Tag: movie ideas

Movie Idea: Ella Enchanted

While researching Disney animated movies, I reflected on the plot of Cinderella and how antiquated its message to young girls is (click here for an overly long, obtuse feminist critique of the film). Then I remembered a review from Roger Ebert about Ella Enchanted:

“Ella Enchanted” is enchanted, all right. Based on the beloved novel by Gail Carson Levine, it’s a high-spirited charmer, a fantasy that sparkles with delights. A lot of the fun is generated because it takes place in a world that is one part “Cinderella,” one part “Shrek,” and one part “The Princess Bride.”

I still haven’t gotten around to see this, and others have commented on how it is a fun antidote to the Disney Cinderella story. I think I’ll be putting this on the schedule for our next movie marathon.

Movie Idea: The Wicker Man

After listening to the 101 films you should have seen podcast, it could not be more clear to me that I need to include The Wicker Man: The Final Cut in my next movie marathon. As they put it:

 If you’ve never seen The Wicker Man, you’re in for a treat. It’s a bizarre, enticing film that draws you in with its weird, sometimes funny depiction of life on a remote Scottish island before knocking you down with a sensational ending. Famously, it’s almost impossible to categorise: perhaps the closest you could get is a comedy-musical whodunnit with a hint of horror. Whatever it is, it’s unmissable.

I’m always game for a movie that is truly unique – something I’ve truly never seen before. And good news for us in the United States – this “final cut” version of the film is available for sale on January 7th, 2014

Here is the trailer for the re-released version of the The Wicker Man.