An eye for an ear, right?

I went to see "Let Me In", for a review of this movie please refer to my earlier review of "Let the Right One In" since they are EXACTLY the same.
http://cquilty.blogspot.com/2009/02/let-right-one-in.html
The original is still far superior but they did a damn fine job of copy and pasting the entire film, though somehow in the process some of the atmosphere was still lost.
I was sad to see the cat scene go, and I didn't like the c.g'd Abbey climbing and jumping, she just looked like Gollum.


I've also been checking out the film series that runs every Wednesday night. I usually had to miss these movies due to class but I am a liberated girl now so I piled in with all of Chilliwack's senior citizens to catch the weekly movies. Last week was "The Kids Are All Right". I will watch anything with Julianne Moore so I was down to watch her as 1/2 of lesbian couple rearing two children who are curious about their sperm donor dad (played by the always dreamy, Mark Ruffalo). This movie was especially naughty with lots of cussing and lesbian encounters so I was pretty tickled to see the haughty Chilliwack society slowly exiting the film. Lesbians, BOO!
The movie was actually pretty funny and charming. The cast was astounding but I did have a few issues with the plot. Some of the consequences just didn't match with the acts themselves, things went from light to downright depressing pretty quick and I felt mostly confused. Julianne Moore's North Carolina accent seemed to be slipping in quite a bit making her even more adorable than usual. I never have seen such an impressive cluster of mouth breathers in one film either. Close your damn mouth people! (I'm looking at you Ruffalo!)

Legends are now and forever

Here is a movie one should procure immediately, legally or otherwise. People are always listing Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal as their favorite childhood movies but those films can go pound sand because Ridley Scott puts Jim Henson to shame. Legend has it all: goblins, unicorns, dwarfs, elves, fairies, tom cruise (pre-dental work) in a mowgli-esque loin dress, Tim curry, devils, love, death, magic.
Mia Sara is Princess Lili, you may remember her as Ferris Bueller's hot girlfriend Sloane. She looks quite a bit like Jennifer Connelly's Sarah from Labyrinth but that old stick in the mud Sarah never wears anything this scandalous.

That dress is practically showing her belly button! But you have to work it when you want to impress the gigantic Lord of Darkness played by Tim Curry (who is a way more unsettling Tranny than Bowie could ever be)
Don't be fooled by how unusually jovial he looks in that picture, he is not a friendly fella. He is pretty much pure bad and wants to take over everything good and pure and make it evil. (Hence Princess Lili in that skanky dress)
This movie is super pretty and ethereal while at the same time super scary and creepy. The super 80's soundtrack originally recorded by Tangerine Dream is also a real treat, prepare for lots of synth.