This February, the hit musical Hairspray is coming to Eden Court.
Baltimore, 1962, and Tracy Turnblad, a girl with a big heart, is determined to follow her dream of dancing on the national TV. When her audition goes well and makes her a local star, she uses her new-found fame to fight for equality with Link Larkin right behind her.
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I hope that you'll come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
Friday 26 January 2018
Wednesday 24 January 2018
Review of Jumanjii: Welcome to the Jungle
Today I've seen Jumanjii: Welcome to the Jungle, and I enjoyed it.
I have heard of Jumanjii, but have only watched the original film with the fantastic Robin Williams just a couple of weeks ago, and I enjoyed that film and got to look forward to the sequel.
I think that modernising the Jumanjii board game into a video game was a good idea, for as a character asked, "Who plays game board anymore?". I do, but games have "moved on" and people talk about the latest video games that are being released.
One piece of the original film they've kept was the beating drums. In the first film, it's heard by kids near the board game, while the sequel it's heard when a level is about to start. I liked the way the film referred to Alan Parrish (who was played by Adam Hann-Byrd as a kid and famously by Robin Williams as an adult in the previous film).
The development of the characters was very well done. At the start Spencer and Anthony "Fridge" lose their friendship, while Bethany is somebody interested more in herself and gets in trouble for having her phone on in class and Martha is uninterested in PE class, and at the end of the film, the two boys reconcile, Bethany learns to look beyond herself thanks to Alex and Martha learns how to be more open about herself.
I liked the ending where the teenagers remember the original timeline and and meet Alex in the revised timeline where Bethany had an impact on Alex, similar to the previous film where Alan and Sarah remember the original timeline when they returned to starting point of the game, and meet Judy and Peter years later. While Alan and Sarah tried to get rid of the game by throwing it into a river, the four teenagers smash the video game.
I liked the honour in the film, such as when Bethany in her male avatar Professor Oberon has to teach Martha in her avatar Ruby Roundhouse how to flirt to distract some guards in order to get into a shed with vehicles in.
Overall, I enjoyed the film and I hope to watch it again.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
I have heard of Jumanjii, but have only watched the original film with the fantastic Robin Williams just a couple of weeks ago, and I enjoyed that film and got to look forward to the sequel.
I think that modernising the Jumanjii board game into a video game was a good idea, for as a character asked, "Who plays game board anymore?". I do, but games have "moved on" and people talk about the latest video games that are being released.
One piece of the original film they've kept was the beating drums. In the first film, it's heard by kids near the board game, while the sequel it's heard when a level is about to start. I liked the way the film referred to Alan Parrish (who was played by Adam Hann-Byrd as a kid and famously by Robin Williams as an adult in the previous film).
The development of the characters was very well done. At the start Spencer and Anthony "Fridge" lose their friendship, while Bethany is somebody interested more in herself and gets in trouble for having her phone on in class and Martha is uninterested in PE class, and at the end of the film, the two boys reconcile, Bethany learns to look beyond herself thanks to Alex and Martha learns how to be more open about herself.
I liked the ending where the teenagers remember the original timeline and and meet Alex in the revised timeline where Bethany had an impact on Alex, similar to the previous film where Alan and Sarah remember the original timeline when they returned to starting point of the game, and meet Judy and Peter years later. While Alan and Sarah tried to get rid of the game by throwing it into a river, the four teenagers smash the video game.
I liked the honour in the film, such as when Bethany in her male avatar Professor Oberon has to teach Martha in her avatar Ruby Roundhouse how to flirt to distract some guards in order to get into a shed with vehicles in.
Overall, I enjoyed the film and I hope to watch it again.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
Review of Star Wars: The Last Jedi
I saw Star Wars: The Last Jedi before Christmas and I enjoyed it.
Many people have commented on the length of the film, but I didn't take much notice of it.
In this film we see how Luke Skywalker has become a changed man from the original trilogy, like Ben Kenobi at the start of the original trilogy, Luke is the one in exile now. Seeing Yoda performed as a puppet like in the original trilogy, it was a delight that he looked more real than a CGI character and he could still teach Luke a lesson or two about the Force.
Rey and Kylo Ren's relationship was something that developed over the course of the film, and we see that, like Darth Vader, Kylo Ren isn't full villain, but he did have some similar plans Vader had when he turned to the Dark Side. I look forward to seeing how their relationship will develop.
This film is the last to feature Carrie Fisher who died before the film was released and after she had filmed her scenes, and it brought a sense of sadness and hope that her scenes will have a meaning, such as the scenes when she see her with Luke before he confronts Kylo Ren. One that struck a cord with me was when the Resistance is abandoning their ship and Leia is talking to Holdo (played by Lauren Dern) and she's about to say the infamous line "May the Force be with you", Leia allows Holdo to say it, commenting something like "I've it a lot of times already". I now wonder how Leia will be explained in the next film, and hopefully we see a satisfying moment.
I enjoyed the film, and I look forward to seeing the next part of the sequel trilogy.
I hope that you'll come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
Many people have commented on the length of the film, but I didn't take much notice of it.
In this film we see how Luke Skywalker has become a changed man from the original trilogy, like Ben Kenobi at the start of the original trilogy, Luke is the one in exile now. Seeing Yoda performed as a puppet like in the original trilogy, it was a delight that he looked more real than a CGI character and he could still teach Luke a lesson or two about the Force.
Rey and Kylo Ren's relationship was something that developed over the course of the film, and we see that, like Darth Vader, Kylo Ren isn't full villain, but he did have some similar plans Vader had when he turned to the Dark Side. I look forward to seeing how their relationship will develop.
This film is the last to feature Carrie Fisher who died before the film was released and after she had filmed her scenes, and it brought a sense of sadness and hope that her scenes will have a meaning, such as the scenes when she see her with Luke before he confronts Kylo Ren. One that struck a cord with me was when the Resistance is abandoning their ship and Leia is talking to Holdo (played by Lauren Dern) and she's about to say the infamous line "May the Force be with you", Leia allows Holdo to say it, commenting something like "I've it a lot of times already". I now wonder how Leia will be explained in the next film, and hopefully we see a satisfying moment.
I enjoyed the film, and I look forward to seeing the next part of the sequel trilogy.
I hope that you'll come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
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