Let the objectification begin (well, not really)

[bluecastle]

So ... Magic Mike last night... finally. It would have been last week, but I had to go see my Tommy one more time. :D

I enjoyed it. But man ... did they have three different cinematographers? Maybe it was intentional, but there seemed to be such a difference between the picture quality between the everyday stuff, and the club stuff, and then that sandbar stuff was just GORGEOUS -- all those pastels against the golden sand and blue water and the reflections. guh!! But the everyday stuff was often just slightly out of focus and those stupid yellow filters really annoy me. 

I think the script was kinda muddled, and no one was exactly sure what kind of movie they were making -- or whose story it really was ... but it was sort of the love child of The Full Monty, Gypsy, and any random 70s porno. So there's that. 

And there were some great acting moments here and there. And some not great ones. Please can Matt Bomer never talk about boobs again? LOL

Anyway, I did look at my watch once ... and that pig was cute (until it was nibbling at puke, even fake movie puke) ... and so not a bad use of my $9.25. (with additional $9.00 for coffee and popcorn).

btw ... if anyone wants a Looper poster with heavily airbrushed JGL let me know. I picked two up on my way out of the cineplex last night.

oh, and, one of the previews was for some song/show choir competition thing ... which normally I would avoid but whatever it is has a spunky plus size gal who calls herself Fat Amy and is AWESOME ... wicked talented and funny and just ... well, not your everyday fat girl in a movie! At least from the previews. So bonus points for that.

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[alba17.livejournal.com]

I saw Magic Mike last week, finally. Was going to do a movie post soon since I also saw Dark Knight Rises. I enjoyed it more than I expected. I thought the romance was charming and Channing T. was very likeable. Alex Pettyfer was awful. Agreed about Matt B. and boobs, lol.

[valancy-joy.livejournal.com]

i still keep thinking they spent so much time working on the strip numbers that they handed the cameras over to the interns to shoot the rest of it... some of it was downright student film looking! But I'll forgive them everything for that sandbar picnic scene. Totally gorgeous!

Oh, and I forgot to say I liked the guy playing the club DJ ... he's a stand up comic whose stuff is pretty hilarious and it was nice to see him do some acting.

Bomer's Ken doll strip though ... too funny :D

[alba17.livejournal.com]

The strip sequences were hilarious. And Channing can dance! Later I found out he got started in a Step Up movie. Um, I didn't notice the differences in the shooting. Didn't know about the DJ being a stand up comic. Whhyyyyy did he give the Kid all those pills?? argh

[valancy-joy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, given that Channing was once an exotic dancer in an all male revue, the meta was all over the place. But in a goodish sort of way!