don't be dull, be fannish

TV:

MacGyver: Still obsessed. Still loving it. Still loving Lucas Till. He's the sweetest!

The Librarians: Finished S2. Huzzah!

Supernatural: Started watching it from the beginning. I completely forgot just how much I loved it!

Cinema:

Murder on the Orient Express: So disappointed. I was so looking forward to it, but this... uh. No.

DVD:

The Emperor's New Groove: LOL! This is the most hilarious Disney movie I've ever seen, hands down!

Dark Hearts: Bought and watched for Lucas Till - and Kyle Schmid! A really dark movie about a woman who comes between two brothers and destroys them both.

The Curse of Downers Grove: Again, bought and watched for Lucas Till. He was so sweet and lovely in this movie. Kevin Zegers and Zane Holtz played the bad guys. And the main heroine, I felt so sorry for her :(

I went to see...

American Assassin - great cast, good action, needed better, tighter directing. I think it was a missed opportunity. Don't get me wrong, I liked it, I just didn't love it. Maybe that will change when I get it on DVD, that usually happens. The thing is, I don't think it'll earn enough money for a sequel. And that's too bad because I would've loved to see Dylan O'Brien and Michael Keaton together on the screen again.

Kingsman: The Golden Circle - fantastic action, great cast, passable story, way too long. And some of the jokes were downright distasteful - seriously, the vagina thing? *full-body shudder* I would've cut Elton John out completely and severely slashed Penny's time on-screen. I did love the original Galahad and Agent Tequila! Weirdly, I slash those two O.O

On DVD I saw...

Shelter - I just needed something soft and sweet. One of he best gay romances out there, hands down.

Angels and Demons - another Robert Langdon movie. Not bad but not nearly as interesting as the first one. Still, good time was had.

Inferno - the last Robert Langdon movie (so far). And the weakest. I just didn't care about it. It was long, it was boring... no wonder it flopped. It just lacked the spark of the previous films in the series. I think it's time to let Robert Langdon rest.

On the TV front...

MacGyver - the reboot, I mean. I fell SO HARD for the show! I mean, so hard! I'm actually writing fics for it, 3 by now! Wow. I haven't felt this inspired to write anything for something new in ages. It's basically a modern day A-Team - over the top, silly and not to be taken seriously - but the relationship between MacGyver and Jack Dalton is just... MWAH!

The Librarians - got S1 on DVD and I should finish it tonight. Another silly, sweet, cute show with little to no real angst. The perfect show to watch when you feel down and need cheering up!

Saw Dunkirk. Disappointed. Scattered, splintered, non-linear story that didn’t reveal enough about anyone to make me care. The most interesting part was the non-linear story telling, TBH.

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This was everything I've wanted - and didn't get - from movie #4! Personally, I don't care much about Jack, he's the comic relief and nothing more for me. I'm all about the Turner family, Will and Elizabeth - and now Henry. I hated movie #4, but this one had so much heart because we got to see the Turners once again. And the movie itself was hilarious. Hilarity pure. The cinema was in stitches. I can't remember the last time I've laughed so hard! I can't wait to get it on DVD!

I didn't expect much from this movie and I was pleasantly surprised. I would say that it's the best film in the trilogy of Wolverine movies. I'm not happy about the fact that it implied that all they've been through in XM: Apocalypse was basically for nothing, that they all ended up dead anyway, but... oh well. Considering how many timelines there are in the X-Men universe...

I really liked Laura. I usually don't like kids in movies, but Laura was amazing. And Dafne Keen, who played the part, was incredible. The action was brutal and bloody, and the amount of fucks and whatnot? Sheeeeesh! Overall, a really good movie!

Eh. My least favorite Bourne movie yet. What I've always loved about the Bourne films was how everything was connected but in a very intriguing way, Treadstone, Blackbriar, everything, through people and their agenda... but this movie made it all personal and the whole plot felt completely convoluted, just slapped on. Instead of focusing on Pamela Landy and the consequences of her trial, they wiped it all clean - Landy and her fate weren't even mentioned! - and came up with yet another off-shoot program. Eh.

Also, what they did with Nicky? And then Heather Lee and her agenda? I love Alicia Vikander but she was so bland in this movie. The bad guys felt generic, not scary. Vincent Cassel's Asset didn't feel at all dangerous, nothing like Bourne #2's Kirill. And I think it was a mistake that they cast Tommy Lee Jones for that particular role, he felt to me like a big marshmallow, not at all menacing.

And I think that was what bothered me the most - the movie didn't feel menacing. Everything in it was inevitable, Nicky's fate included. There were no surprises, at no point was I at the edge of my seat. It felt old and tired. I think it's time to put this franchise to rest.

Warcraft: Saw it in the cinema and thought it was pretty good. It did have the feel of a TV production since it was all green-screen - I mean, no wonder, there were so many non-existent locations, after all, and all the TV actors like Callum Keith Rennie or Ruth Negga or Dominic Cooper didn't help - but it was still pretty good. Travis Fimmel was, as always, excellent and Lothar's relationship with Kaghdar reminded me so much of Ragnar's relationship with Athelstan! And I ship Lothar and Garona like whoa!

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When the Game Stands Tall: This one I downloaded - and immediately after I finished watching it, ordered it on DVD because IT WAS SO GOOD! I mean, I'm not into inspirational Christian movies, despite being Christian myself, but this one actually inspired me! It had Jim Caviezel and Matt Daddario and Alexander Ludwig... and it was such a wonderful movie about the strength of friendship and putting the team above one's self, I actually had tears in my eyes! And I loved the friendship between Danny (Matt Daddario) and Chris (Alexander Ludwig), it was great.

And it seems that I might have actually written the first ever fanfic for this film. There are none anywhere, I checked. Dude, HOW?

A surprisingly good movie! I wasn't all that fond of Man of Steel, it felt flat to me, but I really liked BvS and I cannot wait to get it on DVD and watch it again. So much story packed into one movie. And Ben Affleck was a great Bruce Wayne! I'm not a huge fan of his, but he was amazing in BvS, I liked him much better in this part than Christian Bale, TBH. But the highlight for me was Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman! I got real chills when ( spoilers! ) The score in that scene was breathtaking.

So, from me, both thumbs up. Definitely worth seeing in the cinema!

Great film, IMO. But what was really amazing, was seeing it in 3D. Wow, that was an experience! The best use of 3D I've ever seen. A visual feast. First the bike ride at the very beginning, and then the huge waves later on... God, the WAVES! Dolby Surround and 3D... Jesus, that was unforgettable. And the base jumping they did in the Alps... Gosh! It was incredible. This is why 3D was invented.

Also, despite the ending, you don't feel sad because both Bodhi and Johnny get what they wanted. And the lovely, serene smile on Johnny's face at the end... He finally found peace. And it was glorious.

Good movie. I especially liked what went down between Katniss and Coin, that was awesome. And the way she took care of Peeta, I think it was something that Gale would never, could never understand. Yes, he was a soldier but he actually turned into a killer, whereas Katniss and Peeta never forgot the humanity behind war. I think Katniss made the right decision when she chose Peeta.

I also wanted to go and see Victor Frankenstein but I had to choose between HG and VF, and since the twins wanted to go and see HG, I agreed. I mean, I dragged them to see Gravity when they wanted to go and see Rivals, so, fair's fair.