Gross! And horrifying! But then again, I was totally grossed out (and angry, but that’s besides the point) when reading the book too, so I guess they stayed true to the material? I hated the book, except for the wedding bit, and that’s the reason I wanted to watch the movie. Oh, and also because I wanted to know how on earth one pronounces “Renesmee”. Now I know, and it is still not any less ridiculous.

…and yet I’ll probably end up watching part II as well for the sake of completeness (and to see how they vamped up (no pun intended) Kristen Stewart).

Aah, lovely movie. Best usage of 3D I’ve seen so far – it wasn’t used as a gimmick or “showcase” in Hugo, but as the next step in cinema, making the movie experience richer, more magical. Which tied in nicely with the plot as well.

Tiny complaint: I only wished they’d spoke French – everything is done to make the movie look “typically French” (barets, marinières, croissants, shots of the Eiffel tower,…) but then people all spoke with a British accent, it felt kind of “off”.

But it was really a genuinely nice movie. And I loved Sasha Baron Cohen (I kept thinking “but I know this guy!” and couldn’t figure out who he was – the guy from Allo-Allo would have been too old now… so I when I saw SBC’s name on the credits it was a big A-HA! moment)

They changed too much for my taste. I don’t understand why directors do this sometimes.

Felt more like a bunch of random vignettes instead of a movie. I kept thinking: “is this what all the fuss was about?”

Still enjoyed Hugh Grant’s dancing. That bit should have lasted longer!

Ooh, I liked this season – they’ve worked in some more elements of the classic Arthur story, and I liked that the knights of Camelot came into the picture more often here. It keeps getting better (which is way more than I hoped for based on previous Robin Hood experiences :/) and I really look forward to the next season already!

Whenever you see TV chefs adding pomegranate seeds to some dish they make it look so easy – “just tap it with the back of a wooden spoon!”. So there I was the other night, tapping away, nothing happened except that I got red juice all over my hands and the counter. So I just ended up juicing the thing and drank that. Not bad (with a mild tang), but a lot of work (and money) to get some juice. I did try a few of the seeds I pried out of the fruit but it was rather fussy to eat it that way. At least I tried it, onto the next weird fruit.

Looks absolutely gorgeous. The story was mostly interesting too, I didn’t know our king had such ties with England.

Victoria is strong but her insecurities also show a fragile side. And I just really liked Albert. He was portrayed as such a good guy, I rooted for him from the start.

Meh. This chocolate tablet is on the dry side, it’s not melting in my mouth but crunching as I chew on it. Not the chocolate experience I was going for, this reminds me of low-cal bars.

Not a lot of pistachio taste either, probably won’t buy this brand again.

It needed more wookies!

Weird, out of character episode. But loved Kurt & Blaine’s bachelor pad.

I thought the story worked well against the setting of the miners’ strikes. And I liked the soundtrack (T.Rex! :) )

Nice movie, it had heart.