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Movie Revue

This is a follow-up to yesterday's post in which I mentioned the movies we went to see, but failed to give any sort of reviews. Shame on me.

Love Actually: Many of you have already squeed at length about this movie, and who am I to disagree! It's a first class romantic comedy - the intertwining of the multiple love stories is a really nifty idea, and there's plenty comedy, and some quieter, sadder moments too. Watching it with an American audience certainly added to the experience - which bits clicked with which people. For example, the subtle dig at Cherie Blair had me in stitches while the rest of the theatre was silent, whilst the exact destination of the American trip caused much more merriment to the Illinois residents than it did to me. Also, I'd be interested to see the reaction to the PM's speech in a British cinema - somehow, I didn't think that applause would go down so well in the USA. Finally, there were the bits that were reminiscent of real life - not least the 'Cygnus at the Avocado' sequence - if they'd used words such as 'banana' and 'garage', I think we would have been reduced to gibbering wrecks...

The Haunted Mansion: The second Disney ride adaptation of the year, but alas it's not quite in the same league as Pirates of the Caribbean. It's certainly entertaining enough, though, and I did spot several of the references to the ride. I did get irked by the number of not-quite-Shrek-references, but that's just be being silly.

Brother Bear: More Disney, and again not a classic. Enjoyable, but not in the same league as The Lion King or Hercules (or, indeed, Pixar's entire output). The Mooses (Meese?) are the highlight of the film, as they were in the trailer - yay for comic relief! I guess my biggest niggle would be the music - I'm not the world's biggest Phil Collins fan, and only one of the songs really stuck.
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addedentry

December 4 2003, 05:25:16 UTC 17 years ago

Sounds like a wonderful trick^H^Hp, again.

My reaction to Love Actually was 'Damn Richard Curtis!' I think the multiple plots were slightly too ambitious - fewer stories could have been developed further, rather than the bare bones we get of e.g. the best man's story.

But Emma Thompson made me sob a bit. Hence my cursing.

zorac

December 4 2003, 08:47:07 UTC 17 years ago

I rather liked the fact that the stories were fairly bare-bones - yes, many of the stories could have been fleshed out, but I'm not sure that fewer, meatier stories would have made for a better film.

In fact, I thought the best man's story worked perfectly as is - anything more could be seen as superfluous IMO. YMMV...