jeudi, mai 04, 2006  Mirrormask (with Angeline) was... awesome. Think Alice Through The Looking Glass, except that the Looking Glass is one of those funhouse mirrors all distorted.The acting was amazing - only four principal actors (Helena, male love interest, Mom and Dad), but they carried the story completely. The plot itself was marred only by the pacing (you would imagine someone trying to save a world wearing bunny slippers would have a slightly higher sense of urgency than meandering around anti-town slowly.) What makes this stand out is the amazing, amazing surreal landscape that McKean develops. It's literally like seeing one of his art pieces come to life and moving about. Not completely Dali-ish (although there is a rather creepy scene in which Helena gets dressed by mechanical robot-things which sing "Close To You" in a discordant minor key in a room full of clocks!), and yet there is something familiar about his work. Perhaps I've been staring too much at my Sandman covers. The art, the art, the art! Watch it because it is beautifully created and shot. Watch it to see what postcards by Dave McKean would look like if he merchandised. Watch it to see how far one amazing actor can carry a movie on her back, and not break it. I am in love with the art, the art, the art, and... am shaking in my seat because it is crazy-fantastically-wonderful. I wish the movie allowed us to take pictures or sketch things from its scenery because it was simply... wow. Not for everyone because it's really very, very sureal, but I loved it. Completely. I haven't even mentioned the soundtrack yet, which is something out of a mad genius' mind. Accordians, zylophones, circus tunes gone crazy in a minor key, they're all there... all there. I wish all of you could go and see it. It's simply ... ETA: I forgot to mention that I won these tickets on YOUTH.SG. Yes, YOUTH.SG. Have you not heard of YOUTH.SG? It's a portal for all the YOUTH of SG. Run by the people working near the flower gardens and horses, it's really YOUTHful for finding info on... random stuff pertaining to (what else?) YOUTH IN SG. (Towelboy: Enough plugging and links or not? I think your Google pagerank just skyrocketed. Heh. Yes, my blog is that influential.) [Mirrormask] |
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