TV time: Doctor Who, Day of the Moon

This episode left more questions than answers in its wake, but seeing as Steven Moffat is in charge I can see that we will be scratching our heads this entire season, maybe longer.

I really loved this episode; the pace was great and so exiting. The beginning had to be a hoax or trick or something, but it was still scary seeing Rory or Amy being gunned down. Keeping track of Silence sighting was a great idea. I can’t imagine how many people are now drawing lines on their sleeping partner/lover/sibling to scare the shit out of them.

River diving into the pool was great: I love the relationship between her and the Doctor. That she trusted that he would be there for her no matter what. Plus it’s great to see the pool again even if we didn’t actually see it.

As usual, Mark A Sheppard was great. If anything he as even better on this episode which is saying something because he was great in the first one. I love the camera phone line, and his smirk at the time was incredible.

Rory was, again, quite extraordinary. Arthur is a really great actor and he should be commended. Comic timing-great. Emotions-great.

It was quite smart how they defeated the Silence... well, not defeated because I’m sure that they will be coming back. But it was really smart.

The changing pregnancy scan results were spooky. I wonder

As for the ending well.... WOW that was incredible, I didn’t see that coming. Like I said at the beginning of this post, so many more questions than answer, but it was still an awesome episode.

What did everyone else think? What’s up with Amy’s baby, and whose is it? Is Rory her true love, the man with the “stupid face”? Let me know what you think in the comments.

Kathy

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Movie Time! Thor

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Thor is an awesome movie set in modern times and based off of the Marvel comics of the same name. Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is the highly skilled but war-hungry son of Odin who is banished when he reignites the flames of war with the Frost Giants. He and his famous hammer fall to Earth, where Thor is rescued by Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) and her science team and the hammer is in the hands of SHIELD.

Thor is a pretty good movie with not a lot to nitpick at. The fight scenes are great, and the visual effects are stunning. Hemsworth really bulked up for this film, but it worked for his character as it was all left on the screen. Portman was good, too, despite my reservations. Loki (Tom Hiddleston) is a great character, although it seemed to me that Thor was the more mischievous one. But that’s due to my interpretation of the word mischief and nothing to do with the characters.

I heard that someone saw this movie shortly after reading a lot about Norse mythology, and of course they were disappointed. If you think you’re going to get a history lesson or something like that, then you are mistaken. They don’t mock the ancient civilizations for their beliefs, which is a good thing. Some movies tend to call such civilizations stupid, but this movie doesn’t, and it also shows that even our modern day science still makes the technology of Asgard look magical.

Thor has a lot of great character moments, although Loki’s twist seems a little out of place to me. I haven’t read the comics so I don’t know how it compares to the original, but in terms of movies it’s more like Iron Man 1 than Iron Man 2.

How did you think Thor compares? Have you read the comics and didn’t think it lived up to the hype? Put it in the comments.

Kathy

Tags: Thor, Loki, Tom Hiddleston, Jane Foster, Natalie Portman, Chris Hemsworth, Marvel, comics, Asgard, movies

Movie Time! Paul

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Paul is an awesome movie about a sassy alien who knows more about the world than the two sci-fi lovers who pick him up. Paul is another great film from comedy duo Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. After so many greats in their past (Hot Fuzz is one of my all time favourite movies), I was nervous about this one, thinking that maybe Paul will be the exception.

I’m glad that I was proven wrong.

The characters are very well written, and the plot is believable. There’s a couple of anchors that are quiet easy to pick up, but there is a twist or two that you won’t get.

Paul is so expressive, and although they stress his bad language he is a good guy. I was worried about Pegg and Frost in the US, because they are so quintessentially English and I didn’t want America to screw that up. Luckily they kept that about themselves without mocking America too much.

One thing that did annoy me was the movie and television industry’s love of mocking Christians. I kind of thought that Pegg and Frost would be different, but I guess that believers are easy to make fun of. The main female character wore a shirt with Jesus shooting Charles Darwin “because of his blasphemous remarks”! I found that more offensive then any talk about evolution ever would. After that, I didn’t take her or her apparently religious father seriously as characters. Pegg’s character convinces her that there’s no God because aliens exist where he could have tried to help her keep her faith, but the real reason she abandons her lifelong belief in God is because now she can swear and have sex!!! Even typing this is making me angry again. I would like to see one movie or TV show portray a Christian as a person and not a tool or mockery. Stargate: Universe is the best that I’ve seen in a long time.

But despite that, Paul is an awesome movie that I would recommend to everyone. 

Kathy

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