wordinista: (Bunny Angel)

There were moments when I wasn't sure I'd survive till Sunday.  But I did.  Huzzah!  So, Merry Christmas and Happy Chanukah!

Okay, let's see...

We went to see King Kong, as I said, and it was gorgeous and wonderful and Peter Jackson's a complete genius, but I didn't share with anyone the little gem Tora-kun's mother shared with us as we were walking down the corridor to our theatre.  We passed one of those big cardboard cutouts for Casanova, and I said I wouldn't mind seeing that, because, really -- debauchery and hedonism in old Italy?  OMG YES.  So, Heath Ledger is in the flick -- he's Casanova, apparently.

And then his mom turns around, looks at us, gestures at the cutout and says, completely straight-faced (because she was serious):  "I didn't know Heath Ledger was a homosexual."

I nearly tripped.
A headdesk moment, and a Christmas recap... )

wordinista: (Evil Geniuses)
Do you suppose Revenge of the Sith is so problematic because no one had the balls to tell George Lucas when his ideas were bad?

I mean, yeah, the lava planet is visually cool, but why the heck would you want to mine lava?

Padme?  Don't get me started.  Just don't.

Anakin's dialogue?  Good lord.  "From my point of view the Jedi are evil!"  Said in the heat of battle, on a floating thingummy, on a river of lava.  It's just not... natural dialogue, yaknow?

And as we're watching all the deleted scenes it's dawning on me that they cut out a lot of really good parts.  I mean, all we get is wussy, teary Padme in impractical nightgowns and full makeup.  They cut out all of the bits where she actually gets to DO stuff.

Anakin's fall is too rushed.  He's not sympathetic enough.  The urge to bitch-slap the Dark Side out of him is strong.  There's no... pull.  He's too fucking gullible by half.  TOO gullible.

I also hate the word "younglings."  HATE it.

It's a visually stunning film.  But there needs to be more than just aesthetic brilliance.

Finally, a snippet of conversation between Bunneh and Tora-kun during our RotS viewing:

Bunneh:  "So, apparently the Dark Side does  not believe in shampoo."
Tora-kun:  "Oh, they have shampoo.  But they only have low-flow showerheads.  The Empire won't spring for the high-flow ones."
Bunneh:  "Low-flow showerheads and red light-sabers.  True evil."

Ah well.  At least John Williams didn't let me down.  Or Ewan.  Oh, Ewan.  *happysigh*  Ewan, Ewan, Ewan.  Best part of the movie, right there.  (And Yoda.  Teh bunneh has much love for teh Yoda.)
wordinista: (c'est moi... sort of)
Totally, totally, totally want to see The Brothers Grimm, because... just because. I don't even know why -- except that it looks like it's either going to be awesome, or delightfully awful. Hard to tell, really.

In other news, I've just spent the past... hour browsing iTunes listening to the songs of my misspent youth. Good GRIEF, I did not know that iTunes had expended its collection to include flash-in-the-pan 80's hair bands.

Oh, yes. Teh bunneh liked teh hair bands. I found bands I'd FORGOTTEN about! Good grief! Songs that were played at middle school dances!

When did I get so old!?!? *cries*

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