I was sooo excited to see this movie. It was my favorite book growing up, except for If You Give A Moose A Muffin, of course. And I decided that I was going to treat myself and my grandma and have a wonderful outing. Everything went great... until the movie.
To be honest, I have never been more disappointed in a 'children's' movie than I have with this one. I'll be honest some kid focused movies are junk, but this one topped it all. All I can figure is that something went wrong with the script. Some one threw junk on the page, and some producer ate it up!!! It's probably down to the fact that the screenwriter had to make up a plot, because there really wasn't all that much to work with from the book. But, man... not even the little kids in the theatre would sit down for it. If I hadn't had my grammy with me I would have walked.
I won't spoil anything for anyone reading this, because who knows you might just like it. But, in all honesty, I would recommend waiting until it comes out on the Redbox before you watch it. It really isn't worth the 7.50 you have to pay for the ticket.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Comm 300: Production
So, I am going to stick with the topic of Twilight for this blog also.. I know.. I know!!! but, I can't help it I am reading the series now and it is on my mind. But, anyways for this week I watched the film Lost in La Mancha, which takes a look at the production aspect of movies. Very interesting, but depressing because the movie still hasn't been completed yet. But, that is a whole nother story.
But, I am wondering now about the production of New Moon. Twilight I guess had a very very small budget, and it was the director's first time doing a movie... what luck that it turned out to be a great success. What I am really interested in is how the budget of New Moon has been effected by the huge success of Twilight. I'm sure that the producers took one look at it and said "Yes!!! We will give you millions more to make this movie even better." It only makes sense.. as awful as the first one was I am intrigued by the second one. (Really though, I'm hoping that an increased budget will have helped it along a little bit...)
But, I am wondering now about the production of New Moon. Twilight I guess had a very very small budget, and it was the director's first time doing a movie... what luck that it turned out to be a great success. What I am really interested in is how the budget of New Moon has been effected by the huge success of Twilight. I'm sure that the producers took one look at it and said "Yes!!! We will give you millions more to make this movie even better." It only makes sense.. as awful as the first one was I am intrigued by the second one. (Really though, I'm hoping that an increased budget will have helped it along a little bit...)
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Comm 229: Belated Halloween Story
Allright, so for Halloween I ended up staying at home, as I had the whole weekend off. And instead of working on homework, I decided to watch Ghost Hunters live.
Now, I have never really watched this show, just every so often. Mostly I have been disappointed with this show, it tends to be a whole lot of hype with nothing to show for it. BUT!!! This top five scariest count down was freakin' awesome. I ended up only watching two of the episodes because they were really freaking me out. The lighthouse was wicked haunted. They have footage of someone/something looking over the railing down at them... with none of the investigators at the top of it. Talk about freaky!!!!
Of course, I think TAPS is an interesting group because they go into the haunted places to try and disprove the fact that there is a haunting. They do they're absolute best to try and figure out what natural phenomenons are creating the disturbances that people are witnessing. I think that that is pretty awesome... not taking the easy way out.
Now, I have never really watched this show, just every so often. Mostly I have been disappointed with this show, it tends to be a whole lot of hype with nothing to show for it. BUT!!! This top five scariest count down was freakin' awesome. I ended up only watching two of the episodes because they were really freaking me out. The lighthouse was wicked haunted. They have footage of someone/something looking over the railing down at them... with none of the investigators at the top of it. Talk about freaky!!!!
Of course, I think TAPS is an interesting group because they go into the haunted places to try and disprove the fact that there is a haunting. They do they're absolute best to try and figure out what natural phenomenons are creating the disturbances that people are witnessing. I think that that is pretty awesome... not taking the easy way out.
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