Well, I've just come back from my second time watching the film and I think it's time for some random thoughts!
tl;dr: The first half of the film was stronger than the second. The writing of the adaptation was great, but the book's atmosphere remains in the book. And the acting was stupendous.

( May the critiques be ever in your favor... )

Saw 'The Tempest' tonight, just like I promised, and here are the Random Thoughts:

- Helen Mirren as Prospera - in fact, Prospera herself, as a genderswapped Prospero - worked. First of all, Helen Mirren was excellent in the role. She knew exactly what she was doing and she inhabited her role with intelligence and vim. But making Prospero female ( Read more... )

"You gotta look mean or people won't respect you. White people will run all over you if you don't look mean. You gotta look like a warrior! Like you just came back from killing a buffalo!"
"But our tribe never hunted buffalo. We were fishermen."
"What? You want to look like you just came back from catching a fish?"
( This aint' Dances With Salmon ya know. )

Jacques Brel IS alive, and well, and living happily in Paris.

There's a revival of the show going on now in Burbank, and my mom and I went to see it last Friday. It was really good! I'd heard Jacques Brel a lot when I was much younger, and thought I wouldn't remember anything, but songs kept coming up that I'd be like "WAIT! I remember that song!"

( Jacques Brel Revue Review )

So, guys?
Saw the Princess and the Frog. You know what that means...

( Spoilers and RANDOM THOUGHTS ahoy! )

This film was a pretty important deal for me, as far as the HP films go. Half-Blood Prince is one of my favorites of the books, (definitely in the top 2) and not only that, but The Ollivander Children is set during Book 6. Obviously Mr. Ollivander's capture, though it seems like a small event in the book, will be something that I really hope they ( Read more... )

In short: I was right on every count when it came to Zachary Quinto!

( Spoilers Afoot! )

It's that time of year again, that time when I take stock of the films of last year and review what the Academy has to offer. I feel very close to the Academy (it is after all just down the street, and I've seen a lot of great films there) , so I feel it is my duty to chide them and comment on what they do, knowing full well that nothing I do has ( Read more... )

So, my conclusion about Kill Bill, Volume 1 - well, it's got its similarities with Slumdog Millionaire. Both are very stylized films that are, at times, very difficult to watch. Somehow, I found Kill Bill easier to watch than Slumdog Millionaire.

Astoundingly stylized, and I liked it that way. I like the dramatic lines that closed the opening of ( Read more... )

Saw The Dark Knight this past Friday with Big Bro. I'd just watched The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance with my dad earlier that evening (
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