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another movie review sets sail
I watched a dumb movie tonight. It was like three hours long and involved all of these people on a huge boat that sunk ninety years ago.
No, so seriously, I had never seen Titanic before, and I picked up a copy cheap at Half Price Books, because everyone kept telling me what a good movie it was, etc, etc. And I figure, hey, I keep telling people to ignore the Harry Potter hype and see it, so I might as well bother seeing Titanic, the next-most-hyped movie in recent history (except maybe Phantom Menace). I looked up a pattern for a hat I wanted to try to knit to get back into knitting, and sat down to watch the movie. (Eli was out at a concert tonight, which may have been part of why I did it). Well, two hours later after the first tape was over, Eli was home and making truffles, and I was like "Hmm, should I bother watching the next tape? I know what happens -- the boat finishes sinking."
Well, I watched the second tape anyway. I don't think I ever will again, if I can help it. I probably fast-forwarded at least 20% of it... I mean, I don't know what I would have done in the theater, being forced to sit through 5 minutes at a time of "suspense" while they try to get out of water-filled areas, over and over again. Ugh, it was horrible, just watching people die and all. I don't know how so many people loved this movie so much, really. I mean, it was well-done movie-wise, what with the scenery and costumes and acting and whatnot, but really... I don't like thinking about how many people died on that ship, and especially not with the way the movie portrays it as "they didn't have to die if the idiots hadn't made the ship go so fast, and if they had more lifeboats and didn't send them out half-full" and all.
I could watch the first half of the movie again someday, I think.
But once they hit the iceberg, I don't want to see it again.
I even admit that I cried at the end, although I couldn't entirely figure out why I was doing so.
Also, Kate Winslet looks downright ugly in a lot of scenes. Is that on purpose? Her face is just not very well-proportioned at some angles. She was believable as the character, but honestly, they would have been better off with someone like Gwyneth Paltrow or just someone who is really shiningly *pretty*, I think.
Sigh. I should have spent this evening playing DDR or coding or studying Japanese. I suck. Well, at least now I've seen the movie and gotten my knitting fingers back in motion.
No, so seriously, I had never seen Titanic before, and I picked up a copy cheap at Half Price Books, because everyone kept telling me what a good movie it was, etc, etc. And I figure, hey, I keep telling people to ignore the Harry Potter hype and see it, so I might as well bother seeing Titanic, the next-most-hyped movie in recent history (except maybe Phantom Menace). I looked up a pattern for a hat I wanted to try to knit to get back into knitting, and sat down to watch the movie. (Eli was out at a concert tonight, which may have been part of why I did it). Well, two hours later after the first tape was over, Eli was home and making truffles, and I was like "Hmm, should I bother watching the next tape? I know what happens -- the boat finishes sinking."
Well, I watched the second tape anyway. I don't think I ever will again, if I can help it. I probably fast-forwarded at least 20% of it... I mean, I don't know what I would have done in the theater, being forced to sit through 5 minutes at a time of "suspense" while they try to get out of water-filled areas, over and over again. Ugh, it was horrible, just watching people die and all. I don't know how so many people loved this movie so much, really. I mean, it was well-done movie-wise, what with the scenery and costumes and acting and whatnot, but really... I don't like thinking about how many people died on that ship, and especially not with the way the movie portrays it as "they didn't have to die if the idiots hadn't made the ship go so fast, and if they had more lifeboats and didn't send them out half-full" and all.
I could watch the first half of the movie again someday, I think.
But once they hit the iceberg, I don't want to see it again.
I even admit that I cried at the end, although I couldn't entirely figure out why I was doing so.
Also, Kate Winslet looks downright ugly in a lot of scenes. Is that on purpose? Her face is just not very well-proportioned at some angles. She was believable as the character, but honestly, they would have been better off with someone like Gwyneth Paltrow or just someone who is really shiningly *pretty*, I think.
Sigh. I should have spent this evening playing DDR or coding or studying Japanese. I suck. Well, at least now I've seen the movie and gotten my knitting fingers back in motion.
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