#john-candy

[djpicsathon]

No 107: Red River Rock

[octopuslilies]

6, 19

Something in school you really liked doing that everyone else bitched over: english reading if i liked the current book? actually also (depending on the book) annotating the reading but more in a wow i like this line and hey that reminds me of this other thing kind of way. both, of course, depending a lot on the book.

A celebrity crush that maybe even you don’t understand: currently, andrew garfield what with all the hype over spiderman. ihnc if the movie itself is any good of course, but i don't (personally) understand all of the fuss over how ATTRACTIVE and AWESOME he is. but stan whoever you want, i guess?

[sunflowerchester]

5, 7, 12

5. A habit you find disgusting: I had a co-worker who would emphasize ( I guess unknowingly) that she was talking while chewing by slurring and mumbling AND talking through her food. It was NOT ok and never will be and omg stop. 

7. Your favorite household chore: I guess... um... washing dishes? I actually hate them ALL... so... I don't know. Maybe organizing my movies and book cases...

12. Television programs you love but have gotten shit for liking. Well I would say Glee, but I hate Glee. I watch it for Darren. So... probably Smash, I guess. Musical people get it, but a lot of people who aren't into musicals think it's awful. 

[beamkatanachronicles]

john-candy replied to your post: Prometheus

E X A C T L Y

IT WAS SO FUNNY

I LAUGHED AT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE DEATHS

[allshallfade]

Lord of the Rings + red (requested by john-candy)

[sunflowerchester]

john-candy replied to your post: I liked The Amazing Spider-Man … a lot. But not as...

I’m glad you liked it. It’s good for what it is; I just found it pretty lacking as an adaptation, which is probably due to the fact that it’s based on an alternate storyline that I’m not fond of. But the changes to Peter’s basic arc are weird.

Thanks! Well... like I said like... wtf, there were OBVIOUS patches missing throughout the movie. Even things we saw in trailers 2 months ago weren't in it and I was so confused at the end. And kind of irritated about it. Like...

Spoilerssssss 

what happened to Ratha?

why did Peter stop looking for Ben's killer all of a sudden and never revisit why?

why did they show Peter's parents leaving if they were literally never going to explain exactly why they left...?

why did half the lines we saw in trailers not even make it to the movie?

like... "Want the truth about your parents, Peter? Come and get it." Like... WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN WE'LL NEVER KNOW I GUESS WTF

orrr ..."Do you think what happened to you, Peter, was an accident? Do you have any idea what you really are?" 

WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM? WHAT WASN'T AN ACCIDENT?

uuuuuuuuuuugh

also why did they never explain why Peter didn't die from the spider bite when Conners explains that everything they tried the cross-genetic serum on died....?

OBVIOUSLY there were tons of things that this movie wanted to do (mostly with Peter's genetic make-up) and at the last moment SONY was like NOPE, and cut the hell out of it. So tons of things were just... left up in the air. And tons of other things didn't come through or come across like they should have... or at all. 

Peter never CLEARLY recognized the difference between justice and vengeance, which I think they tried to display, but it was muddled. And something that important HAS to be more concrete. Otherwise we don't know this Spider-Man's "mission statement," so to speak, which is something very important in basically every other super hero movie I've ever seen. I just never understood Peter's  motivation (as Spider-Man) for doing anything except going after the guys who looked like Ben's killer (which he dropped all of a sudden like it was nothing and never mentioned it again, and I get WHY -that conversation with the Captain- but still it was sudden and not talked about at all like wtf) and going after Lizard (because he "created" him). And both were kind of personal and couldn't applied to a general "This is why I'm a superhero guys." 

I mean.. I guess he does have an awakening when he saves the little boy and he realizes he wants to help people who can't do the things he can do... but... it just wasn't clear via his character, I guess. The writing for Peter wasn't... it just wasn't. There was something missing, and it wasn't easy to put my finger on, but I've verbalized it as best I could. Haha.

And I blame a lot of what is missing here ^^ on what they cut from the fucking movie like wtf.

I enjoyed it overall because Andrew and Emma are precious, and the quality of everything else is good. Lizard was especially frightening and well-done, I think. 

I think a lot of the things they shied away from were things the original series did and they didn't want to end up ... copying it? Which is hard to do when you are rebooting something that existed within the last decade. 

I can honestly say that I've never been so angry about the discrepancy between the trailers and the movie. First time ever. 

[sunflowerchester]

Andrew wasn't bad; it was pretty much just the sloppy writing I was frustrated with. But since you're going to see it I hope you enjoy it because hating a movie is really icky feeling and I wouldn't want to wish that on you x) But yeah, for some reason I'm pretty attached to Peter Parker in the way my sister is attached to Steve Rogers

I understand totally, because I have loved Batman since I could form thoughts... like literally. It SUCKS when they fuck up your hero. So I can totally relate. And now I am so glad to understand why you love the old series. I'll let you know what I think and especially will look for the things you pointed out. Badly written characters vs badly written lines ... that's a bad battle. While the lines in the old Spiderman series were sometimes PAINFUL for me, a badly written character is far more unforgivable. 

Also thanks for the well wishes. :) I will at least enjoy Emma and Andrew omgomggomfa jlkhdrkutahlkjedf

[sunflowerchester]

Leo, Christian Bale, and Starkids