Dezembro - 2010

Halo - Alexandra Adornetto.

Ugh ugh ugh.

A história de três anjos que vêm à terra para ajudar a humanidade. Não sei por que cargas d’água, eles param numa cidade litorânea minúscula chamada Venus Cove... Pense. Os três anjos, Gabriel – o próprio -, Ivy e Bethany são irmãos. A mais nova é adolescente total, entra na escola e, surprise surprise, se apaixona pelo menino mais bonito e atormentado da cidade, Xavier Woods. A história tem uma trama legal, mas a narrativa é muito boba. Mal escrita e moralista ao extremo, deixando Stephenie Meyer no chinelo no quesito. Chega a ser carola de tão exagerada. Irritante e muito cheio de exclamações para a minha saúde. Segue a única frase que consegui trazer do livro:

“Eu era apenas uma turista vivendo um tempo emprestado.” P. 152.

Kiss of Death - Rachel Caine.

 (Morganville Vampires, 8)

The invention of Hugo Cabret - Brian Selznick. 

Um presente de natal super querido e lindo que é também uma surpresa maravilhosa. AMEI AMEI AMEI. Um thanks eterno à Rita. Uma narrativa em imagens e palavras, um livro inacreditável. As imagens não ilustram, elas contam. A edição em inglês é infinitamente mais bonita que a em português.

“Like a mermaid rising from an ocean of paper, the girl emerged across the room.” (p. 147).

“I always take pity on people who love the movies. I can’t help it. Do you like the movies, Hugo?” (p.p. 172/173).

“The idea of going to the movies made Hugo remember something Father had once told him, abut going to the movies when he was just a boy, when the movies were new. Hugo’s father had stepped into a dark room and, on a white screen, he had seen a rocket fly right into the eye of the man in the moon. Father said he had never experienced anything like it. It had been like seeing his dreams in the middle of the day.” (pp. 176/177).

"The filmmaker Georges Méliès began his career as a magician and he owned a theater of magic in Paris. (…) He was among the first to demonstrate that film didn’t have to reflect real life. He quickly realized that film had the power to capture dreams.” (pp. 354/355).

“…. If one day far in the future, mankind is truly able to fly to the moon, we will have Georges Méliès and the movies to thank for helping us understand that if our dreams are big enough, anything is possible.” (p. 360).

“In the darkness of a new cinema that opened in a nearby neighborhood, Hugo was able to travel backward through time and see dinosaurs and pirates and cowboys, and he saw the future, with robots and cities so gigantic they blocked out the sky. He flew in airplanes and crossed the ocean in ships. In the dark of the movie theater he first saw jungles, oceans, and deserts. He wanted to visit them all in real life.” (p. 492).

“Now sit back, open your eyes, and be prepared to dream.” (p. 496).

“I don’t see bankers and housewives and store clerks. No. I address you all tonight as you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventures, and magicians. You are the true dreamers.” (p. 506).

Last Sacrifice - Richelle Mead.

(Vampire Academy 6).

Ahhhhh, o final de vampire academy? Ugh, o final de Vampire Academy! Credo, o final de Vampire Academy...

O spin-off, Bloodlines, chega em agosto de 2011. Por conta dessa nova história, acho que a Mead não conseguiu terminar Vampire Academy.

Succubus Dreams - Richelle Mead.

(Georgina Kinkaid 3).

Para ler Richelle Mead numa série que ela ainda não destruiu com suas más inteções...rs. Sem capa porque é realmente infame.

Filmes

Os outros caras (The Other Guys). Adam McKay, US, 2010. A bunch of guys - Mike Walhberg, Will Feerrer, Michael Keaton... - having fun. Estreia da Kal no Platinum.

As Crônicas de Narnia: a viagem do peregrino da alvorada (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn). Michael Apted, US, 2010. Para comemorar o niver da Marcela e da Aninha, com cupcakes e parabéns dentro do cinema!

Tron: O Legado (TRON: Legacy).  Joseph Kosinski, US, 2010.

A Rede Social (The Social Network). 

David Fincher, US, 2010.

O mehor score do ano, amei. Toda vez em que via o trailer, chorava... Creep em coro, lindo. 

Megamente (Megamind). Tom McGrath, US, 2010.