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trixtahOk, cuteoverload.com has finally succeeded in killing me. Ducklings! Little flappy wings! David Attenborough! Hilarious music!
On the other moving pictures front, I went to see The Queen today. It's about the reaction of the Royal Family to Princess Di's death, and the manoeuvrings of the newly-elected Labour government at the time. What an excellent movie. Helen Mirren just gets better and better. And the guy who played Tony Blair, Michael Sheen, was perfect too. I was the only person in the theatre who laughed when a flunky told Blair that Gordon Brown was on the phone, and he said, "Tell him to wait". Ho ho.
But there were a number of funny moments throughout, as there were poignant ones. I liked the Queen's interaction with the king stag, and all the associated symbolism. I also liked how her handling of her dogs and her vehicles compared and contrasted with her handling of human beings and the situation. The photography was awesome, with some great shots of the Highlands.
I didn't really like the way that Cherie Blair was played as a bit of a smart-arse. While she's always been reasonably frank about her political opinions, I think she's way too intelligent to have been such a smirking schoolgirl about them. Prince Phillip is played perfectly by James Cromwell, in that I wanted to shoot him with his own shotgun. Prince Charles was played by Alex Jennings, who gave him possibly a bit too much of a wimpish affect, but he handled the emotional stuff well.
The Salon review is actually one of the few of Stephanie Zarcharek's where I think she mainly hits it on the head. The Guardian fills in more of the gaps from the UK perspective. It's definitely worth heading along to. It's sympathetic, but not sycophantic, and is an interesting look at the possible behind-the-scenes events relating to those mad times in England.
On the other moving pictures front, I went to see The Queen today. It's about the reaction of the Royal Family to Princess Di's death, and the manoeuvrings of the newly-elected Labour government at the time. What an excellent movie. Helen Mirren just gets better and better. And the guy who played Tony Blair, Michael Sheen, was perfect too. I was the only person in the theatre who laughed when a flunky told Blair that Gordon Brown was on the phone, and he said, "Tell him to wait". Ho ho.
But there were a number of funny moments throughout, as there were poignant ones. I liked the Queen's interaction with the king stag, and all the associated symbolism. I also liked how her handling of her dogs and her vehicles compared and contrasted with her handling of human beings and the situation. The photography was awesome, with some great shots of the Highlands.
I didn't really like the way that Cherie Blair was played as a bit of a smart-arse. While she's always been reasonably frank about her political opinions, I think she's way too intelligent to have been such a smirking schoolgirl about them. Prince Phillip is played perfectly by James Cromwell, in that I wanted to shoot him with his own shotgun. Prince Charles was played by Alex Jennings, who gave him possibly a bit too much of a wimpish affect, but he handled the emotional stuff well.
The Salon review is actually one of the few of Stephanie Zarcharek's where I think she mainly hits it on the head. The Guardian fills in more of the gaps from the UK perspective. It's definitely worth heading along to. It's sympathetic, but not sycophantic, and is an interesting look at the possible behind-the-scenes events relating to those mad times in England.