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Nov. 30th, 2003 10:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
la_belle_laide"Your cadaverous pallor betrays an aura of foreboding, almost as though you sense a disquieting metamorphosis. Is this haunted room actually stretching, or is it your imagination, hmm? And consider this dismaying observation: This chamber has no windows, and no doors. (Evil chortle.) Which offers you this chilling challenge: to find a way out! AHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA... Of course, there's always my way...."
And then the seasoned Haunted Mansion rider will scream a second before the recorded scream, and much louder, thus scaring the piss out of the people next to you.
Too bad the movie sucked. Most of the actors looked as if they'd rather be anywhere else but in this movie. Eddie Murphy was only marginally funny, and that's pretty depressing, because he usually cracks me up just by being Eddie Murphy. Marsha Thomason, as Sara Evers, did nothing more than just sort of walk around and look pretty. Aree Davis as The Spunky Teenage Daughter had the same exact expression on her face the entire time, no matter what was going on. Ghosts are leading you somewhere? Exasperated boredom! You have to ride through a haunted graveyard and face zombies? Exasperated boredom! Mom might die?! Exasperated boredom! Actually, though, Mark John Jefferies was as the ten year old son was pretty good, and he was way too cute. Terrence Stamp was good, too; I've seen him in a handful of things, and he's always good.
Master Gracey. "Master Gracey / Laid to rest / No mourning please / At his request" Each time I read that on the tombstone outside of the ride, I picture Master Gracey as having been this ancient, wheelchair bound guy before he died. Never would have thought to picture him as Nathaniel Parker. I spent most of the movie going, "Who the hell is this guy? He's hot! I know I've seen him in other movies. He'd make one hell of a good Rochester." Duh, now that I look him up on IMDB.com I remember having seen parts of Wide Sargasso Sea which, incidentally, is one of my favorite books, though I can't remember if I liked the movie or not. Right now I'm I'm inclined to say that I did, but maybe that's because I'm thinking that there should be more men with dark, tormented eyes and Hair As Black As A Raven's Wing. Hottie.
Anyway, but it was fun to sit there and go, "ooh! That was in the ride! Oh look, there's that room! It's the Swinging Wake! That door! The candles! The piano!" and all of that, but I wouldn't sit through the damned thing again. It's not as bad as the horror that was the "Tower Of Terror" movie but it wasn't good. :/ I mean, wtf? What's Disney going to do, make a movie for every ride they have? "Space Mountain: The Movie. In a world...where people go into space...one man must..." Yadda yadda yadda. "Test Track: The Movie! In a world...where cars get tested..." Dicker dicker blah. "Fantasyland's Carousel: The Movie! In a world...where people go around in a circle on plastic horses..."
In other movie news, I also finally saw Finding Nemo last night. It wasn't as awesome as Lilo and Stitch, but it was pretty good. I laughed out loud during quite a few parts, like when the pelicans were sitting together and the bubbles came up....Yeah, that was hilarious! And any part with the stupid seagulls cracked me right the hell up. "Mine. Mine. Mine. Mine." I know seagulls pretty well (I've had some fights with them on the beach because they always try to steal my sandwich,) and we get billions of them at work, and I swear to god, I feel like someone finally saw them for how they really are. Nothing against seagulls; I like them when they're not harassing me, but that really is what they're always saying. ;) It's hilarious. The voices were all terrific. Looks like Disney's back on a roll, at least with animation. I think the Pixar people are great.
And, hello! Geoffrey Rush as Nigel the pelican! He was awesome. But then, he always is. :) And dude, Ellen Degeneres was hilarious, too.
Well, now I'm off to watch Huge Ackman hopefully take his shirt off.
Someday when I have time, I'm going to make a list of my favorite movie moments. I know you're all dying to read it. ;)
And then the seasoned Haunted Mansion rider will scream a second before the recorded scream, and much louder, thus scaring the piss out of the people next to you.
Too bad the movie sucked. Most of the actors looked as if they'd rather be anywhere else but in this movie. Eddie Murphy was only marginally funny, and that's pretty depressing, because he usually cracks me up just by being Eddie Murphy. Marsha Thomason, as Sara Evers, did nothing more than just sort of walk around and look pretty. Aree Davis as The Spunky Teenage Daughter had the same exact expression on her face the entire time, no matter what was going on. Ghosts are leading you somewhere? Exasperated boredom! You have to ride through a haunted graveyard and face zombies? Exasperated boredom! Mom might die?! Exasperated boredom! Actually, though, Mark John Jefferies was as the ten year old son was pretty good, and he was way too cute. Terrence Stamp was good, too; I've seen him in a handful of things, and he's always good.
Master Gracey. "Master Gracey / Laid to rest / No mourning please / At his request" Each time I read that on the tombstone outside of the ride, I picture Master Gracey as having been this ancient, wheelchair bound guy before he died. Never would have thought to picture him as Nathaniel Parker. I spent most of the movie going, "Who the hell is this guy? He's hot! I know I've seen him in other movies. He'd make one hell of a good Rochester." Duh, now that I look him up on IMDB.com I remember having seen parts of Wide Sargasso Sea which, incidentally, is one of my favorite books, though I can't remember if I liked the movie or not. Right now I'm I'm inclined to say that I did, but maybe that's because I'm thinking that there should be more men with dark, tormented eyes and Hair As Black As A Raven's Wing. Hottie.
Anyway, but it was fun to sit there and go, "ooh! That was in the ride! Oh look, there's that room! It's the Swinging Wake! That door! The candles! The piano!" and all of that, but I wouldn't sit through the damned thing again. It's not as bad as the horror that was the "Tower Of Terror" movie but it wasn't good. :/ I mean, wtf? What's Disney going to do, make a movie for every ride they have? "Space Mountain: The Movie. In a world...where people go into space...one man must..." Yadda yadda yadda. "Test Track: The Movie! In a world...where cars get tested..." Dicker dicker blah. "Fantasyland's Carousel: The Movie! In a world...where people go around in a circle on plastic horses..."
In other movie news, I also finally saw Finding Nemo last night. It wasn't as awesome as Lilo and Stitch, but it was pretty good. I laughed out loud during quite a few parts, like when the pelicans were sitting together and the bubbles came up....Yeah, that was hilarious! And any part with the stupid seagulls cracked me right the hell up. "Mine. Mine. Mine. Mine." I know seagulls pretty well (I've had some fights with them on the beach because they always try to steal my sandwich,) and we get billions of them at work, and I swear to god, I feel like someone finally saw them for how they really are. Nothing against seagulls; I like them when they're not harassing me, but that really is what they're always saying. ;) It's hilarious. The voices were all terrific. Looks like Disney's back on a roll, at least with animation. I think the Pixar people are great.
And, hello! Geoffrey Rush as Nigel the pelican! He was awesome. But then, he always is. :) And dude, Ellen Degeneres was hilarious, too.
Well, now I'm off to watch Huge Ackman hopefully take his shirt off.
Someday when I have time, I'm going to make a list of my favorite movie moments. I know you're all dying to read it. ;)
