I want to see G.I. Joe. In no way did I ever think I would say, “I want to see G.I. Joe.” When I was little, my uncle had a few of the action figures, but I always thought they were enormous and too cumbersome to be played with properly; I much preferred my Star Wars figures.

When I heard there was going to be a G.I. Joe movie, I shrugged it off. “Oh, another war move, who cares?” I figured that at best, it would be some Jarhead type thing. A few castings later, I was interested, and a few trailers later, I was looking forward to it.

Anyone who knows me will be able to look at the movie poster and identify the two main reasons I want to see this movie. Oh, and if they had somehow worked Sean Bean into the movie, it may have just been my favorite movie of all time (even if it sucks). Ha! Regardless, I seriously may drag myself to see this sometime this weekend.

Mood: Impressed

Yes, I will preface this by saying that I HATE the HP movies. In fact, I hate PoA more than any other movie ever made. I have mentioned it on this site and others and don’t really want to compound what I’m about to say with the acrid remarks I reserve solely for that film.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, while not my favorite novel, is still one of the best of the series. The MAJOR developments and MAJOR history we need to know are all right there in the book. Certainly the movie will give us the information we need to know, right? NO. I watched the first twenty minutes or so of the film, became utterly disgusted and quit it for good.

My thoughts were something like this: That didn’t happen. That isn’t what happened, THAT makes NO sense, OMFG, WHAT?!? Oh, I see Hermione still has constipation face (seriously, Emma Watson is gorgeous, but her portrayal of Hermione makes me want to avoid cheese at all costs…they should spike her pumpkin juice with castor oil), OMG, no, just no no no no no no. Thanks to Cleolinda Jones’ m15m, I now know that somehow the Weasley house gets burned by deatheaters…the fuck?!??!? There’s no way I’m ever going to finish the movie, and I’d say it’s a good bet that I won’t be seeing the final movie(s) either. Pfft.

Mood: Infuriated

I’ve been grumbling. I’ve been hating. And now, I’ve been convinced. I actually like the trailer for Alice in Wonderland and am leaning toward wanting to see the movie now. All along (and it still holds true), I’ve been saying how over I am of Burton/Depp’s monotonous endeavors. Though this may well turn out to be “more of the same” once all is said and done, there was enough of a spark in the trailer to hook me. Wow!

Wellll, I guess my enthusiasm for the movie just took a giant dip since the studio ordered everyone to delete the trailer. Way to lose fans, guys! Pfft.

Mood: Angry & Curious

A few (ok, several) years ago, I read that a movie was being made of something called Harry Potter. I knew nothing of it. I really didn’t get on board until the fourth book was released. I anxiously awaited the release of each successive novel and my love of the books remained high while my hatred of the movies grew exponentially following the release of POA. Moving back to the now: Reading that Sean Bean had been cast to play Zeus in an upcoming movie version of Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief piqued my interest. (In all fairness, reading that Sean Bean ate a peanut butter sandwich would pique my interest, though.) It took a conversation between my Brazilian pals to convince me to get to know the content. Well, I guess you could say I “tweetdropped” on their twitter exchange. Heh.

This week, I read the entire Percy Jackson and The Olympians series. I absolutely adore it for many reasons. First and foremost on my list: the mythology. I have always had great interest in Greek mythology and these books had me researching all the characters as I went along to see just how many liberties had been taken with the gods as they were updated for this millennium. I have to admit that I was impressed with the modern take on each of them; even the slightly corny bits worked! Another reason I enjoyed the series was the ease of reading. Since they are technically childrens’ books, they were really quick reads. I also like the writing style of Rick Riordan. Each prophecy or mystery had me wanting, no needing, to know what would happen, and the story avoided so many of the “boy finds his destiny” cliches that I was satisfied with the twists and turns. I only wish there were even more books in the series.

Overall, I truly enjoyed the books and I can only hope the movies will be more Harry Potter and less Eragon in nature. Done properly, kids could one day be asking, “Harry who?”

Mood: Impressed

So I finally saw a movie opening weekend-ish. Here are my random thoughts: George Kirk is much greater than James Kirk; Ben was right, Karl Urban is the man; Pegg, not enough screentime; Spock(s), tremendously awesome; Bana, not menacing enough; BabyKirk, sucks; BabySpock, however, I WANT ONE; Fight scenes, blah.

Overall, I’d give it 4 stars, which is at least one full star (trek…ha!) more than I had anticipated.

Mood: Pleased

On television (or similar) right now are: The Lord of the Rings (Trilogy), The Star Wars Saga (OT), Doctor Who/Torchwood, Robin Hood, Primeval, new ep of Pushing Daisies, and for me, the second viewing of S2 Dexter (because I still can’t stop). I’ve got RotK on the plasma and Dexter on the lappy. Next up: Hood and Primeval.

That is one heck of a selection, people!

Mood: Enthralled

I can love a movie right up until the big reveal of the villain’s plan or motivation, then I just start to tune out. It’s happened with several movies over the years, and Watchmen was no exception. Loved the backstories, loved the bit of mystery, loved the feel, then BAM! We find out the who and why, and I’m OUT. I started walking around, not paying attention, and generally not caring about what was happening. Still, it was a good movie. Not my favorite, but certainly better than that other superhero movie people loved last year.

Mood: Indifferent