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Just wanted to post a link...these are my two favourites of the new songs in the live action Beauty and the Beast film...the first one, Days in the Sun, starts out as a flashback (minor spoilers) with a much younger Prince sadly singing about the loss of his mother, then in the present, it becomes the servants in the castle singing; Maestro Cadenza (Harpsichord) and Madame de Garderobe (Wardrobe), who're at other ends of the castle, singing of their love for one another, while Lumiere (Candelabra) and Plumette (Feather Duster) dance, sadly fearing they may too be separated one day...ahh, I just loved this track.
And then there's this one sung by the Beast late in the film...it's so DEEP! Vocally, I mean, and it's in a range that's easier for me to hit (I can do higher, but lower notes are naturally easier), so I hope to learn it so I can belt it out at some point in the future...
Say, while I think of it, for a while I had a theory about Beauty and the Beast relating to the Prince/Beast and just how he and his servants managed to effectively vanish for ten years without anybody noticing...the film has its own explanation (part of the curse makes everyone forget about the Prince and the castle), but I think mine still works! Basically, the Prince is a royal spare...one of the younger sons of the King of France, who's not actually expected to inherit the throne, but who's there just in case an elder son dies. As such, if he vanishes off the face of the Earth, and his parents don't care about him for whatever reason, then it's not going to affect succession, and so nobody would have gone looking for him. Plus, this means that since he, Belle, and their children won't directly rule France, this means they'll be more likely to escape the country and avoid the Terror during the French Revolution...
And then there's this one sung by the Beast late in the film...it's so DEEP! Vocally, I mean, and it's in a range that's easier for me to hit (I can do higher, but lower notes are naturally easier), so I hope to learn it so I can belt it out at some point in the future...
Say, while I think of it, for a while I had a theory about Beauty and the Beast relating to the Prince/Beast and just how he and his servants managed to effectively vanish for ten years without anybody noticing...the film has its own explanation (part of the curse makes everyone forget about the Prince and the castle), but I think mine still works! Basically, the Prince is a royal spare...one of the younger sons of the King of France, who's not actually expected to inherit the throne, but who's there just in case an elder son dies. As such, if he vanishes off the face of the Earth, and his parents don't care about him for whatever reason, then it's not going to affect succession, and so nobody would have gone looking for him. Plus, this means that since he, Belle, and their children won't directly rule France, this means they'll be more likely to escape the country and avoid the Terror during the French Revolution...
Umbar and the Rings of Power
Hrm, how to begin this one…so just recently I was reminded that Rings of Power existed and that a second season was apparently on the way. I hadn’t bothered to watch the original season as it looked like it was going to be a disappointing mess for a number of reasons (and the post-release discourse confirmed that for me), but the reminder inspired me to look over the source material, and a few wiki binges later…well, I ended up with an idea for an original story that would bridge a gap in the timeline and allow for a diverse cast of characters while exploring some interesting themes… Some context will be needed for this to all make sense, so I’ll start by briefly (hah!) summarising the events that Rings of Power was adapting…loosely. The story properly begins about 1,200 years after the defeat of Sauron’s boss Morgoth, at which point Middle Earth is dominated by Elven realms and a few minor kingdoms of Men, with the only one of note being Numenor; an island paradise that was created
Assassin's Creed: Mirage - Review
Well, here's something I've not been able to do in a while...actually recommend an Assassin's Creed game! I mean, it's not a 'rush out and buy this right now' game (unless you're an old fan of the series), but it's a good return to form after the last few games, and I sort of see it as a proof of concept for what a larger game in the series could be. That's also not to say it's perfect; there are a lot of minor quibbles throughout (story's a bit weak at times, combat's a bit clunky at times, map feels a bit empty at times, etc), but looking back after finishing it, I don't think it deserves a critical savaging and would say it belongs somewhere near the high end of my rating scale, falling somewhere between 'had some really good ideas but was held back by something big going wrong' (this includes ACI, Liberation and Rogue) and 'overall good but with some issues' (this includes the entire Ezio Trilogy, ACIV, and Origins). Alrighty, let's get into it; Assassin's Creed Mirage feels like
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - Review
So remember how last week I posted about how Elemental was a film that I thought was okay while my friends disliked it, and also that it was full of ideas and setups that didn't go anywhere? Well, that also applies for this Indiana Jones sequel, except this time I was the one who disliked it while my friends thought it was okay. In the end, I walked away from the film finding myself wanting to revisit the older films, especially Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which, while flawed, was never as bad as people said it was, and as such I'm curious to compare the two (especially since Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was kind of Patient 0 for the whole nostalgic rebooting of old franchises that should have stayed finished). Our story opens with an extended flashback sequence set during the closing stages of World War II, which also happens to be the best part of the film. Indy and Dobby (no, really, that's his actor) are captured while infiltrating a Nazi base to recover the 'Spear of Longinus'.
Elemental - Review
These last few weeks it feels like I've been making up for years of not having easy access to a cinema...just recently I've gone out with friends and seen Across the Spider-Verse (minor pacing issues but otherwise really good!), a re-screening of Top Gun: Maverick (which I enjoyed despite not having seen the original), the Flash (bit of a mess but still...fascinating enough to sort of recommend), and most recently, Elemental...the weirdly generic looking Pixar film with a super generic looking story. I'll go into more detail about the other films some other time, since Elemental is fresh in my head right now and I think I've got more to say about it anyway. So, the verdict...ehh, not a great film. I liked the worldbuilding (or rather, the attempts at worldbuilding; I could see someone else making a good film out of some of the stuff that was explored) and the character designs grew on me over time, but the story and events were a mess that felt like several different drafts that got
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