Lee B
Joined Nov 1999
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Lee B's rating
Sorry everyone, but I liked this movie. I even cried at the end. My kids freaked when the snowman started to talk and move - one of them got scared by a guy in a teddy bear suit when she was about 3, and she hasn't got over it yet (2 yrs later). They had loved the start of the movie, with the snowball fight and building the first snowman, but as soon as the second snowman came to life we had to turn the video off.
I couldn't believe in Kelly Preston as the mother of an 11-yr-old boy, but in spite of that the casting was great. And Michael Keaton with blond hair is such a hunk . . .
Give it a go!
I couldn't believe in Kelly Preston as the mother of an 11-yr-old boy, but in spite of that the casting was great. And Michael Keaton with blond hair is such a hunk . . .
Give it a go!
It's true - Kevin Kline will live and die a Pirate King. And he is sooooo sexy! In the closing scene, where he grabs his wife-to-be and starts kissing her . . . quick, where's the cold shower? Rex Smith does a brilliant Elvis impersonation, Angela Lansbury is perfect as Ruth, Linda Ronstadt has the *most* exquisite voice, I could go on and on and on.
Gilbert & Sullivan operettas are never staged "faithfully", and this one remains true to that tradition. All the little bits of business that go on in the background are great fun - in fact it takes quite a lot of viewings to see them all. There are probably still quite a few that I've missed.
I especially love the village hall production of HMS Pinafore being included. That part always cracks me up - the conductor facing up to the pirate king, the audience checking their programmes when the pirates burst onstage, the pianist carrying on playing with a swordfight raging around him. It's WONDERFUL.
Gilbert & Sullivan operettas are never staged "faithfully", and this one remains true to that tradition. All the little bits of business that go on in the background are great fun - in fact it takes quite a lot of viewings to see them all. There are probably still quite a few that I've missed.
I especially love the village hall production of HMS Pinafore being included. That part always cracks me up - the conductor facing up to the pirate king, the audience checking their programmes when the pirates burst onstage, the pianist carrying on playing with a swordfight raging around him. It's WONDERFUL.
Overall, this is not a completely bad movie. My kids like it - in fact they watch it more often than the original.
The problem I have with it is like I said - too many in-jokes. I've tried to count the number of other movie references but lost count about half-way through.
Plus - do the people who made this film think only of their US audience? Does it not occur to them that maybe - just maybe - other countries in the world don't screen "Ozzie and Harriet", "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" and other such junk, and that people might not get the joke? And what on earth are "nutty butties"?
IF the in-jokes had been cut down a bit, I would have enjoyed this movie, in spite of the fact that Jasmine is a lot uglier and Carpet a lot less detailed than in the original, but the sheer number of them just became annoying.
Very disappointing.
The problem I have with it is like I said - too many in-jokes. I've tried to count the number of other movie references but lost count about half-way through.
Plus - do the people who made this film think only of their US audience? Does it not occur to them that maybe - just maybe - other countries in the world don't screen "Ozzie and Harriet", "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" and other such junk, and that people might not get the joke? And what on earth are "nutty butties"?
IF the in-jokes had been cut down a bit, I would have enjoyed this movie, in spite of the fact that Jasmine is a lot uglier and Carpet a lot less detailed than in the original, but the sheer number of them just became annoying.
Very disappointing.