Finally saw HUNGER GAMES. The camera-work only bothered me a little, but mostly because I kept thinking someone had seen too many Lars Von Trier movies and thought it would make things SERIOUS if they filmed it that way. I get why most of the violence was filmed that way given that there was no way they'd be allowed to go with an R by the studio.
That said, I did dislike the removal of a lot of the horror elements that came into it (namely the muttations and what they really were), but I loved most of the additions since they weren't going to go with a Katniss voiceover (thank the lord). I think it was good to set up Snow earlier than the books did as a major force of evil, and I loved what they did with Seneca Crane.
I think all the actors were spot on. Gale might have been the only one I'm not sure about, but mainly because he didn't have anything to do (and seemed 5 or so years older than Jennifer Lawrence, and given how much she was playing younger that's something). I liked the actor that played Peeta a lot, but for some reason I kept seeing him as some cross between Alan Tudyk and Nathan Fillion, so I spent a good deal of the movie wondering what Joss would have done with this series.
For a 2.5 hour movie, though, it just blew by like gangbusters.
Um, I didn't know "The Avengers" has already been released overseas! Holy shit.
It has made a SHIT TON load of $$ too.
Um, I didn't know "The Avengers" has already been released overseas!
I was saying last night that I can't remember the last time I was this excited about a movie. ISTG, it's like waiting for Christmas morning as a kid.
Um, I didn't know "The Avengers" has already been released overseas! Holy shit.
Emmett was complaining bitterly about this.
$178.4 million already. I don't think it will have that much trouble raking in $800 million, and could break the billion mark.
I am *way* more excited about Dark Knight. I am looking forward to seeing the movie Friday night tho!
I am *way* more excited about Dark Knight.
I'm excited about DKR, but Avengers just looks like it's going to be so goddamn much fun, I can't stand it. Plus, it's like pretty + pretty + pretty + pretty + pretty. And then more pretty.
I think maybe the last movie I was *this* excited about was Spider-Man. Or possibly Spider-Man 2.
How are you on
The Amazing Spider-Man
?
How are you on The Amazing Spider-Man ?
I'm going to see it, and I'm thrilled about the mechanical webshooters [cue Argument About Webshooters And/Or People Who Have A Preference for Canon], but I'm not Avengers-level excited about it.
Dude, next weekend is Avengers, Free Comic Book Day, and Sherlock S2 on PBS (for those of us who didn't already get it via unconventional means). Great weekend, or BEST weekend?
Oooh! Plus, meara will be in town! *Definitely* BEST weekend!
Oh, yes, Sherlock on PBS! I heard a preview a month ago and dashed to the living room because "It's on?? It's on now??" And Hubby gave me the Puzzled Dog Tilted Head look. And it only turned out that Antiques Roadshow was coming on. Sigh.
