Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
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The Muppets was a surprisingly bittersweet and hard movie. I really liked it.
That's interesting, because I found it surprisingly soft and over-sentimental, but I still really enjoyed it.
Also, I really liked the presentation of Segal and Adams's characters. I mean, these are people who hang out with Muppets and initiate dance numbers in the middle of the street, what are you going to do? I also loved the fact that Gary and Walter's being brothers was never elaborated.
Hilarious and awesome interview with Chris Evans at Toronto Film Festival (where he's so exhausted that he's lost all brain-to-mouth filter): [link]
I really enjoyed HTTM more than I expected to.
OK, so I just saw the new/extended Hobbit trailer, and I'm all peeved. Because in it, Thorin says, "We shall take back Erebor!"
Which is totally wrong! The Dwarves were a company of 13: their only goal was to steal back some of their inheritance which Smaug had stolen. The days of the great dragon-slayers were over, and they had no power, no army, and no hope of defeating Smaug. They just wanted to get in and out quietly and quickly, and get as much gold and gems as they could.
That they did, in fact, cause the end of Smaug and the revival of Erebor was a completely unintentional result. Thorin is a (mostly) practical Dwarf, and he knew better.
Oh, PJ, why do you do this to me?
See, I still can't get over the fact that there are hot dwarves. It's just WRONG. (I mean, I do appreciate the hotness, but WRONG for dwarves.)
See, I still can't get over the fact that there are hot dwarves
Heh, that too! Although some of them are not hot at all, and that totally helps.
Heh. I'm mainly suffering from trauma due to the amount of Bilbo/Smaug already out there.
Not that I can blame Jackson for that.
What, how is that a thing.
What, how is that a thing.
Very uncomfortably, I suspect.
Meta.