I squeezed in a couple of flicks over the weekend. I went to see Narnia the other night. I never read the book as a kid as it had some religious overtones I didn’t care for. I would have skipped the movie all together but I heard a dirty rumor they took the religous references out. Apparently, that little re-write caused some scandals. Obviously, curiosity got the better of me. I was really pleased with the “converted” version of the movie. Not knowing what the exact religious overtones were, I found some striking metaphysical references in the movie. The whole “deep magic” storyline had me hooked. With the plot came some very good special effects. In my opinion, Tilda Swinton stole the movie in her role as the White Witch Jadis. Tilda has this graceful screen presence that makes her instantly likeable, even as a bad character.
And, I’m just back from watching the new King Kong and I was very impressed w/it as well. I highly recommend it if you were (are) a King Kong fan. I was more into Godzillas as a kid but like King Kong too. They did a great job of updating it w/special affects w/o sacrificing the plot. There were a few changes here and there but overall fantastic. I missed the snake scene from the original though. That was my favorite part in the original. However, they did replace it w/a really great T-Rex battle.
Two thumbs up for both movies!
On a side note, I got to see a new preview for X-men III. I almost shit my pants. It looks fan-fucking-tastic! Guess who comes back from the dead? hehehe
i know. i peed a little when i saw the trailer for X3.
I really enjoyed Narnia. I’m looking forward to seeing Kong, and I’m absolutely agog about the Xmen III trailer! 😮
i’m looking forward to mothra remake… but Kong will quench for awhile.
I loved Narnia too! Then again, I had read it as a kid and loved it back then as well… as far as religious undertones.. geez, these religious freaks will try to blame every fantasy movie as having undertones, won’t they? 🙂
As for X3, well I knew that that particular person HAD to come back… because of the way X2 ended, and that in the comic book and cartoon series played it out, that person does come back :). Looks like a HOT movie though! Now I have to watch The Producers and Memoirs of a Geisha 🙂
Personally I didn’t like Narnia much, it was like LOTR/Harry Potter/Lion King rolled into one! I saw it cuz of Tilda! She rocks! And Santa Claus giving out weapons, hehe!
Kong was good, worth seeing, even tho it felt like the longest movie in history! 🙂
X3, saw the trailer, what’s this one about now? When’s Dark Phoenix gonna kick some ass, hopefully this one. Jaggernaut is hot! And where’s Psylocke?!? Oh and Happy Holidays!!! 🙂