We had an impromptu LoT gathering at the El Cap, when the Mousepods and the LSPoorTom party bumped into each other at the same screening last night.
It was a delight! A complete delight. And the "experience" out back was worth it if only for the great "informational" display about the Disney references.
Spoiler:
I won't spoil many of the references for the people still planning to go to the El Cap, but I will say that a very close look at the Troll's costume is the damn funniest inside joke I've ever seen in a Disney movie. Actually, in ANY movie, ever. Also, Brad, Judy Kuhn (Pocahontas) was the woman with the brood of kids who says "you're ten years too late." Particularly funny since Pocahontas ran about ten years ago. There were some other, older actors and actresses (lesser-known ones) like one of the older dancing gentlemen, who was a chimney sweeper in Mary Poppins.
Yes, I agree with Brad that Amy Adams was exquisite - though we've been fans since Junebug. That transformation from naive waif to complex heroine was remarkable - I hope that she's nominated and that the "angry" scene is used as her example.
The rest of the cast was delightful, too. The characters from Andalasia really understood their archetypes and played on them wonderfully. Plus, the love story between Giselle and Robert was really believeable, I thought - she gave him music and lightness and spirit, he gave her actual, real emotion.
Some great one-lines in there. I laughed a lot, and when I wasn't laughing I was either smiling or thrilled by the action sequences.
Tom mentions that they missed a marketing opportunity - this is a great date movie.
If you're a Disney fan, you're the target audience. What are you doing online? Go see it!