Movies of 2013
Jul. 26th, 2014 07:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
meteordustIn 2013, I saw 7 movies at the cinema, up from 6 the previous year.
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters - It's as ridiculous as it sounds, but I was expecting that, so I enjoyed myself. I liked the brother and sister carrying on the family business of hunting monsters and saving people, though I could have done without the "evil witches are ugly, good witches are beautiful" thing.
The Great Gatsby - I fell into the sweet spot of liking the book enough to be curious about the adaptation, but not so much that I was invested in it being perfect. I still don't think Leonardo di Caprio and Toby Maguire fit my image of Gatsby and Nick, although Carey Mulligan was a marvellous Daisy. And Baz being Baz, it was visually spectacular.
Much Ado About Nothing - Delightful.
Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo - KAWORU. Also, next year is 2015, I feel so old.
Gatchaman - I loved Battle of the Planets growing up. Unfortunately, this live action adaptation was a terrible movie. Some really painful humour, clunky acting, and cliched plot developments. It didn't help that in the flashback scenes, which showed three of the characters as kids, I mistook one of them for a different character until very late. Also forever disappointed that, unlike Space Battleship Yamato, they didn't use any of the original music, like the theme tune for the God Phoenix plane transformation.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - A pretty solid adaptation of a pretty solid book. I'll be checking out the final instalments, though they'll probably traumatise me all over again.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Frankly, it's nothing like the book anymore, but I'm just rolling with it.
I've just realised these are all adaptations from other media - is it me or is it just movies these days?
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters - It's as ridiculous as it sounds, but I was expecting that, so I enjoyed myself. I liked the brother and sister carrying on the family business of hunting monsters and saving people, though I could have done without the "evil witches are ugly, good witches are beautiful" thing.
The Great Gatsby - I fell into the sweet spot of liking the book enough to be curious about the adaptation, but not so much that I was invested in it being perfect. I still don't think Leonardo di Caprio and Toby Maguire fit my image of Gatsby and Nick, although Carey Mulligan was a marvellous Daisy. And Baz being Baz, it was visually spectacular.
Much Ado About Nothing - Delightful.
Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo - KAWORU. Also, next year is 2015, I feel so old.
Gatchaman - I loved Battle of the Planets growing up. Unfortunately, this live action adaptation was a terrible movie. Some really painful humour, clunky acting, and cliched plot developments. It didn't help that in the flashback scenes, which showed three of the characters as kids, I mistook one of them for a different character until very late. Also forever disappointed that, unlike Space Battleship Yamato, they didn't use any of the original music, like the theme tune for the God Phoenix plane transformation.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - A pretty solid adaptation of a pretty solid book. I'll be checking out the final instalments, though they'll probably traumatise me all over again.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Frankly, it's nothing like the book anymore, but I'm just rolling with it.
I've just realised these are all adaptations from other media - is it me or is it just movies these days?
