Thanks for the ideas, everyone.
I'll see RoSW (and all the other movies)....someday....
Oh, look at the pretties!
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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DebetEsse - Dec 17, 2019 7:32:28 am PST #2343 of 3433
Woe to the fucking wicked.
-t - Dec 17, 2019 7:57:24 am PST #2344 of 3433
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm seeing Jumanji on Thursday, it's our department's holiday outing this year. I might see RoSW (it took me a surprisingly long time to decipher that acronym) next week while I'm off work, we'll see. I'm doubtful about JJ Abrams, but pretty much in Dana's camp
Steph L. - Dec 17, 2019 8:04:56 am PST #2345 of 3433
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I'm doubtful about JJ Abrams
I will be SUPER sad if RoSW isn't Lens Flare: The Movie.
-t - Dec 17, 2019 8:08:40 am PST #2346 of 3433
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Then Disney turns it into Lens Flare:The Ride, right?
Steph L. - Dec 17, 2019 8:10:29 am PST #2347 of 3433
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Ha! Protective eyewear is required on that ride.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 17, 2019 8:59:25 am PST #2348 of 3433
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
It's not as if Disney provides protective earwear for It's a Small World.
Beverly - Dec 17, 2019 8:41:06 pm PST #2349 of 3433
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Oh yes, Jumanji looks like fun. I'm somewhat fond of Mr. The Rock myself.
Jessica - Dec 18, 2019 6:13:56 am PST #2350 of 3433
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
CATS, you guys.
CATS.
If you love Cats, you will love Cats. It might be the most faithful movie adaptation of a Broadway show I've ever seen. The original stage show was a cocaine-fueled bonkers extravaganza, and the movie DOES NOT DISAPPOINT.
My biggest worry was that they had added too much dialog/exposition, but basically all of the non-song lines are in the trailer, except for all of the delightful ways in which Idris Elba says "Macavity!" when he's poofing offscreen.
(My biggest complaint is that I do not like the new orchestration of Mungojerry & Rumpleteezer, but that is also a complaint I have of every stage production that isn't the original 1985 run of the show. I don't know why ALW rewrote that song and I wish he hadn't.)
[edit - technically the social media embargo doesn't lift until this evening but I think we're pretty safely under the radar here]
-t - Dec 18, 2019 6:43:39 am PST #2351 of 3433
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That makes me feel a lot better! Added dialog was my big worry, honestly.
Calli - Dec 18, 2019 8:03:13 am PST #2352 of 3433
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I've enjoyed the latest round of Star Wars sequels, and I have tickets to see RoSW this Sunday. They aren't life-changing cinema, but I'm still moved when I hear John Williams' motifs.