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Blather, movie, grr
Mar. 9th, 2009 08:28 amBless me father, for I have sneezed.
So. My father finally, after 8 years and some change, flipped and told Jackie that if she'd done what most suspect she has, she's toastier than toast. ( because personal drama is cut )
Now we're going to play the tally how many days the boy takes Widge to school in the morning. Ready?
Monday: Nup. Can't be bothered to get out of bed.
After having had the movie since last June, I finally found and watched The Covenant. Considering I'd forgotten everything I knew from the trailers in this time, and my only thing to go on was that Chace Crawford was in the movie and hey, no one had died yet watching the movie, I decided I'd actually get around to watching it.
I... and it... *sigh* First, with the exception of 10,000 BC or whatever, I'm unable to say no to Steven Strait. Not that I've really actually seen anything other than Sky High, but in some alternate reality there is a sequel to that and I choose to live in that reality. :P Anyway. Didn't realize that when I got the movie. Yeah, yeah.
Um, dude. Saw the trailer [aha! My memory wasn't faulty! My entire reason for wanting to watch the movie was because it used Stabbing Westward's Save Yourself in the trailer and it did. Yes.] and they gave away the entire movie. Also? It looks like an entirely different movie was shot. :P I admit I was a bit sleepy during the one extra thing they included, but not during the movie itself. Where'd all the deleted goodness go, huh?
I'm not entirely sure what went wrong. On paper it sounds like my kind of movie. The way it was shot is gorgeous. It does not lack for eye candy. I didn't want to smack the female lead around much and I suspect that had this not felt like it happened over 24 hours, I might've been rooting for her more than I actually did. Maybe that's the issue. It felt rushed. I guess they figured telling me the family background would makeup for not showing why the four dudes were friends, powers aside, and then trying to blow it apart. Something was missing. A chunk of the movie that should have made me care more. And it's bugging me and I can't figure out exactly what would have made it better aside from more time. I demand my pretty, dark, gloomy movies bring me more to the table!
And also not end with an obvious hope for a sequel that ain't ever gonna happen.
I will say that I find it really, really annoying when I can figure out exactly where something is going and how the hell it'll get there and the movie/show/book still expects me to pretend to be surprised. Even more so when apparently the trailer ruined it all anyway.
For this, Covenant, I will find you in the cheap bin and watch you later, telling myself that at least you didn't make me feel like I was going to hurl, which is more than I can say for Black Circle Boys. To sum up: Someone else who managed to see this and remember it, tell me what bugs me about it, kay?
So. My father finally, after 8 years and some change, flipped and told Jackie that if she'd done what most suspect she has, she's toastier than toast. ( because personal drama is cut )
Now we're going to play the tally how many days the boy takes Widge to school in the morning. Ready?
Monday: Nup. Can't be bothered to get out of bed.
After having had the movie since last June, I finally found and watched The Covenant. Considering I'd forgotten everything I knew from the trailers in this time, and my only thing to go on was that Chace Crawford was in the movie and hey, no one had died yet watching the movie, I decided I'd actually get around to watching it.
I... and it... *sigh* First, with the exception of 10,000 BC or whatever, I'm unable to say no to Steven Strait. Not that I've really actually seen anything other than Sky High, but in some alternate reality there is a sequel to that and I choose to live in that reality. :P Anyway. Didn't realize that when I got the movie. Yeah, yeah.
Um, dude. Saw the trailer [aha! My memory wasn't faulty! My entire reason for wanting to watch the movie was because it used Stabbing Westward's Save Yourself in the trailer and it did. Yes.] and they gave away the entire movie. Also? It looks like an entirely different movie was shot. :P I admit I was a bit sleepy during the one extra thing they included, but not during the movie itself. Where'd all the deleted goodness go, huh?
I'm not entirely sure what went wrong. On paper it sounds like my kind of movie. The way it was shot is gorgeous. It does not lack for eye candy. I didn't want to smack the female lead around much and I suspect that had this not felt like it happened over 24 hours, I might've been rooting for her more than I actually did. Maybe that's the issue. It felt rushed. I guess they figured telling me the family background would makeup for not showing why the four dudes were friends, powers aside, and then trying to blow it apart. Something was missing. A chunk of the movie that should have made me care more. And it's bugging me and I can't figure out exactly what would have made it better aside from more time. I demand my pretty, dark, gloomy movies bring me more to the table!
And also not end with an obvious hope for a sequel that ain't ever gonna happen.
I will say that I find it really, really annoying when I can figure out exactly where something is going and how the hell it'll get there and the movie/show/book still expects me to pretend to be surprised. Even more so when apparently the trailer ruined it all anyway.
For this, Covenant, I will find you in the cheap bin and watch you later, telling myself that at least you didn't make me feel like I was going to hurl, which is more than I can say for Black Circle Boys. To sum up: Someone else who managed to see this and remember it, tell me what bugs me about it, kay?
