Childhood Disappointments

This movie.....sucked. I couldn't believe how uninteresting the story was and how long it dragged on and how bored I was. I went with my aunt and little cousins. The movie choices were either Power Ranges or Boss Baby. We should have seen the latter. There were some enjoyable parts and funny one liners but not enough to save this film.

We got their early enough to get choice seats, allllll the way in the back. We were literally in the last row, hidden away from other movie goers. I'd already seen all the trailers so there was nothing new there. Then the movie started and I was let down. I wanted to leave and walk out but it was a family outing and that's frowned upon. One of my younger cousins even fell asleep during the movie! I am not kidding. He was snoring an curled up in the seat, missing all the awful acting and lack of action sequences. The only part of the movie I liked was the blue Ranger. He was hilarious and refreshing and believable.

After the end credits, we all agreed that the movie was not good. It didn't make us feel better when Boss Baby was let out and everyone had smiles on their smug little faces.

Note to self: Wait for the $3 theater to watch all remakes, re-imaginings, and reboots from my childhood. I won't feel as shafted as i did with this movie.

Disney Remake

I'd like to make a confession: I have never seen the 1991 version of Beauty and the Beast. I know, I KNOW! It keeps me up at night and leaves me feeling ashamed...

Actually I don't give a rat's ass and you wanna know something else? I've never seen The Little Mermaid either. Stick that in your judgmental Disney pipe and smoke it. I got hooked on Lion Kind and Hercules and Pocahontas growing up. I had no more room for the other classics, even to this day. But I love Emma Watson and have a huge crush on Dan Stevens so I was obligated to see this film. I waited two(?) weeks after it was released to watch it. Kelly invited me for a matinee pre-brunch movie and I happily accepted. We were in a smaller theater and sat in seats on the right towards the middle of the theater. None of the trailers really grabbed my attention. Finally, the movie started and it was great the whole way through. I don't know if anything was severely changed or kept exactly the same. I just know I loved it. The songs were beautifully sung and the acting was cute; cute definitely being a compliment in this case.

The CGI was iffy in some parts but I was mostly able to lose myself in the story. I cried...twice. I have no control over my emotions and this film was tugging at my fragile heartstrings. There wasn't an end credit scene (according to the employee cleaning up the theater) so we didn't stick around. This movie is great for all ages. It did fail on making me interested in seeing the original though. I'm completely happy with this being my only reference to the title.