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leia131Two more movies to check off the list!
Field of Dreams:
On the one hand, I really liked this movie. The writing was fantastic, and I'm not ashamed to admit that I teared up once or twice. (It doesn't hurt that I love baseball, and hearing about how it's the American dream and people will always want to play it and watch it kind of tugs on my heart). I liked the characters, I laughed several times, and why has no one ever told me how awesome Annie is in this movie? "Book burning Nazi cow" is like my new favorite insult. *hugs Annie*
On the other hand, here are the questions I have that weren't answered (or at least not to my satisfaction): Why did this happen now? Like, what changed that made The Voice get Kinsella to build this field now? Did the players souls not get to go to heaven? They seemed to know they were dead, but they kept asking if this was heaven. Shouldn't they know? Where were they before this? Did Terrence die when he went into the corn at the end? Where did Doc Graham go after he left the field? Did the farm get saved? And finally, how the hell did plowing under a very small fraction of his field make the difference between profit and bankruptcy? He still had plenty of corn left to harvest!
But really, none of my issues matter. I get the feeling that you're not really supposed to question the how or the specifics of this movie, you're just supposed to believe. It's happening because it is, and it's beautiful. And despite my questions, I think I'm ok with that. It was a good movie.
The Incredible Hulk (The Edward Norton version):
This was the only Marvel Cinematic Universe movie Andrew and I hadn't seen, so clearly we had to correct that. There's not too much to say about this one, except that I liked it too. It definitely made his character in The Avengers make more sense, and I really enjoyed Norton's acting. Even though I felt like the movie moved a bit slowly and not a whole lot happened until the very end, I still enjoyed the ride. It was interesting to take a journey with the Hulk where he was already gamma-ed, and trying to get better, instead of having to watch his origin story. I really liked that take on it, especially given that it was a reboot and a lot of the audience (not me) had already seen the other Hulk movie that explained his origin.
I also liked the little nods to other version of the Hulk, like Lou Ferrigno and the purple pants and the 'sad walking away music'. The Incredible Hulk is a good movie, though much calmer than the other MCU movies, and I do wish I'd seen it sooner. Of course, now I have an excuse to watch The Avengers again.
P.S. Even though I'm not nearly as pretty as Liv Tyler, I feel like I could totally rock a Betty Ross costume for Halloween. She has my bangs!
Answer to last Thursday's song: Drive, by Incubus. No one guessed this.
Field of Dreams:
On the one hand, I really liked this movie. The writing was fantastic, and I'm not ashamed to admit that I teared up once or twice. (It doesn't hurt that I love baseball, and hearing about how it's the American dream and people will always want to play it and watch it kind of tugs on my heart). I liked the characters, I laughed several times, and why has no one ever told me how awesome Annie is in this movie? "Book burning Nazi cow" is like my new favorite insult. *hugs Annie*
On the other hand, here are the questions I have that weren't answered (or at least not to my satisfaction): Why did this happen now? Like, what changed that made The Voice get Kinsella to build this field now? Did the players souls not get to go to heaven? They seemed to know they were dead, but they kept asking if this was heaven. Shouldn't they know? Where were they before this? Did Terrence die when he went into the corn at the end? Where did Doc Graham go after he left the field? Did the farm get saved? And finally, how the hell did plowing under a very small fraction of his field make the difference between profit and bankruptcy? He still had plenty of corn left to harvest!
But really, none of my issues matter. I get the feeling that you're not really supposed to question the how or the specifics of this movie, you're just supposed to believe. It's happening because it is, and it's beautiful. And despite my questions, I think I'm ok with that. It was a good movie.
The Incredible Hulk (The Edward Norton version):
This was the only Marvel Cinematic Universe movie Andrew and I hadn't seen, so clearly we had to correct that. There's not too much to say about this one, except that I liked it too. It definitely made his character in The Avengers make more sense, and I really enjoyed Norton's acting. Even though I felt like the movie moved a bit slowly and not a whole lot happened until the very end, I still enjoyed the ride. It was interesting to take a journey with the Hulk where he was already gamma-ed, and trying to get better, instead of having to watch his origin story. I really liked that take on it, especially given that it was a reboot and a lot of the audience (not me) had already seen the other Hulk movie that explained his origin.
I also liked the little nods to other version of the Hulk, like Lou Ferrigno and the purple pants and the 'sad walking away music'. The Incredible Hulk is a good movie, though much calmer than the other MCU movies, and I do wish I'd seen it sooner. Of course, now I have an excuse to watch The Avengers again.
P.S. Even though I'm not nearly as pretty as Liv Tyler, I feel like I could totally rock a Betty Ross costume for Halloween. She has my bangs!
Answer to last Thursday's song: Drive, by Incubus. No one guessed this.
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Date: 2014-04-25 01:40 pm (UTC)I just cannot with the Hulk movies. I hated the one with Bana (not just because I find Eric Bana duller than dishwater) and I can't make myself watch this one because I'm like the only person on earth with an irrational hatred of Edward Norton's face & because of that, I find his acting smug and...punchable. I don't even know. I should probably hand in my
SHIELD badgeMCU fancard...I saw a rumor online yesterday (though the person *claimed* they have inside info on all the Phase 3 Marvel films, including the titles that haven't been announced...so prepare yourself for Captain America: The Forgotton Son) that they're going to try a Hulk stand-alone again with Ruffalo. Now, I love Ruffalo, but I think Hulk works better in smaller doses like in The Avengers. Unless they could go The Winter Soldier route and have supporting-characters-who-are-almost-leads and have Science Bro Tony show up...?
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Date: 2014-05-02 01:53 am (UTC)