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cinaedI have been fighting and losing the battle with a cold all week. It seems to have settled firmly into my chest so I spent my day off on the couch watching movies. Men With Brooms, Victor/Victoria, and Thoroughly Modern Millie, in fact, the first two of which I recommend, the last which I...do not. The good bits of it are not enough to salvage the rest of it. If you want to see it, go see the musical performed on stage, because the stage version is far less racist and sexist than the movie.
But! A quick list of pros and cons for the movies.
Men With Brooms
Pros: Paul Gross! Awesome cast. Funny dialogue. Adorable, unexpected lesbians. And I finally learned what the hell curling is. Also, that one guy they were competing against was totally gay for Paul Gross's character. I cannot blame him at all. Paul Gross makes everything sexy, from Shakespeare to, uh, curling, apparently.
Cons: Lots more sex and profanity than I was expecting. ^^;;
Victor/Victoria
Pros: Awesome gay characters! Julie Andrews is really hot when she's crossdressing. There are really adorable relationships, from the main het one to the gay ones. And so many great songs.
Cons: ...I want more. What happens next? :(
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Pros: Female friendship! The women saving themselves. Muzzy being amazing and there being a crapload of subtext that she has her own harem of men in her mansion. Muzzy in general. Jimmy being adorable with his glasses.
Cons: ...Everything else. Dear movie, when there is ominous music whenever Asian characters appear on your screen, you have issues. You also have issues when your main heroine, just having saved her best friend and a dozen other women from slavery, announces she'd "doesn't want to be [her boyfriend's] equal, she wants to be his wife." Without much love, Ace.
But! A quick list of pros and cons for the movies.
Men With Brooms
Pros: Paul Gross! Awesome cast. Funny dialogue. Adorable, unexpected lesbians. And I finally learned what the hell curling is. Also, that one guy they were competing against was totally gay for Paul Gross's character. I cannot blame him at all. Paul Gross makes everything sexy, from Shakespeare to, uh, curling, apparently.
Cons: Lots more sex and profanity than I was expecting. ^^;;
Victor/Victoria
Pros: Awesome gay characters! Julie Andrews is really hot when she's crossdressing. There are really adorable relationships, from the main het one to the gay ones. And so many great songs.
Cons: ...I want more. What happens next? :(
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Pros: Female friendship! The women saving themselves. Muzzy being amazing and there being a crapload of subtext that she has her own harem of men in her mansion. Muzzy in general. Jimmy being adorable with his glasses.
Cons: ...Everything else. Dear movie, when there is ominous music whenever Asian characters appear on your screen, you have issues. You also have issues when your main heroine, just having saved her best friend and a dozen other women from slavery, announces she'd "doesn't want to be [her boyfriend's] equal, she wants to be his wife." Without much love, Ace.
