Two Blondes review a movie and mostly ramble about themselves:
ALISON SAYS:
I really, really, really loved this book, so I went in not expecting much, since movies often don’t live up to the books they’re based on. But I was happily surprised. I thought it was a really beautiful adaptation of the book. Not perfect, but a good adaptation. They left out some of the most touching parts of the book (I highly, highly recommend reading this book), but I understand the choice to leave them out, and thought it did help the movie to flow smoothly. The three main actors (Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson and Christoph Waltz) did a great job of giving these characters life.
It’s a gorgeous film and I loved seeing Reese’s hair and dresses from that time period. And it made me wish I had a personal hair stylist to curl my hair that way on a daily basis. I also really wish I had a pet elephant.
LA Viewers: Read the book first, and then go see a matinee, especially if you love animals.
Translation for non-LA viewers: same goes for you.
JESSICA SAYS:
This review is going to be short. I saw Water for Elephants weeks ago, when it came out. I didn’t think we were going to review it for this here blog, but then my cohort decided to see it this past weekend. Now I am desperately trying to remember what I thought of it. What I’ve come up with so far was…I thought it was OK. You know, not bad, not awesome. OK. Romancy (it’s a word. Yes it is. Look it up.).
I remember thinking the movie was very pretty and I was envious of Reese Witherspoon’s depression-era hairstyle. I spent a significant amount of time in the movie wondering if I could pull off that look (silky pin curls) in 2011. What do you think?
Also, RPatz is still hot. Remember Cedric Diggory, you guys. I’ve been on that bandwagon since 2005.
Elephants are awesome. They figured out how to use tools on their own and probably have their own language (not counting the Polish that the elephant in the movie understands).
Wait for it On Demand/DVD.
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