Prepare for Shock and Awe!
Mar. 7th, 2010 07:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gonzaiI went to a movie. In a theatre. Yes, really. No lie.
For the first time in oh, nine-ten months, I went to the theater to see a movie. It reminded both why we do go the movies, and why we don't go to the movies. First the bad: Two adults, a soda and a large popcorn = $39. For a matinee. A matinee. Ye gods. Then the people sitting behind both me and Mom kicked our chairs the whole movie. The woman next to me apparently bathed in perfume. Her husband snored most of the movie, except for when he was talking to her. And they spilled their popcorn all over me. This is why I like to stay home.
The good: yes, I finally saw 'Avatar'. Now, if someone had told me before that Richard Taylor & Weta were involved with the film, I would have made a greater effort to see it sooner. And it was better than I was afraid it might be. There was still some clunkiness (unobtainium? Are you freakin' kidding me?) and it was 'Dances With Wolves' gone interplanetary, but it was alright writing-wise. A little more death and destruction than I care for. But day-um that was a planet. Pandora was amazing, both flora and fauna, and even the skyline. Floating mountains? Most awesome. The planet was worth the price of admission. So in summary, I thought it was a good movie. Not the be all and end all that some seem to think it is, but worth the time and pretty much the money. And if it wins Best Picture, well, there's certainly been worse films that have won it. I saw 'An American In Paris' last week. I'd much rather watch 'Avatar'.
For the first time in oh, nine-ten months, I went to the theater to see a movie. It reminded both why we do go the movies, and why we don't go to the movies. First the bad: Two adults, a soda and a large popcorn = $39. For a matinee. A matinee. Ye gods. Then the people sitting behind both me and Mom kicked our chairs the whole movie. The woman next to me apparently bathed in perfume. Her husband snored most of the movie, except for when he was talking to her. And they spilled their popcorn all over me. This is why I like to stay home.
The good: yes, I finally saw 'Avatar'. Now, if someone had told me before that Richard Taylor & Weta were involved with the film, I would have made a greater effort to see it sooner. And it was better than I was afraid it might be. There was still some clunkiness (unobtainium? Are you freakin' kidding me?) and it was 'Dances With Wolves' gone interplanetary, but it was alright writing-wise. A little more death and destruction than I care for. But day-um that was a planet. Pandora was amazing, both flora and fauna, and even the skyline. Floating mountains? Most awesome. The planet was worth the price of admission. So in summary, I thought it was a good movie. Not the be all and end all that some seem to think it is, but worth the time and pretty much the money. And if it wins Best Picture, well, there's certainly been worse films that have won it. I saw 'An American In Paris' last week. I'd much rather watch 'Avatar'.
