This was really interesting! It scratched an itch I didn't know I had - I guess for something playing with genre and telling a bold story and being aware of how something might be seen badly but being willing to try it anyway? I think the reception of this film suffers from the lack of representation of a range of stories featuring trans characters, and so the desire for widely representative/perfect/uncomplicated representation is projected onto Emilia. I think this is…
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Wicked 2024
I had fun!!! Watched it twice so I could see it with my mum, as enjoyable the second time! Felt a little like watching cocomelon, the editing moved too much... I liked Ariana Grande's commited Glinda, and thought Cynthia Erivo was great, phenomenal voice and good acting except for over-expressing on the left side of her face ... a weird pouty thing going on which I sometimes found distracting. Amazing seeing two films with library dance scenes so close to…
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The Music Man 1962
Robert Preston is so wonderful and captivating I would do a Marian and ignore the red flags of Professor Harold Hill. I think this is my favourite movie musical of the golden era if we extend the golden age this far (it is on the tail... but it feels like one!).
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