Mirrormask
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aiyume and gtpooh at the 7:05 showing of Mirrormask at the Lumiere in Palo Alto, which was a delightful surprise. Splendid folks. "Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with." --Mark Twain
I promisedwhumpdotcom I'd put up a review of Mirrormask. Thus:
It was good. The plot was pretty much exactly that of Labyrinth, but better. The fillips were better, and the characters were better. The images were neat. It was creepy how very much it was like a Dave McKean cover that moved. There were very few scenes in which it looked like people in front of a bluescreen. And there were some just kickass scenes where some sparking young animator nailed character through movement...
I saw nods to Hayao Miyazaki and Terry Gilliam (both Python and "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen"). Stephanie Leonidas is fun to watch. They avoid the "this is all a dream la la la I can't hear you" bullshit that wastes so much time in many similar books and movies.
I fear it's headed quickly to DVD, so I say: grab your chance to be able to brag to geeks of the future, "Oh, Mirrormask? I saw that in the theaters."
aiyume and gtpooh at the 7:05 showing of Mirrormask at the Lumiere in Palo Alto, which was a delightful surprise. Splendid folks. "Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with." --Mark TwainI promised
whumpdotcom I'd put up a review of Mirrormask. Thus: It was good. The plot was pretty much exactly that of Labyrinth, but better. The fillips were better, and the characters were better. The images were neat. It was creepy how very much it was like a Dave McKean cover that moved. There were very few scenes in which it looked like people in front of a bluescreen. And there were some just kickass scenes where some sparking young animator nailed character through movement...
I saw nods to Hayao Miyazaki and Terry Gilliam (both Python and "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen"). Stephanie Leonidas is fun to watch. They avoid the "this is all a dream la la la I can't hear you" bullshit that wastes so much time in many similar books and movies.
I fear it's headed quickly to DVD, so I say: grab your chance to be able to brag to geeks of the future, "Oh, Mirrormask? I saw that in the theaters."