bloodyrosemccoy: (DEEP HURTING)
bloodyrosemccoy ([personal profile] bloodyrosemccoy) wrote2013-12-14 05:09 pm

So Please Stop With The Trailers

I think I have managed to achieve exact calibration on What Kind Of Hollywood Bullshit I Will Put Up With!

Evidently ...

... I will gush for weeks about a movie so loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen" that the only things it really has in common with the original story is that it has snow and a queen in it ...

... And I prefer the Disney version of his other story, too, because what the hell was UP with the end of the original Little Mermaid?! ...

... And I can sit back and enjoy all the ridiculous padding Peter Jackson stuffed into a movie trilogy version of The Hobbit while still knowing that the book is INFINITELY more wonderful ...

... And I'll even contend that the LotR movies in a lot of ways are better than the books ...

... but I draw the line at Walter Mitty.

I could go on about all the reasons why, but basically what it comes down to is that making a movie about Walter Mitty is exactly, completely, 100% antithetical to the whole POINT of Walter Mitty.

Things you learn about yourself while groaning at movie trailers. Everything is opportunity for self-discovery! It's fun!

[identity profile] padparadscha.livejournal.com 2013-12-15 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
And what we're all doing in our heads all the time, really. To have Walter Mitty go out and actually DO things devalues the daydreaming aspect of the story.