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I saw The Time Traveler's Wife. I looooooooved it! That's saying something, considering I had pretty high expectations for this movie. I loved the book, I love the two principal actors, and I really wanted to see it on screen.
Apparently it's gotten mixed reviews. I have no idea why. I mean, unless it's about not following the book exactly, but I don't even know that it deviated that much. I read it awhile ago, so I don't remember a lot of specific details, but most of the big stuff I remembered stayed, and some of the big stuff that didn't stay, I didn't miss (like Henry's poor foot...).
Anyway, I think it's one of the more successful book-to-movie adaptations. It was really well done, the time traveling, the introduction of the characters, the pace, etc. At no point did I feel lost about what was going on (though perhaps it helped that I knew a lot of the main points before going in). And emotionally I was with them from the start ... I started crying about 5 minutes in, and pretty much didn't stop. I don't know if any other movie has made me cry like, throughout the whole thing. O.o Usually there's some big climax thing toward the end that makes the waterworks come, but this one was like, one big sobfest from beginning to end, in a good way. :D
I also saw District 9. I liked it, but I have to say that part of my enjoyment was curbed due to feeling sick right in the middle of the movie. Like, suddenly I felt nauseated, like I wanted to vomit, and had no idea why. Sure, I had a piece of chocolate cake and some coffee for breakfast, but I was fine throughout TTTW, which I saw first. Only in the middle of District 9 did I suddenly feel totally stick to my stomach.
Only later did I connect the feeling with how I usually feel when I am carsick. There must've been camera movement in the movie that didn't agree with me, and I guess as I get older, the more sensitive I am to motion sickness. I mean, yes, there was shaky camera movement (the beginning, especially, is filmed sort of documentary style), but it wasn't so bad that I was conscious of getting dizzy or anything (unlike, say, Blair Witch). However it must have been bad enough to trigger the motion sickness feeling. Ugh.
Anyway, I thought it was an entertaining movie with an interesting premise, although in various ways it all felt kind of done before, even if not in exactly this way. I kind of liked that the 'hero' was really sort of an accidental one, that even though ultimately he made a heroic choice it wasn't like he was all heroic, all the time, which is what we tend to see in movies (see: Will Smith). It made him dislikable, honestly, but also very human and realistic (as far as the premise allows, anyway).
I would have liked more -- scratch that, any -- explanation for how/why the alien ship was stranded here in the first place. Why did the aliens get so sick? Why couldn't they just go home, when obviously there was enough of the black fluid to do so (especially when they were still on board). What was it about cat food that they loved so much, the taurine? If the aliens desperately wanted to go home, and the humans desperately wanted them to leave, why wasn't there more effort to make that happen, on both sides? As in, since everyone wanted the same thing, why not work together for a win-win situation? I guess we're supposed to chalk it up to the evilness of humanity, because we wanted to conduct experiments on the aliens and figure out how to operate their weaponry. Sigh.
Color me impressed with the DMV. I went to renew my license on Tuesday, and got it in the mail on Friday. Let's hope my passport is as speedy. And the driver's license picture is actually a decent one!
Tonight I'm going to make a black cherry frozen yogurt, then tomorrow a coffee chip ice cream, half of which I will take to my cousin's. I like that they can help me eat all the ice cream I'm making, so I can make more. :D
"There is only one page left to write on. I will fill it with words of only one syllable. I love. I have loved. I will love." Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife
Apparently it's gotten mixed reviews. I have no idea why. I mean, unless it's about not following the book exactly, but I don't even know that it deviated that much. I read it awhile ago, so I don't remember a lot of specific details, but most of the big stuff I remembered stayed, and some of the big stuff that didn't stay, I didn't miss (like Henry's poor foot...).
Anyway, I think it's one of the more successful book-to-movie adaptations. It was really well done, the time traveling, the introduction of the characters, the pace, etc. At no point did I feel lost about what was going on (though perhaps it helped that I knew a lot of the main points before going in). And emotionally I was with them from the start ... I started crying about 5 minutes in, and pretty much didn't stop. I don't know if any other movie has made me cry like, throughout the whole thing. O.o Usually there's some big climax thing toward the end that makes the waterworks come, but this one was like, one big sobfest from beginning to end, in a good way. :D
I also saw District 9. I liked it, but I have to say that part of my enjoyment was curbed due to feeling sick right in the middle of the movie. Like, suddenly I felt nauseated, like I wanted to vomit, and had no idea why. Sure, I had a piece of chocolate cake and some coffee for breakfast, but I was fine throughout TTTW, which I saw first. Only in the middle of District 9 did I suddenly feel totally stick to my stomach.
Only later did I connect the feeling with how I usually feel when I am carsick. There must've been camera movement in the movie that didn't agree with me, and I guess as I get older, the more sensitive I am to motion sickness. I mean, yes, there was shaky camera movement (the beginning, especially, is filmed sort of documentary style), but it wasn't so bad that I was conscious of getting dizzy or anything (unlike, say, Blair Witch). However it must have been bad enough to trigger the motion sickness feeling. Ugh.
Anyway, I thought it was an entertaining movie with an interesting premise, although in various ways it all felt kind of done before, even if not in exactly this way. I kind of liked that the 'hero' was really sort of an accidental one, that even though ultimately he made a heroic choice it wasn't like he was all heroic, all the time, which is what we tend to see in movies (see: Will Smith). It made him dislikable, honestly, but also very human and realistic (as far as the premise allows, anyway).
I would have liked more -- scratch that, any -- explanation for how/why the alien ship was stranded here in the first place. Why did the aliens get so sick? Why couldn't they just go home, when obviously there was enough of the black fluid to do so (especially when they were still on board). What was it about cat food that they loved so much, the taurine? If the aliens desperately wanted to go home, and the humans desperately wanted them to leave, why wasn't there more effort to make that happen, on both sides? As in, since everyone wanted the same thing, why not work together for a win-win situation? I guess we're supposed to chalk it up to the evilness of humanity, because we wanted to conduct experiments on the aliens and figure out how to operate their weaponry. Sigh.
Color me impressed with the DMV. I went to renew my license on Tuesday, and got it in the mail on Friday. Let's hope my passport is as speedy. And the driver's license picture is actually a decent one!
Tonight I'm going to make a black cherry frozen yogurt, then tomorrow a coffee chip ice cream, half of which I will take to my cousin's. I like that they can help me eat all the ice cream I'm making, so I can make more. :D
"There is only one page left to write on. I will fill it with words of only one syllable. I love. I have loved. I will love." Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife
