What Swanky Things are you Watching?

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

I actually saw a couple great movies:

Before Sunset: This is a sequal to Before Sunrise and I remember it being a really good movie that no one really saw. I was happy to see them back doing a sequal. Seeing where everyone is. Kind of like a HS reunion. I guess they're going to do another in a few years. Great idea.

Mary Poppins: I saw this so many years ago, and I finally broke down and bought the DVD. I remembered it as being sort of dull. I think seeing it and being older sort of cleared up some of that. Plus I was just reading the Disney bio and how much he loved the Feed The Birds song. The whole movie takes on a whole knew meaning. The old bird woman's behind the scene story was quite moving.

Phantom of the Opera: The Phantom was pretty bad. I wish they had a guy who can actually put across in his vocals, some sort of emotion. There was very little emotion during the parts I thought should have had it. Especially at the end - the "Masquarade" rehash." Christine I love you." I was just dying to have that exposure of emotion that's needed and it fell short.

Past the Point number was probably the best all around. There was a real tention in the song between Phantom and Christine. She's quite a singer and I was truely impressed. The "Wishing" song was extraordinary. Both in the cinematography and her performance. I think the directing was fair, but it was the Cinematography that took the prize. The actual "staging" of the scenes were fairly dull. "All I ask" was probably my second favorate scene. The snow falling and the relationships between the 3. The Phantom hiding, listening in. The crane shot was great.

I think had they chosen an actor to play Phantom who had something in his voice that had some feeling, some emotion that Crawford had. The guy didn't have a bad voice, it was just didn't have that sensativity that I think was nessesary.

Phantom gets 8 bornieo's out of 10.