Out of all of those, I'm not sure whether to be proud or ashamed of the fact that I loved Cabin in the Woods more than any of them.
There's something about the black comedy of it all that makes it so great, (the best line being Marty offhandedly remarking about how he had to cut the zombie into pieces with a trowel, and then following it up with, "...so, what've you been up to?" The control booth guys were also amazing, but what really got me was the ending.
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| Marty choosing to destroy the entire world for literally no good reason was probably the best post-postmodern scene I've seen in any film, ever. I almost incoroporated it into my grad school essay, and still might. |
The Hobbit... eh, refer to my massive rant in the actual Hobbit thread. I hate Tolkein's writing, and I hated the blatant idiocy on display here.
The Avengers was good, if you didn't count the dismal choice to have Scarlett Johansson talk about how she's Russian all the time despite having the most American accent in history. There were a lot of good jokes, and it was a genuinely enjoyable film. Not anything to write home about, though.
Looper, I got hung up in their broken timeline, and the fact that I will never be convinced that he shouldn't have just wasted that kid. Plus I had a hate-on for Emily Blunt at the time, so that didn't help anything.
The Hunger Games... well, any
Battle Royale fan will see Hunger Games the way Dracula fans see Twilight. It's a modernized copy that isn't that good. It's decent for what it is, but it's been done, and better. That being said, I did love aspects of the original book, so I don't
hate it, and I might still go see the second one, but I'm not buying into the hype.
