Cordelia ,'Lessons'
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Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters should be renamed Hansel and Gretel Swear A LOT or possibly Hansel and Gretel: Diabetes DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT.
Other than the diabeeeetus issue, I have zero complaints. The movie does exactly what the title says. Plus, the swearing. Seriously, I am totally happy with that movie.
To be fair, while the "Sugar Sickness" was clearly meant to suggest diabetes I'm going to hazard a guess that being magically inflicted by a witch might make it operate a bit differently than the real world version.
That was Tim's take, too. He blamed it on eating magic/cursed candy.
I'm amused that I can handwave witches, both good and evil, and trolls, but the diabetes thing tripped me up.
Don't feel alone, my "Oh come ON!" moment while watching Battleship was about six guys being able to carry a shell for a 16" gun from one end of the ship to the other, not about the leapfrogging aquatic alien spaceship or the 200 mile-wide force field bubble.
six guys being able to carry a shell for a 16" gun from one end of the ship to the other,
sadly, yes
But I still enjoyed the heck out of that movie, because seeing the Mo and her ancient crew in even unlikely action far transcended any gripes I had.
I'm amused that I can handwave witches, both good and evil, and trolls, but the diabetes thing tripped me up.
I'm glad to have a bit of fore-warning as I have plans to see this (and hopefully wave my hands so as to not be irked) this weekend.
Signed, finally saw The Hobbit, and if there had been One.More.Fat.Joke, I would be about ready to throttle PJ.
All right, that's the best one yet. They keep showing more and more, and I should probably stop watching them, but I'm pretty excited for the movie now. (Not that I wasn't generally excited before, but still hesitant after Iron Man 2. )
There are two separate movie moments that pretty much always make me cry, as long as they're halfway decently handled--the hobbit moment, and the Millenium Falcon moment--either when everyman rallies, not just the hero of the piece or the guys you thought had left come back and fight (like, seriously, typing it makes me cry) and it's pretty clear that we're getting at least a hobbit moment here, since my reflexes seem to be considering Iron Man and War Machine the Hero heroes.
The hobbit moments always get me too, ita. I am a sucker for the little people (no pun intended...mostly) standing up for the hero and joining the fight. The Millennium Falcon moment is more of a "Fuck yeah!" for me.