valarltd | 9/50 movies

Sweeney Todd--I played chaperone to 8 teenagers after a full day of work. This was great. Depp and Bonham-Carter were brilliant and Jamie Campbell Bower is so pretty & femme, my daughter was getting lesbian subtext during the Joanna romance. Alan Rickman was perfect, as always.

Full Metal Alchemist: The Conquest of Shamballa--interesting piece of work. A nifty alternate history, with the Nazi Thule Society actually achieving a goal.

Smokey and the Bandit--A shame for a driver to admit it, but I'd never seen this. Funny, if a bit dated.

Ever After--Still not sure why this is PG-13 and not a G, except for one bit of crude language. My kids were iffy about it, but soon got into it. Anjelica Huston is wonderfully loathesome, and Drew Barrymore still has the pretty and innocent thing.

Bridge to Terabithia--I never read this book, and it's a shame, since it's the sort of thing I would have loved at 10-14. The SPFX are good, the story is a fairly predictable YA piece.

Blazing Saddles--The A&E bleeped version. A classic comedy, with the best fart joke ever put on screen. The kids were rolling at that scene.

Night at the Museum--Sweet and predictable. Nice FX, very funny. Dick van Dyke sorely underused.

Captain Blood--Erroll Flynn vs. Basil Rathbone as rival pirates. Three of the four kids enjoyed a lot. Bun wants more Flynn/DeHavilland movies, and I will oblige her.

The Thief of Bagdad--Douglas Fairbanks is having a wonderful time. Pity this thing moves so very slowly.