Continued Moviegoing Adventures
Jan. 17th, 2004 08:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rsadelleBefore the movie, we saw the preview for 50 First Dates, which is another Drew Barrymore/Adam Sandler romantic comedy. So now I have this whole idea of Drew and Adam being in love but for some reason they can only be together in the movies.
My good movie streak continues. I really liked Mona Lisa Smile. My mother complained that Julia Roberts was just Julia Roberts, but I liked the way she became more Julia Roberts through the course of the movie. At the beginning, she looked somewhat different, but by the end of the movie, she looked more like the Julia Roberts we know. I think it was partially her hair.
The real star of the movie, however, is Maggie Gyllenhaal. She's sexy, she has the most interesting character, and she's fantastic in the role. I was thinking Giselle (Maggie)/Connie (Ginnifer Goodwin), but the ending was completely Giselle/Betty (Kirsten Dunst).
And speaking of such things, it's openly acknowledged that Amanda Armstrong, played by Juliet Stevenson, who was Keira Knightley's mother in Bend It Like Beckham, is a lesbian. I thought that was a little out of place for the time, just as I thought that perhaps Katherine Waters' politics were a little ahead of their time. The other thing that slightly annoyed me was Julia Stiles' exaggerated diction. The movie was so engrossing, however, that those things didn't impair my enjoyment very much.
Tomorrow: Big Fish.
My good movie streak continues. I really liked Mona Lisa Smile. My mother complained that Julia Roberts was just Julia Roberts, but I liked the way she became more Julia Roberts through the course of the movie. At the beginning, she looked somewhat different, but by the end of the movie, she looked more like the Julia Roberts we know. I think it was partially her hair.
The real star of the movie, however, is Maggie Gyllenhaal. She's sexy, she has the most interesting character, and she's fantastic in the role. I was thinking Giselle (Maggie)/Connie (Ginnifer Goodwin), but the ending was completely Giselle/Betty (Kirsten Dunst).
And speaking of such things, it's openly acknowledged that Amanda Armstrong, played by Juliet Stevenson, who was Keira Knightley's mother in Bend It Like Beckham, is a lesbian. I thought that was a little out of place for the time, just as I thought that perhaps Katherine Waters' politics were a little ahead of their time. The other thing that slightly annoyed me was Julia Stiles' exaggerated diction. The movie was so engrossing, however, that those things didn't impair my enjoyment very much.
Tomorrow: Big Fish.
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Date: 2004-01-17 08:11 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-01-17 09:11 pm (UTC)