gamingeek said:I read Tales of Earthsea which is a good book and the Ghibli film was a totally bastard version. But it was a short film covering a massive book, on reflection, as a standalone film its decent, but because I read the book I hated it when I first saw it.
I never read the books of Eathsea and I hated that stupid movie. Even as a standalone it fails.
Ravenprose said:I probably would have still rated it the same. 7/10
gamingeek said:Ravenprose said:I probably would have still rated it the same. 7/10
I'd probably give it an 8. I expect movies to lose a lot of what made the books so good, so that didn't bother me. The reason why I probably wouldn't rate it higher is because the shaky cam was pissing me off. It was used all the time, even when it was completely unnecesary, like during the reaping and while they were sitting on the train. It took me out of the movie.
Ehhhhhh, I hate shakey cam.
I would have rated it a 7.5 if it didn't have that shaky-cam nonsense. I hope they ditch it for the sequels.
Ravenprose said:Yes, the entire book is written in first person.
Yes, that's exactly how it is in the book. Well, the Kindle version anyway. I don't own a print copy.
Perspective and tense are different things. 
travo said:The funny thing is during the Games it didn't really bother me. I shouldn't have to strain to make out what was going on when Katniss talks to her sister. I guess it did not help matters that my contact lenses were already in my eyes for over fifteen hours by then.
That's true. It bothered me during the quieter scenes at first, but I got used to it after a while. However, it got downright annoying during the fighting. Sitting on the third row didn't help.
Foolz said:Perspective and tense are different things.
Ravenprose said:
I think that Foolz was asking a question that we have yet to answer.
Foolz said:I think that Foolz was asking a question that we have yet to answer.
Yes, the book is written in the present tense.
Just watched Thor. Yeah, that was pretty bad.
robio said:I warned the world about Thor but does anyone listen to me?
Nope.
Ravenprose said:Just watched Thor.
What's wrong with Thor?
The first 30 minutes is actually not bad at all. It's some very cool fantasy settings and fight scenes. Then they go to Arizona..... and it all goes downhill from there. It starts bouncing back and forth between Shakespearean tragedy and goofy comedy cashing in on the cheap "fish out of water jokes" with Thor not understanding why he can't buy a horse at a pet store and stuff like that. And for most of the movie Thor is pretty much unlikeable, as soon as most of the cast with the one exception being the villian who is actually the most relatable character in the movie.
I love fish out of water stuff. Star Trek 4 anyone?
It's such easy comedy. The only thing lower than that is maybe smashing a watermelon with a hammer.
robio said:It's such easy comedy. The only thing lower than that is maybe smashing a watermelon with a hammer.
And watching the drama between you and those crazy cosplayers
I probably would have still rated it the same. 7/10