- I don't really like romantic sub-plots in novels. I don't mind when characters fall in love, I guess, but sometimes I get annoyed when a book tries to interweave romance into an already-good story. I've just finished The Hunger Games, and I started to get annoyed when Peeta and Katniss began to deal with a lot of romantic silliness. I felt like the plot was great without all of that mushy stuff (but maybe I'll change my mind when I read the other two books in the series).
- I don't know that much about recent film. Every couple of months I am reminded that I am completely ignorant on this subject. If someone wants to talk about movies created before say, Funny Girl (1968), I'm all there. I can talk a lot about Frank Capra, Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, Hitchcock, Audrey/Katherine Hepburn, and various old musicals. But I'm a deadbeat when it comes to conversations about recent movies. And to tell the truth, I can't tell if I'm totally bothered by my ignorance. I know that J and I could easily switch off our documentaries/foreign films/silver screen classics and watch something more recent or popular, but I'm not quite motivated to change.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
a few recent realizations
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ME TOO! I'm consistently puzzled why people call movies pre-2000 "old movies." An old movie for me is anything that came before Star Wars (counting backwards, of course, so The Wizard of Oz would be 38 BSWE and Finding Nemo would be 26 SWE), and I know much more about them than more modern movies. I wish you guys lived closer; we could do an old movie night. Come to think of it, that would have been an awesome thing to do when we lived in the same ward! (Yeah, remember that?) Sheesh...
Who says you need to be motivated to change? If that's what you like to watch, then watch it, and tell everyone else to take a hike.
most of its just a bunch of crap anyway. Your friends will tell you if there is something really worth seeing. Otherwise, its all a bunch of wasted money. The old stuff is still the best stuff. Unless it is Inception!!
I think the second book is worse than the first when it comes to mushiness. I haven't read the third one yet, though. I was told that the second was better than the first, but I actually preferred the plot in the first one (except for the ending). Maybe that's because I was hoping Katniss would show more solidarity against the government. It kind of bugged me in Hunger Games how she was defiant one minute with the berry idea, then all self-preserving the next by playing up the love story.
Old movies are great. We watch a fair amount of recent movies here, but they're almost always independent or foreign films that were never released in mainstream U.S. theaters. Partly that's because of indifference to pop culture and partly because we're too poor to hire a babysitter and go to the movies. We're lucky to have a great library system here with lots of old and recent independent/foreign films.
HA! Jon, I am adopting your BSWE dating method. That's hilarious. You know, I distinctly remember when my mom rented "Star Wars" for the kids to watch for the first time - I bet I was about 11 or 12. I remember the video rental guy being shocked that such old kids were unfamiliar with "Star Wars." Even at that age, I was mostly familiar with BSWE films.
I know that I don't have to change and watch recent movies. And I'm not feeling pressure from anyone but myself (and only occasionally). The only thing that makes me want to change is when I'm present during conversations about recent films. I hate feeling like an idiot.
Kiersten, I started to read "Catching Fire" last night, and I'm already bored with the love triangle. I just care about the Capitol and District 13 and rebellion. Now I'm starting to see why someone once said to me, "Anyone who likes 'Twilight' will love 'The Hunger Games.'" (That statement actually made me stay away from "The Hunger Games" for a long time, because I wasn't interested in a Bella/Edward/Jacob story. And I have a feeling that if "Hunger Games" bothers me (where the romance is kind of a sub-plot), I know that I would hate "Twilight." The whole "I don't know which man I love" business is blah.)
Oh, and as a disclaimer, there are romantic books that I enjoy. They are mostly books where the romance is essentially the main plot of the story (e.g. "Pride and Prejudice"). I think it's the whole romantic sub-plot that bothers me.
Oh, M!
I understand about the "Hunger Games" series. Very very very much. I loved the rebellion and the relationships formed during the Games with the tributes (and by relationships, I mean friendships, enemy feelings, etc.).
I really struggled with the whole love triangle part considering Gale is, basically, not even in the books for the first two of the series -- how can there be a love triangle when one of those in the triangle doesn't make an appearance (for all intents and purposes)? Don't worry though, the third book contains VERY little love anything. BUT, the third book also sucks. I won't spoil it for you, but man, does the writer really create a mess for herself with subplots and being able to finish them in a timely manner.
Anywho ...
I was thinking about this whole movie thing you mentioned. Have you seen "Young Victoria"? It came out in 2009 (I think) and is about Victoria and Albert. It's pretty good, though, some parts are not accurate (oh well -- so is the nature of movies). I enjoyed it.
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