Reblogged from bethrevis
Getting Dressed out of the Dryer
Book reviews and other thoughts
Ahahahahaaaa…
I AM SO TIRED.
TELL ME ABOUT IT. I AM LITERALLY JUST EXHAUSTED, YOU KNOW?
WORN RIGHT OUT.
POOPED. THAT’S WHAT I AM. JUST PLAIN POOPED.
I MUST HAVE LOOKED AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND AVENGERS GIFS IN THE LAST HOUR.
OH MY GOD, I KNOW. I CAN’T EVEN COUNT THE NUMBER OF GOTYE REMIXES I LISTENED TO TODAY.
THE INTERNET IS HARD.
IT TAKES SOMETHING OUT OF YOU. IT REALLY DOES.
That about sums up my thoughts.
Honestly, this is what I, as a middle school librarian refer, to as ‘authentic language.’ The students all understand this euphemism without explanation - even the 11 year olds. We have very few students who haven’t heard it before - at home, in their neighborhoods, even at school. I recommend books to students based on their content, not their vocabulary.
So, there’s this article in US News and World Report about a move to rate YA books as you might films, so that parents have a warning system for inappropriate content. Let’s put aside the fact that this is already done by publishers who put age appropriateness on books—and is also done online,…
Or, in which I develop a love of capes.
I just finished watching Thor. Prior to this, the sum of my knowledge of both the mythological and comic book versions of Thor were that he had a magic hammer (context is everything) and that our day Thursday was named after him.
Let me get out of the way at the beginning that the major failing of this movie, in my eyes, is that it is excruciatingly slow. Yes, I realize that it is an action packed adventure - but nonetheless I checked the progress bar multiple times to see how far along we were, in the hopes that we were getting to the ‘good part.’ Never a positive sign.
Otherwise, I thought it was quite good. Chris Hemsworth is delicious, and completely beliveable as Thor, but Tom Hiddleston was AMAZING and definitely the triumph of the movie. A complex, entirely sympathetic ‘villain’? Kudos to him, Kenneth Branagh, and the writers. They could not have done a better job at illustrating the fact that the truth resists simplicity.
And, as always Sir Anthony Hopkins was pitch perfect.
What would I have liked to have seen? Well, for starters, Kat Dennings’ character as the love interest. Not just because Darcy is played by Kat Dennings, although that is probably a large part of it, but because Darcy is a much stronger and more reasonable match for Thor. I know she is there to provide the wise cracking comic relief, but I would simply believe her to be a much more likely object of interest. Not that I don’t like Natalie Portman - she is an amazing actress. But Jane Foster is a dull, cardboard character. We don’t see why she has such a passion for her research - maybe that part was left out? I assume it has something to do with her father? And also, I don’t believe a woman who looks like she looks in the movie as a scientist driven by her research. I do believe that scientists can be stunningly gorgeous, but not that one driven to that extent by her research would either dress like that, have her hair and makeup done in that way, etc. Perhaps that’s a personal prejudice. Or perhaps it’s my irritation with the comic industry’s portrayal of women coming to the surface. Whatevs.
And also? More Loki. And more Zena, Jackie Chan, Robin Hood, and their large appetited friend.
Thoughts?
Proof that there is a John Green quote applicable to every situation?
This represents a significant innovation in the people/rain/drizzle/hurricane field, and—as always—the hardworking Valerie2776 at peopleraindrizzlehurricane is there to document it.
(Source: julius--caesar)
- Remember that you turned off ability for anons to leave nasty messages in your Ask box
- Realize that if you were a superhero, that would be your only power
- Call yourself “Tumblrman”
- Get weirdly excited
