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redfiona99) wrote2006-12-11 01:41 pm
redfiona99) wrote2006-12-11 01:41 pm
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Media round-up
Because there's going to be a long fencing post after this so I thought I'd break them up because there has been much viewing of media this weekend. Mostly thanks to the marvallous Dr. Stu.
Seriously, we had anachronistic female hashassins. We had Robin being an arsehole of the lowest order, to Little John this time instead of Much. We had randomly bad plot. We had acupuncture working on PTSD. And one male nut job being able to defeat 4 highly trained non-nutty hashassins, plus notabely Robin once again saving the Sheriff's life.
Most of this I could have forgiven, since I've learnt to expect the dreadful. And one of my favourite 'hey, it's that guys' was there as the Saracen princeling.
But... they besmirched Saladin's good name, and I'm sorry, but there are things I will not stand for and that is one of them.
Which was so good. I love exactly how evil and creepifying Suzy was, and there's whole question of, given how much effort she put into coming back to kill her Dad, was she always a nut or did the glove send her there. Personally, I'm going with always.
I love how Gwen really has replaced Suzie in all kind of interesting places, noticably Owen's bed.
I know it was over-complicated but I do like that they've finally found their own rhythm in the writing. Even if the bit at the end with Jack and Ianto was weird and wrong, and weird. Also, if I were Jack I'd so check that Ianto doesn't have the pair of that glove stashed in the basement.
Now onto films.
So very interesting a different. It gets bonus points for throwing the audience into it without too much exposition, and just getting on with it. And, since I was watching with English subtitles, highly inventive use of subtitles.
And I love how Dark got Light to fall into a trap of the kind that Light normally set for Dark and how very undifferent the two sides are and how they acknowledged this with a minimum of anvilness, and a cute next door neighbour.
Mostly I also love how sorry chief Dark dude looked when Anton fell into the trap totally and unstoppably.
Also, how can I not love a film where averting the apocalypse is on the mini-climax.
Good but not quite as good as I'd been lead to believe. Good acting all round, love the cinematography.
And yes, sometimes there really aren't enough rocks.
Seriously, we had anachronistic female hashassins. We had Robin being an arsehole of the lowest order, to Little John this time instead of Much. We had randomly bad plot. We had acupuncture working on PTSD. And one male nut job being able to defeat 4 highly trained non-nutty hashassins, plus notabely Robin once again saving the Sheriff's life.
Most of this I could have forgiven, since I've learnt to expect the dreadful. And one of my favourite 'hey, it's that guys' was there as the Saracen princeling.
But... they besmirched Saladin's good name, and I'm sorry, but there are things I will not stand for and that is one of them.
Which was so good. I love exactly how evil and creepifying Suzy was, and there's whole question of, given how much effort she put into coming back to kill her Dad, was she always a nut or did the glove send her there. Personally, I'm going with always.
I love how Gwen really has replaced Suzie in all kind of interesting places, noticably Owen's bed.
I know it was over-complicated but I do like that they've finally found their own rhythm in the writing. Even if the bit at the end with Jack and Ianto was weird and wrong, and weird. Also, if I were Jack I'd so check that Ianto doesn't have the pair of that glove stashed in the basement.
Now onto films.
So very interesting a different. It gets bonus points for throwing the audience into it without too much exposition, and just getting on with it. And, since I was watching with English subtitles, highly inventive use of subtitles.
And I love how Dark got Light to fall into a trap of the kind that Light normally set for Dark and how very undifferent the two sides are and how they acknowledged this with a minimum of anvilness, and a cute next door neighbour.
Mostly I also love how sorry chief Dark dude looked when Anton fell into the trap totally and unstoppably.
Also, how can I not love a film where averting the apocalypse is on the mini-climax.
Good but not quite as good as I'd been lead to believe. Good acting all round, love the cinematography.
And yes, sometimes there really aren't enough rocks.