'Destiny'
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
We had our team lunch at work today, and a coworker had just seen The American, just about everyone at the table except for me hadn't. Then she says, "It's so stupid in the end when he just dies." Boss lady's eyes bugged out, and I said, "Girl, you need to spoiler font that shit."
And everyone thought I was the crazy person.
And I was amazed to see io9 give it a really good review, comparing it to Jennifer's Body in terms of it being a horror movie for women.
Huh, really? I may have to go see it, then. Because I LOVE Jennifer's Body.
Huh, really? I may have to go see it, then. Because I LOVE Jennifer's Body.
Right? I thought, eh, Catherine Hardwicke, Twilight, it's going to be awful, but I usually agree with Annalee Newitz's reviews (she does the SPN recaps on io9), so now I'm curious. And I adore Jennifer's Body, too.
but I usually agree with Annalee Newitz's reviews (she does the SPN recaps on io9), so now I'm curious
Speaking of which, I saw Annalee on the street yesterday. And she nodded at me (we know each other a little) and I was all confused because I recognized her but couldn't place her since I hadn't seen her in about year. I think I got away with the chin-raise of acknowledgment.
Apparently Josh Hutcherson is also up for Peeta. I don't think him or Pettyfer are physically right for the role. But I can't think of anyone that young that's as beefy as Peeta should be. They're all youth and scrawn.
He looks much too young.
Sydney Penney is the way I pictured Katniss, albeit when she was a kid in Pale Rider.
I still can't think of anyone who works as Peeta for me.
Jezebel is complaining that Jennifer Lawrence would be whitewashing Katniss. Bleaching her a bit, assuming they don't darken her hair, eyes, and skin. But whitewashing? Isn't Katniss clearly white? I'm going to assume anyone with straight black hair, grey eyes, and a blonde sister and mother is probably white. It seems a weird use of the term.
They're saying Katniss seems to be described as biracial. I think it's a little vague, since we never actually see her dad.
Jennifer Lawrence just seems too big, healthy, and blond for me.
I assumed that Katniss is from Appalachia--the setting seemed very Appalachian to me. So, Scotch Irish and maybe some American Indian? And who knows what else considering it's not set now with the demographics of now.
Did you see Winter's Bone, Amy?