Coyote Cinema: Mirror, Mirror

[cyrano]

Kit strongly advised me to see this after he saw it in cinema. And I can only blame him at this point for not recommending it more strongly. This is... an odd film in many ways, and I need to watch it with subtitles because there was a lot of dialogue I missed for the laughing. The fourth wall does not survive this encounter.

It's directed by Tarsem Singh, who is best known for opulent lush films like The Cell and The Fall, and I was very glad that Jess had a good sized monitor for viewing it, because there are some pretty impressive visuals. There's also a weird technicolor nod to Audrey Hepburn, possibly Roman Holiday (she *is* a princess...), that I don't understand but still loved. The closing credits are done with a Bollywood number that I *really* don't understand but still loved.

And any time you have your heroine say "The prince always saves the princess in the stories. Let's change that this time." then I'm probably going to have a good time.

Four wags and a temptation to own.

Comments

[jesshartley.livejournal.com]

I really liked it too. Honestly, while not The Princess Bride or Labyrinth, it was up there with the best fairy tale movies I've seen. I loved that all the dwarves had their own personalities, if not extremely deep, and the stunt work was amazing. Loved the mirror (and was pleased that I'd already told you about my Clockwork Mirror, so it didn't seem I'd stolen it from there when that story is finished!) And, as you pointed out... this Snow White can act.

[kirbyk.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm home sick, and Netflix Streaming has it, so far it's making for good sick-watching!

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Aww. Feel better.
I'm pretty confident you'll like it.

[missdotti.livejournal.com]

Absolutely LOVED it! I need to watch it some more.