Sunday, July 10, 2011

Gnomeo and Juliet

Let’s start with some honesty: I love Romeo and Juliet so my opinion may be a bit biased. That being said, I really enjoyed this movie. It was adorable and followed the basic storyline about as well as you can expect from a cartoon about garden gnomes. There were little Shakespearean references and a few slightly dirty jokes for the adults and a cute love story with Elton John music for everyone! Oh, and did I mention it was all English people doing the voices? Fun! One complaint I had: please leave out the dance scene at the end, thanks.

In & Out

Hello, 1997! Kevin Kline stars as a high school English teacher in a small Indiana town. Only a few days before Howard (Kline) is supposed to get married, a hometown boy wins an Oscar and outs Howard as gay in his acceptance speech. As is expected in movies, Howard’s life turns upside down as everyone, including himself, struggles with his sexuality. Although the movie was entertaining and made me laugh, I like to think that fourteen years later we are more open to homosexuality and that this premise wouldn’t be successful now. Of course, I could just be an idealist.