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alwaysenduphere) wrote2012-03-24 07:37 pm
alwaysenduphere) wrote2012-03-24 07:37 pm
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the hunger games and supernatural
The Hunger Games was awesome and I've been trying to explain to all the clueless people I know about why they should really go see this movie.
It wasn't at all what I expected going in. I'm really not sure what I expected, but I think more action or something, idk. The whole movie just felt...quiet, but in that powerful, just below the surface emotions are boiling type way. And I think that worked so much more beautifully than had they tried to make it more of an action movie. Because at the heart of the story, it is all about Katniss and how SHE feels, and I think they did so well with her character.
Peeta...not so much. I've never been a fan of Peeta so idk I can't say one way or the other. He was more likeable, I think, but he was still a bit bland.
The only pieces I'm a little disappointed about are how little Cinna and Haymitch are in the movie and how we don't really see their relationships with Katniss develop. But at the same time, I still got enough of them to get the sense of how much Katniss affected them and how much they cared for her and vice versa. The scene with Cinna before she goes up in the tube for the games got me hard, man, tears and all. Actually I got teary in several places.
Rue's death and really all the Tribute's deaths were done well, downplaying the violence and showing Katniss' emotional reaction. But I didn't feel like there was enough of Rue. :|
I loved how they included Gale and still managed to cut back to him and make it relevant even in the middle of important scenes.
Uhhhh I didn't like a lot of the camera action, but that's a personal preference. close, shaky shots tend to make me sick in theaters, but I must've gotten used to it because it wasn't a problem once Katniss left District 12. Those first few minutes she's running through the woods after that deer, though, I thought I was gonna be sick.
IDK what else I think I could talk about it for a really long time, but yeah. Go see it. Even if you don't have a clue about the books, if you even have a passing curiosity in it, I swear, it'll be worth it.
Supernatural. was. awesome. Lately I've actually found myself getting genuinely upset when people complain about it now, like, I don't want to see that negativity and stop raining on my parade, in a way that I haven't before because I've only been marginally okay with the show since I became a part of fandom. But I have loved this entire season in a way that I haven't loved a season since season two and I'm really tired of people picking it apart and finding all its flaws. If that's the way you watch a show I feel sorry for you, tbh.
I just really love Hallucifer, okay. I loved that my personal canon came through and Lucifer really did love to torture Sam by singing loudly and all the time. I loved all the parallels to Faith, Sam being too tired to fight and Dean willing to find any faith healer or hoodoo priest to save Sam. Also Jared looks really really good in white and with the scruff and his sad tired eyes get me every time. Sammy. :(
I even liked Emmanuel. Actually I like him better than the Cas we've gotten used to, lol. (I really enjoyed Cas when he first appeared but as his personality changed into more human I kinda got bored with him)
I can't believe Dean kept that gross trench coat in the back of every car he's driven. Can you imagine how much that thing stinks? (twitter dean told twitter cas that he walked into a laundromat with it once but couldn't bring himself to get it washed so walked back out. this shall now be my canon.)
And I fucking loved Meg. I really think it has to do with the actress because I, unlike just about everyone, I really don't like blond Meg. I didn't like Born Under a Bad Sign. But Rachel Miner, that Meg is fucking awesome. And I love the whole 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend' thing they've got going on with her.
I'm a little disappointed that Sam's ALL BETTER now, but I don't mind how Castiel healed him. It's like his penance, right? I'm not worried or thinking about exactly what Cas did, whether he just transferred the hallucinations or whatever, I'm not even wondering if Sam can still remember hell or whatever, that is thinking way too much into it and everyone doing that needs to realize they are not watching Lost and stop. Face value. Show's a lot better that way, trust me. Cas took Sam's pain away as penance. That's all you need. And then they just left Cas there and look, I don't want him to be the angel in the backseat again, but I mean. Harsh. And I don't think Dean has forgiven him so much as he's tired and just accepted what Cas did, and he's so over losing people that he'll even cling to the people who have hurt him.
But yeah, I took the time to download that episode because I really enjoyed it. Other than that awful wedding episode, this season is fantastic.
It wasn't at all what I expected going in. I'm really not sure what I expected, but I think more action or something, idk. The whole movie just felt...quiet, but in that powerful, just below the surface emotions are boiling type way. And I think that worked so much more beautifully than had they tried to make it more of an action movie. Because at the heart of the story, it is all about Katniss and how SHE feels, and I think they did so well with her character.
Peeta...not so much. I've never been a fan of Peeta so idk I can't say one way or the other. He was more likeable, I think, but he was still a bit bland.
The only pieces I'm a little disappointed about are how little Cinna and Haymitch are in the movie and how we don't really see their relationships with Katniss develop. But at the same time, I still got enough of them to get the sense of how much Katniss affected them and how much they cared for her and vice versa. The scene with Cinna before she goes up in the tube for the games got me hard, man, tears and all. Actually I got teary in several places.
Rue's death and really all the Tribute's deaths were done well, downplaying the violence and showing Katniss' emotional reaction. But I didn't feel like there was enough of Rue. :|
I loved how they included Gale and still managed to cut back to him and make it relevant even in the middle of important scenes.
Uhhhh I didn't like a lot of the camera action, but that's a personal preference. close, shaky shots tend to make me sick in theaters, but I must've gotten used to it because it wasn't a problem once Katniss left District 12. Those first few minutes she's running through the woods after that deer, though, I thought I was gonna be sick.
IDK what else I think I could talk about it for a really long time, but yeah. Go see it. Even if you don't have a clue about the books, if you even have a passing curiosity in it, I swear, it'll be worth it.
Supernatural. was. awesome. Lately I've actually found myself getting genuinely upset when people complain about it now, like, I don't want to see that negativity and stop raining on my parade, in a way that I haven't before because I've only been marginally okay with the show since I became a part of fandom. But I have loved this entire season in a way that I haven't loved a season since season two and I'm really tired of people picking it apart and finding all its flaws. If that's the way you watch a show I feel sorry for you, tbh.
I just really love Hallucifer, okay. I loved that my personal canon came through and Lucifer really did love to torture Sam by singing loudly and all the time. I loved all the parallels to Faith, Sam being too tired to fight and Dean willing to find any faith healer or hoodoo priest to save Sam. Also Jared looks really really good in white and with the scruff and his sad tired eyes get me every time. Sammy. :(
I even liked Emmanuel. Actually I like him better than the Cas we've gotten used to, lol. (I really enjoyed Cas when he first appeared but as his personality changed into more human I kinda got bored with him)
I can't believe Dean kept that gross trench coat in the back of every car he's driven. Can you imagine how much that thing stinks? (twitter dean told twitter cas that he walked into a laundromat with it once but couldn't bring himself to get it washed so walked back out. this shall now be my canon.)
And I fucking loved Meg. I really think it has to do with the actress because I, unlike just about everyone, I really don't like blond Meg. I didn't like Born Under a Bad Sign. But Rachel Miner, that Meg is fucking awesome. And I love the whole 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend' thing they've got going on with her.
I'm a little disappointed that Sam's ALL BETTER now, but I don't mind how Castiel healed him. It's like his penance, right? I'm not worried or thinking about exactly what Cas did, whether he just transferred the hallucinations or whatever, I'm not even wondering if Sam can still remember hell or whatever, that is thinking way too much into it and everyone doing that needs to realize they are not watching Lost and stop. Face value. Show's a lot better that way, trust me. Cas took Sam's pain away as penance. That's all you need. And then they just left Cas there and look, I don't want him to be the angel in the backseat again, but I mean. Harsh. And I don't think Dean has forgiven him so much as he's tired and just accepted what Cas did, and he's so over losing people that he'll even cling to the people who have hurt him.
But yeah, I took the time to download that episode because I really enjoyed it. Other than that awful wedding episode, this season is fantastic.