Ah, movies.
Aug. 3rd, 2008 08:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stalkerbunnyWent to see one this afternoon with my mother and younger sister. Absolutely loved the theater (one called Maxim in Helsinki). For one, it was built in 1909, and while the original building had to be torn down and rebuilt in the seventies, the particular theater we went in was built following the original design. It was so pretty I just goggled >_< ♥
The design fit uncannily well with the movie we saw, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, since it was set in 1930, and most of the decor was pretty glamorous as well.
In short, I'd say it was an adorable movie.
So, the story is about a middle aged governess, Guinevere Pettigrew, who is dismissed from her job, and doesn't seem to have any chance of getting another. Desperate, she takes a chance and...well, it's a bit complicated, but she ends up employed by a singer/actress, Delysia Lafosse. And then they sort of help each other sort their lives a bit (a much needed favour).
I've heard the movie described as a fairytale for adults, and it is, I think. Quite light, unless one counts the fact that all the glamour in it is actually quite temporary. Both to the main characters who are actually aware of it, and to the ones who aren't (it's set right before the start of WWII).
The characters supposed to be sympathetic were, and the ones...that were not got their just desserts by the end. Still, they weren't made out to be monsters or beaten once down, so it was all fair, imho. :)
It's a romantic comedy, and sappy (in a good way, at least to me), but not so sugary as to be nauseating. (One extra point must be given for the make-up. Characters, even ones intended to be pretty don't always look like plastic dolls. In close ups one can actually see wrinkles! :D
Oh, and I've been bemoaning about the fact most movie theaters show the same advertisement that are run on tv these days, whereas when I was a kid it was only trailers (I rather like trailers)
Well, they only showed trailers at this theatre. :D
It was like a time trip to a time when going to movies was really cool and awesome ¤_¤
The design fit uncannily well with the movie we saw, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, since it was set in 1930, and most of the decor was pretty glamorous as well.
In short, I'd say it was an adorable movie.
So, the story is about a middle aged governess, Guinevere Pettigrew, who is dismissed from her job, and doesn't seem to have any chance of getting another. Desperate, she takes a chance and...well, it's a bit complicated, but she ends up employed by a singer/actress, Delysia Lafosse. And then they sort of help each other sort their lives a bit (a much needed favour).
I've heard the movie described as a fairytale for adults, and it is, I think. Quite light, unless one counts the fact that all the glamour in it is actually quite temporary. Both to the main characters who are actually aware of it, and to the ones who aren't (it's set right before the start of WWII).
The characters supposed to be sympathetic were, and the ones...that were not got their just desserts by the end. Still, they weren't made out to be monsters or beaten once down, so it was all fair, imho. :)
It's a romantic comedy, and sappy (in a good way, at least to me), but not so sugary as to be nauseating. (One extra point must be given for the make-up. Characters, even ones intended to be pretty don't always look like plastic dolls. In close ups one can actually see wrinkles! :D
Oh, and I've been bemoaning about the fact most movie theaters show the same advertisement that are run on tv these days, whereas when I was a kid it was only trailers (I rather like trailers)
Well, they only showed trailers at this theatre. :D
It was like a time trip to a time when going to movies was really cool and awesome ¤_¤
