Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[innerSpaceman]

Saw two Queen movies, care of screeners coming my way.

Marie Antionette was far better than I'd expected, and actually made me look at the infamous last French queeen in a different light.

The Queen is a wonderful film, with Helen Mirren in the title role - in top form. A week in the life of the British Royal Family ... heheh, what a week, following Diana's death in 1987.


I recommend either film if you're in a Royal mood, but The Queen is the finer of the two.

[wendybeth]

I saw 'Happy Feet'- twice. Adorable penguins, great music and beautifully animated. I really loved it. The ending was a bit rushed, but overall it was a lovely movie.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

I saw 'Happy Feet'- twice. Adorable penguins, great music and beautifully animated. I really loved it. The ending was a bit rushed, but overall it was a lovely movie.

Really? Everyone else I've spoken to says Happy Feet was a preachy environmentalist movie (this from liberals, btw) that was nothing what they expected and, well, bad.

We watched Bednobs and Broomsticks the other day (GD hadn't seen it). I never realized before that this was a pretty sad grasp at Mary Poppins The Sequel. It has fun moments and the actors are great but there's a looming shadow over all of it....from the out of control inanimate objects to the street performer to the jaunt into an animated world....I'd know that sill-ya-wett anywhere. I loved it as a kid....

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Really? Everyone else I've spoken to says Happy Feet was a preachy environmentalist movie (this from liberals, btw) that was nothing what they expected and, well, bad.

Everyone I know (locally) who has seen it liked it. Maybe it's because we're closer to a polar region than you. It could also be that we have sat through a slew of really awful kid's movies and our standards have fallen.