Showing posts with label Julie Andrews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Julie Andrews. Show all posts

Friday, February 21, 2014

Catching Fire: A preface, I am not really a fan of dystopian things, that being said I liked the first Hunger Games enough to see it twice. I did not enjoy this movie at all, there's a lot of unhappy and ugly in this movie, it's almost all there is. I have a really hard time getting more of that in fiction when there's already so much in the world. By the end of this movie I felt like I did after watching GATCA (don't watch it, it sort of scarred me), needing something desperately to make me laugh so I could go on. I have no desire to have anything more to do with the hunger games.

Victor Victoria: I will first note that this movie may not be for everyone, but I find it quite funny. Victoria (Julie Andrews) is destitute until she meets up with Toddy and they concoct a plan for her to become Victor, an amazing female impersonator. That's going great until a handsome man shows up.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Torn Curtain: A good, suspenseful cold war thriller. Julie Andrews, Paul Newman both do a good job. Perhaps not my favorite Hitchcock film, but the man's a master, they're pretty much all good.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Thoroughly Modern Millie: I love this movie, it is absolutly a classic. Julie Andrews heads off the cast of this madcap musical. It's set in the roaring 20s and the music and dancing, etc. are all wonderful. There has been a broadway adaptation of this movie but I believe a lot of the music has been changed, I don't know how the plot fares. I love this movie though and would whole heartedly reccomend it.