Movies

You should all watch this. It's not good enough that I'd suggest you drop everything and run to the closest RedBox to rent it, but there's definitely something for everyone in this movie.

I thought they could have spent a little more time on Prince Edward, especially on his innocent narcissism - it should have been played to the hilt, instead of toned-down.

Giselle is pretty hot, and I loved the dresses she made out of various articles of cloth. The back-stage crew - especially costumes, hair, and make-up - deserve an Emmy for making the mediocre Amy Adams into a hottie.

Wikipedia says it started its life in Hollywood as an R-rated lampoon of Disney foibles, but I think it probably works better as the caricature it eventually became. There are a lot of chuckles, and at least one good outright laugh - there are even worthwhile scenes that didn't get spoiled in trailers, which was perhaps my biggest fear about this flick.

Two thumbs up

Being a huge fan of The Bard, I recently went looking for a film adaptation of Twelfth Night, one of his few works that I have not had the chance to see as of yet. Hearing that there was a recent film adaptation, She's the Man, I set about procuring a copy of it.

What an utter waste. The stupid voice and facial expressions Amanda Bynes used to try and pretend to be a guy were just ridiculous. Don't bother. Two thumbs WAY WAY down.

Perhaps the most mind-boggling part: the aforementioned atrocities, which caused me to turn the movie off in disgust only 30 minutes into it, are cited by one RT critic as the sole PLUS of the movie:

"Implausible as she is, her voice-changing, artificial guy-speak, and penchant for causing fights makes the whole film fun and watchable."

I guess there just really IS no accounting for taste.

My next adventure: Enchanted.