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ravenI'm beginning to think there is a conspiracy against my ever getting to see The Two Towers. We arrived at the cinema, Jane and Louise and I, and we discovered that they weren't showing the film at twelve like they were supposed to at all, and therefore leaving us in a rather sticky situation. After much staring at each other and chronic indecision, we went to see Daredevil instead.
It wasn't too bad. A few points I would like to make... all superheroes have certain things in common, such as alliterative "normal" names, and much standing on rooftops in the pouring rain, and they all have relatives that died when they were of a tender age and therefore were inspired to spend their lives fighting crime, and none of them seem to require any sleep, holding down jobs during the day and beating up criminals at night, and so on and so forth, and that's all without the love interest...
Sarcasm aside, it wasn't bad, though maybe not as good as Spiderman. There were some lovely moments - the Irish Catholic priest who says, "And you know, son, I don't think much of the outfit, either," and the irritable arch-enemy Bullseye , who informs us, "I want a bloody costume" and then there's the last thing in the film, the last of the acting credits, which informs us which actor was lucky enough to portray "Man With Pen In Head."
I also liked the way in which the audience is shown how Daredevil, a blind man, sees the world, how it looks in terms of touch, smell and taste but mostly sound. I especially liked the way a falling raindrop makes a sound, so a downpour can show Daredevil what a person's face is like, in muted blue-grey glory. The way the sound affects him is thoroughly explored, right from the very beginning where he is incapacitated by a subway train rushing past.
So... nothing special but not a bad way to spend an afternoon. Though I wish it had been The Two Towers. Ugh.
Apparently everyone else in the world doesn't have to go to school tomorrow. But I have to, and I don't want to, no, I don't.
It wasn't too bad. A few points I would like to make... all superheroes have certain things in common, such as alliterative "normal" names, and much standing on rooftops in the pouring rain, and they all have relatives that died when they were of a tender age and therefore were inspired to spend their lives fighting crime, and none of them seem to require any sleep, holding down jobs during the day and beating up criminals at night, and so on and so forth, and that's all without the love interest...
Sarcasm aside, it wasn't bad, though maybe not as good as Spiderman. There were some lovely moments - the Irish Catholic priest who says, "And you know, son, I don't think much of the outfit, either," and the irritable arch-enemy Bullseye , who informs us, "I want a bloody costume" and then there's the last thing in the film, the last of the acting credits, which informs us which actor was lucky enough to portray "Man With Pen In Head."
I also liked the way in which the audience is shown how Daredevil, a blind man, sees the world, how it looks in terms of touch, smell and taste but mostly sound. I especially liked the way a falling raindrop makes a sound, so a downpour can show Daredevil what a person's face is like, in muted blue-grey glory. The way the sound affects him is thoroughly explored, right from the very beginning where he is incapacitated by a subway train rushing past.
So... nothing special but not a bad way to spend an afternoon. Though I wish it had been The Two Towers. Ugh.
Apparently everyone else in the world doesn't have to go to school tomorrow. But I have to, and I don't want to, no, I don't.
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on 2003-02-16 09:36 am (UTC)My brother had promised to see it with me when we saw Fellowship of the Ring. Two towers came out, he said he did not want to go. I promised to pick up his friends to go with us. I promised to pay for his ticket. He still said no, because he "didn't feel like it."
My friend Amanda was not interested in seeing it. My boyfriend lives too far away for us to see it together, and besides, he saw it two or three times, the bastard (heh). I had one friend who wanted to see it and we were going to make plans to do so. I have since had a falling-out with her.
I'M NEVER GOING TO SEE IT IN THE THEATRE! BOO!
The shortened comment would be, "I totally sympathize with the Two Towers thing." Hehehehehe.
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on 2003-02-16 09:49 am (UTC)Wish we could go and see it together. Damn this little thing we call "distance."
[And I'm posting with my Frodo icon, too. Boo]
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on 2003-02-16 11:41 am (UTC)i saw Daredevil last nite. i did not enjoy it at all. it was so.. cheesy and the lines were dumb and everything looked so stiff and choreographed. my date and i spent the entire time uh.. well. you know, what you do at movies that end up being boring. :X
SEE THE TWO TOWERS. ANY WAY YOU CAN. IT IS SO GOOD.
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on 2003-02-16 12:28 pm (UTC)Whoo for back seats in cinemas.