it's cute and fun and the cast is great but it suffers from really trying to have it both ways as a remake and a sequel. Just ends up making it feel stale. If you're considering watching this, probably don't see the original the day beforehand
But fuuuuuck Dolby Cinema is amazing and I'd go back in an instant...if tickets for good seats weren't $40-50
Do ticket prices vary by how good the seats are in the UK?
if so that's fucked
-Vader
At that theatre (Odeon Leicester Square, just had an 11-month refurb, highest capacity cinema in the UK, basically our equivalent of the TCL Chinese) yes. They were under a lot of criticism when that pricing was announced... $40-50 is for the entire stalls section (which has recliners), circle is from $15-40 with the cheapest at the very very back.
(Although I'm sure it's the same Stateside, a couple slightly more expensive 'premium' rows in regular cinemas .are a semi regular thing)
Kinda surprised it's not a thing stateside but alright.
I guess it's not surprising that the major chain doing that 'premium row' thing here (which is usually £1.50 more expensive) has taken it one step further with literal live theatre-like pricing, they're even defending the it saying that 'it's similar value to live theatre, concerts or sports' which is like whut
What the eff $50 for a movie ticket is insane. Who the hell needs a recliner lol? Or a space to eat dinner (like some places offer)? Comfy seats are welcome tbh, because that means people with disabilities or other medical issues can have a more comfortable experience, but something tells me people charging $50 for it may not have had the same priorities and ideas in mind
I just checked we also have a theater with premium seats, they’re not more than $30 though.
Caught a bit of the original on tv and it looked like nonsense lol. I shall watch this for the music I guess.
And people thought I was bad about setting expectations before seeing a film... Imagine the backlash that would happen if i wrote off a classic film because of an out of context clip on TV.
This is what happens when you replicate a veneer without the understanding.
The songs lack the intrigue and dynamics of the original.
Blunt is buried under the film - feel sorry for her given the first is such an amazing vehicle for Andrews.
The introduction of a more typical plot with a villain doesn't work and brings back memories of Burton's Alice.
Marshall yet again approaches everything like a stage play, lacking the steadiness of Robert Stevenson's straight bat, sturdy approach. How do you lovingly recreate that house and then fail to show it off?
The original is unassailable -- this just doesn't work however. Highlights are Whishaw and the wonderful animated sequence which is the real, genuine 60s throwback.
