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posted by [personal profile] the_dala at 10:19pm on 03/05/2009
Went to see "Wolverine" today. My one requirement was that it be better than X3, and fortunately it leaped over that low threshold with ease. I may have clapped like a seal when Gambit finally appeared* (nice job from Taylor KidfromFridayNightLights - Tina will like it, and Megan will like the bit where Gambit takes an elbow to the face, because she hates his Cajun ass). Hugh Jackman was naked a lot, which pleased me. Liev Shrieber was perfectly cast. Great action/effects sequences, gorgeous scenery (o hai New Zealand! We missed you!). My one complaint was the dearth of estrogen, especially for an X-Men movie. Lynn Collins had pretty much the only notable female role, and she's not that great an actress (although she is so crazy beautiful that I didn't realize this until the end of the film). All in all, I am satisfied. It's not Bryan Singer, but more importantly it's not Brett fucking Ratner.

And then I came home and watched "Soul Men," and fuck if I didn't love that too. No, it was not terribly original, but it was entertaining from start to finish and a wonderful goodbye from Bernie Mac.

Man, the critics can really bite me hard this weekend. I just hope "Star Trek" lives up to its current 100% Tomatometer rating, because I don't really want to see my dad weeping in a movie theater.

Oh, I forgot I also watched "Fanboys" and it is geek paradise. It genuinely celebrates the human, personal aspect of fannishness while mocking it gleefully. I'm sorry I didn't make the effort to see it in theaters.



*although Dad stepped all over his first line because he was busy squeeing over the pro poker player at the table with him. Dad watches too much TV poker.
Mood:: 'awake' awake
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posted by [identity profile] erinya.livejournal.com at 04:13am on 04/05/2009
I enjoyed Wolverine as well. Liked the script and visuals, thought they did a great job with the brothers, and damn if I didn't want to slash Logan and Remy liek whoa by the end. The only part I didn't like was the fight between Wolvie and the Blob. The way it was played for cheap laughs seemed wrong for the movie (which did have genuinely funny moments), plus fatbashing makes me D:

It did suffer from the One Woman in the World syndrome, though, just like Watchman and Dark Knight.
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posted by [identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com at 08:01pm on 09/05/2009
Yeeeeah, that's a problem. I did appreciate that she had her own reasons for what she did, even if "loved one held hostage" is a total cliche in its own right.

The Blob fight was totally stupid, but did seem like something that would've happened on the old cartoon show which is the genesis of my X-fannishness.
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posted by [identity profile] hannahrorlove.livejournal.com at 05:26am on 04/05/2009
The rat in the jail cell was a great little touch on how very animal the two brothers are. And Liev's cute little fangs were...well, cute little fangs. I had a picture of him in an old issue of The New Yorker in gray scale where he's in military gear, down to the boots, for a Shakespeare play, which I gave to an even bigger Shrieber fan. I could ask her for a scan, I suppose.

It was loads of fun, and that was what I wanted out of it. And yay for the incidental mundane utility of superpowers!
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posted by [identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com at 08:02pm on 09/05/2009
Oooh, that picture sounds lovely! Yeah, it pretty much gave me what I wanted and expected, so I was satisfied.
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posted by [identity profile] veronica-rich.livejournal.com at 05:52am on 04/05/2009
If you haven't, you need to rent and watch "Trekkies" by Denise Crosby. Another Trek fan and I saw it in the theater several years ago when it came out and laughed ourselves sick - and this is when we were DEEP into the Next Gen series. (Some fans got upset about it, but we thought it was hilarious.)
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posted by [identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com at 08:03pm on 09/05/2009
I've seen that one! I loved the Trek dentistry and the story James Dooley (I think?) told about the suicidal girl who wrote to him and kept meeting him at conventions.
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posted by [identity profile] fried-flamingo.livejournal.com at 12:48pm on 04/05/2009
I thought the movie was awesome (made all the better by the Public Enemies trailer at the start ;)).

I made the joke to my brother as we were going into the cinema that I would walk out if Hugh didn't get his ass out. But lo and behold, just for little ol' me... :D He did look quite stunning throughout, I have to say.

Superficial thoughts aside, I'm a sucker for genesis moments in movies/tv shows, so this entire film was taken up with me going 'OMG look!', and I too had a major squee moment when Gambit appeared (he's been my fake mutant BF since I was 13). I would liked to have seen more of him though.
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posted by [identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com at 08:04pm on 09/05/2009
Damn, we didn't get the "Public Enemies" trailer! OR HP, come to think of it. My theater has trailer fail.
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