So this weekend was spent mostly watching movies and going to a musical – with some martinis mixed in for good measure. Friday night we went to see Juno, the new film by Diablo Cody. Saturday night, we went to see Avenue Q (again) at the State Theater. And Sunday morning we (finally) watched Pan’s Labyrinth on DVD.
Friday night was movie night, and we headed out to see Juno. Fantastic. Best comedy I’ve seen in a long time. It was like Garden State, only funny – like, Little Miss Sunshine, only watchable. It’s one of those few movies that you’d go pay AMC to see again right away, if only so you can remember more of those many witty one liners, even though they won’t be nearly as good when you repeat them as they were delivered in the film.
Saturday night we went to the State Theater to finally see Avenue Q again. We saw it in July of 2006 on Broadway, and I’ve been dying to see it again. It is hilarious. Absolutely hilarious. We were lucky enough to get front row tickets this time. When we saw it in New York, we were, of course, way up in the upper balcony. I would, however, recommend seeing this play from up high the first time you see it. This is because half of the characters in play are puppets. Hand puppets that have an actor or two on stage controlling them. From up high, you easily forget the actors are there, and can get much more immersed in the story. From the front row, I found myself following the actor more than the puppet. The actors did great jobs acting, with fantastic facial expressions, and it was fun to watch. However, I think it takes something away from the story to not focus on the puppets. Just my opinion though.
2 comments:
Juno was excellent, I agree!
What did you think of Pan's Labyrinth? It took us 3 days to watch the whole movie because we kept getting interrupted.
I though it was a good movie. Very interesting. Very disturbing. The pure cruelty of the Captain made the movie, but made me flinch sometimes as well.
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