Monday, September 7, 2015

Henry V: I've heard parts of this play quoted but I've never seen or read it before. I like a lot of the play, there are great speeches and some great morals, however in the end I couldn't get behind it. I was reminded of a quote from M*A*S*H "War isn't Hell, war is war and hell is hell and of the two war is a lot worse, there are no innocent bystanders in Hell." As always, Kenneth Branagh does a wonderful job. It was fun to see Judi Dench and a young Christian Bale in small parts.

Land Before Time: I realize there's great disparity between these two movies, I watched this while babysitting...three times. Land Before Time is not a cinematic masterpiece, but it's okay. I realized that LBT and Ice Age are the same story, they're different movies but it's basically the same story. Also, I was embarrassed for Spielberg and Lucas when I saw their names in the credits.

Saturday, August 29, 2015

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: I really loved the first movie and this was still a fun movie but here's my problem with sequels: you get everyone all squared away in the first movie and then to create a plot for the second movie, we're back having the same problems we had in the first movie, it's frustrating to see characters regress liked that. Also they added Richard Gere to this movie and I can't stand him. An okay movie but not up to the original, however the original cast (except for the character who died) are back.

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Death Comes to Pemberly: This is a mini series, but it's three episodes, each about an hour. When I first heard about this I got excited but when it comes right down to it, this is a murder mystery and a P&P fanfic. It's find but it's not amazing, for one thing, P&P times are a bit of a stretch for a murder mystery, you don't get murder mystery before you have the technology, for lack of a better word, and the officers of the law in place. (I'm struggling with the words but I hope my point comes across).
On a different note, I really liked seeing a different side of Darcy and Elizabeth, that maybe it wasn't always "Happily Ever After" as I've always supposed.

Friday, August 21, 2015

The Tempest: This is a somewhat recent adaptation, withing the last 5 years say, and Prospero is in fact Prospera, played by Helen Miren. I thought I was really going to enjoy this adaptation, I was fascinated by the making of included in the dvd and yet for all that, I didn't love this as I thought. I don't know if it's the tempest itself or some other matter. I don't know, it's very well made and so perhaps you should look into it for yourself.

Monday, August 10, 2015

Ballet 422: This is a documentary, sort of getting to be a fly on the wall as a young dancer and choreographer and the New York Ballet Company (and that that goes with that) bring together a new ballet. I enjoyed the tv show Breaking Point, it took us behind the scenes of a ballet company, this does the same, but focuses on the dance, rather than drama among the dancers. I really enjoyed it.

A Midsummer Night's Dream: This version, as I'm sure there are many versions, is set in turn of the century Tuscany and boasts a star studded cast. I really enjoyed this movie but there was a major flaw for me. It's no surprise that Shakespeare is not generally G rated, AMND has a lot of opportunity to be taken to a more adult rating, this version included a good deal of nudity and partial nudity, it's rated PG-13 but I was not prepared for quite so much nudity, it's not requisite for the story.

Saturday, August 1, 2015

The Imitation Game: This was a beautifully made movie and quite fascinating. The movie portrays historical events of WWII that many people probably have never heard of but which were incredibly important.

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Big Hero 6: I didn't quite know what to expect from this movie but I gave it a shot. It was a pretty good movie, it was funny, and it was action-y and intense and there were also quite emotional in parts.

The Grass is Greener: This is a Cary Grant movie that I stumbled across. It wasn't one of the greatest movies out there but it's alright. It follows the affair of a modern English Lady (1960s? and a titled lady, not just a woman). Cary Grant is the husband and they live in a big stately house in which they live in few rooms while the rest are set up for tourists to go through. A wealthy tourist comes and barges in on the private quarters and sweeps Deborah Kerr's character off her feet. Grant's character then goes about figuring out how to get her back. There are some profound statements made about marriage, I'm not sure that I agree with some, but I'm not sure that I don't either. It's an interesting movie.