Showing posts with label movie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movie. Show all posts

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Twilight

I was so looking forward to this movie! Cheryl took me yesterday as a birthday treat. (And thank-you for the candy money, Mom!) After all the hype. All the anticipation. All the trailers. I finally saw Twilight... and had mixed feeling about it...

I liked the book, and since I liked the book, I liked the movie (the movie was just like the book). But, I think when a book is made into a movie, the movie should bring something to the work (at least something visual that couldn't be conveyed in writing). With that said, here are my thoughts on the movie:

-> I thought the acting was terrible! Anyone one who didn't read the book would hate this for the terrible acting... very cheesy... The pre-teen girls in front of us started laughing during a tense/dramatic part of the movie. I was very tempted to join them.

-> The vampires are supposed to be beautiful. Their make-up was terrible... they looked like YUCK!

-> Seeing Edward sparkle was the only visual effect that I found worthy of making the book into a movie. The fight scene was not worth the cost of special effects.

Another advantage to making a book into a movie, is that it gets kids/teens excited about reading. It's a shame that the Twilight movie won't make the kids want to run out and read this book, because it is a great book!

Side note:
Edward vs. Harry? If we're talking movies and special effects Harry would win. If we are talking characters, Cheryl and I both pick Edward. At over 100yrs, Edward has already passed his pouty teenage years, LOL!

**Edited**
My son is reading the Twilight series. He's just starting Breaking Dawn. I asked him who is better Edward or Harry. He says Edward; Harry is too mean to his friends.

I asked him how he likes the character of Bella. He said that Bella makes a lot of bad choices and she's very annoying.

Reagarding Jacob and Edward... Chris says, "Jacob is really annoying!"

I guess nothing can be so bad to a teenager as being annoying.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Hellboy

I went for my long run yesterday... 19 miles! Well, actually I ran 14 miles, ran/walked 2 miles, and walked 3 miles. That was the longest day in my half-marathon training plan.
Jim went to the doctor for his hand. They re-x-rayed it and verified that there were no broken bones, but it's still bothering him. He has another doctor appointment on Monday.
The kids went to see HellBoy 2. They said it was funny and give it two-thumbs up! I've never seen the first movie, but from the poster, it doesn't look funny to me...

I have a dentist appointment in a few minutes. I'll post the Hawaii pictures when I get back.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Wall-e

Let's start with a review of Wall-e. Isn't he cute? He looks like Johnny-five from Short Circuit.

My hubby and kids went to see Wall-e last night. My husband and Chris loved it; my daughter didn't like it at all...

So, there you go... Wall-e is a boy's movie. According to Cheryl, I didn't miss anything.
I'll wait and watch it when it comes out on DVD.