moon wasn’t horrible… It was much better than Twilight (if that means anything). The director was better (I loved The Golden Compass).
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in November 23rd, 2009 @ 15:22Everyone’s been talking about New Moon. Apparently it’s better than Twilight like fishy said, but still not enough to convince me to see it. I guess I might if the opportunity comes up just for curiosity purposes, but not if the girls will be screaming every time Taylor Lautner or whatever the cake his name is comes on the screen. (Although fine, I did scream when I saw the Percy Jackson trailer when I was at the movie theater for Harry Potter 6.)
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in November 23rd, 2009 @ 16:01Well, given as from what I’ve heard, Taylor whatever (the guy who plays Jacob) is shirtless in almost every scene he’s in……I think the girls will be screaming whenever he comes on screen. Not to mention from things I’ve read online, everybody in every movie theatre viewing had all the girls screaming whenever he came on screen.
Personally, though, while I might consider watching it if I were extremely bored (and had absolutely nothing better to do), I would definitely not pay to go see it in the theatre. I mean, pay good money to see a movie based off of a crappy book? Nuh-uh, HBP was hardly worth the money it cost to go see it in the theatre, and I wasn’t even paying (my parents were). And HP at least has good starting material.
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in November 23rd, 2009 @ 15:40My mom won’t let me see it
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in November 23rd, 2009 @ 17:1237–Why not?
Concerning New Moon: Best to go later, when there aren’t so many screaming girls. I heard it was pretty good too, but I figure it would be hard to be worse than Twilight. It might still be fun to see.
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in November 23rd, 2009 @ 18:12you guys just have to take new moon for what it is: an adaptation of a really terrible book. if you go for the lulz and don’t take it seriously then it’s fun but if you sit there going GOD THIS IS TERRIBLE there’s no point.
i feel like crap contributing to smeyer’s overflowing coffers since the book and movie have so many terrible messages…but on the other hand it’s pretty hilarious.
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in November 23rd, 2009 @ 19:30I might watch it for the lulz someday, but I’m not paying money for it, for various reasons–partly I don’t want to give meyer any money, and partly I just don’t want to spend money on something that, most likely, I’ll only be able to think “GOD THIS IS TERRIBLE” the whole time I’m watching it…….
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in November 24th, 2009 @ 21:44oh yeah, I mean I’m in the same position, and I definitely don’t want to see it surrounded by girls whose (apparently) ideal relationship involves stalking :/ seeing it with a friend who shares your views is helpful, though that would also involve paying for it.
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vanillabean3.141 (Ingrid and Corrance)
in November 25th, 2009 @ 18:08Has anyone seen Les Choristes? It’s a good French, slightly predictable, but still very good. The singing/soundtrack is excellent and Jean-Baptiste Maunier has an AMAZING voice.
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in November 27th, 2009 @ 16:12I liked the Twilight movie better than the book…I want to see New Moon for this reason. It amuses me when movies are terrible. But I don’t think New Moon will be that bad
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in November 29th, 2009 @ 00:41I saw New Moon today! I read the first twilight book and thought it was (deleted). So New Moon was way better than I expected. Parts of it were funny. It was almost good.
And Jacob and Carlisle are really hot.
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in November 29th, 2009 @ 19:15CARLISLE?! DISAGREEMENT!
I saw it last night. I didn’t like it! Not enough romance. I was waiting for it to end. And Bella’s an IDIOT for not choosing Jacob! And it’s dumb that he turns into a werewolf *goes and sulks in corner*
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in December 26th, 2009 @ 00:32And I wouldn’t think Edward was good-looking if he was the last guy on earth. Yes, she should have chosen Jacob!
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in December 11th, 2009 @ 18:19I’m just about to watch Manos: The Hands of Fate, which is widely acknowledged to be the worst movie ever made. I’d better brace myself. Then again, I’ve got the MST3K gang to spice it up, so I might be too busy laughing to notice how bad it is.
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in December 16th, 2009 @ 16:37SFTDP
I’m going to go see Avatar on Friday. (Or maybe Saturday.) Has anyone seen it yet? It looks AWESOME.
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Thanks For All The Fish42
in December 25th, 2009 @ 19:25I can’t wait to see Avatar.
Does anyone know exactly which stories of Sherlock Holmes that the new movie is based off of? I would really appreciate it, because I can’t tell from what I see. I have a habit of reading the book before the movie.
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in December 25th, 2009 @ 22:00Probably none, considering that the writers put magic into it. *grumble grumble grumble*
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in December 25th, 2009 @ 22:50That sounds frustrating to Sherlock Holmes fans…
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in December 26th, 2009 @ 15:18Ew.
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in December 26th, 2009 @ 17:11Define “magic” – is it magic in the everyday sense (like Harry Potter), or a one-time thing (some sort of ritual, for example)?
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in December 26th, 2009 @ 17:25It seems like it’s definitely out of the ordinary for the setting (books of forbidden lore, sinister rituals, etc.)
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in December 26th, 2009 @ 17:29From what I read, the antagonist uses magic to manipulate people. He wants to rule the world. I don’t know just how important the magic is, though. Has anyone seen it?
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in December 26th, 2009 @ 17:38OK…just read the Wiki page. It says that the antagonist guy is a member of a secret society (very Sherlock Holmes) and at the end, Holmes has scientific explanations for everything that happened, which makes the magic only slightly less irritating. The explaining everything at the end is possibly the WORST plot device I can think of, as bad or worse than just leaving the magic to be magic.
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in December 26th, 2009 @ 18:08That still doesn’t answer my question: is the magic an everyday kind of thing (like Harry Potter) or is it some kind of ancient, “nobody’s-used-this-in-one-thousand-years” stuff? Because if it’s the latter, well…
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in December 26th, 2009 @ 17:32WHAAAAT???
I knew it was going to be OFF, just from the trailers–they have Holmes ALL wrong–but not THAT off! My god…
I’m going to go see it anyways…and pretend desperately that it isn’t really Sherlock Holmes at all, they’re just using his name. But geez.
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in December 27th, 2009 @ 16:59*pops in* *decides to be really random and 1. pretend she hasn’t technically disappeared from the blog and 2. frequents this thread* That Sherlock Holmes movie….do not talk to me about the Sherlock Holmes movie. Just… so….. incredibly…. stupid. I wouldn’t even really care, because I don’t hold the original stories to be exactly great literature, but they are classics, and a lot of the people who are going to see the movie are peopled who’ve never read the stories, and then Sherlock Holmes is going to be, to them, yet another action movie guy. I haven’t actually seen any of the trailers, but my friend told me about them, and was all excited: “So Sherlock Holmes has a little hammer, and this big guy has a big hammer…” Oh. My. God. *goes off and whacks head against wall* People just can’t leave the classics alone, can they….
[/rant] Um….yeah. Anyway. That’s my opinion. Please read the stories first, Fishy. Any of them will do, just read them.
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in December 25th, 2009 @ 22:55Well, while I was being Jewish today, I did the typical Jewish thing of going to the movies (although I did not eat Chinese food) and saw Avatar. It was very good. I mean, I thought it would just be one of those movies that my parents drag me to, but it was really worth watching.
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Thanks For All The Fish42
in December 26th, 2009 @ 11:43I don’t like how the actor who plays Percy Jackson looks. I pictured Percy as a bit younger, a little more innocent, and with a little less hair styling. Never mind on the age; it’s the hair that ruins it…
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in December 26th, 2009 @ 18:04YES!!!!!! None of my friends outside of here agree with me. And I always thought of Annabeth as a blonde.
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in December 26th, 2009 @ 21:11She IS blond (see comment 52.1.1 for the complete rant)
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in December 26th, 2009 @ 22:53Ha! I thought you were Alice for a second with your icon… Wait, you agree about the hair? The innocence? Age? All of the above?
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in December 26th, 2009 @ 18:28I don’t really mind his hair…it’s cute at least.
But definitely not Percy at all, it looks too perfect and Hollywood-ish.
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in December 26th, 2009 @ 12:03Has anyone seen Avatar or Sherlock Holmes yet? They both look really good.
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in December 26th, 2009 @ 19:17Avatar PWNed! I can’t believe it got beaten by Sherlock in the BO.
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in December 26th, 2009 @ 21:04I have a feeling it was for two reasons:
1. The basic plot of Avatar sounds rather suspiciously like District 9, which was released on DVD very recently.
2. Something to do with a combination of Sherlock Holmes (and the fact that the character died on Christmas day) and a Christmas day release.
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in December 26th, 2009 @ 21:25I think it also had to do with the fact that some people (such as myself) are boycotting “Avatar” since it’s a caking waste of money with the storyline from Pocahontas combined with the visuals from Star Trek, but with more money wasted.
Such a freaking terrible movie.
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in December 26th, 2009 @ 23:30yeah the storyline was pretty terrible,self congratulatory and vaguely racist depending on how you look at it. I thought the visual effects were cool but nothing more, definitely not “game changing” :/ also i felt like all the animals were basically dinosaurs or normal earth animals with extra legs.
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in December 30th, 2009 @ 20:56In my opinion, it used a ton of old ideas, but it used them all in entirely new ways. It ended up as an enjoyable movie that I would definitely get on DVD.
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in December 26th, 2009 @ 12:3848-The whole cast seems horribly wrong, especially Annabeth.
49- I saw the trailer to Sherlock Homes and was instantly robbed of any desire to see it. Holmes’ rafinesse, his calm, the distinct style… all turned into some corny action film. Avatar- I tried to read an article on it, but it bored me to tears. Okay, so awesomely animated blue people are running around. I just don’t “get” the plot.
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in December 26th, 2009 @ 16:42Annabeth didn’t seem bad to me…
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in December 26th, 2009 @ 15:02They put MAGIC into Sherlock Holmes? *shudders*
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in December 27th, 2009 @ 05:34I read the summary on Wikipedia. They didn’t. They put Holmes debunking magic into it.
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in December 27th, 2009 @ 12:02I see!
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in December 26th, 2009 @ 17:13We watched the trailer to Percy Jackson in Latin class on the SMARTboard (mythology and culture are part of the curriculum), and it was absolutely awful. HOW can it be acceptable to make all of the actors 20 or so, Annabeth BRUNETTE, Grover is muscular, with a complete lack of pimples, beard, and he’s “cool.” They completely butchered Annabeth! (who I’m really sensitive about because she’s my favorite) Not to mention the other characters, and there’s absolutely nothing Percy-esque about the actor chosen to play him, he seems arrogant and proud of the way he is, not the misfit with a complete lack of confidence he starts out as. Everyone is way too…cool. For crying out loud, Annabeth’s a geek! Grover has barely hit puberty! Percy is a misfit! Did ANY of the people making the movie actually read the books?!?! *fury*
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Thanks For All The Fish42
in December 26th, 2009 @ 17:24I don’t get it! What is so wrong with Annabeth!? Her hair doesn’t really matter to me, because I didn’t even remember her hair color from the book.
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in December 26th, 2009 @ 21:04I wouldn’t mind so much either, but she is distinctly described as a blond – would you be able to deal with a redheaded Harry Potter? In fact, her blond-ness is the first description we get of her: “a pretty girl, her blond hair curled like a princess’s.” It’s not like one of those minor characters who are barely described and you don’t may much notice to in the books (We have no idea what Professor Vector from Harry Potter looks like, although I don’t think Vector makes an appearance in the movies, so that’s not a very good example…)
Also, I’m sick of movies that encourage the stereotype that blond people (especially females) are complete airheads with no interest in intellectual pursuits, and I think an Annabeth that’s true to the book would be a nice change. Actually, a girl at my school did her science fair project on how someone’s hair color influences your perception of their intelligence. I only passed by it (I was judging, so I couldn’t wander and look at the projects I wanted to see) so I don’t know what the results were, but anyway…
I have to stop ranting – Am I coming off as a bit stubborn here? And have you guessed my coloring yet?
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in December 26th, 2009 @ 21:06sorry – may as in “you don’t may much notice to in the books” is supposed to be “pay” SFTDP
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in December 26th, 2009 @ 21:43I’m not a huge Percy Jackson fan, so I suppose I don’t pay much attention to detail. You are definitely right for comparing it to Harry Potter; it gives me a perspective to a devote Percy-Jackson fan (Soccerstarr!). They could have just died her hair; she would look good as a blonde!
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in December 27th, 2009 @ 08:31I feel similarly. I mean, “dumb blond” is still used as an occasional insult at my school (As disgusting as I find it) and the fact that Annabeth is one of the smartest people in the books she really represents a change from the usual blond media. Hasn’t people noticed how the bullies in those cliche teen romance films are probably like 98% blond? The fact that the smartest blond girl is being “taken over” by a brunette is what really upsets me.
(And I have brown hair.)
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in December 26th, 2009 @ 18:2452 – Oh yes, we watched the trailer in school too! (But we watched it in Sci class actually – my teacher is a HUGE fan, and we’re often very random…she wouldn’t let us watch the second one though that’s more exciting because she was worried about the rating, although I highly doubt it’s anything that a group of 7th graders can’t handle…)
Oh yes, for the characters:
Logan Lerman (Percy Jackson) – personally I don’t think he’s the worst choice the cast has made. He’s pretty hot too. XD But anyhow, returning to my normal self…I’m pretty sure he’s 16 or 17, and Percy’s definitely supposed to be 12 in the first book. I mean, a 14 year old actor might have been ok tops, but Lerman definitely looks a LOT older. I mean, I guess he could pass for a 15 or possibly 14 year old, but 12? Definitely not! However I’ve heard he’s a good actor (He was in Hoot which I saw and liked although that was awhile back) and he is what I pictured if he was a few years younger…dark brown hair, etc. However you’re right – he does act way too cool from the short shots I saw in the latest trailer. He doesn’t look insecure or like a loser at all – he’s almost TOO hot for Percy who’s always described as bottom class, never fitting in, etc. I sure hope the whole movie depicts that side of him better.
Alexandra Daddario (Annabeth) – Hey, why don’t you just go and make Thalia a flower girl now with hot pink hair once the 2nd movie comes along?! After this casting choice I wouldn’t blink an eye…as far as looks go, I don’t see a hint of the Annabeth from the books in her. Now, that might not be a bad thing – Rick Riordan himself wrote somewhere that the movie will only be very loosely based on the book – but it’s still disappointing. For one thing, she’s in her 20s like you said and Annabeth is supposed to be 12. For goodness sake, my friend is 12 and is an actress and looks a lot more like Annabeth than this girl does…and the fact that Annabeth is older than Percy seems a little weird to me, especially if they both stick till the 5th book when they have a deeper relationship. I dunno, it’s just a little…irksome is the word I guess. Oh yeah, and the hair. At first I just expected them to dye it blond or something, but it’s definitely brown.
Fishy – I know it’s not a HUGE deal, but I always liked the descriptions of the hair. As weird as that sounds. And I don’t know anything about her past acting experience so I’m not the one to judge (I googled her, all I found was that she was in a Yellowbook commercial…) so I can’t say, but honestly she’ll have to truly knock my pants right off with her acting skills before I truly like her.
/end rant/Brandon T. Jackson (Grover) – I honestly know nothing about his acting skills, so I can’t say. But he doesn’t look anything like I imagined – I know this will sound racist, but I always pictured him as white, not black and kind of scrawny with acne, etc. He’s nothing like that in the movie though – like you mentioned, he’s muscular and a whole lot older than I ever imagined.
You’re right, I’m seriously doubting whether or not the casting directors read the book closely enough to notice these details… *furies with bubbles*
Sorry for the long post…
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in December 26th, 2009 @ 21:44Well, she seems OK to me as long as her acting is good.
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in December 27th, 2009 @ 08:25Yeah I know, I don’t know anything about her acting though although based off the trailer it’s decent…
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in December 27th, 2009 @ 09:15It’s just so irritating that she’s brunette because it turns her into another Hermione, which drags the whole book down.
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in December 27th, 2009 @ 09:32Agreed. I think that the less similar it is to Harry Potter most likely the better… See posts #52.1.1.3 and 52.1.1
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in December 27th, 2009 @ 11:04I liked the movie Grover.
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in December 27th, 2009 @ 05:33My school has a Latin course… and it also has SMARTboards…
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in January 1st, 2010 @ 22:02Yeah … none of the characters in the commercial look how I imagined them. I bet Luke will have red eyes and laugh menacingly every 5 seconds. Rachel Elizabeth Dare will have amazing mind-reading powers, and Thalia will be able to fly because she’s Zeus’ daughter.
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in January 1st, 2010 @ 22:08SFTDP, but Annabeth also tells Percy she has “strong feelings for him”. That shouldn’t happen until about Book 4!
And everyone looks at least 14. They should be twelve!
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in January 2nd, 2010 @ 09:11No, she doesn’t. She says “I have strong feelings for you, I just don’t know if they’re positive or negative yet.” I agree it’s a little early for her to be saying that, but it’s not just “I have strong feelings for you,” if it were, than I would agree that something would be seriously wrong.
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in January 2nd, 2010 @ 09:11sftdp
Most of the characters are older than 14. Much older. Heck, the whole cast is old!
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in December 27th, 2009 @ 00:13you guys need to simma down. movie adaptations will never be completely true to their source material.
re: avatar (since my comment disappeared)
I agree with the honorable piggy, the storyline was hackneyed and self congratulatory as well as vaguely racist depending o how you want to look at it. I thought the animals were all basically dinosaurs or earth animals with extra legs. visuals were cool but not “game changing” :/Today I saw Up in the Air which I enjoyed. I have so many movies I want to watch still.
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in December 27th, 2009 @ 08:27Yup, like I said the author even said that the movie will be very different from the book, and from a couple of sources it sounds like a whole lot will be different. I’ll probably be disappointed but…that’s ok. As long as it’s a decent stand alone movie I’ll get over that.
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in December 27th, 2009 @ 16:07You’re right about the movie adaptations, unfortunately. If I’ve read the book, I can’t watch the movie without saying something to the effect of, “In the book, this scene happened this way, not this baloney that the director put in.”
It’s easier to just not watch book-to-movie adaptations. Yet somehow, I can’t help myself.
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in December 27th, 2009 @ 13:24Me friend B is dragging me to see the new Alvin and the Chipmunk sequel. Or Squakeul or whatever they’re calling it.
Chipmunks are cute.
Talking chipmunks………slightly frightening.
Chipmunks that sing and talk…. IRRATATING .
*RIPS HAIR OUT AT SOUND OF CHIPMUNKS SINGING*
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I-Man ((William II, OSW's Secretary))
in December 27th, 2009 @ 14:20Every time I see a trailer for the Avatar movie for next summer (Avatar: The Last Airbender, not the Avatar that’s out now), I feel an urge to take a remote/candy bar and throw it hard at the TV/movie screen.
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in December 27th, 2009 @ 22:57Ditto. What with their casting choices, it’s hard to imagine it being anything like the series I know and love.
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I-Man ((William II, OSW's Secretary))
in December 28th, 2009 @ 08:03Well, it’ not just the casting choices (though those do make me quite angry). It’s just the general idea of taking an anime (or amerianime) and making a live-action film out of it. As I recall, they tried that with Dragon Ball Evolution – didn’t work too well.
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in December 27th, 2009 @ 15:30The Blind Side was really good. Did anyone else see it?
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in December 27th, 2009 @ 20:11What?! Avatar the Last Airbender movie? Can’t imagine anything more irritating.
Re: movie adaptations of books, I thought the Twilight movie was better than the book, but I haven’t read it in…a while, so I don’t remember what the book was like…*loses train of thought* Anyway, the movie was good.
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in December 27th, 2009 @ 20:13Sorry for the DP – I just noticed – Armada posted! Hi, Armada!
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I-Man ((William II, OSW's Secretary))
in December 27th, 2009 @ 23:12So what are people’s new (and possibly, old) opinions on HBP now that we’re all watching it on DVD? I think it’s my favorite in the series yet, with just a few minor problems:
-Lavender’s overly romantic nature is kind of creepy at times
-Tom Riddle looks incredibly creepy – so much so, in fact, that I keep missing his incredible acting
-the attack and burning of the Burrow was not in the book, unnecessary, and downright depressing
-it’s just a little bit annoying that they took out both the Battle of Hogwarts and the funeral. If they had left one in, the deletion of the other wouldn’t have been so bad.
-not enough memory scenes.However, I still thought that the rest of the movie was excellent enough to more than outweigh these negatives.
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muselover
in January 4th, 2010 @ 13:25Plus, they took out half of the PIVOTAL scenes for the Deathly Hallows. I predict that the entire DH1 will be a bunch of exposition.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in January 4th, 2010 @ 13:47Actually, I’d rather watch that than those endless camping scenes in the book.
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muselover
in January 4th, 2010 @ 14:30True. I didn’t imply that that was a bad thing.
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Luna the Lovely
in January 4th, 2010 @ 14:08Ummm. You forgot the key error they made: They totally messed up the entire Horcrux thing–Dumbledore in the movie claimed not to know what any of them were, when in the book, he told Harry all his suspicions (except for Harry himself) on what they were. So now in DH the movie, not only does Harry have to figure out where they Horcruxes are, he’s got to figure out what they are, as well.
In my opinion, though, it was the worst HP movie of the lot. I still say one and two were the only marginally passable ones, due to the fact that they were the truest to the books overall. And after I get back from getting my teeth out today, I intend to settle down on the couch with my Ultimate Editions of HP1 and HP2……
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in January 4th, 2010 @ 15:35True. The trouble is that none of directors know very much about the books. The only reason why the first two were a bit better was because the director’s daughter was a huge HP fan, and kept telling him “oh, that’s wrong, you should fix it” and he actually listened to her some of the time.
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in January 4th, 2010 @ 17:00Oh, come on. The third one was pretty close. (That was actually my favorite HP movie, unlike EVERYONE ELSE on the blog. PLEASE do not reply to this, I-Man.)
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I-Man ((William II, OSW's Secretary))
in January 4th, 2010 @ 19:18Are you sure that Dumbledore most definitely didn’t tell Harry what he thought the Horcruxes was, or that he most definitely DID tell Harry that he didn’t know what they were? Maybe he did tell Harry his suspicions and they didn’t show it on-screen.
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in December 28th, 2009 @ 08:26SPOILER HBP SPOILER HBP SPOILER HBP SPOILER HBP SPOILER HBP SPOILER HBP SPOILER.
59 (I-Man): Shouldn’t that have a spoiler warning on it?) Well, here’s what you wrote/what I think: (Having just seen it the second time around, it’s now fresh in my brain.)
-Agreed. Lavender is a creep. But she’s a funny creep, so it’s ok.
-Yeah, I agree that Tom Riddle is creepy, especially his skin… *shudder* But it makes him look more mysterious and scary, which is what he’s supposed to be, so I don’t mind.
-Burning of the Burrow: I just see it as a way to put everyone in a bad mood. It’s not HORRIBLE, but once again I do agree with you – not necessary.
-The part at the end where they’re all surrounding Dumbledore and they put their wands in the sky to get rid of the Dark Mark is basically there in place of the funeral, and I think that’s fine. It even got me choked up a little…and I think that, surprisingly, the whole thing works just fine without the fight. I was very surprised that it did, but somehow I didn’t think that it was lacking.
-In the book, basically the whole story is surrounding the memories. However I always found those parts boring…I don’t know why, but most of them weren’t that interesting so I didn’t really feel like there wasn’t enough of them in the movie.My own thoughts:
-Funny again the second time around. (When they’re all popping their heads in and out saying “Harry’s here” at the beginning cracks me up just because it seems so cheesy. I dunno why…and the “But I AM the Chosen One” is excellent.”
-Maybe just a little too much emphasis on the romantic parts of the book. I mean, I thought they were all very sweet but watching them the second time around got a little repetitive…the whole story seems to go back and forth between deathly stuff and romance, but at least it had humor to balance it out.
-Not enough Fred and George. I miss the times when they played a bigger part in the previous books, although with time constraints there just wasn’t enough room.Overall though, I liked it.
I’m still debating where it stands compared to the rest of the series, but I thought it was good, and not as depressing as HP5.
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I-Man ((William II, OSW's Secretary))
in December 28th, 2009 @ 09:23Meh, I would think nearly everyone on MB who cares about Harry Potter would have gone out and seen it by now.
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in December 28th, 2009 @ 14:09Eh, good point.
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in December 28th, 2009 @ 20:23“Meh” and “Eh” are fun to say
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in January 4th, 2010 @ 13:55I agree with Starr the burning of the burrow was bad but I really did like the wands in the air to get rid of the Dark Mark.
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bubblebabe225
in December 29th, 2009 @ 19:51*is Canadian*
*not really*
Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh I came back from a month in Canada attaching “eh” to every third sentence.
“But it was sunny yesterday, eh?”
“No, but I put the hat in the washing machine, eh?”
“That was a great game, eh?”
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starr
in December 31st, 2009 @ 13:46Yeah, it’s kind of a habit of mine…
I lived in Canada for one year actually (It was awhile ago though, I was only 5.) but we have Canadian friends who visit every year. I always find myself saying “eh” then.
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in December 31st, 2009 @ 14:57Because “eh” is fun to say!
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in January 4th, 2010 @ 13:56eh?
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in December 29th, 2009 @ 21:02I just got back from Sherlock Holmes. It was… well, if you read it as an adaption of Sherlock Holmes, it was basically awful. If you could manage to separate the movie from the stories, it was better. Certainly not worth a second viewing, but not a total waste of six dollars. It had decent costumes and a good soundtrack and I rather liked Watson, but Holmes was all wrong, and Irene Adler was all wrong, and the plot was not wonderful. I had such a long list of things that were wrong, but in the time that has elapsed between the movie and this moment I have ceased to care very much.
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I-Man ((William II, OSW's Secretary))
in December 30th, 2009 @ 17:48I have not seen the movie yet, so I can’t say anything about the plot or such. However, I would like to point something out:
Many of the old Sherlock Holmes stories were named “The Adventure of _________”. Since the new movie is simply named Sherlock Holmes, I’m going to take that to mean that it’s supposed to mean less of an adaptation or remake of the old stories, and more of a re-imagining of the characters.
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in December 30th, 2009 @ 17:49*character.
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Alice
in December 30th, 2009 @ 19:13Well we KNOW it’s not an adaption, but they have no right to rethink the entire cast of characters and style of the stories simply for commercial purposes. This new Holmes is exactly like every other hero of his kind, and nothing like the interesting, unemotional genius of the stories, and it’s all STUPID. Maybe if everyone was familiar with the original Holmes, it would be OK, but now the vaguely illiterate public is going to be wandering around with all the wrong impressions of the stories! They haven’t any RIGHT to rethink Holmes. If they wanted to do that they could have created another character BASED on Holmes.
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bubblebabe225
in December 30th, 2009 @ 16:56I’ve never read Sherlock Holmes – do you think I’d like it?
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vanillabean3.141 (Ingrid and Siriana)
in December 30th, 2009 @ 18:54I just saw new moon and it is the most boring movie ever.
bubblebabe225–The Sherlock Holmes books are very good. I recommend Hound of the Baskervilles.
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bubblebabe225, who is on MuseBlog to early - what?! It's 11 already?!
in December 31st, 2009 @ 10:01Yeah. Twilight was wayyy better.
Oops, I just realized what I said.
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vanillabean3.141 (Ingrid and Siriana)
in December 31st, 2009 @ 10:35Save her!
*bursts out laughing*Twilight’s redeeming quality was that it was so bad it was funny. New Moon, however, was bad so it was boring. It might have been good, except the style of acting was the same from the last movie and it ruined it, at least in my opinion. *ends rant*
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in December 31st, 2009 @ 11:54I thought new moon was a bit better than twilight because Robert Pattinson was gone for most of the movie.
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bubblebabe225
in December 31st, 2009 @ 13:34Yeah! Bella should have gone with Jacob *shakes head sadly*
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Enceladus
in December 31st, 2009 @ 06:34Squeeee!!! We’re going to see Avatar this afternoon!
*is joyous*
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Piggy
in December 31st, 2009 @ 10:24It’s absolute cake, trust me. The writing is outrageously cliched and predictable, the directing is shoddy, the acting is average at best.
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Enceladus
in December 31st, 2009 @ 11:16Yes, but my family rarely ever goes to see movies, so any movies we go see is a cause for celebration.
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bubblebabe225
in December 31st, 2009 @ 13:34But it has cool-looking aliens
Just kidding, I haven’t seen it.
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muselover
in January 1st, 2010 @ 19:55Well, duh. James Cameron cannot write at ALL. But I thought the acting and directing were good. And at least the script wasn’t as dopey as Titanic’s.
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Elias Eiholzer-Silver
in January 16th, 2010 @ 05:12What acting? It was all CGI. Sigourney Weaver has gone from scaring me to death in Aliens to making me want to tear my eyes out. Why, Ripley, why???
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LittleBasementKitten and Kityera (^>^) (Sheimei, Halena, Cailin, and Cadeo)
in December 31st, 2009 @ 12:01Lucky!
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in January 2nd, 2010 @ 09:14Must see Titanic.
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in January 4th, 2010 @ 14:03Never! Never! Owwwwwwwwwwwww!
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Thanks For All The Fish42
in January 2nd, 2010 @ 19:19Has anyone seen the Alice in Wonderland trailer? It looks like it’s going to be a really good movie, and it’s coming sooner than I thought! I laughed at the pig bit…
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LittleBasementKitten and Kityera (^>^) (Sheimei, Halena, Cailin, and Cadeo)(Tell me to go work on my homework)
in January 4th, 2010 @ 14:25The Mad Hatter is really creepy. But the bunny is good and so is the Queen of Hearts.
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I-Man ((William II, OSW's Secretary))
in January 4th, 2010 @ 17:23I think it looks good, except for two things:
1) I don’t care if it’s a sequel, Alice should not be 10 years older now. Part of the charm and theme of the books and old movies revolved around the fact that she was a kid.
2) Mixing Alice In Wonderland and the Jabberwocky (who supposedly guards the Red Queen’s empire in this movie) is a disaster just waiting to happen.I like that they cast Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, he’ll be a good fit for the role.
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bubblebabe225, the Bunny Lover
in January 4th, 2010 @ 19:21I love Johnny Depp! I cannot wait to see this highly creepy and brightly colored movie!!
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muselover
in January 5th, 2010 @ 12:26Me too! Also, I-Man, the original Jabberwocky poem was actually from one of the Alice books.
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in January 5th, 2010 @ 15:49I think he means that you shouldn’t fix the first book (Alice in Wonderland) with the second book (Through the Looking Glass), and using Jabberwocky is doing that.
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I-Man ((William II, OSW's Secretary))
in January 9th, 2010 @ 18:40No, my point was – Alice in Wonderland was rather screwed up (even though it was still pretty good). The poem Jabberwocky, and the creature Jabberwock, was also rather screwed up. Putting two screwed up things together (from my personal experience) does not tend to work well.
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in January 19th, 2010 @ 12:48TIM BURTON PWNS! THAT IS ALL THAT IS NECESSARY TO SAY.
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in January 21st, 2010 @ 19:08YES HE DOES! BURTON IS THE GOD OF ANIMATION!
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You Are Never Safe Without A Towel
in January 24th, 2010 @ 15:32I cannot wait for it to come out! Every time I go to the movie theater I stare at the picture of for a couple minutes (yeah I’m weird like that) then i continue doing whatever. The person who is playing the Cheshire cat looks like the perfect fit.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in January 5th, 2010 @ 12:51“Jabberwocky” is the poem, which concerns a creature called a Jabberwock (no “y”). The poem appeared in Through the Looking-Glass, which takes place in a different setting (a chessboard dominated by the Red Queen) from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (a card game dominated by the Queen of Hearts). So it’s not such a stretch to put the Jabberwock in Looking-Glass Land; at least it’s from the right book.
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bubblebabe225, the Bunny Lover
in January 5th, 2010 @ 15:35‘Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe
All mimsy were the borogroves
And the mome raths outgrabe.“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!”He took his vorpal sword in hand,
Long time the manxome foe he sought,
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.And as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as he came!One, two! one, two! and through and through,
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head,
He went galumphing back.“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day, callooh, callay!” he chortled in his joy.‘Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe,
All mimsy were the borogroves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.(( All from memory, sorry for any misspellings. ))
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in January 5th, 2010 @ 15:52Well done! “Borogoves” has only one “r,” however.
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Thanks For All The Fish42
in February 12th, 2010 @ 16:18‘Tis strange that I have to memorize that poem for English… It is also strange that my friend who has the resemblance with Swat has memorized that poem recently… This is getting weird.
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in January 5th, 2010 @ 13:4667- I don’t know about it… somehow it looked …garish. Especially Johnny Depp. True, it matches the story, but somehow I liked the cartoon form better. Less creepy. Yes, I know *hides under the bed for horror movies and many other films* I’ll just wait and see how the other lines are delivered- if the actress playing Alice messes up on the “but I don’t want to go among mad people” I’ll loath it, but if they all do a good job the movie might be kinda good. *prefers older movie versions*
I still haven’t seen the new “Charlie and the chocolate factory”, in part because I loved the old one so much and the songs aren’t the same *hums “I want the world, and I want it NOW*
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in January 5th, 2010 @ 16:49Has anyone seen anything by Hayao Miyazaki? I recently watched Howl’s Moving Castle and Spirited Away. I really enjoyed them, and recommend them to anyone who doesn’t like scary movies.
And I know that Howl’s Moving Castle was originally a book.
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Rosebud2
in January 5th, 2010 @ 17:34Yep, by Diana Wyne Jones I think?? You should read it. I’ve yet to see the movie. I should…
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in January 16th, 2010 @ 08:52Yeah, I’ve read it. If you disregard all the differences between the book and the movie, they both seem really good.
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RoseQuartz
in January 5th, 2010 @ 18:13I loooooooove Howl’s Moving Castle. ‘Tis amazing. Best movie ever.
Spirited Away’s quite good, too. My other favorites are Whisper of the Heart, The Cat Returns (not actually Miyazaki, but it’s from the same studio), and Princess Mononoke (rather depressing, but amazing all the same). Oh, and stay away from Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and Castle in the Sky, if you want my opinion (although some people really like them). They’re pretty much the same style, and… I dunno, I don’t really like that style.
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in January 6th, 2010 @ 12:01I liked Castle in the Sky, but not Nausicaa. Howl’s Moving Castle is awesome if you don’t compare it to the book.
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in January 16th, 2010 @ 07:36*agrees* Well, sort of. I didn’t really like the movie, because it didn’t make sense sometimes.
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I-Man ((William II, OSW's Secretary))
in January 7th, 2010 @ 18:08If you liked those two, you should watch Kiki’s Delivery Service and My Neighbor Totoro. MNT = BEST. ANIME. MOVIE. EVER!!!
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in January 11th, 2010 @ 20:07I saw both! They were awesome!
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in January 12th, 2010 @ 16:44I kind of hate the English dub of MNT, though. We watched most of it in Japanese in Chinese class (because from what I’ve been told, Japanese is kinda sorta like Chinese), and when I heard the English voices… I freaked.
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in January 16th, 2010 @ 08:54I’ve seen those two now! I really enjoyed both of them, and I liked the lesson from Kiki’s Delivery Service .
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I-Man ((William II, OSW's Secretary))
in January 15th, 2010 @ 22:56I just saw Sherlock Holmes, and it was great. In fact, it’s probably one of my 4 favorite 2009 movies (this coming from someone who’s seen only 6 or 7 2009 movies). There were a few problems, though:
-the plot took a bit of time to pick up
-the fighting and action became just a little bit much sometimes
-1 or 2 too many sexual innuendoes
-acting was a bit… mediocre at timesBut everything else was great, and I (personally) think the positives far (but not completely) outweigh the negatives. Overall, I’d give it an 8 or 8.5.
And there was very little magic. Very. Little. Magic.
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in January 17th, 2010 @ 17:55*SPOLIERISH SHERLOCK HOLMES SPOILERISH* Yeh, I saw it and liked it. I must agree, the random violence was a bit much at points. My friend and I had to leave when they were in the slaughterhouse, and we walked in just as the pier/wharf thing blew up. I screamed, “VIOLENCE IS NOT THE ANSWER!” at the same my friend dropped to her knees, pretended to sob, and yelled, “DON’T DIE, WATSON!” I’m still surprised as to why we weren’t kicked out of the theatre.
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I-Man ((William II, OSW's Secretary))
in January 18th, 2010 @ 13:58Yeah, the slaughterhouse was probably my least favorite scene of the movie. I did like one of Watson’s line in that scene, though: “What was that about saving bullets?” Great
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Keiffer and Guise //(*^.6*)\\=>
in January 23rd, 2010 @ 11:47I guess some people could call this a spoiler so, POTENTIAL SPOILER POTENTIAL SPOILER WARNING:
Pseudonym and I both saw it recently, I think, (personally) that somebody should have died in the slaughterhouse. Somebody! But I guess that’s just me. I found it very interesting when that SPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOLIER old guy drowned/got boiled to death in his bathtub.
Yes, yes I do have a sick mind.
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Elias Eiholzer-Silver
in January 16th, 2010 @ 05:10Saw Avatar in 3D.
Dear god, the plot was absolute bollocks. I should not be able to accurately predict every single event or plot device in the film- even the unbelievably trite deus ex machina.
Cute visuals, though.
I cannot believe this man is making so much money off of this. It’s an insult to cinema. Tarantino should murder him.
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muselover
in January 17th, 2010 @ 17:28Please don’t use that B-word, as it is extremely offensive in Britain. I thought the same of the plot and script, but thought the directing and acting were phenomenal. That scene where Jake first meets Neytiri was scripted horribly, but it was still really cool to watch.
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Elias Eiholzer-Silver
in February 13th, 2010 @ 10:10The acting was phenomenal? Are you out of your mind? Every single character was an exaggerated stereotype with no subtlety at all.
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muselover
in July 26th, 2010 @ 11:20I know, but I have to say that on the most part (especially with Sam Worthington) the acting made up for it. Sigourney Weaver did kind of suck, though.
And about the deus ex machina, at least it was a literal deus ex machina. But then again, you’re Elias. You think Christianity is a deus ex machina. (Did I really just say deus ex machina 3 times in two sentences?)
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Piggy
in January 17th, 2010 @ 17:31I agree with everything you just said.
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starr
in January 17th, 2010 @ 17:37Everyone on MuseBlog’s said it’s horrible, everyone in my off-blog life has loved it. Interesting….
But I haven’t seen it, so I can’t judge.
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Rebecca Lasley (Administrator)
in January 17th, 2010 @ 17:48Actually, opinion on MuseBlog has been divided. At least a couple of people have raved, some loved the special effects but didn’t care for the story, and some simply hated it.
For anyone who wants to see it, if they have a choice, I recommend seeing it in IMAX 3D.
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in January 17th, 2010 @ 17:56I saw it in Imax 3D (and normal 3D, but Imax is so much better).
I will never look at movies the same way again, I loved it that much.
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muselover
in January 21st, 2010 @ 11:35I liked the movie and everything, I just don’t see why people are calling it OMG BETTER THAN STAR WARS. It was fun to watch, but it wasn’t that good.
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in February 13th, 2010 @ 10:39Bleh. I hated Avatar. Don’t bother watching it in 3D; it got rather disorienting at times (but maybe that’s just me). I didn’t even notice the visuals. It was just a terrible waste of time in my eyes.
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Elias Eiholzer-Silver
in January 16th, 2010 @ 05:20Anyway, made up for it with the amazingly tense and intense Blood Simple (first Coen brothers’ film) and the deeply moving and inspirational Creation (the film about Darwin). The former had me on the edge of my seat for an hour and a half, whereas the latter had me alternating between choking back tears and feeling ecstatic elation. Find a way to see it. I know of a certain bay of pirates that can be quite helpful in situations like these, when films don’t get distributed in certain countries because of ideological polemics.
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in January 22nd, 2010 @ 23:30I am really excited to see Creation once it gets wider distribution here. It did get picked up though!
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in January 17th, 2010 @ 17:4572.3~ I saw it, it was good. I mean, not my absolute favorite, but it was pretty interesting and I enjoyed it.
*is ripped to pieces by the ‘blog*I saw Sherlock Holmes too, and it was quite fun. Of course, I’ve only read maybe one of the stories and never seen any other Holmes movies….sad, I know. But I enjoyed it.
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in January 21st, 2010 @ 11:45I’ve not watched Avatar, but I have heard it described (once in person, once on the net) as Pocahontas with blue people.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in January 21st, 2010 @ 11:59That’s a little like describing “Firefly” as Robin Hood with spaceships and horses.
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in January 21st, 2010 @ 12:19I haven’t watched Firefly, either…..
But I get the idea.
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in January 21st, 2010 @ 12:31Plot, and plot surprises, aren’t everything. If they were, nobody would ever go to the opera. Or reread Harry Potter.
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in January 21st, 2010 @ 12:43True.
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speller73
in January 21st, 2010 @ 13:08Of course, you’d get her with the Harry Potter. Honestly, though, you can make anything sound dumb pretty easily.
Harry Potter: A little boy can do magic! (And really stereotypical wands, broomsticks, potions type magic at that.)
LoTR: Midgets destroy an evil ring!
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: *points to name of TV show*
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in January 23rd, 2010 @ 11:32Doctor Who:
A guy time-travels in a phone box. And he has a magic screwdriver that opens doors!
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in January 23rd, 2010 @ 11:33Eep, sorry. That was me.
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in January 23rd, 2010 @ 11:35And THAT was meant to be a reply to:
Doctor Who: A guy time-travels in a phone box. And he has a magic screwdriver that opens doors!
Which I accidentally posted a the PoPo Officer Robot. *headdesk*
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in July 26th, 2010 @ 11:26LOTR was the best one.
Ender’s Game: Little kids fight aliens! And talk like adults!
Star Wars: A farm boy goes and defeats an old guy using an electric sword!
Toy Story: Toys come to life!
To Kill a Mockingbird: A man wears glasses and talks a lot! And his kids go on little adventures!Heck, we could make a whole thread for this…
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KaiYves- Hail, Atlantis!
in July 26th, 2010 @ 15:38A girl named Buffy slays vampires! (And other nasty creatures!)
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in January 22nd, 2010 @ 02:35I watched Avatar in a packed theater. The special effects were incredible. But I have to agree with Fridgey in that everything else was bland, predictable, and mindless.
On the other hand, I watched Fantastic Mr. Fox in a completely empty theater. It had no amazing special effects, but the characters, dialogue, and plot twist thrilled me. I am now a Wes Anderson fan.
74- You haven’t read any Sherlock Holmes? *sics hound of the baskervilles on fiddler*
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in January 22nd, 2010 @ 23:08I haven’t read any Sherlock Holmes either. *puts on hound-of-the-baskervilles-proof vest*
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in January 23rd, 2010 @ 08:34We’re reading the Hound of Baskervilles this year in school…amazingly I haven’t read it yet.
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in January 23rd, 2010 @ 15:08Is anybody else as (happily) excited for The Lightning Thief as I am?
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in January 23rd, 2010 @ 16:08I am happy, but a little scared that they might ruin the story like they did to “Eragon”
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I-Man ((William II, OSW's Secretary))
in January 23rd, 2010 @ 16:23It doesn’t look (at least, not from the trailers) that they changed too much. So far, there are only two possible differences I’ve seen from the trailers:
1) It looks like they actually use Zeus’s bolt.
2) It looks like Percy and Luke fight on the Empire State Building (or at least in NYC).And yeah, Eragon was screwed up so badly it annoyed me. No wonder they didn’t make a movie for Eldest or Brisingr.
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in January 24th, 2010 @ 15:21I agree. I’ve read Eragon 3 times and when I saw the movie…it made the book look really bad.
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in February 1st, 2010 @ 13:05Which it was. Kokonilly knows what I know about it, and… it’s not pretty.
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in January 24th, 2010 @ 14:13I just saw the Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. It was very interesting, though a bit shoddy at tying things up in the end. Has anyone else here seen it?
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in January 24th, 2010 @ 14:59I’ve seen it, but that probably doesn’t count.
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in January 25th, 2010 @ 12:19It looks sweet, but my dad probably won’t let me see it. The CGI version of Terry Gilliam’s visual style looks absolutely incredible.
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in January 25th, 2010 @ 12:49Yes, it does! I found the landscapes fascinating, but I didn’t get the “signs” on his forehead; somehow, I feel that they could have mentioned it a bit more.
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in January 24th, 2010 @ 14:3879- No, but I read about it in one of the movie magazines at the theater and now I want to.
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in January 25th, 2010 @ 15:40THE COVE
Oh my gosh, I could have cried. How come nobody knows about this stuff that’s going on? I’m hoping to get our school’s animal rights club to write letters to someone. I don’t know who…. Someone.
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in January 26th, 2010 @ 16:34I just made a fake Avatar trailer with iMovie with footage from the real trailer… it’s hilarious.
It’s set to the Counting Crows song Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby, and it changes the plot slightly (i.e., Jake and his avatar aren’t the same person). I might send it to the GAPAs, so stay tuned!
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in January 31st, 2010 @ 16:04Does anyone have any suggestions for musicals that are films? On my list, I already have:
The Sound of Music
The King and I
Fiddler on the Roof
Bye Bye Birdie
Singin’ in the Rain
The Music Man
Grease
Hairspray
Annie
Pippin
Mary PoppinsThose were all the ones I could think of.
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muselover
in February 1st, 2010 @ 13:04Nightmare Before Christmas! Or did you mean Broadway musicals?
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in February 1st, 2010 @ 13:09Anything with Fred and Ginger is absolutely marvelous.
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in February 12th, 2010 @ 11:04Percy Jackson movie comes out today…’nuff said.
It could be completely ruined or completely amazing…eek. Please please please don’t be ruined. *prays*
If it’s Disney-ified *glares* It better not be.
And I’m sorry if this is bordering on a PoPo, but I just had to get that out there.
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Enceladus
in February 12th, 2010 @ 14:01As I’ve said before, I’m almost sure it will be a good movie, just not necessarily PJ.
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Thanks For All The Fish42
in February 12th, 2010 @ 16:45The Rotten Tomatoes has it at 49%. The fan reviews are 77%. The consensus sounds pretty good, so I am pretty sure that you will like it. Don’t expect it to live up to the books, because that is always hard.
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in February 13th, 2010 @ 08:56Yeah, just look at Harry Potter movies.
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in February 12th, 2010 @ 11:41No offense, but it probably will be ruined. They’ve all been aged up to 18, when this is partially a school story. And Annabeth isn’t blonde!!!! That makes me mad. But I’m going to put those trivial things aside and keep an open mind. I’m a little sad that I don’t get to see it til Monday, but I’m going with a bunch of my book obsessed friends that talk during movies (about relevant things, of course) so it will be A LOT of fun!
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in February 12th, 2010 @ 16:09It got two stars in the Boston Globe, I think.
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in February 12th, 2010 @ 16:51SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER
Ok, just got back from the Percy Jackson movie. (!!!!!!) Overall: it was really, really good. I mean, it was really different from the plot – some major changes took place (Which I expected) but quite frankly, like Enc had predicted – it was really good as a stand alone movie, maybe not as a movie based off of The Lightning Thief. So as entertainment? It was really good.
CAST: Once you get past the fact that the characters are all too old and Annabeth has brown hair, I actually had no problem with the cast. The truth was that their older age gave the cast on a whole more depth and made the level of fighting more intense, which I thought was nice and I’m not sure they would be able to pull off as a bunch of 12 or 13 year olds.
Grover (Brandon T. Jackson) – was HILARIOUS. And the truth? He worked! He really did. The film made his character really work. He sort of put on this swagger-gangster style, which you would never expect coming out of Grover well, but somehow he managed it and pulled it all together.
Logan Lerman (Who plays Percy) had excellent acting, and was really close to what I imagined, although he seemed a little too “hot” for the part. He sort of had this cool, huge ego, which was a little bit discouraging, but like I said before, great as a stand alone movie although I did dislike how “cool” he was when in fact Percy’s supposed to be more of a loser and an outcast.
Alexandra Daddario (Annabeth) was nothing like I imagined – but I have to admit, the whole time, it wasn’t like I was comparing her to the vision of Annabeth I’ve always had in my head, which was nice. It just didn’t work out that way. She wasn’t quite as smart as what you would expect though – there were several times when I thought that there was something major going on and she didn’t step up and know it or appear to be very smart. And she definitely was a bit too pushy. I dunno, I didn’t like that.
SPECIAL EFFECTS: Good on a whole. The animation was very realistic, so done very well. The stunts were also really nice, so it didn’t look fake or out of place. Sort of reminded me of Harry Potter though – similar style of animation.
PLOT: Ugh. There were some major gaps here if you’re comparing it to the book – here were the big things I didn’t like: (in no order)
#1 – Percy never had to “find out” that he was the son of Poseidon. Right off the bat Chiron knew, so even though everyone who was watching it probably already knew that so it wasn’t like it was a surprise for anybody, it still would have been nice to add that suspense for Percy.
#2 – The quest wasn’t really a quest, it was like he just decides to get up, leave when he’s not supposed to (He never realistically would have gotten out on his own) and (Surprise!) Grover and Annabeth just-so-happen to be there too to go along with him. No Oracle, No Chiron.
#3 – What the heck happened to Clarisse? And Dionysus? I missed them. They didn’t show up AT ALL.
#4 – There was NO relationship development between Annabeth and Luke. Absolutely no depth there whatsoever. No hints that something more interesting has gone on in their past, in fact, they never even brush up on that fact.
#5 – The Underworld was not done well – they literally walk right in, no problem. They don’t see any spirits (Once, I think) and then they’re allowed in. So they don’t pass Cerberus, or the spirits, or Tarturus (Well, they did pass it, but they didn’t classify it as such) and so that made me sad. Persephone played a major part in it, when she’s not even mentioned ONCE in the book, and Grover was the one who stayed in the Underworld, not Percy’s mom.
#6 – the quest was literally guided for them. They had a map (?!?!) and then went from place to place catching gems, and they drive the whole way, which basically takes the fun out of trying to find transportation.There’s probably more than I’m forgetting, but at least I got that ranting out…I’ll add on more in a different post. (And I’ll include the positive things in that one!) If you read the whole thing…congratulations!
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in February 13th, 2010 @ 10:36SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER
And the scene with the tunnel of love! And where on Earth was Ares??? I didn’t even notice that until halfway through the movie. Then I screamed, “OH MY GOD WHERE’S ARES?!” and a little boy in the front row yelled back, “I DON’T KNOW!!!”
Haha. Actually, I guess that was funny in retrospect.
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in February 13th, 2010 @ 10:44SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER
In the book, Ares is supposed to be controlled by Kronos, which is basicallyh the whole point of not only this book, but the whole series. What the heck are they going to do for the next film? And the one after that?
Also, little things I didn’t like was that Annabeth never called Percy “Seaweed Brain” (Which I know is not that big of a deal, but it did become her signature ting….) and she didn’t have an invisible Yankee cap.
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in February 13th, 2010 @ 11:03SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER
Poo! I didn’t even notice that! I haven’t read the first book in a while…but still! Poo!
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in February 22nd, 2010 @ 18:29Such a big spoiler…
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Silver Lining
in February 22nd, 2010 @ 18:54Sor-ry! Reflexive action. I always put a spoiler on these types of threads because I think I once slipped up and someone got angry. Or something like that.
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in March 1st, 2010 @ 22:53JOHNNY DEPP+CRISPIN GLOVER+TIM BURTON+HELENA BONHAM CARTER+ALAN RICKMAN+CHRISTOPHER LEE=ALICE IN WONDERLAND=PWNAGE!!!
Sorry, just had to let that all out. But seriously, am I right, or am I not?
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muselover
in July 26th, 2010 @ 11:30I’m pretty sure that back when I first posted that, I meant to make it its own post. Not a reply.
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bubbles
in February 12th, 2010 @ 23:23SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER
I have returned from seeing the much-anticipated Percy Jackson movie. I think I basically have to agree with starr, but I have a few points of my own to make.
1. What happened to Argus?
2. Where was Procrustes?
3. Why was the Underworld on fire?
4. What about Echidna and the scene at the arch? Where did that go?
5. What was up with that Parthenon scene?
6. Why was Mrs. Dodds the English teacher? The first chapter is called “I accidentally vaporize my pre-algebra teacher” or something like that. PRE-ALGEBRA!
7. There was no mention of Thalia at all!
8. Alexandra Daddario seemed like more of a Thalia character to me. She didn’t seem as smart as Annabeth is in the books. Annabeth was always the thinker, the strategist, and Thalia was the one who was always fighting and being tough, which was how they portrayed Annabeth in the movie. Strange.
9. Percy, Smelly Gabe, and Medusa were achieved quite well. I really liked the Medusa scene, that was good, although I remember one of those iridescent balls on a pedestal was what Percy used to see Medusa’s reflection, not an iPod. Oh well.
10. Percy’s mom looked ever-so-subtly, and yet rather obviously (if that makes any sense at all) Greek.Okay, I’ll stop going on and on. Overall, it wasn’t very true to the book (huge, gaping holes, to be honest) but as a screenplay, it was quite good. Hmmm. Things to think about.
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Rainbow*Star (OK, I'm keeping my name)
in March 27th, 2010 @ 09:46SPOILER SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER SPOILER.
Maybe their compromise was to leave Thalia out, but make Annabeth look and act like her.
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starr
in March 27th, 2010 @ 11:41SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER
I sort of doubt it. I mean, I don’t want to rule out that possibility, but if it is the case…I’ll be pretty mad. Besides, Thalia is almost nonexistent in the first book. I can definitely see them popping her tree in the second film just to make it work though, and I’d be pretty surprised if her character is totally out of the plot. This is Hollywood, after all. It happens all the time in a series that’s based off a book.
Still, I can’t deny the fact that Annabeth is much more like Thalia, but that seems to be more about the actress than anything else. Alexandra Daddario seems to have gravitated more towards Thalia’s personality but then again, it’s also the way the crappy script was set up.
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Rainbow*Star
in February 14th, 2010 @ 16:08SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER.
My random opinions:
1. Where’s Ares? Half the plot depended on him.
2. On a smaller scale, no Clarisse, Dionysus, Echidna, Procrustes, or Cerebrus.
3. Why didn’t they explain about Elysium, Asphodel, and Punishment?
4. How could they leave out Thalia?
5. Annabeth was … completely different in looks and personality.
6. The special effects were good.
7. The Lotus Casino was way different than I thought, but it worked.
8. What about the cabins at Camp Half-Blood?
9. They should have worked in that Gabe had been hitting Sally … otherwise it seems a little mean to turn him to stone.
10. What about Kronos?
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in February 21st, 2010 @ 11:08Rainbow*star- Periods no longer end the comment in the RC bar. You have to make your spoiler warnings much longer now.
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vanillabean3.141
in February 19th, 2010 @ 22:27I just finished watching Le Valet and it’s really, really funny and charming. The ending is good and the people you think are going to fall in love actually don’t.
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in February 20th, 2010 @ 20:40This is Princess_Magnolia who doesn’t feel like logging out of Pseudo’s account. POSSIBLE SPOILER WARNING.
Anyway, I’ve just seen Percy Jackson, and I give it a 2 1/2 out of 4. Not having read the book, I can’t judge on any of that stuff. In the beginning, the plot seemed to move a little too quickly and got really, like, incoherent. Whatever. Also, it was a little clichéd. Just a tad. And some of the acting was kind of bad. Like that whats-his-name dude – the centaur. But Hades was the scariest place. I was kind of rooting for Persephone in that scene with the fireplace, but also whatever. I liked the ending. A lot.
89 – Yeah, that’s why I like the ending of Percy Jackson. You think Annabeth or whatever her name is is going to kiss Percy, but then she attacks him with a swordBut just once I’d like to see a movie in which the main character fails at something that really can’t be solved.
All in all, I liked Percy Jackson MUCH better than Dear John. *shudder*
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in February 22nd, 2010 @ 19:48“That centaur dude” was Pierce Brosnan, AKA James Bond. I actually thought his acting was quite good.
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in February 23rd, 2010 @ 18:11It’s probably the writers. Just seemed too corny for me.
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I-Man ((William II, OSW's Secretary))
in February 22nd, 2010 @ 08:12(Would have posted this on Tuesday or sooner, but I was busy and then I got a friggin’ concussion yesterday)
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Overall, I’d have to say a 2.5/3 out of 4. I think many of the important things they left out/stuck in (Kronos, Luke supposedly dying) were done so because they didn’t want to do sequels and go through the same pre-release reception for four books. And after that, there were only 5 significant plot differences I noticed:
1) Hydra not until the 2nd book (if they are doing sequels, one less thing to worry about missing, I guess)
2) Shield that rotates out not until 2nd book (again, if sequels, one less thing to worry about)
3) People actually used the bolt.
4) Luke and Percy fought in New York City instead of Camp Half-Blood. And it was more of an actual fight.So I liked it quite a bit, but I think how much you’ll like it depends on how big of a fan you were of the books:
-If you never read the books, you’ll probably like it the most
-If you were a fan of the books to some degree, you’ll still like it
-If you didn’t like the books, you’ll probably not like it much
-If you’re a raving, rabid fan who memorizes every little detail and obsesses over them… run screaming and don’t come back.Incidentally, the Mick Jagger look for Hades was awesome
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starr
in February 22nd, 2010 @ 19:51I like your little chart at the bottom quite a bit, seeing as I know many people who’ve watched the film all at different levels of fan-ness and the chart is very accurate.
But it’s sort of weird, because I’m definitely the “raving, rabid fan” and yet I still enjoyed it in a teeth gritting sort of way.
If that makes any sense at all.
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in February 22nd, 2010 @ 20:14I liked it even though I hadn’t read the book. At the beginning, I was relieved that there were no cliche romances, but then Annabeth came in and I was disapointed. Oh well. I’ve been reading too much Pratchett.
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starr
in February 22nd, 2010 @ 20:22PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER
Their romance develops MUCH slower and much more realistically in the book – I guess because they’re older they decided to throw some more “romantic” elements in the film, if you can call it that. They were nowhere near kissing in the first book, but they came pretty close in the film.
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I-Man ((William II, OSW's Secretary))
in February 22nd, 2010 @ 22:13PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER.
Psssh, that scene hardly counts. Annabeth was trying to distract him on purpose – could have happened for romantic purposes, but it didn’t.
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in February 23rd, 2010 @ 17:22SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILEr PERCY JACKSON SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOIlER SPOILER sPOILER SPOILER SPOILER.
But that scene by the pool was like, bordering on romance the entire time.
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in February 23rd, 2010 @ 17:52SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER PERCY JACKSON SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOLIER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER.
I got that much, but there was DEFINITELY more romantic aspects to the film than in the book. The Annabeth in the book would not have done that in my humble opinion. (And I agree with Errata about the pool scene.)
However like I said, that’s just comparing it to the book. In the film version, it worked pretty well.
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muselover
in March 5th, 2010 @ 22:16Just saw Alice in Wonderland.
Oh. My. Gosh. Best Tim Burton movie EVER. I cannot find words to describe how amazing it was. It’s unfair that critics have been dismissing it for a variety of nonexistant reasons, because this movie was simply amazing. I was fortunate enough to see it in 3D, and I’m glad I did, seeing all the gimmickry they used (such as soldiers pointing their spears into the camera, the March Hare throwing things, etc.) I’ll talk about the visual effects in a moment, but first I have to say that the acting was superb. Mia Wasikowska (pronounced Vosikovska, for those who were wondering) was wonderful as Alice. Johnny Depp really got into his character, as did the other Burton regular, Helena Bonham Carter. All the CGI characters were very well acted as well, with Alan Rickman as a truly remarkable caterpillar, and Christopher Lee, even with only two lines, was an outstanding Jabberwocky.
Now, on to the visual effects. This movie really did what Avatar did very rarely, in my honest opinion, which was to make the live-action and CGI indistinguishable. It flawlessly puts Johnny Depp and the gang into a Wonderland that is as believable as any Pandora. While some of the 3D seems like a gimmick, as I already mentioned, some of it will make your jaw drop. I very much hope that Tim Burton will make a 3D CGI animated movie, because it would be fantastic.
Watch this movie. You owe it to yourself to. If you liked Avatar, you’ll love it, if you didn’t like it, you’ll probably still love it. All you people still seething about a certain movie based on a popular book series that stars Logan Lerman, this is your antidote. I-Man, I know you kind of liked the movie I just referred to, but knowing you, you will think that this equals PWNAGE!!
And finally, to wrap it all up…
DOWN WITH THE BLOODY RED QUEEN!!!!!!!!!!!
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in March 27th, 2010 @ 06:45Yes! OFF WITH HER BLOODY BIG HEAD!!!!!!!
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in March 27th, 2010 @ 12:34I wanna go see that again. I’m trying to decide between seeing it and HTTYD this weekend.
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in March 21st, 2010 @ 20:09SpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerAliceinWonderlandSpoiler.SpoilerificSpoilerySpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoiler?
I loved Alice in Wonderland. The cheshire cat was adorable with its lovely creepy smile… :3
And the scenery was amazing- so Tim Burton-esque… lovely.
The music was amazing too….One of my favorite books + Tim Burton = AMAZINGNESS.
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in March 21st, 2010 @ 20:40I know! Isn’t it the best movie of the year so far?
On a different note, I was going to see Diary of a Wimpy Kid, but virtually every professional movie reviewer mentioned the boatloads of toilet humor. There was almost NONE of that in the books (note: I said almost) and I can’t believe they would use that kind of stuff to mess up the movie.
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in March 27th, 2010 @ 11:44I saw Diary of a Wimpy Kid and I thought it was pretty good, if you like that sort of light, childish humor. There was obviously nothing intense or really emotional about the film, but as a light, humorous movie? Sure. I thought it was decent.
As for the “toilet humor”, yeah, there was more than in the book, but some of it was pretty funny.
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in March 26th, 2010 @ 18:59Oh. My. George. I just came back from seeing HTTYD, in Imax, and it. Was. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *excessive amount of exclamation points*
*calms down* OKay, here’s my review:
Compared to the book: *…*
By itself: *star star star star star*The special effects and animation were excellent. They had some parts where it was like the “camera” was on Toothless’ back, and it was really cool. The end battle scene was awesome, but it was a bit depressing when SPOILERSPOILERSPOILER Hiccup lost his foot ENDSPOILERENDSPOILERENDSPOILER, but I loved it. If you’re looking for the book on-screen, that’s not it. But it was great on its own, and that’s what really counted. I loved Astrid, she is really, really, well, tough and boyish. But I hated it when SPOILERSPOILERSPOILER Toothless was chained up on the boat ENDSPOILERENDSPOILERENDSPOILER and SPOILERSPOILERSPOILER when they nearly drown ENDSPOILERENDSPOILERENDSPOILER. But it was just…oh, george, I still have an adrenalin rush. *pant pant pant* *faints*
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in March 26th, 2010 @ 20:43Nice. I thought it was going to be a terrible movie but it got generally good reviews. I’m still not planning on seeing it. And I’m glad your avatar is back to a cat.
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in March 27th, 2010 @ 06:44Yup.
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in April 12th, 2010 @ 11:37That was indeed a fantastic movie. Much better than I expected from DreamWorks. And inoffensive too!
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in April 12th, 2010 @ 12:13It was indeed good… To be honest, I mostly remembered freaking out when I saw that David Tennant had a cameo.
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in April 12th, 2010 @ 13:13Oh, oh! That reminds me…..I was going to watch that just for DT.
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in April 12th, 2010 @ 14:47WAIT
DT was in it?
who was he?
absolutely loved the movie btw. whoever played the kid was great
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in April 12th, 2010 @ 14:52wait. nesting is confusing. DT was in HTTYD, or alice?
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in April 12th, 2010 @ 15:31HTTYD. I liked Mia Wasikowska too.
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in April 12th, 2010 @ 16:00HTTYD, or so I heard from speller a few weeks back. I want to say he was the voice of a viking? I dunno, I’ve not seen it….
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in July 24th, 2010 @ 09:42While I was in Canada, I saw Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Jay Beruchel (probably spelled his name wrong…-.-) was awesome, yet again. There we’re tons of special effects, but there has to be I like at the end when SPOILERSPOILERSPOILER Dave is fighting Morganna’s soul and toards the end she says something like “Ha! You may be the Prime Merlinian, but you are weak and pathetic!” Then Dave says, “Yeah? Well, I’m not alone. I brought a little science with me.” Then he blasts her with electricity. There was also the part where he makes music with the coils that was cool.ENDSPOILERENDSPOILERENDSPOILER
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in April 12th, 2010 @ 17:17aaah, found it
David Tennant as Spitelout: a Viking who is not named in the movie, he appears to be Stoick’s Second-in-Command, and bears a striking resemblance to Snotlout. Tennant has previously narrated a series of Hiccup adventures on audio book.[7]
i didn’t even notice!
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in April 12th, 2010 @ 17:51Yeah… I wouldn’t have noticed except that I was leaving the theater and out of the corner of my eye, I was pretty sure I saw David Tennant in the credits…
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in April 12th, 2010 @ 19:10Saw The Last Song yesterday. It was really pretty bad. Acting flat. Has anyone else seen it?
I really thought I was going to like it!!! Darn!
But I hated Dear John, and this was also a Nicholas Sparks movie.
What a waste of $18.
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in April 12th, 2010 @ 21:19Has anybody here seen How to Train Your Dragon? It looks like it might be my favorite Pixar/Dreamworks film in a long while.
(No, I haven’t read the book yet. If I do, it probably won’t be for a while, and I’ll probably have seen the movie by then.)
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in April 17th, 2010 @ 21:30SFTDP
OK, just saw HTTYD, and speaking as someone who hasn’t read the book, I’d have to say that as a standalone movie…
Phenomenal. Amazing. And probably my favorite Dreamworks and/or Pixar film in a long while. Two things that made it stand out were:
1. The moral lesson or moment of self-realization wasn’t shoved in your face every 15 to 30 minutes.
2. It was more intense. Maybe just as kiddy, but quite a bit more intense.On top of that, fitting music, interestingly unique characters, and an interesting plot made it very, very memorable.
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in May 13th, 2010 @ 16:30Yes, definitely. Not quite up to Pixar standard in my opinion, but this is the closest DreamWorks has ever gotten.
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in June 26th, 2010 @ 11:07I just saw it. In a theater. Probably the last day it was in that particular theater, too.
But it was very good.
“I am hurt. I am very much hurt.”
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in July 24th, 2010 @ 09:37“Yeh need ta stop all of…this”
“You just pointed to all of me…”
“Yes. Tha’s it!”
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in June 17th, 2010 @ 22:00MY AVATAR HAS CURRENTLY CHANGED TO ANNOUNCE THE RELEASE OF Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 3.
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in June 22nd, 2010 @ 18:59Have you seen it? Is it good? I’m seeing it tomorrow.
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in June 26th, 2010 @ 10:05I saw it, and it was amazing!
Did anyone else see it and love it as well?
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in June 26th, 2010 @ 10:21I did. THAT MONKEY WAS SO CREEPY.
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in July 17th, 2010 @ 09:00I saw it, and although I liked it, I thought that it sadly fell short of the Pixar standard. The middle section was too long, too serious, and too intense for a G-rated movie. The beginning and end were so perfect, though, that the rest of the movie was. Redeemed greatly. I’d give it an 8/10.
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in July 24th, 2010 @ 11:46They don’t decide the ratings, so don’t blame them for that. Although I agree it was much more intense than the other Toy Story’s…
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in June 25th, 2010 @ 23:46Currently watching There Will Be Blood. It’s not disturbing, but it is freaking me out. I feel like Eli is going to start throwing crosses at people and Daniel… Oh god I think he’s going to start taking buckets of burning oil and throw it everywhere. There’s so much tension and I feel like something huge has to happen. Where is this blood?! There was some earlier, but I’m expecting something more drastic. Oh well. Anyone else seen it? 45 minutes left!
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in June 26th, 2010 @ 09:56Cake. I feel asleep before the ending. I never do that.
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in June 26th, 2010 @ 10:18SFTDP
That’s supposed to be fell…. To make this not a PoPo… How has everyone been feeling about Shrek and Toy Story? I haven’t seen either, but I really would like to. Which one do you think is better? Anyone going to see Eclipse?
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in June 26th, 2010 @ 11:20Haven’t seen Toy Story 3, but I saw Shrek. It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t that good either.
I could say more, but I’d spoil the entire thing.
My sister did see Toy Story 3, she says it was great.
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in June 26th, 2010 @ 17:08Toy Story 3 was great. You’ll cry.
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in July 17th, 2010 @ 19:04Hehehe. Metal Gear Engrish!
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in July 4th, 2010 @ 20:50I saw The Ghost Writer last Monday on a plane trip. Pretty good for a whodunit of sorts. And I am now obsessed with Ewan McGregor.
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in July 5th, 2010 @ 09:00VSFTDP, but I just watched the Deathly Hallows trailer and it was freaking epic. Not very revealing about what happens, but epick as heck.
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in July 17th, 2010 @ 09:02Except for all the scenes that had nothing to do with the book. I seriously do t remember Voldemort cornering Harry in an alley. Or Hogwarts falling apart.
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in July 17th, 2010 @ 09:03SFTDP (but I need to say it before Robert does)
Well, at least they can replace the camping scenes.
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in July 17th, 2010 @ 09:04SFTTP (gulp)
Going to see Inception today. *is happy*
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in July 17th, 2010 @ 15:45SFTQP *sweats*
No I’m not. *is sad*
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in July 18th, 2010 @ 15:04Did anyone else see Inception? It was quite confusing, but extremely entertaining.
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in July 24th, 2010 @ 15:52I eventually saw it on Sunday. I didn’t think it was that confusing, actually. It always stayed a few steps ahead of you, but not too many steps ahead. It’s probably my favorite movie of the year so far.
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in July 24th, 2010 @ 09:15I finally watched the Percy Jackson movie! Annabeth was awesome if you ignore her hair colour. Grover was hilarious but not what I had expected. Why did Zeus and Hades have long, curly hair?
And also. My favourite part of the movie. When they go to the Parthenon.
As I live right outside of Nashville, and used to take ballet 3-5 days a week right across the street from said Parthenon, inside the park that the Parthenon is (the art center there does acting, dance, and jam band…), that part amused me immensely. When they were driving to the Parthenon, I was laughing hysterically because they drove straight down West End, and the clip of video of that was RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE BORDERS! And my sister was like “I RECOGNIZE THOSE FLOWERS!”. Inside the Parthenon, I was very picky about the details that were wrong, because I love the Parthenon and have been there numerous times.
1. Athena is plated in gold. In the movie scenes, the Athena they use is not even painted gold. This annoys me.
2. When the pearl lands on that grate-thing. I do not remember there being grate-things in the room where Athena is.
3. The water fountains. WHAT? Water fountains???
And then when they turned the monster into stone with the Medusa head, I commented “Mandi’s gonna love that.” and we all started laughing hysterically again. (A writer friend of mine, Mandi, works at the Parthenon as a docent when she isn’t running her magazine, and during NaNoWriMo last year we had a write-in behind Athena, with free admission, thanks to her. :D)Overall- not very much like the book, but enjoyable in it’s own way, and the Parthenon scenes made me laugh.
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in July 24th, 2010 @ 21:32Just saw Inception today, as part of the _____ Summer Institute’s theater day. And… wow. That was amazing.
SPOILER WARNING INCEPTION WARNING SPOILER WARNING INCEPTION WARNING SPOILER WARNING INCEPTION WARNING SPOILER WARNING INCEPTION WARNING SPOILER WARNING INCEPTION.
Some of the rules about the dream world and their applications to the plot were a bit hard to follow, but I thought it was cool how it extended on the concept of The Matrix rather than just copying it. And the ending was very interesting.Like muselover, it’s probably either one of my favorite or my absolute favorite film(s) so far this year.
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in July 24th, 2010 @ 22:33Hey, what would you expect? We’re bloglings!
PRETTY DARN BIG INCEPTION SPOILER COMING UP IN 54321…
I thought the ending was interesting too. I actually predicted after seeing the movie that there would be a thread on half of the discussion forums in existence debating that ending.
Personally, I thought that since you saw the totem wobble right before it faded to black, it meant that he finally got to see his kids in the real world. Still, there are bound to be people that disagree with me. What’d you think?
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in July 25th, 2010 @ 01:02So, opinions of Eclipse? It was about as awesome as it could get and still be Twilight. I saw it in a theater with only about 30 people, and am pleased to say there was a lot of giggling when Jacob said he was “hotter” than Edward. And at the hilariously awkward Charlie/Bella talk.
Yes, that talk.
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in August 5th, 2010 @ 22:22I saw Inglorious Basterds on DVD today! I must say, it was one of the most entertaining movies I’ve seen in a long time. Very graphic, but not wastefully so. I thought perhaps they were going to have it fit with history (having them say it was some sort of cover up), but no such thing happened. I couldn’t decide if it was happy ending… Although logic tells me it was. Has anyone seen it?
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in August 7th, 2010 @ 13:32“i’ve had a dream, all my life, and it was not this good” ~joss talking about the avengers movie
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in August 13th, 2010 @ 22:03I think we might want another one of these. How about it, GAPAs?
On a different note, MYST IS BECOMING A MOVIE!!!! *hugs the Miller brothers*
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in August 13th, 2010 @ 23:27Myst? As in, the old computer game? Really?
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in August 13th, 2010 @ 23:46It’s not that old. STOP MAKING ME FEEL OLD, DANG YOU
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in August 13th, 2010 @ 23:53I’ve never even heard of that video game or movie!
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in August 14th, 2010 @ 07:36Actually, in Muse a few (3– 4?) years ago, there was a math page that had to do with myst. I miss math pages
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in August 14th, 2010 @ 09:15No, you’re right, it’s not that old. I really just meant ‘not new’.
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in August 14th, 2010 @ 06:28*jawdrop* I don’t know whether to be frightened or amazed…
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in August 14th, 2010 @ 07:44I’m not sure either. My parents played that video game together when they were first married (…and that doesn’t sound like a weird way to keep track of things, okay?), which was about fifteen years ago? We still have it, but for some reason it got all messed up so I never got to play it. We did have the sequel to it, what was it called. Quin? Something like that. I’m too lazy to look it up.
But I do have the book based off of Myst, and have read it like a million times.
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in August 14th, 2010 @ 09:18I’ve played it several times. Lots of fun.
Haven’t read the book yet though. Woudn’t want to spoil the game for myself.
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in August 14th, 2010 @ 16:30Actually, the events of the books precede the games. They’re a great addition to the universe of Myst. (I actually read the books before I played the game, which I really need to get around to finishing.)
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in August 14th, 2010 @ 16:28The movie will be based on the Book of Ti’ana. Which one do you have? I have all 3
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in October 24th, 2010 @ 09:43…dang, I need to go play that.
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in September 2nd, 2010 @ 21:06Old thread? Hmmm it’s still open, Oh, and not dead.
Inception! I was pleased- fast but not confusing (although after Primer I’m ready for anything), and visually exciting while retaining a tragic romance.
I was doing some research, and it sounds like the Tintin movie is in post-production! Very exciting, but I have to admit to some olbie distress- if it’s bad (which I doubt) it could publicly RUIN Tintin, whereas if it’s good there’ll be all these new POSER fans who haven’t even read all the original books, much less en français.
Funny story though! Apparently Simon Pegg (with Nick Frost as Thompson & Thompson! AMAZING.) wasn’t doing a fight well enough, so Spielberg started to beat him up a little to show him how it’s done.
=DAnd while I’m here, Arrested Development movie, anyone? Rumors circulate that there’s a more than halfway finished script!
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in September 2nd, 2010 @ 21:09Typo! It’s Thomson & Thompson, silly me.
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in September 14th, 2010 @ 18:49New thread, please?
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in September 26th, 2010 @ 17:18Agreed.
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in September 26th, 2010 @ 18:57Movies on my list:
–Catfish. I demand that no one spoil it for me.
–The Town.
-That other thing that I forget…what was it?That’s all.
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in September 26th, 2010 @ 19:31I forgot The Social Network.
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in September 26th, 2010 @ 20:38The only other movie I plan to see is Tron. I just saw Legend of the Guardians, and although the story was only OK, the animation was breathtaking (especially in 3D).
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in October 8th, 2010 @ 00:53I know this thread has mostly been discussing recent movies, but I’d like your opinions: which is the best Star Trek movie? Of the first four, I’m going with The Voyage Home.
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in October 24th, 2010 @ 09:45So a week or two ago, I went to see Legend of the Guardians with my friend S, and for both a book-to-movie movie and an animated movie…
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Was.
Awesome.My only major complaints are that Jim Sturgess’ voice as Soren got on my nerves some times, and the plot elements they added/removed threw off the pacing a little bit.
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in October 25th, 2010 @ 10:34Especially the animation. I haven’t read the books, which is probably a good thing, but the plot was good too.
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in October 30th, 2010 @ 13:59I was watching Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire last night, for the first time in about four years. First, I noticed that David Tennant was playing Barty Crouch, Jr. Then, I noticed that Robert Pattinson was playing Cedric Diggory.
IT WAS SO WEIRD.
He looked all cleanly shaved and combed, but it was still Edward. RPattz was definitely more normal looking four years ago, but it freaked me out.
Also, why didn’t I know that Robert Pattinson was in Harry Potter? That had to have been his first major screen appearance…and is he British? *checks*
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in October 30th, 2010 @ 14:04“Robert Thomas Pattinson (born 13 May 1986) is an English actor, model, musician, and producer. Born and raised in London, Pattinson started out his career by playing the role of Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.”
That’s Wikipedia. Hmm. Model? Wait a second, musician? Producer??
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in November 7th, 2010 @ 05:03He’s a producer?
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in November 7th, 2010 @ 18:05Wikipedia didn’t tell me what he produced.
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in November 11th, 2010 @ 21:08His music really stinks. One of his songs is on the Twilight sound track, which I received from a friend for Christmas a few years ago. Yes, I too was a nastily brainwashed Twihard once. It was horrible. Back on topic though. The song is just him mumbling with a very quiet guitar riff in the background.
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in November 11th, 2010 @ 21:39i just want to say that both twilight soundtracks have excellent music which will forever leave me befuddled, but ah well
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in November 12th, 2010 @ 00:06Yeah, the rest of the music is actually really kick-butt. However, it saddens me to think that the only reason they used so much of Muse is because they are the author-who-must-not-be-named loves them.
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in October 30th, 2010 @ 16:59I knew this. In fact, seeing as I’m going as an insane, Twilight/Edward-obsessed fan for Halloween (in the spirit of mocking), I suggested that my friend be my counterbalance and dress up as Team Cedric.
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in November 11th, 2010 @ 19:29I just watched the movie Tampopo. It was probably the weirdest movie I’ve ever seen, after 2001.
It was good, though rather surreal. And I certainly wouldn’t reccomend it for anyone under high-school age.
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in December 13th, 2010 @ 20:34*casts Revive on the thread*
Anyone see the new trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides?
When I first heard they were even making a 4th one, I thought it cheesy something terrible. But after seeing that… I can’t wait
My only major complaint so far is that the plot seems a bit overflowing. We’ve got mermaids, Blackbeard appearing after apparently having been gone for a really long time, Jack appearing in some royal court in London, a new Spanish-speaking lady that I can only assume is supposed to replace Elizabeth Swann, etc. all in a two minute trailer.
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in December 26th, 2010 @ 22:23Totally agree. I don’t really know how they’re going to pull it off this time.
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in January 2nd, 2011 @ 22:33Well, I saw TRON: Legacy today…
It was pretty good
The soundtrack was great, the special effects were awesome, and I like how they made it seem like they were going to be using some fairly cliche plot elements and then go off in a majorly different direction. My only complaint is that the real-world plot was pretty confusing to me. Oh, and they didn’t spend enough time in Light Cycle
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in January 16th, 2011 @ 23:59Anyone else on the blog seen The King’s Speech? I personally thought it it was one of the best, if not the best, films of 2010. The acting, writing, directing, cinematography, and score were all masterfully done. I hope I can see more from Tom Hooper.
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in February 9th, 2011 @ 19:17GAPAs, if we’ve not fulfilled our quota of new threads, could we possibly get a new one here?
muselover– I liked The King’s Speech a lot as well! I’ve heard that many people who have a stammer in real life were very happy with the way everything was portrayed. Of course Colin Firth was amazing as usual
He directed the John Adams miniseries as well, which I LOVED so yeah.As of right now I’ve seen all of the Best Picture Academy Award nominees except for Winter’s Bone and The Kids Are Alright, both of which I hope to see before the show at the end of the month.
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Cat's Meow
in March 20th, 2011 @ 14:41Well, the actress playing Katniss has been chosen for the upcoming Hunger Games movie: Jennifer Lawrence. I’m currently happy with that choice, particularly if she gets her hair dyed darker for the role. Suzanne Collins has approved her, which is a plus, and the girl can clearly act. She even has a southern/Appalachian accent, which I admit to particularly hoping for.
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Rainbow*Storm
in March 27th, 2011 @ 01:13I wonder who’s going to play everyone else in Hunger Games? *can’t think of any actors*
Legend Of The Guardians = AWESOME whether you’ve read the books or not.
… Did Deathly Hallows get its own thread or something?
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Cat's Meow
in April 7th, 2011 @ 15:06The actors for Peeta and Gale were announced today. *grumbles* Isn’t Peeta blond and blue-eyed?
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Rainbow*Storm
in May 20th, 2011 @ 00:44I saw the trailer for POTC4! It looks like it could be either awesome *hope* or … veryverynotgood. I don’t know what’s going to happen without Will and Elizabeth.
Also, there’s a new X-Men movie coming out. Looks good.
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in June 19th, 2011 @ 11:05Deathly Hallows part 2 comes out in less than a month! *happydance* I will hopefully be going to the midnight premiere, wearing Hufflepuff colors.
Also, I saw POTC4 yesterday. It was okay, but still not as good as the first.
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in June 26th, 2011 @ 13:50Has anyone seen the new DH2 trailer on YouTube? It seems to have Gringotts, the dragon, Fiendfyre, the Prince’s Tale, and the Resurrection Stone ghosts; yay! But there’s also a scene of Harry and Voldemort falling off a tower, what the cake is up with that?
If they leave out Neville’s Crowning Moment of Awesome, I will quietly nerdrage at them.
I don’t have any yellow clothes to wear to the premier. I also want to learn to knit. Solution: FIND some yarn and make a Hufflepuff scarf. *runs off to do so*
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Rainbow*Storm
in July 24th, 2011 @ 20:06I read an article about the Hunger Games movie advertising it as “the next Twilight”. *panics*
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ZNZ
in July 24th, 2011 @ 20:24Maybe just because of the love triangle?
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Castle
in January 23rd, 2012 @ 00:27Let’s hope.
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in August 5th, 2011 @ 13:21*coughdeadthreadcough*
I wonder if there’s going to be a midnight premiere for the HG movie? If so, I really want to go in costume. I have a green shirt, tan cargo pants, a black jacket, a bird pin (blue, unfortunately), and I can braid my hair and paint my nails … Not likely the tributes will be wearing that exact outfit in the movies, though.
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in August 30th, 2011 @ 13:51The Hunger Games trailer is up on YouTube! Not much in it, but it seems pretty good. I’m glad they dyed her hair. Also, does anyone else think that’s Rue’s mockingjay whistle at the end?
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Thanks For All The Fish42
in August 30th, 2011 @ 14:06That seems to be the consensus. I’d say the trailer made it look very good. Of course, there’s only so much we can say from a 30 second teaser, but I’d say they seem to have an interesting idea of how to portray the arena (very realistically rather than surreal/science-fiction-y). Plus, we can see that they’re special effects were pretty good, as well as Jennifer Lawrence’s bad-assery.
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Jadestone
in August 30th, 2011 @ 15:39Thought it was the whistle, yeah.
And I’m really excited for the movie. My friend is an extra in it, one of the people it Katniss’ district, as well as a trainer (she was supposed to be an avox but got switched to trainer) and one of the capitol people. I’m realy envious. She got to meet all the actors.
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Oobatooba
in January 22nd, 2012 @ 18:05I liked it as a trailer, which is a kind of weird thing to say. I liked how they only really showed stuff from the beginning, unlike most trailers that show all the action near the end. I also liked how they didn’t seem to be emphasizing the action too much.
That is SO cool about your friend! How did she get to do that? Does she think that it’s good, having seen it be filmed?
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Koko's Apprentice
in January 23rd, 2012 @ 10:31Looks excellent! I didn’t really like what looked like was supposed to be Katniss’s fire dress though, after all the description they went through in the book, just a plain red dress doesn’t really cut it.
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in March 16th, 2012 @ 23:18So, Hunger Games movie out in a week or so! What does everyone think of the trailers, casting, etc.?
Semicoherent stream of opinions: Katniss looks how I pictured her, if a bit older. Gale looks too tall/muscular and too white, and Peeta looks … un-Peeta-like, somehow. I’m not really sure. And Cinna … I don’t know. I drew Cinna a while ago (he’s my favorite ^///^), and I pictured him very unlike movie!Cinna. Rue, Thresh, Cato, and Prim look pretty much how I thought. They seem to have cut Madge out of the movie. -_- I agree that Katniss’ fire dress needs to be about 20% more fiery. The arena seems to be very green and normal-forest-y, instead of surreal and artificial. Hm.
Also, apparently Gale’s actor is a semi-famous actor who was in one of those romance novel movies (The Last Song? The Notebook? Dear John?). So I’m worried that a bunch of fangirls will see the movie because of him and Ruin Everything Forever. *twitches*
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in March 17th, 2012 @ 08:22I can live with the casting… Katniss annoyed me at first, because of the whole baby-face thing I was afraid she’d end up cutefied but from what I’ve seen Jennifer Lawrence can do tough. I like Gale, but Peeta- I guess it’s what they did to his hair that drives me crazy, I always pictured it slightly unkempt because he’s kind of like a kid in some ways, but I think Josh Hutsomething can pull the character off well enough judging by his past films. Cinna drives me crazy, they completely ruined him. I love the other tributes.
I dunno, I sort of pictured the arena differently-it’s way too normal-forest-y, I expected it to be slightly off, with unusual vegitation or everything too bright. What’s with the cornucopia, btw? Fire dress… it’s pretty, but not fire-y. I was looking for more of a flame motiv. But these are more minor quibbles.
I’m more worried about the take on the story in general- the whole Peeta/interview clip seemed way off- Peeta was supposed to be a natural team with Caesar from the beginning, joking around, maybe still a little playful at the beginning when Caesar starts talking about “a girl”, then getting serious, not the whole funeral-attitude from the beginning. But we’ll see.
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Jadestone
in March 17th, 2012 @ 11:27SO excited to see it!!
Aaaand my friend is an extra (she showed up in the trailer like 4 times! Recognizably!
Dressing up and going at midnight
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in March 17th, 2012 @ 08:23Maybe we should have a new thread? You know, since it’s 2012 and all? We don’t really seem to watch a lot of movies ’round here.
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