Ugh

[guanin]

I've spent three months without going to the movie theatre and now that I'm finally back in a place where I can afford the ticket prices, ready to pump myself full with as many flicks as I can, there's nothing good on. Not only that, but the two movies I do see are 'eh'. Granted, Quantum of Solace is a decent action movie, quite entertaining, but the only reason I watched it was because I liked Casino Royale so much, which this one doesn't even begin to compare to. You can tell it's a sequel. But the one my Dad took me to today was just... well, I hesitate to call it crap, but if you hate half a dozen false endings, cliched deaths and climaxes, and stale, sweeping music that sounds as if it came out a can, do not watch Australia. I wanted to leave so badly. You're definitely doing something wrong if your audience is bored while someone is getting shot.

I finally bought the Dexter novels today. At Borders for full price, which I don't like to do, but there's only eight business days before I leave and Amazon can be so slow shipping stuff here. Unless I order it Express, but there goes the discount.

Got one Christmas present today. Just one left.

Comments

[g0shawk.livejournal.com]

That's too bad that you haven't seen anything good. I hope you find something!

I've been wanting to see Quantum of Solace. It wasn't as good as Casino Royale, though? I really loved that movie.
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Hmm, now I don't know whether to see Australia or not. One of my other LJ friends really liked it. I thought it looked pretty good from the previews. But then, I'm pretty easily amused.

[guanin.livejournal.com]

There are four movies coming out before I leave that look good, so I hope so.

It's good. I don't regret paying for it. But it's no Casino Royale. It doesn't have the substance that one had.

In my opinion, it could have been good if they'd done a lot of rewriting. I used way too many cliches which felt really stale to me. My Dad liked it, though, although he agreed about the false endings.

[lotus0kid.livejournal.com]

Ugh, I'm sorry to hear that. Me, I'm holding out for The Mysterious Case of Benjamin Button, although a sick part of me wants to see Yes Man. What? It looks nice! - Quiet you.

Dexter, huh? You'll have to let me know how good those are, if they're worth Border's criminal prices.

[guanin.livejournal.com]

I want to see that one. I saw the preview yesterday and it looked so awesome. I have a thing for playing with time and alternate modes of storytelling. It comes out next weekend, along with Milk and The Spirit. Yes Man interested me, too. I love Jim Carrey. But I don't know if I'll have time to see it. It comes out the first and I leave the third and I'm also kinda interested in Valkyrie for some reason, which comes out on the same day.

I started reading the first one in the movie theater while the previews were rolling and I was totally hooked. Though I think I'm going to get them used off Amazon.uk, which I just noticed is much cheaper. I don't know why I didn't think of that before.