So Please Stop With The Trailers

[bloodyrosemccoy]

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!

Comments

[madripoor-rose.livejournal.com]

I am frothing at the mouth about that, because Walter Mitty is supposed to be about imagination and the power of escapism, and they've not only missed the point, they've insulted it.

[badgermirlacca.livejournal.com]

There's the story, which is wonderful. There's the Danny Kaye movie, which is also wonderful (ta-pocketa pocketa pocketa).

And that is all that there NEEDS to be, THANK YOU VERY MUCH HOLLYWOOD.

[prodigal.livejournal.com]

what the hell was UP with the end of the original Little Mermaid?!

My impression, after reading the story, is that Anderson suffered from chronic depression, and at least part of it was due to a disastrous romantic relationship. Since the story is about how, no matter how much you love someone or how much you give up, sometimes the other person will never love you back.

[westrider.livejournal.com]

Wait, what? I hadn't seen anything about the new movie except the poster. They really fucked it up that badly?

[gwalla.livejournal.com]

"47 Ronin" is the trailer that makes me grind my teeth. And Rebootcop to a lesser extent. Remaking Robocop is just unnecessary; "47 Ronin" is just flat out insulting.