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(September 29, 2014 at 7:55 pm)Exian Wrote: Ohhh yeah! My Sister's Keeper was way harder hitting.
I swore off fiction for a couple months because of the end of that book. It made me so mad.
Quote:I didn't read the book(TFIOS), but in the movie there's a scene that is a definite "tell". I don't remember it exactly, but they played it too heavy in the other direction. Sort of like a magician'a assistant saying "Look over here." Having said that, it didn't detract at all.
You referring to the ending?
I admit that I didn't expect that Gus would be the one to bite it, but that's not the ending I'm talking about. It has to do with Hazel's favorite book and how it ends.
Quote:There are two things that I loved about the TFIOS movie and these are things I thought set it apart and above similar offerings:
1) It never falls prey to unrealistic obstacles. There is never an instance of a manufactured hardship that the characters must overcome, besides the already difficult hand they're dealt. The only part that came close was her climbing the stairs in the Anne Frank house, but instead of being an easily avoidable health threat, it became a poignant moment in the movie.
2) John Green did a great job in showing people who do not have cancer what it might be like. So, the question would have been "How can I get people, with no idea how to relate, feel connected to these characters?", and I think the answer must have been suicide; rather, all the reasons you don't commit suicide. Anybody who has considered it has broken it down to each individual loved one being hit with the news, their reaction, their devastation. You ask who will find your body and how terrible will that be for them. Hopefully, the result of this is deciding against suicide. And here is where you wonder "What if I couldn't say no? What if I had no choice in the matter?" And that's where you find Hazel and her struggle with her parents. It's not if, it's when. She must have had all these same thoughts. She has imagined her parents finding her body, and being destroyed; going on to have no meaning in their lives anymore. Then, her relief when she finds out her parents actually have been preparing. That was "the moment" for me. They did a good job there.
I agree with #1, it was well written in that regard. Very well handled.
I also admit that while I wasn't blown away by TFIOS, I did cry, which I didn't do with My Sister's Keeper. I was too pissed to cry at that book.
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
September 29, 2014 at 8:05 pm (This post was last modified: September 29, 2014 at 8:09 pm by Exian.)
Haha Yeah referring to the ending. I was cooking while I typed that in spurts on an iPhone, so it's pretty scatter-brained.
The spoiler tags aren't opening on my phone, so I don't know what you put there. But I probably agree with it coming from you.
The ending of MSK is exactly what I'm talking about with unnesissary hardships haha
I can't remember where this verse is from, I think it got removed from canon:
"I don't hang around with mostly men because I'm gay. It's because men are better than women. Better trained, better equipped...better. Just better! I'm not gay."
(September 29, 2014 at 8:05 pm)Exian Wrote: The ending of MSK is exactly what I'm talking about with unnesissary hardships haha
paradoxically while I hated the end of MSK book I hated the end of the movie even more. Sometimes you can't win for losing. :p. it was totally an unnecessary hardship but if you took it away the impact of the story was lost.
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
I can't remember where this verse is from, I think it got removed from canon:
"I don't hang around with mostly men because I'm gay. It's because men are better than women. Better trained, better equipped...better. Just better! I'm not gay."
About halfway through October Skies. Its about a kid who lives in a coal mining town during the early part of the space race during the Cold War period. He witnesses Sputnik fly overhead and decides to build a rocket and win the national science fair.
It's star Jake Gyllenhal (not sure how his name is spelled) and so far so good. Just don't hand me a horrible ending like After the Dark.
Brave: I think they could have pushed a lot harder on this movie. I was really disappointed. It started so well then turned into a childish "what we think girls want to see" movie. I was expecting a Disneyfied Xena! Damn it!
Dawn of the planet of the apes. Wasn't great, but a lot better than I expected.
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