well, that didn't happen

[orangerful]

My brilliant plan to start rewatching Lord of the Rings early, starting today, quickly fell apart. First, I forgot that Tuesdays were our game night. Then our friend cancelled so all seemed well, but Tim had to stay a little late after work so I was like "Oh I'll just wait for you to get home to eat dinner". He thought he would be home at 7, he didn't get home until about 8:30 :| So by the time dinner was ready and we had eaten, it was 10pm, which felt kinda late to start a two hour movie.

Sooooooooo NEVER MIND! I hear you, nerd gods, I will keep the LotR watch in its traditional present-wrapping place of December.

Speaking of things that didn't happen, I am an episode behind on Riverdale now, so that will be my breakfast show in the morning.

This week.

OH, also, I finally saw Wonder Woman...Gal Gadot is beyond gorgeous, but I feel like maybe the reviews built the movie up too much. I wasn't as blown away as I was lead to believe I would be. I'll post proper thoughts later, but if you posted WW thoughts that maybe had spoilers (so I didn't read them), I'd love to read them now! Better late than never, right?

Comments

[hermionesparkles]

Giggling that the nerd gods are plotting against you to watch LotR at the proper time of the year.

[yourlibrarian]

If you'd like to read my post it's here though a bit long so if you want just skip to pt. 3: http://archiveofourown.org/works/11255745/chapters/25163985

Overall I agree with you. I think the movie had been so long awaited that people were overjoyed with the fact that it wasn't the mess that DC had made with other films, and that it was doing very well at the box office. I'm sure for some people it's a big favorite but objectively it's ok but not a great film. I'm certainly hoping that the lesson the producers take from this is to make a better film next time than assume that people will turn out for anything with the WW logo.

[jerusha]

I really liked WW, but I could see how the reviews might build it up more than what you experienced. It was just so powerful for me to see a woman in the lead role in a superhero movie, much like I felt re: Rey in TFA.

[alificent]

I cried like three times watching Wonder Woman, but it was because I watched it with my friend's seven year old, and she kept saying things like, "Wow, she's so strong!" BLUH HUH HUH HUH HUH.