Woes! I was so super excited about it.
I gave her everything... jewels, beautiful dresses -- with beautiful girls in them.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
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Liese S. - Jun 15, 2012 10:50:19 am PDT #21204 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Polter-Cow - Jun 15, 2012 10:51:37 am PDT #21205 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I hope it doesn't bomb at the box office just so we don't have the old "No one wants to see a movie with a female protagonist" argument again.
JZ - Jun 15, 2012 12:16:37 pm PDT #21206 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
There will be no stopping Matilda, so I'll certainly see it anyway, just with lowered expectations. Then again, I own and love Tangled and Enchanted, so what do I know? I'll probably be stupidly happy.
The Badass Digest reviewer danced around a major plot point in the second act of the film, explaining with irritation that the studio had asked reviewers please, please not to spoil this huge major surprise. Which, if I'm guessing right, was ALREADY COMPLETELY SPOILED by the avalanche of coloring books and activity books and Little Golden Books that Barnes & Noble has been frantically shilling for the last three weeks.
DavidS - Jun 15, 2012 12:27:26 pm PDT #21207 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Which, if I'm guessing right, was ALREADY COMPLETELY SPOILED
Yeah, I got spoiled by the ancillary materials.
Jessica - Jun 15, 2012 3:47:32 pm PDT #21208 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Then again, I own and love Tangled and Enchanted, so what do I know? I'll probably be stupidly happy.
I love both of those. Brave tries to do something different with the whole princess thing, and just never quite gets there.
Juliebird - Jun 15, 2012 8:13:26 pm PDT #21209 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Snow White and the Huntsman: I've heard several comment about the many ripped off scenes in the movie, and the only one I can think of is the one from Never Ending Story, with the horse dying in the swamp.
What were the others?
sj - Jun 16, 2012 6:09:54 am PDT #21210 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
What were the others?
The friends we were with mentioned Lord of the Rings, but I don't remember what scenes. The big monster that Snow White meets in the woods looks like it was pulled directly out of Pan's Labyrinth.
JZ - Jun 17, 2012 5:59:15 am PDT #21211 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
One more Brave question for Jessica -- since Matilda is already completely, utterly spoiled for the big plot twist, seeing as she's been coloring away in the tie-in coloring book for weeks now (seriously, why make a fuss about reviewers not revealing something that's already thoroughly detailed in the tie-ins you released almost a month before the movie?), do you think that part will be less upsetting for her than it was for D? Or was it the whole thing, not just the reveal, that was so traumatizing?
§ ita § - Jun 17, 2012 6:46:17 am PDT #21212 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That's made me wonder. Is there a general age in narrative consumption where spoilers become important (for the subset of viewers who dislike them)? I'd imagine that at Matilda's age she wouldn't enjoy a movie much less if she already knew what was going to happen. But that's just based on my memories.
Any parents here with a better idea of it?
Unrelatedly, I wonder if Blake Lively and John Travolta are looking at the Battleship and John Carter box office receipts and cursing what probably seemed like a really good idea at the time, or if Taylor is crossing his fingers that his bad luck will be overshadowed by all the other more famous names and faces
Tom Scola - Jun 17, 2012 6:49:18 am PDT #21213 of 30000
hwæt
I'm pretty sure John Travolta and his representatives have no idea about what is or isn't a good movie.