I have a new fanlisting! :D I really wasn’t going to get any more until ALL my old ones are revamped, but that was until I saw that post on the message board… BOTH Eli Roth and Snatch was up for adoption!
Sadly Eli was already gone *cries* But I immediately sent an application for Snatch, and guess what: I got it!
Thank you so much Sarah!
That movie is one of my all time favourites, and my boyfriends. I don’t know how many times we’ve seen it, but it’s many times.
It’s so weird and funny, I love the dark humour and the grey British scenery. I love how all the characters are all quirky and have the most awesome names. I love the camera work, the angles and the freezing and zooming in on details.
I REALLY love the dialogue, each and every line makes an awesome quote! Me and my boyfriend often use lines from that movie in our daily life (Yes, we’re total nerds. Your point?). It’s impossible to offer anyone any form of sweets without getting a “no thank you, I’m sweet enough” in return XD
Oh, and the pikeys use whippets/whippet mutts when they hunt rabbits! That alone makes the movie worth watching IMO.
Now, go check out my shiny new baby: ZEE GERMANS!
On Christmas Day I went to the movie theatre to see Avatar. I had not heard much about it before I saw it, but the trailer looked promising (blue people with tails? I’m in!) so I was really looking forward to see it. And I was not disappointed!
The actual theatre experience was rather lame, a bunch of kids (ok, teens) were making noise in the front rows, the temperature was ridiculously hot in the salon and the guy in front of me was circa 3m tall so I had to move from side to side if I wanted to read the subtitles.
But the movie itself…? Stunning!
If you haven’t seen the movie there might be some spoilers ahead. Or not. It depends on how much you know about it already. Anyway, I’ve warned you now!
When his brother is killed in battle, paraplegic Marine Jake Sully decides to take his place in a mission on the distant world of Pandora. There he learns of greedy corporate figurehead Parker Selfridge’s intentions of driving off the native humanoid “Na’vi” in order to mine for the precious material scattered throughout their rich woodland. In exchange for the spinal surgery that will fix his legs, Jake gathers intel for the cooperating military unit spearheaded by gung-ho Colonel Quaritch, while simultaneously attempting to infiltrate the Na’vi people with the use of an “avatar” identity. While Jake begins to bond with the native tribe and quickly falls in love with the beautiful alien Neytiri, the restless Colonel moves forward with his ruthless extermination tactics, forcing the soldier to take a stand – and fight back in an epic battle for the fate of Pandora. Written by The Massie Twins
The most spectacular part of the movie is of course the special effects and the amazing pictures. The scenery and wildlife on Pandora is nothing but amazing! Bright vibrant colours, sparkling lights and really imaginative creatures made it look like a true fairy tale world. The whole first hour when Jake is beginning to explore the planet with Neytiri was breathtaking, I found myself saying “wow…” quietly over and over :) And it made a very clear contrast to the grey, sterile, machine-driven world of the humans on the base.
Plot-wise it was ok, pretty much a Pochahontas rip-off. But it worked for me, I love that type nature-strikes-back stories. Honestly I could have lived without the love story, the rest of the plot was good enough, but hey, it was cute. I’m not going to complain about it.
What I felt it lacked though was the development of Jake’s character from human to Na’vi. It was such a fast transition (and not very well covered) it felt like one minute he was an obedient, almost ignorant, solider on a mission and the next he was in love with Neytiri and working against the humans. I would have liked to explore his mind a lot more, seeing how he gradually start switching sides and growing from the experience. And also how he falls in love with Neytiri. If there’s gonna be a love story you might as well make something out of it. Shouldn’t it be a much bigger deal for a human to fall in love with an alien? A lot more hesitation and agony?
The movie was almost 3 hours long and I still feel it should have been longer so it would’ve had more room for these things. Perhaps when it’s released on DVD it will have some of that in the extra material?
Even so, this is the best movie I’ve seen in a long time. What it lacks in one area it makes up for in another. I want to see it again already! This will definitely go on my favourite movies list :)
As a part of the moving process I have to update all my fanlistings too, and truth be told I’ve been a bit slow on that :/ Only about half of them are updated with new links and my new email address and such…
But today I finally managed to get my Borzoi fanlisting not only updated, but totally overhauled with a new layout and a few new codes! :D
It was about bloody time too. I haven’t touched the layout at all since I first got the fanlisting back in 2007, it was fugly to say the least and the coding was a little.. well *cough*
But now it’s taken care of and I’m a wee bit pleased with myself for getting to cross one more fanlisting off my “desperately needs update list” ^_^
I have a new fanlisting up and running: Green Wing!
It’s a British sitcom from 2004-2006 so it’s not exactly new, but I had never heard about it until I accidentally tuned in to the right channel at the right time—and was immediately hooked!
It’s one of the funniest shows I’ve seen in a looong time! The humour is so weird and black and everything is totally random. Like Family Guy kinda. Family Guy on crack. But they mix the madness with love stories that are actually really cute, some scenes are just “aawwww” ^__^ And the ever-adorable and amusing Stephen Mangan has one of the lead roles <3
I’ve downloaded and watched every episode, including the Christmas Special and I can’t believe they didn’t continue the series! I mean… c’mon! It SCREAMS for a 3d season! When I become the ruler of the world I’ll make sure they start filming a sequel…
In other news I got rejected for Donny “The Bear Jew” Donowitz :( Oh well, better luck next time…
Whoo! Look at this, my new collective!! *happy dance*
I’ve had CyanSunrise.com for more than 4 years now, it was the very first domain I bought. And it feels a wee bit sad to get rid of it, but I really really wanted a new one. Domains can be quite addictive you now ;)
I’ve been working on this all day. Moving all the fanlistings and sending in update forms to TFL.org was kinda tedious… But I’m glad I only have 15 fanlistings. Some people have like 100 listings, I don’t even want to think about moving that many x__x;
It’s all done now anyway.
Welcome to Heart of Snow! :D
