Zen, your Frankenstein experience is exactly mine. If they do ever release a DVD, I assume that there will be a ton of compare/contrast papers written in theatre programs. I do think it was brilliant casting and directing to embrace the differences between the two actors, rather than try to make them the same.

And yes, FTR, I did fly to Seattle to see the Frankensteins with my friend Katie. I flew cross-country to see two movies. And they were WORTH IT.

Fuck, yeah! Did you see that there's a recording of the music available?

Did you see that there's a recording of the music available?

No, I didn't know that!

Katie said NT has no plans to release them on DVD and would probably have to re-negotiate contracts to do so. But if it's popular enough (and isn't it? geez) they might think it worthwhile to do so.

Having seen Prometheus my main takeaway is that these guys would fit right in with the Stargate: Atlantis crew.

Minding them would be like chasing around a two year old at the peak of his oral fixation. Just one long litany of TAKE THAT OUT OF YOUR MOUTH THIS INSTANCE. GO WASH...SPIT IT OUT!! YOU ARE NEVER LEAVING THIS HOUSE AGAIN.

Soundtrack is on iTunes and here, if you want to stream it.

I figured there were/would be rights issues with DVDs. Certainly a second round of cinema showings would seem to indicate a high level of interest.

I'm laughing my ass off (and worrying about the state of the human race) reading a thread on IMDB about SWatH, where the OP states that KS needs breast implants to improve her.

Missed the first ten minutes of Snow White and the Huntsmen the other day, but I enjoyed it, was pretty thoroughly engaged throughout, even though the scenes in fairyland were a little . . . twee. I don't even know what that word means, but it feels right.

Charlize Theron was delicious as the queen, and I want to have troll babies now.

I did spend good parts of the movie cringing at the idea of Kristen Stewart in another movie where she's caught in a love triangle, so I was fist pumping at the end when it was a non-issue to the resolution of the story. But it still felt odd to me that there was this potential for romance (was it me projecting expectations like a well-trained dog, or was the foundation really there?), especially given that she didn't wake up until the huntman's kiss. Was it just timing? She would have woken up anyway, given time, and it just so happened that she got necro-kisses by two guys with certain levels of affection towards her?

Also, the moment I learned Gus' name, and watched him dancing with SW, I knew he was a goner.

The dwarves were awesome, and with that level of visual manipulation, I'm kind of frightened. In awe, but, holy crap, I'll not be trusting what I see with my own eyes on a screen ever again.

I was also reveling in the lack of dwarf tossing jokes.

What sort of visual manipulation?

Apparently a sequel has been greenlit.

Making actors like Ian McShane look flawlessly like a dwarf.

It wasn't just "Elijah Wood filmed separately from Viggo Mortensen and the two scenes mashed together" or whatnot. His hands and shoulders were small. So, even in the scenes where it was all just the dwarves were together, there was still awesome creepy magic going on. Like skinny Steve.

Making actors like Ian McShane look flawlessly like a dwarf.

It wasn't just "Elijah Wood filmed separately from Viggo Mortensen and the two scenes mashed together" or whatnot. His hands and shoulders were small. So, even in the scenes where it was all just the dwarves were together, there was still awesome creepy magic going on. Like skinny Steve.

What sort of visual manipulation?

They visually manipulated the actors to make them look shorter and more dwarf-like.

I think I saw a different movie than the other people here did. I thought it veered into so bad it's good territory. They stole images from so many different sources, and Charlize Theron, who I normally love, was chewing every bit of scenery she could find. I laughed out loud at some of the more dramatic bits.

Oh, she chewed the scenery alright, and I loved every bit of it.