Crystal Moon

Yes, yes, I know I'm late, but I generally always am so deal with it!  =P 

This afternoon, caithion and I went to the dollar theatre to see Enchanted, and now I can finally say that I know what all the hype was about!

Honestly, I don't think I've laughed that hard at a movie in a looooong time! It was just such a wonderful parody! Without a doubt, my two favorite scenes were the "working song," because you can't beat cockroaches and pigeons cleaning a NYC apartment, and Giselle's dancing and singing in Central Park, explaining how you know when someone loves you. I felt an almost instant connection with Giselle when she came to NY...it's not normal to have a "happily ever after" mentality in our world, and seeing that represented in her was just so wonderful! It made me feel like it was all right for me to keep my own dreams of romance and fairytales alive (as long as I didn't randomly break into song while doing it!) Of course, the songs are going to be stuck in my head for days on end now   >.>

All I can say, really, is that it's the first time in a long time that I found cliches to work so well. I could predict almost the entire plot, but that was the entire point! That's what made it so spectacular! And I loved that Nancy ended up with Prince Edward at the end. Her kiss was just awesome. I definitely need to get my mom to watch this. She'd fall in love!

Oh, and the cutting of the curtains and bed sheets to make Giselle's dresses? Completely priceless!

And I am vindicated!! I knew I recognized Nathaniel from somewhere else! Hello Wormtail!!

I finally, finally had the chance to sit down and watch the movie adaptation of Memoirs of a Geisha, and I have to admit, I'm not sure what I thought of it. On its own, the movie was lovely, and it was definitely filmed well. The cinematography was absolutely excellent, the costumes were stunning, and, for the most part, I thought it was cast well. Still, when holding it up next to the book, as seems to happen very often, I found it rather...lacking...in some areas.

( Thoughts )

I just finished watching "Death Takes a Holiday," a 1934 flick where the Grim Reaper decides to take human for for three days to try to understand why humans fear him. He ends up falling in love with Grazia, the lovely daughter of a princess, and thus comes to understand the greatest gift of human life.

I'd never heard of any of the actors before, but I absolutely fell in love with Fredric March, who played Death. He has an amazing voice, which he shifted from a cool, chilling whisper as Death to a deeper, heavily accented voice as Prince Sirki, the human form he adapted. He was also very unstable, which made for interesting twists. You never really knew what he was going to do or how he was going to respond to comments. He had an amazing balance between a selfish immortal who looked down on humans as silly weaklings who wasted their lives and then yet feared Death, and a simple man who wanted to experience love before he, in a way, died. He reminded me more than of bit of a young Christopher Plummer, during his "Sound of Music" days, which is always a bonus. Evelyn Venable totally won me over as Grazia. She was so light and airy and whimsical. She seemed to already have a connection with the "land beyond" - always hearing music and seeing shadows. She claimed to always be looking for something to give her life real meaning, beyond getting married and having children and living in a wealthy home. I must also put in a good word for Sir Guy Standing, who played Duke Lambert, the man to whom Death appeared and ask to remain as a house guest. He was excellent at walking the line between intense fear of Death, and the determination that he protect his family and friends.

Of course, the  dialogue was over dramatic and pretty much all the characters over-acted, but that was style of the day, so I can forgive them. It may be cliche, but I was rather annoyed Death didn't challenge anyone to a chess match *pout*  Ah well. Either way, good movie.

Apparently there was a re-make of the show in 1998 - "Meet Joe Black" - staring Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins. It seems to have rather mediocre reviews, but I really did enjoy the original, so I think I'll take a stab at this one. Brad Pitt never did much for me, but I haven't seen Anthony Hopkins in anything I didn't like.

So yesterday, Mike and I and two of our friends went to see Narnia. Yes, I know we're rather behind the times, but we were having a difficult time coordinating schedules, and then we kind of forgot about it, and...yeah. But anyway, we finally saw it.

( What I Thought )

That's right. While all you suckers are out there watching HP and waiting for Narnia, *I* went to see the BEST movie of the season. (Not that I don't plan on seeing HP and Narnia, of course, but seriously, I think I was more excited about this ^^;;)

I'll put all the spoilers behind the cut, but let me just gush about how good this movie was. I was a little worried in the beginning, and it did kind of take a while to really get the flow going, but by the end of the show I was totally hooked. If you like the story, it's a must-see.

( Summary, Spoilers and Opinions )

"You have bewitched me, body and soul."
~ Fitzwilliam Darcy