Real Steel - not my thing

[samvara]

Umh.

I got about 15-ish mins in I think - to the bit where Charlie leaves the courthouse after shaking hands with Marvin and heads to the boxing ring. then I left and got an excellent mango pudding and read until my friends came out and we went home. Thus bringing me to four movies I've now walked out on because I couldn't see the point in staying. Those other movies being Blue Velvet, that one where they dismember the prostitute in the bath and the one where the tiger gives away the sniper position - Face/Off? I felt a powerful urge to leave Avatar but stayed in a sort of paralysed horror hoping it would get better - I shan't make that mistake again.

You know that thing in hurt/comfort where you're allowed to write hurt so long as you balance it with comfort? Or when you write horror but you have to balance it with redemption? I just couldn't see it happening, Charlie was so unlikable and his world was so unpleasant that I didn't care if he was going to be redeemed. Oh well, I'm just sad I gave them money.

Comments

[rabbit1080]

Your story suggests a good way of deciding to watch a movie in future - is it likely to be better than eating mango pudding & reading for a couple of hours? :)

I haven't seen any movies at cinemas this year, mostly cos the movie pacing tends to be soooooo sloooowwwww (including action movies). IIRC, the last one I enjoyed watching was "How To Train Your Dragon", which was pretty and fun and a good duration for the amount of content.

[samvara]

*grins* you can also substitute "would I rather watch these actors have lunch together out of character?"

I intend to see Three Musketeers in the hope it will be fun.

[sarren]

If you leave in the first 1/2 hour you can get your money back.

[samvara]

Good to know!

Swancon screening, I don't regret the fund raising aspect of the spending :)

[sarren]

Fair enough.

Also, special screenings may be different.

[transcendancing]

*loves*

[ironed_orchid]

I am selfishly glad that you sat through Avatar because it meant you were able to recap it for me, with hand gestures.

[samvara]

*grins*

[ironed_orchid]

Those were some great hand gestures.

[samvara]

I get excited, poorly disguised rape metaphors with pterodactyls do that to me.