THIS MANY
Mar 18, 2012
John Carter is lavish, long, and not interesting
I have heard two things about the movie John Carter; that it won't make its money back and either it changed too much or not enough from the book(s). I will do my best to talk about other things.
The design of everything in this movie is so perfect it's boring. 90% of the cast is assisted or composed entirely of CGI and after 10 minutes I was accepting them as if they were the most boring objects in the world. They did not take me out of the movie but they also made no effort to bring me in. It all blended together with its bland design and technical competence.
John Carter is not strong enough a character to make me care about the insane amount of story this movie is trying to cram in. The guy plays him fine, but in Star Wars there were multiple characters that people could identify with to lessen the burden of exposition. But this movie falls on John's shoulders and aside from being a lovable brute, I'm not sure why I'm supposed to care about his issues on Earth and Mars. His alien pet did remind me of Spencer though, so props for that.
This movie takes a while to start and a while to end. The movie has a stuttering beginning and end. This movie starts 3 times and ends 3 times. Cut that out. It is annoying. You are not Lord of the Rings.
The princess in the movie is a much stronger actor and character than John is. I know we need an earth connection but I think there is a better story from her perspective. But then again she is a woman which no one would dare put an action movie around.
The design of everything in this movie is so perfect it's boring. 90% of the cast is assisted or composed entirely of CGI and after 10 minutes I was accepting them as if they were the most boring objects in the world. They did not take me out of the movie but they also made no effort to bring me in. It all blended together with its bland design and technical competence.
John Carter is not strong enough a character to make me care about the insane amount of story this movie is trying to cram in. The guy plays him fine, but in Star Wars there were multiple characters that people could identify with to lessen the burden of exposition. But this movie falls on John's shoulders and aside from being a lovable brute, I'm not sure why I'm supposed to care about his issues on Earth and Mars. His alien pet did remind me of Spencer though, so props for that.
This movie takes a while to start and a while to end. The movie has a stuttering beginning and end. This movie starts 3 times and ends 3 times. Cut that out. It is annoying. You are not Lord of the Rings.
The princess in the movie is a much stronger actor and character than John is. I know we need an earth connection but I think there is a better story from her perspective. But then again she is a woman which no one would dare put an action movie around.
Mar 17, 2012
Mar 14, 2012
SMASH (orchestra tune up sound and lightbulb sign)
There is a show called SMASH (all caps) on NBC right now. I haven't posted in a while so I thought I should go over some of the reasons why I like the show, ignoring all of the reasons I shouldn't like the show.
1. Musical!
I am not a cultured person so it is fun seeing how they are putting on Marilyn the musical. I am sure this is nothing how it is like in the real world but it is exciting.
2. Marilyn!
They don't actually talk about her much aside from her getting married to Joe DiMaggio but its neat to hear about in passing. I know nothing of history and Marilyn seems to be ingrained with a lot of it so it's all new to me.
3. Songs!
There are two types of songs in SMASH, the broadway style ones where they are auditioning or practicing with new music and ones where they are singing their feelings or kareoke something. The audition/practice ones are exciting and fun as they transition from real life to an imagined theatrical performance.
The feelings/kareoke ones are terrible and I skip them at first opportunity.
4. Girls! Gays!
I like decent female performances.... and despite a lot of corn this show has some. I also like shows that support my belief that every gay person is part of the New York theater scene.
5. NBC!
I just want this network to succeed. I don't want it to be #1 MUST SEE TV * SEINFIELD NOISE, but I want it to continue to make decent shows that stick around for a couple of years.
Last Monday's episode got 7.9 million viewers (I watch it on Hulu so I'm not one of them), hopefully that is enough for a second season.
1. Musical!
I am not a cultured person so it is fun seeing how they are putting on Marilyn the musical. I am sure this is nothing how it is like in the real world but it is exciting.
2. Marilyn!
They don't actually talk about her much aside from her getting married to Joe DiMaggio but its neat to hear about in passing. I know nothing of history and Marilyn seems to be ingrained with a lot of it so it's all new to me.
3. Songs!
There are two types of songs in SMASH, the broadway style ones where they are auditioning or practicing with new music and ones where they are singing their feelings or kareoke something. The audition/practice ones are exciting and fun as they transition from real life to an imagined theatrical performance.
The feelings/kareoke ones are terrible and I skip them at first opportunity.
4. Girls! Gays!
I like decent female performances.... and despite a lot of corn this show has some. I also like shows that support my belief that every gay person is part of the New York theater scene.
5. NBC!
I just want this network to succeed. I don't want it to be #1 MUST SEE TV * SEINFIELD NOISE, but I want it to continue to make decent shows that stick around for a couple of years.
Last Monday's episode got 7.9 million viewers (I watch it on Hulu so I'm not one of them), hopefully that is enough for a second season.
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