prometheus!

[luninosity]

(Actually, just as a side note, because I'm realizing this: if I'm going to put up more of the original fantasy fic, I could use more medieval/fantasy/fairytale icons...suggestions, people?)

So, I was feeling well enough to venture out for a couple of hours, and Awesome Husband and I went to see Prometheus. Random observations under the cut; not in

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[telperion_15]

So I'm only going to respond to the points I actually have a response to - which is most of them, actually

[luninosity]

1. Seriously! I kind of just want to go see it again and marvel. (I shan't, because movies are expensive, but if someone else, such as my parents, decides to pay

[telperion_15]

1. I have to admit to going again pretty quickly - needed to see it without the weight of expectation on it to form a proper opinion (that's my story and I'm sticking to it

[luninosity]

1. Agreed about the expectations...though I suspect this is also related to #14!
2. It's the absurdist quality of that, I think--the movie constantly reminds you that he's not quite human. Same with the hair. It's too ridiculously like someone's idea of perfection. Which makes complete sense, of course, but I can't help thinking about elves

[telperion_15]

1. I have no idea what you mean, I'm sure... ;)
2. I can't help thinking about elves... Actually snorted with laughter! Shame he's not been cast in The Hobbit!
7. Either that or she's Superwoman in disguise!
10. Ooh, that's an intriguing idea! It's not like anyone else would have known what he was saying, after all...
14. AMEN! *swoons*
15. Am trying to think of any instance of old age makeup that's actually looked properly realistic, and somewhat failing...
19. I absolutely will! :) (I think I kind of assumed he could talk her through it - or at least through a crude enough fix that he could then do the rest of the finetuning himself...?)
20. And now I have the curiosity anyway, so it all comes to the same thing!

If I fundamentally can't care about either the plot or the people involved, then I probably will give up.Yep, those are the films that make me annoyed that I wasted two hours of my life on them! (I think I watch films through to the end even if I'm not enjoying them terribly in the hope that they'll somehow get better,

[luninosity]

2. ...well, now I'm just picturing Michael as a denizen of Lothlorien. He'd have to sing, but I suspect he wouldn't mind! Also, mmm, archery.
10. Yeah, that thought only occurred to me later, but it's very possible. We never get subtitles, and of course they told him to say certain things, but he's certainly capable of saying other things...
15. ...I can't come up with any, either! Hmm. Maybe Bilbo, at the end of Return of the King? But they're already starting with an older actor...
20. Excellent, you can suffer with the rest of us!

I think I watch films through to the end even if I'm not enjoying them terribly in the hope that they'll somehow get better, though ...I tend to also leave the film on, because I hate unfinished stories, but I'll start doing something else at the same time, like grading, or reading a for-fun book, so that I can glance up occasionally and keep an eye on the movie while not completely wasting the hours!