popcorn in my teeth

[orangerful]

Watched two movies this weekend -- Crazy Stupid Love and Brave.

Crazy Stupid Love was much better than I expected. It had some flaws, but it was a fun rom-com to watch. As usual, it ran a little two long (almost 2 hours) and if they had taken an editor to the script before shooting, they could have improved the film a lot. It really wanted to be a Love Actually kind of tale, but they lost track of too many of the other stories and forgot to actually build up the female characters. It had lots of good laughs though and we both enjoyed it enough.

Brave was awesome! SO PRETTY! Pixar never disappoints. It made me want to get frizzy red hair and talk with a Scottish accent all day long! Lots of humorous moments and, like any good Pixar flick, I started to tear up a few times. Considering this was Pixar's first heroine and that it took place in an ancient, magical Scotland, they did an amazing job of creating this new world and getting by without relying on pop culture references. I mean, there's a lot of humor in Toy Story and Wall*E etc. that come from poking fun at modern culture, but there was really only one sequence like this in Brave and it was over pretty quickly.

Debating whether or not I want to get the soundtrack. OOH it's up on Spotify *listens* I love Scottish music :)

Comments

[juliet-demarcus.livejournal.com]

I want to see Brave right now! So bad!

I'm glad that you found it to be as good as you had anticipated. I'm thinking I may go see it with my BFF and goddaughters sometime soon. I hope so.

I saw Crazy Stupid Love a good while back, and I wasn't expecting it to be worth anything, so I was quite shocked and impressed. I don't believe I had ever really seen anything with Steve Carell before, and I thought he did an amazing job. I didn't think about the Love, Actually comparison...to me, nothing approaches that movie...it is my favorite romantic comedy ever (and is also my favorite Christmas movie).

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

oh, agreed, CSL did not come close to Love Actually in staying power. But I felt like the writer is clearly a fan of that film and wanted to create a similar story with interweaving plots and characters but he got distracted. Or she. I can't remember if it was a man or a woman writer, but it struck me later how male-centric the movie was. I mean, the little daughter only had like 1 line. Emma Stone and Julianne Moore were totally underutilized. I enjoyed the movie, but it missed so many obvious steps that I doubt I will go back and watch it.

[plumxxjam.livejournal.com]

Scottish music is so much love. ♥ I also recommend Galician music (specifically artists like Hevia and Luar na Lubre). :)

I'm hoping I'll get to see Brave ASAP. All the amazing stuff I'm hearing about it makes me so happy. :3

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

are you famililar with the singer Julie Fowlis? She did the vocals on the intro song for BRAVE. Looks l ike she usually sings in Gaelic. They have a few of her albums up on Spotify, might have to give her a listen too, along with you suggestions :)

[plumxxjam.livejournal.com]

I am just barely familiar with Julie Fowlis! She came up as an example of comparison in my Contemporary Spanish Culture course when Galician music was discussed, since Galician music is heavily influenced by Celtic music! I say give her a listen. :)

[starbuck92.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed Crazy Stupid Love. I honestly didn't think I would, but my niece insisted I watch, and it didn't disappoint.

I finally saw Brave last night and OMG. SHEER PERFECTION. The music was incredible and I'm glad you said you found it on Spotify. I'll have to go looking to listen. So pretty.