Summer Cinema

Well, I guess I kind of blew it in keeping up with this blog. But I have continued to see movies. I'm not sure if I got busy or lost inspiration but maybe a blog wasn't the best idea. Regardless, here I am, back once more to take another crack at it.

Movies from the summer:

• The Dark Knight Rises
• Snow White and the Huntsman
• The Avengers
• Magic Mike
• The Hunger Games
• Spiderman
• Julie and Julia (obviously not in theaters)

I think that's a pretty healthy balance of movies although most of them are comic-book movies but who cares? Those are some of the best kind! Also, I saw Snow White pre-scandal. I wonder if that will actually impact any talk of a sequel, I would imagine it would given the negative press it would draw, putting the two back together again...

And may I just say, yes, you should go and see Magic Mike. Ladies night during the day! Bonus points for a dinner-theater where you can sit back, relax, and enjoy a cocktail. 

Also, definitely read The Hunger Games. As much as I love movies, they miss out on some internal dialogues the characters have in books. For example, Katniss is awesome but in the book comes off as being what she is: a 16 year-old girl being forced into being older than she is. She makes mistakes, she doesn't understand situations and is in fact a teenager. I think this gets lost in the movie but her badass-ness certainly shines through. 

Next up on the movie watching list:

• The Bourne Legacy
• Re-watch Harry Potter 7 and The Hunger Games. 
• Oz
• Les Miserables
• War of the Buttons (which I think already was a movie but different setting, still a battle between kid gangs though)
• Pitch Perfect (judge away, juuuuudge away)
• Taken 2 (hello, LIAM NEESON!!!)

So September might be a little slow....