Musicals!
I... agree with things!
Les Miz was my One True for a long while, then I went through a Phantom-and-Les-Miz-inspired anything-epic-and-overwrought phase (Jeckyll and Hyde! The Scarlet Pimpernel! Miss Saigon!), then, of course, there was Rent. Then I discovered the smaller-and-funnier (Urinetown!), the kind-of-traditional-but-not-quite (Thoroughly Modern Millie!), and Sondheim. Well, Into the Woods anyway - the rest of Sondheim came later. Then I saw Spring Awakening 17 times in one year, started a fan club and forum that got a shout-out on the Tonys and only shut down about a year ago, burned myself out on it a bit. Finally I did an intensive summer musical-theater training program where I realized that I didn't know much about musical theater but I liked it, got a lot of it out of my system, and now I just happily listen or watch whatever I'm in the mood for and don't stress about it too much.
Sorry about that paragraph. Rambling, but I think therapeutic.
I want to see the Les Miz movie, though. That's the takeaway.
Re your whitefont: That is seriously not any iteration of that particular character that I would ever, ever have recognized in a million years. It's in fact an iteration of the character that I'm fairly sure would have the original chanting, "Kill it, kill it with fire."
I don't know about the original, but the Platonic ideal movie version of the character wouldn't so much chant as set about ensuring the killing in some Rube Goldberg-esque manner, capped with a hilarious and disturbing deadpan comment.
Regarding the white font, it sounds like they were going for a metaphor. I think it's nearly universal that
teenagers think their family is weird and wish they were normal.
That said, the Addams Family was probably the wrong property to do that story with.
Anybody who's seen
Skyfall
- is it worth it to see in IMAX?
I would say no. but I thought the movie was just okay. The best "stunts" in the movie are in the first 10-15 minutes. after that, I'm not sure I'd notice if it were in IMAX or not.
Anybody who's seen Skyfall - is it worth it to see in IMAX?
I didn't think it was necessary to see in IMAX, unlike The Dark Knight Rises which absolutely benefits from IMAX.
I wanted to see "Killing Them Softly" this weekend, but it got an "F" in cinemascore. DAMN.
As a point of comparison, here are last year's scores. [link]
Given my tastes, just about anything below a C+ isn't worth seeing in the theater (and may not be worth seeing at all). Critics generally seem to like it, but the general population does NOT.
Anyone see it?
Transformers: Dark of the Moon: "A"
What.
Hanna: "C+" ("A" with audiences under 18, "D+" with audiences over 50)
Huh.
It seemed okay from the trailers, but I like Brad Pitt in general.
Me too! I can't quite understand the "F"
Saw Lincoln tonight and really liked it. SO well written. millions of supporting characters, and I found them all wonderfully drawn and real. I found it tremendously involving and moving.
