Movie: Eclipse

Today I went to the cinema with two friends of mine. First we watched Twilight and New Moon, as a sort of marathon. It was a very nice day.

I'm not a big fangirl of the Twilight Saga, believe me, but I DO like the books, and the movies aren't THAT bad. I'm sick and tired, honestly, of having to hide liking the books (and the movies, though I do believe the books are way better) because I'll either get hateful looks thrown at me, and have to listen to people ranting about how stupid the story(book/movie) is or having people drool on my pants when they think of Edward, or Jacob. I'm kinda neutral on that subject, by the way. Well, maybe not. I'm quite biased I suppose, since I love vampires (books/movies). But still, I see flaws in both characters, but I really do not like Jacob at all. Which is probably just because he forces Bella into kissing him, when she doesn't want to.
Anyway, I'm starting a little rant here myself so I'll just quit that :P
About the movie, I actually quite liked it. Too bad they changed actors for Victoria, because I really liked the first actress, and the new one, well, she didn't look the part in my honest opinion (she's way too cute! Especially her nose just yells "cute and cheeky", not blood thirsty vampire). All in all, Edward and Bella did much better than the last two movies (I don't like the actors to be honest... Bella seems to use too much botox and usually only looks neutral or frightened).
Still. I shouldn't complain so much! I liked it. And I'm probably going to read the fourth book, Breaking Dawn, again so I'll know exactly what should be happening next movie. Something I should have done with Eclipse.
Which reminds me, I should go and read Harry Potter 6 & 7 again.

Movie: Alice In Wonderland

Today I went to the new Alice in Wonderland movie by Tim Burton. To be honest I was a bit hesistant about going at first, because I DO love the book and I really liked the Disney animation from 1951, but still. I was a bit afraid of this movie letting me down. Anyway, it was a good, good movie. A bit.. well, not exactly what I myself would have made of it. Also, to be honest, even though the movie had an awesome cast, I must admit that I'm getting a LITTLE tired of the Deppster x Helena Bonham-Carter x Alan Rickman x etc. I mean, aren't there any other good, maybe less well-known actors and actresses? The way the Mad Hatter walks over the table full of teapots and cups and what not, is much like Captain Jack, isn't it? But maybe that's just because Johnny Depp has played so many roles, and good ones they were, and seeing the same actor in the same role will probably also result in seeing similarities in the acting itself.

In the end, a good movie, but I still prefer the book. I think I would have liked this movie much better if I hadn't read the book (so many times) already!

Oh well, certainly a movie I want to go another time in the cinema, and certainly a movie I want to buy on DVD.

Movie: The Lovely Bones

This movie is a bit surreal here and there, but it's absolutely wonderful. Got some very, very nice atmospheres. And imagery.
I absolutely loved it. The character of Susie Salmon kinda stole my heart.

Oh, by the way, did I say? She's a HIPPY! <3

Movie: Avatar 3D

Today I went to the movie Avatar (3D) for the second time.
Reviews are quite hard for me to do, so I'm not going to even try to make this blogentry longer than a few paragraphs. Anyway, this really is one of my favourite movies. I will definately buy the special edition(?) DVD when it comes out. I'm not a big fan of digital animations, because it  usually looks very unreal, unlife-like. But here, well, I barely remembered it was digitally animated at all. Of course, the technique used (motion capture and computer generated image) which makes the images much more believable and lifelike, but still.
Of course, it's not perfect, I mean we all understand these creatures aren't real (how I wish they were) and of course you can kinda see it. I wonder how the images would look like if this technique was used to make human characters. How perfect would they look? (Of course it would be silly to make actors do stuff and then generate the images by computer, but you know what I mean)


Oh well, it's just a bloody amazing movie. Go see it!