I kept trying to figure out how this ecosystem could support quite so many apex predators, especially since they apparently didn't feed the sheep to the dragons...
heh. I felt they were whitewashing the sheep issue, but didn't mention it to the kids.
As for
Toothless, my take on it was that his ability to resist came from the fact that he had bonded so strongly to his Hiccup, and likewise his rise to Alpha came simply from the fact that he had resisted.
I was okay with all that since it gives kids a way to represent the difference between
power over and power with.
This weekend was the lowest grossing July 4 weekend since 1999.
What is it with this Summer? There's seriously been nothing I've been interested in seeing since May, and probably nothing until Guardians is released in August.
Tom, seriously! There's nothing good out this summer.
Captain America
was the best movie of the year. I enjoyed
Edge of Tomorrow
but it doesn't seem to be making the kind of money they probably thought it would. What else is there? Did they really think
Transformers
and
Dragons 2
would be the summer blockbusters?
I'm personally gratified that Transformers isn't doing better.
Dragon 2 probably will have legs, because not everybody can get their kids to the theatre on a holiday weekend.
I'm gratified
Earth to Echo
isn't doing better.
What's the issue with Earth to Echo, tommyrot? Aside from it looking like an E.T. rip-off?
For those feeling the lack of good summer movies, you must go see Snowpiercer; I was totally blown away. Besides a totally affecting performance by Chris Evans, it has the SWINTON! I pretty much didn't recognize her at first and the part she played--OMG. She was the evils of bureaucracy incarnate.
I will warn you, though, this is a very violent film. VERY. There were a few times I had to close my eyes and I don't normally do that. I don't feel any of it was gratuitous, though. When you decide to hold a revolution, it's no holds barred.
Although, I think the most disturbing image of the movie wasn't in the violence, it was in the schoolroom indoctrination of the children into the cult of Wilford, the inventor of the train. It sent chills down my spine.
What's the issue with Earth to Echo, tommyrot? Aside from it looking like an E.T. rip-off?
Just that the previews annoyed me. Partially because it's an E.T rip-off.
Maybe I wasn't in the mood for 'cute' when I saw the preview.
Zen, you mean
Edge of Tomorrow?
