• The Avengers…

    May 16, 2012 /


    Before I chat up all things Avengers…I just have to say a big THANK YOU for those who turned up at the book signing yesterday at Changing Hands. And THANK YOU to Changing Hands! What a great event.

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    Earlier this week, I shared with you how cancer has touched my life yet again (CLICK HERE) for the post. Well, that whole process has been overwhelming and saddening. So, at the request of my sweet hubby, he said we should go see Avengers to kind of escape everything, relax for a while, and just…”be”.

    He was so right.

    Not only was AVENGERS totally awesome like I’d been hearing, it really revived me by providing a great escape. I just love that about books and movies. That’s probably why I gravitate toward the paranormal and fantasy type books/movies!

    I’d have to say my favorite characters were Iron Man and Hulk. Loved Scarlett as the Black Widow, too. Wow. She’s wicked strong. I so want her to play one of my characters in a movie version of my books. 🙂

    I loved the constant action in this movie. The special effects were amazing and boy, the characters had some depth!! Joss Wheden is the BOMB. I seriously saw his humor in this. Great stuff.

    Hey, Joss, if any of my books ever become movies, want to come write my screenplays?

     

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  • Cinema Sound Off

    May 11, 2010 /



    Welcome to Cinema Sound Off!

    My good friend,KM Wilsher, and I are heading out to Harkins Theatres each month to watch a choice movie.

    We’ll let you know if it’s worth you spending your hard-earned money or not.

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    Today we’re reviewing Iron Man 2.

    From IMBD, here’s a little blurb about the movie:

    Billionaire Tony Stark must contend with deadly issues involving the government, his own friends, as well as new enemies due to his superhero alter ego Iron Man.

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    Deadly issues–I would say so. Before I get into the “review” I’d just like to say, I went in with HIGH expectations for this movie. I mean, the first one was amazing, tough to top that.

    But, they did.

    I liked this one even better than the first.

    Probably because they showed more of the character. I was worried, though, because in the first few minutes Tony Stark came off more cocky and narcissisticthan usual. I mean, I can only take sooo much of that before it gets a bit annoying.

    I even leaned over to my friend, KM Wilsher, and said, “Hmmm, God has a way of humbling people when they’re that cocky.”

    And I wasn’t wrong.

    But, of course, I won’t get into those details. . . you must see it to find out.

    I felt like there was more plot to this one and it took me deeper and deeper into Tony Stark’s life. I liked that. Made me really connect with him. That’s important to me both in the movies I see and the books I read.

    Although I liked Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper (love that name). . . I did find it seriously annoying that, more than once in the movie, she was sissy- screaming.

    Seriously, it was the clueless-damsel-in-distress-type sissy-screaming!

    I can’t stand that. I like it when the chicks can kick some serious butt.

    Having said all that–it didn’t detract from the overall movie enough to keep me from givingit our highest rating: FIVE movie tickets:

    5 tickets: A must see. Buy a ticket for everyone.

    Have you seen it? What did you think?

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