If you’re a good girl tonight
- At April 22, 2013
- By Natalie Nourigat
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And then they did.
Just, in general, such gratuitous violence in this movie. Sometimes it was funny, usually it was gross.
The movie was actually really, really fun. At a $3 theater with two friends who can appreciate a good bad movie, it was a perfectly wonderful time.
Show some mercy if you can
- At January 21, 2013
- By Natalie Nourigat
- In comics
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Sorry, Jeff!
Making movies, making music~
More movie reaction comics: What Women Want, Looper, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2, Skyfall, The Dark Knight Rises, Magic Mike, Brave, Prometheus
I do not feel ashamed
- At January 13, 2013
- By Natalie Nourigat
- In comics, movies
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So here’s what happened last night:
My other movie reaction comics: Looper, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2, Skyfall, The Dark Knight Rises, Magic Mike, Brave, Prometheus
I could show you things that could make you sick
- At December 30, 2012
- By Natalie Nourigat
- In comics
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I saw Looper this week! Read on for SPOILER-filled reaction comics:
At Sara’s first appearance, I asked, “Is this our prostitute friend (Suzie)?” I was not the only one in the group who assumed that it was. Diversity please.
Okay so this movie you guys. Two days ago I would swear up and down that Safety Not Guaranteed was the best film of the year, but now…I think I’m on team Looper. Just. Wow. It almost never happens that a movie is that surprising and makes sense. That it also makes statements about ending the cycle of violence, self-sacrifice, and the subjectivity of good/evil at the end of a shoot-em-up action movie? Incredible.
Details I absolutely loved: Old Joe’s falling-in-love montage, Sara’s mimed smoke on the porch, Abe’s understated death off-camera cuing that he is not our main antagonist, Joe practicing French while waiting to kill someone, frog toy booty call, final shots of Sara and Sid going through daily life together.
Read my reactions to other movies:
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2, Skyfall, The Dark Knight Rises, Magic Mike, Brave, Prometheus
These times are changing and reshaping into something I can’t face
- At December 26, 2012
- By Natalie Nourigat
- In comics, movies
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Okay, I had one big issue and it was with the horrific staging during the chase scene where Radagast leads the Wargs/Orcs away from Team Gandalf. What the hell was going on in that scene? Back and forth and back and forth, it felt like Team Gandalf was stuck behind the same rock the whole time, even though it was suggested that they were moving.
Every hour has come to this
- At November 20, 2012
- By Natalie Nourigat
- In comics
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(Other reviews: Skyfall, The Dark Knight Rises, Magic Mike, Brave, Prometheus)
I watched Twilight: Breaking Dawn, part 2 last night! Read on for reaction comics. As always, SPOILERS!
So…I actually really, really liked what they did with that battle. All of the action and drama of a full-on fight, because you believe it’s really happening, and then a conclusion where A) the “villain” or hate sink doesn’t need to die*, B) the conflict is resolved through discourse, and C) everyone finds a way to coexist albeit a compromise. THAT NEVER HAPPENS IN BLOCKBUSTERS YOU GUYS.
*I mean, I guess that Irina did play the hate sink and die….but I’m counting Aro as the main one and the rest of the Volturi as next in line.
You may have my number you can take my name but you’ll never have my heart
- At November 19, 2012
- By Natalie Nourigat
- In comics
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I saw the new Bond film Skyfall last night! Here are some reaction comics I made before bed. As always, SPOILERS!
*Incongruous
*Whoops, that’s “Silva”…ha ha….British accents, you know…!
^My mom and I made this joke almost simultaneously.
So okay, it’s fun to poke holes in movies, but in all seriousness I really enjoyed Skyfall and will be recommending it to my friends. It’s a good Bond film. It’s a good action film. The glass door scene? The opening shot? The rat monologue? The rooftop dirt biking? The new Q? The use of the backhoe loader? The word association game? Every single establishing shot in the film? *whistle*
I was a little underwhelmed by the plot and the not-so-deep reveals about James Bond’s past because my friends had built it up a bit too much, but ah well. He’s an orphan. He hid in a cellar once. I would have loved more character development than that, but I should have reminded myself that I was going into a James Bond film and they need to save all the time they can for the shoot-outs and explosions. That final act…don’t even get me started. The ice scene was cool, but I was falling asleep during the rest of the fire BOOM fire shouting BOOM stuff.
We forge our friendship by saving the world
- At July 21, 2012
- By Natalie Nourigat
- In Uncategorized
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Review comics for The Dark Knight Rises! As always, SPOILERS.
I had the Holy Musical B@man soundtrack stuck in my head ALL DAY Thursday before watching the movie. It was hilarious how many of the jokes and themes from the play made appearances in the movie. Most relevant:
Anyway, on to the comics!
It reminded me of Goldmember’s ridiculous flexibility. Was that really Anne kicking that high, or was there a prop leg?! xD
There was a 2-ish-minute stretch while Batman was chasing down Talia al Ghul where I completely spaced out and couldn’t tell you what I’d just seen. Bleh. A bit is good but more than 30 seconds of people punching each other or shooting or whatever without breaks and my brain shuts off.
I didn’t actually cry, but a lot of people in my theater did. I didn’t believe for a second that he was really dead (I called ‘everyone thinks he’s dead but he’s really alive and training the next generation like in The Dark Knight Returns’ while my brothers and I were placing bets in line), but it was still a moving scene.
I looooved the movie. From the complaints I’ve heard from friends, it sounds like the main difference between us is that I WANT neat, happy endings. That’s exactly what I like (Dickens fan!). The darker and more pessimistic the story, the more satisfying it is when I actually get a happy ending. And this was the neatest, happiest possible ending for the DARK GRITTY trilogy, so I was extremely satisfied.
Last, here are my notes from the premiere if you are interested. A lot of these got cut or altered on their way to the comics:
Somebody’s broken heart
- At July 07, 2012
- By Natalie Nourigat
- In fan art, movies
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Next, some Lilo & Stitch / Wall-E fan art for a friend:
And last but not least, I posted a preview of this poster in early 2012, but I don’t think I ever posted the full thing! This was for a performance of The Thrilling Adventure Hour that included the Hypercattle Overdrive episode of Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars. I’ve plugged it here before, but if this is your first time reading about it, let me say that the whole thing is hilarious and awesome and you should start from the beginning if at all possible (all of the episodes are free on iTunes).
Imagine living in a box
- At June 22, 2012
- By Natalie Nourigat
- In comics
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I did another series of movie reaction comics. This time the film is Pixar’s Brave, in theaters today. Here’s a spoiler-free text review before the spoiler-full comics:
THESE COMICS CONTAIN SPOILERS. Go watch the movie first — these probably won’t be funny unless you’ve seen it, anyway.
And then Merida demonstrates how much she has grown and come to understand and appreciate her mother (and the power she wields) by performing it just like her. asdf;ljk. One of those moments that is so perfectly foreshadowed it’s shocking you don’t see it coming. PERFECT. PERFECT!
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