I was about to say, it sounds a heck of a lot like Kindergarten Cop.
It's Vindergarten Cop !
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I was about to say, it sounds a heck of a lot like Kindergarten Cop.
It's Vindergarten Cop !
I have no opinion on Moulin Rouge as the trailers repelled me enough to stay far far away. SO not my thing. Also it bugged the crap out of me to hear it so praised and awarded when Hedwig was released the same year, was so damned fabulous, and yet not Oscar-nominated. Hrmph.
I saw Finding Neverland yesterday. I enjoyed it but expected it to be better. It was pretty schmoopy but very pretty.
The key to enjoying Moulin Rouge is acceptance that in spirit it's a Bollywood musical, or better yet, an absinthe hallucination.
Are Nutty and I the only Buffistas who have seen Kinsey so far?
Are Nutty and I the only Buffistas who have seen Kinsey so far?
I saw it a few weeks ago. I liked it well enough, but wanted more historical context.
I saw it. I liked it, especially the performances, whcih were impressive all the way around. I felt the last 45 minutes was a little draggy, but on the whole I was engrossed throughout.
We're generally in agreement, Jessica -- both Theo and I wanted more context too. Or, more of a sense of the social impact. But I imagine it's hard to show visually how frightening new knowledge can be to those firmly entrenched in old/wrong knowledge.
Even just a few datestamps would have made me happy. The age makeup wasn't good enough for me to judge when things were happening in the last half of the film.
Does. Dr. Kinsey sing "Like a Virgin"?
I'm afraid not. There is no recreational singing in this movie.
Word on the need for datestamps -- for some reason I totally forgot there were 1920s and 1930s in the mix, and was very confused when a montage whipped right through 15 years of childrearing in the middle of the movie. Also, we wondered after how Clyde had avoided the draft, and how the war would have affected the student body of UI Bloomington.
Does. Dr. Kinsey sing "Like a Virgin"?No, but the end credits include documentary footage of animals Doing It. You will never look at porcupines the same way again....