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.
The instant I saw the singing, dancing zebra in the rainbow wig I thought "that's possibly the most annoying character to listen to on earth. Toddlers will LOVE it!"
Yeah, it was going to be hard for an R movie to beat the kids movie.
That Indiewire list is a bit of an admission of not-as-clever-as-we'd-have-liked, since they didn't manage to be cute ten times in a row.
What's a normal really good opening weekend for an R rated movie?
When we went to see Prometheus I reached into the normal bin for the 3D glasses in the baggies, and the ticket puncher gave me a different pair of specs--this one said IMAX
and
3D. Is that advertising, or is there a technical difference?
My god, I promised myself I'd rewatch Children of Men today, but was
seriously
feeling too lazy to load the disc player and change the inputs on the TV.
YES.
That lazy.
Oh, look! It's on Syfy! Right now! So I appear to be settling for at best, ads, at worst bowlderisation. I don't even...
Saw Prometheus last night. Beautifully art-directed and cast, loved watching it. The script made me roll my eyes forever. How did
this rich guy manage to hire the world's stupidest scientists? Geologist who gets lost in a cave area MADE OF ROCKS. Biologist who doesn't know better than to make kissy faces at an unknown life form? Archeologist who discovers a wild theory he devoted his life to is true and then immediately sulks by a pool table because he didn't get to talk to the dudes he imagined?
