• Describe one of your reading habits. • Tell us what book(s) you recently bought for yourself or someone else, and why you chose that/those book(s).
• Instead of the above questions, maybe you just want to ramble on about something else pertaining to books — let’s hear it, then!
Today my musing is about Science Fiction movies. I have to admit I am not much of a
movie person. When I go it is with a
group of friends and they
don’t like Science Fiction.
When a Science Fiction movie comes on I will say that I am going by
myself but then I will pick up a book and read instead. For the same reason I don’t have
any of the premium movie channels but when the free weekends come on I record
all the movies I meant to see but did not. That same reading a book gets in the way of watching what I
record so they pile up on my DVR.
I don’t feel like I have to hurry to see them but now I am up against a
deadline.
Friday I go with a new cable provider and a new DVR. I will lose all of the movies I
recorded to watch later so today is Sunday and I am on a movie marathon. I
started with John Carter. I know
the critics panned it but I liked it. It was different from the book but still
entertaining. I would give it a B
or B+.
Cowboys and Aliens came next. That one I found a little slow and fast forwarded through
parts. Something I could not do in
the theater. I would give it a C-
or D+.
I, Robot was next. I like Will Smith and the movie is good. Again not much like the book but entertaining. It gets a B+.
I have a few to go before Friday. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter was next. Fantasy instead of Science Fiction but not something my movie buddies would go to. It turned out to be a DNF. Since I did not pay to see that was OK>
This does have something to do with books as all of these movies are taken from books - I have read I, Robot and Edgar Rice Burrows Mars books.
I will report on my progress during the week next Monday. By then what I have not watched will be
gone.
5 comments:
Cowboys and Aliens was super cheesy but it was good for a laugh or two. I did enjoy I, Robot but gave John Carter a miss - not my thing.
Hope you enjoy the rest of your movies.
Thanks for stopping by the Harem :0)
I did the same thing when we had a free weekend. I don't normally get HBO, so I recorded several movies from that weekend. Movies that haven't appeared on Showtime or the others connected with it.
But it would be challenging to watch them all before your service changes!! Good luck.
Here's MY MUSING MONDAYS POST
Oh yes, the Abe Lincoln Vampire Hunter movie was just awful.LOL
http://carabosseslibrary.blogspot.com/2013/09/musing-mondays_16.html
I really liked I, Robot although I'd certainly agree that it's just entertaining and not a spectacular movie. I haven't read the book yet but I definitely want to :)
I'm not a huge sci fi fan but I hope you enjoy the rest of your movies before they're gone. Here's my musing : http://daystarz.wordpress.com/2013/09/18/musing-mondays-8/
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