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tealinI will now relate my train of thought through the opening three minutes of the movie.
Those who have not yet seen the movie, and who do not want the opening spoiled for them, read no further!
I had just reached the movie after what felt like half an hour of commercials and trailers. (When will the audience revolt? Oops, digressing.) When the Paramount studio tag came up, the first thing to clue me into something being "up" was the weird little opera singer trill at the end of it. Maybe it's just the new Paramount... thingy. Dreamworks tag ... well, they always have some sort of chipper music on it but this seems a little different. Nickelodeon ... hmm, never seen the planets before. Interesting. Hey, the movie's starting! Finally, sheesh. Wait, what the... woodpeckers and hearts? Is this some short?* Hmm... a short. [sarcasm] Ooh, look, everyone's copying Pixar. [end sarcasm] Huh... introducing the studios again. They all collaborated on this short? That seems unlike them. Wait a minute.... this is WAY too corny to be real. What are they .. oh, no way. No WAY. This .. oh, this had better be The Littlest Elf ... come on, come on, Littlest Elf, Littlest Elf, Littlest - LITTLEST ELF!! YAAAAAAH!!! I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!!!**
*I hadn't known "Boundin'" was going to be on The Incredibles and when it started I was thinking "but ... this doesn't look like a superhero movie!" I thought the same thing was happening here.
**Note the Five Exclamation Points of Insanity. (See Terry Pratchett's Maskerade. Or, rather, read it, and do so after seeing Phantom of the Opera so you get the parodical elements.)
I dutifully jotted down notes in my rust-brown notebook all the way home, taking care not to be seen, and shall transform them into some sort of long-winded review over the weekend, when I am not working, or sampling cheeses.
!!!WARNING!!!
Those who have not yet seen the movie, and who do not want the opening spoiled for them, read no further!
I had just reached the movie after what felt like half an hour of commercials and trailers. (When will the audience revolt? Oops, digressing.) When the Paramount studio tag came up, the first thing to clue me into something being "up" was the weird little opera singer trill at the end of it. Maybe it's just the new Paramount... thingy. Dreamworks tag ... well, they always have some sort of chipper music on it but this seems a little different. Nickelodeon ... hmm, never seen the planets before. Interesting. Hey, the movie's starting! Finally, sheesh. Wait, what the... woodpeckers and hearts? Is this some short?* Hmm... a short. [sarcasm] Ooh, look, everyone's copying Pixar. [end sarcasm] Huh... introducing the studios again. They all collaborated on this short? That seems unlike them. Wait a minute.... this is WAY too corny to be real. What are they .. oh, no way. No WAY. This .. oh, this had better be The Littlest Elf ... come on, come on, Littlest Elf, Littlest Elf, Littlest - LITTLEST ELF!! YAAAAAAH!!! I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!!!**
*I hadn't known "Boundin'" was going to be on The Incredibles and when it started I was thinking "but ... this doesn't look like a superhero movie!" I thought the same thing was happening here.
**Note the Five Exclamation Points of Insanity. (See Terry Pratchett's Maskerade. Or, rather, read it, and do so after seeing Phantom of the Opera so you get the parodical elements.)
I dutifully jotted down notes in my rust-brown notebook all the way home, taking care not to be seen, and shall transform them into some sort of long-winded review over the weekend, when I am not working, or sampling cheeses.
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Date: 2004-12-18 05:31 pm (UTC)Can't wait to see your review!
Also, if you want to post movie spoilers, it might be a good idea to hide them behind a cut. Just use this HTML code
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or if you want the cut to have a title, do it like this
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Date: 2004-12-18 06:47 pm (UTC)BIG SPOILERS
OMG! Tealin! He is SO watching us through little peep holes! Did you SEE THE TWIRLYNOODLE?! AND THE OPENING!? THE BEST OPENER AND CREDITS EVER! As soon as I saw the forest, I leaned over to Sara and I said, "I don't know if they are or not, but this SO looks like a beginning for The Littlest Elf". I was SO excited when he popped on screen! I was laughing hysterically, and I mean hysterically, through the whole thing at all the Snicket jokes (and the twirly noodle, and THE SUBTITLES! SHE IS SO CUTTTEE) and NO one in the theatre was laughing except for me! It was... surprisingly awesome. I'm not too impressed with Carrey, didn't think I would be, but the costumes did work, and all the references made it so vode. I can't get over The Littlest Elf and the twirly noodle. I shrieked so loudly! I couldn't believe it! The train scene was pretty dramatic, especially for something that was added, and there was no flying Olaf! Was there?
I loved Sunny, liked Violet a lot, Klaus could have been better. The Uncle Monty scene was sad. I didn't like the giving of way too much info way too soon. I wonder how reliable those clues are. Also, no brandy bottle and fire, though the buring of the document was actully far more clever than different hand signings. The leeches were surprisingly cry-pee, and I did like how they dealed with the whole Curdled Cave shebang. It was interesting. Did anyone else notice the complete doll Sunny sitting on the little island of Josephine's home? With the hood up? O, well.
The credits were WAY cool, but the opener was SO. FUNNY. I SO hope that's on the soundtrack! It so ruled! Huzzah! Have I mentioned I didn't like the spyglasses? I thought they didn't make any sense, especially when compared to all the fire talk. I did like the VFD logo thing though. I didn't like how the letter was suddenly there, and why the parents happened to decide to tell them about VFD while away in Europe either. Also, seeing their real address was annoying.
Maybe I should talk abotu Carrey more... I just can't decide. I think he.. was slightly funny, but I think cruel with a HINT of funny would have far more funny. I mean, Olaf is immature, especially around Esme, but he's definitly not second grader in book the first. He acted way over the top sometimes, and I think Daniel Handler is one of the only people who can really make over the top way funny. Carrey attempted it, but he was often not funny and ruined the feel of the scene.
TWIRLYNOODLE!!!!!!!
Overall, I liked it quite a bit more than I actully thought I would. It was quite different than the books in some parts, but I loved how they kept reminding you that it's still Snicket. And the little Jude Law moments were cool.
M.
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Date: 2004-12-18 07:30 pm (UTC)