Anya ,'Storyteller'
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What sort of visual manipulation?
They visually manipulated the actors to make them look shorter and more dwarf-like.
I think I saw a different movie than the other people here did. I thought it veered into so bad it's good territory. They stole images from so many different sources, and Charlize Theron, who I normally love, was chewing every bit of scenery she could find. I laughed out loud at some of the more dramatic bits.
Oh, she chewed the scenery alright, and I loved every bit of it.
So why does this one push you to never believing and Captain America didn't?
I'm not sure. Skinny Steve was sure amazing and freaky. I'd have to rewatch, but as flawless as skinny Steve was, these guys seemed moreso. Or maybe it was that there was more of them. Or maybe it was the whole movie had me a bit creeped out, and that just took the cake.
Apparently a sequel has been greenlit.
We were wondering about that. I did like that there wasn't really romance in the movie. On the "true love's kiss" thing, I liked that the Huntsman actually knew her, unlike anyone else.
Charlize Theron, who I normally love, was chewing every bit of scenery she could find. I laughed out loud at some of the more dramatic bits.
Me too! In the best way. Also at the very end, K-Stew looked like she was about to say something a couple of time, but then just did that mouth thing she does instead, and I laughed out loud. With joy.
I have to say, the movie, with it's negation of any romance, did seem to be open to a sequel that explicitly explored romantic possibilities. But also the universe it set up also left possibilites of world healing to explore.
But if they continue to ignore romance, I'm going to get Hunger Games levels of annoyed.
Hunger Games book spoiler (I'm still irked that the deciding factor was a suspicion of one lover being involved in the death of a family member. That felt like cheating just to get that shit over with.)
Is there a reason the story/universe needs romance?
I'm laughing my ass off (and worrying about the state of the human race) reading a thread on IMDB about SWatH, where the OP states that KS needs breast implants to improve her.
My vote would go to a procedure that transplants affect instead.
Heh. The Indiewire weekend box office list amuses me:
1. Talking Animals 3D - (Paramount/Dreamworks) - $60.4 million
2. Prometheus 3D - (Fox) - $50 million
3. All Fairy Tales Should Apparently Look Like Lord Of The Rings (Universal) - $23.1 million ($98.5 mil.)
4. Men In Black 3D (Sony) - $13.5 million ($135.5 mil.)
5. Those Who Would Avenge Us (Disney) - $10.8 million ($571.9 mil.)
6. The Best Exotic Third World Hotel For White People (Fox Searchlight) - $3.3 million ($31 mil.)
7. What To Detect When You’re Detecting (Lionsgate) - $2.8 million ($36 mil.)
8. You Should Have Adapted Risk Instead (Universal) - $2.4 million ($60 mil.)
9. The Dictator (Paramount) - $2.3 million ($55 mil.)
10. Quirks Abound (Focus Features) - $1.6 million ($9.2 mil.)
Prometheus got beat by Madagascar 3. Wow.