Because Julie Taymor directed this, it is quite lovely and I must say the casting of Helen Mirren as Prosper(o/a) was interesting. However, I did not enjoy this movie version as much as I enjoyed the bare-bones Shakespeare in the Park version I watched last summer. That aside, it was not a bad way to spend two hours.
It’s four hours long, but not boring. I get the Kenneth Branagh “thing” now. It was very cinematic in scope and I liked it.
I liked this last summer in the theater and I liked it when I watched it as part of the Avengers Assembly movie series. I think Hugo Weaving playing the villain was the best of the Avengers villains and I think that Chris Evans manages to project a vulnerability left over from his scrawny days that suits his character. However, the people we watched the movie with pointed out some inconsistencies in the ending which I hadn’t considered, which prompted Matt to show us a clip from How it Should Have Ended which was incredibly funny, given that the point had just come up.
This was one of those movies I want to just go and live in for a few days. Great acting, funny, complex without being confusing, and full of warmth. I enjoyed it so much I requested the director’s other movies from the library and I highly recommend you watch this one.
Last year, I mostly did not like this film, finding the main actor cheese-o-riffic, though I liked the special effects. Upon re-watching it for our Avengers Assembly, I liked it quite a bit more. I think it was because I was prepared for Thor’s he-man looks and funny facial/head hair, but somehow the whole movie seemed a bit deeper the second time around.
A “zany comedy” recommended by the library’s blog, this was a bit slow (as befitting a movie made 70 years ago) and I enjoyed Ginger Roger’s slightly dingy main character. Having only seen her with Fred Astaire, I was intrigued to see her on her own. I wasn’t happy with the ending, but a movie that is about three generations out of my own expereince isn’t probably going to have the same idea of “happy ending” as I do.
I liked Edward Norton as Bruce Banner, it worked for me though I know others were not so happy with his performance. I can never decide if Liv Tyler is a good actress or if I just like her so much I’m happy to watch her no matter her acting ability. Overall, not a bad way to spend an evening.
I rented (meaning I got it from the library) this because the movie My Week with Marilyn is based on the experience of one of the crew of this production. While I found My Week with Marilyn a bit trying, I greatly enjoyed this frippery of a tale. Monroe’s comedic talents were on display and I liked how smart the “dumb blonde” was.