Inside Out
I had lukewarm expectations for this movie, but I ended up laughing good and hard and then getting more emotional than in Toy Story 3. (There may have been some welling up before I realized what was happening.)They did a really good job of showing how complicated emotions can be and how they change and influence each other all in a simple, fun, and poignantly accurate way.
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Released in 2015 - no longer in theaters
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Paper Towns is told from the point of view of Quentin who has been in love with Margo Roth Spiegelman – the girl across the street – since he was seven years old. She is wild and vivacious and both scares and inspires him. Then she disappears. Running away is nothing new for her, but she doesn’t seem to intend to return this time. So Quentin and his band of misfits goes off in search of her.
My favorite theme from this story is that it attempts to dispel the myth of the manic-pixie-dreamgirl – and it’s not from a feminist or even a female point of view. This is a man telling teenage boys to stop creating or searching for that girl and telling girls to stop letting the image they’ve created about themselves dictate who they are. Be more by being something less grand. Don’t be a legend. Be a human girl. And don’t fall in love with someone’s mystique. Fall in love with a someone. (Click on Picture for Full Review)
My favorite theme from this story is that it attempts to dispel the myth of the manic-pixie-dreamgirl – and it’s not from a feminist or even a female point of view. This is a man telling teenage boys to stop creating or searching for that girl and telling girls to stop letting the image they’ve created about themselves dictate who they are. Be more by being something less grand. Don’t be a legend. Be a human girl. And don’t fall in love with someone’s mystique. Fall in love with a someone. (Click on Picture for Full Review)
Cinderella
Cinderella is the
quintessential fairy tale. It is practically its own genre (“it’s a Cinderella
story.”) Of all the fairy tales it has been retold and revamped and twisted and
turned more than any other. I like a good reinterpretation as much as the next
person, but in Cinderella’s case,
doing the straight classic story at this point is the most original approach
you can take. Which is why I was so excited to see the new live action version
of Cinderella by Disney.
While I understand they were just trying to bring the original to life, not do a new interpretation, it still felt like some creativity could have been used. I was hoping to see a more in-depth, psychological, mature, comprehensive, or heck, interesting story. (Click on Picture for Full Review)
While I understand they were just trying to bring the original to life, not do a new interpretation, it still felt like some creativity could have been used. I was hoping to see a more in-depth, psychological, mature, comprehensive, or heck, interesting story. (Click on Picture for Full Review)