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Emotional film, or emotional girl?

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Mighty Joe Young (1998)

I'm not sure if it was the ::cough:: moving story, or the simple fact that I was 17 and overly hormonal when I saw this film the first time, (though I would put my money on the latter) I cried my monkey loving eyes out during a pivotal scene in "Mighty Joe Young". It's a cute film, but lacks an exciting plot flow and left me with something to be desired. but I sobbed during a film about a 2 ton ape. What do I know?

Posted Friday, June 01, 2007 1:49 PM by Keli_Ultra | with 0 comments

Less than impressed

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Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)

As a woman with a strong desire to understand all things relating back to the development of post war Japan, I was a big fan of the book when it was first published. When I heard of their intentions to make a movie I was, to say the least, disappointed. I walked into the theater prepared to leave unsatisfied, and received exactly what I expected. Though the adaptation was not terrible, it was mediocre at best. The cinematography was not as wonderful as many have raved, and large portions of the story were completely removed, changing the once awful/beautiful story into something more dark and depressing than I believe the author originally intended.

Posted Friday, June 01, 2007 1:38 PM by Keli_Ultra | with 0 comments