Beauty vs Beast: Which of the Woods
Monday, October 17, 2016 at 5:55PM Jason from MNPP here seizing the moment with this week's edition of "Beauty vs Beast" -- well, seizing one of many moments, but not only moments, because if life were only moments then we'd never know we had one. You know how it goes. Anyway this moment, this one of many not only, is the birthday of the director Rob Marshall, who makes magical movies that, uh... defy description. Like Into the Woods, perhaps? Yes, we are in the right story.
PREVIOUSLY Here it is a week later and I'm still pretty shocked it took me over 125 editions of this series to get to my favorite movie Rosemary's Baby - but who won? Well you guys sided with the Devil, just like the Oscars did, and gave the prize to Ruth Gordon's Minnie Castavet and her eternally chalky undertaste - said Marsha Mason:
"I think Ruth had the greater acting accomplishment. Mia was good at being afraid, but Ruth pulled off "loud old NYC lady in league with Satan," succeeding in making her both hilarious, outspoken and very creepy. She reminds me of Barbara Bush that way."
Reader Comments (12)
Omg I hate this movie
I adore this musical and it pains me to choose.
I'm going with Meryl because BANG CRASH AND THE LIGHTNING FLASH AND we'll that's another story nevermind anyway.
I adore this musical and it pains me to choose.
I'm going with Meryl because BANG CRASH AND THE LIGHTNING FLASH AND we'll that's another story nevermind anyway.
Baker's Wife! Moments in the Woods is the best part of this movie, hands down.
I hated the movie in theatres, but I saw it again this summer and it was a slightly better experience. I still don't like Meryl.
All I can think of is Jared Leto's Meryl quip at the Oscars something about California State Law.
Baker's wife. In the play I'd probably favor the witch but I did not like Meryl's "hag witch" near as much as her "diva witch." The former I would consider pretty bad, honestly, which was a shame because there were some good moments. Blunt's Baker's wife was a pure joy throughout.
Write-in vote for the movie's most valuable asset: Billy Magnussen's leather pants
I'm in the wrong stooory!
Blunt managed to make the baker's wife truly three dimensional. And she had a lovely voice and great comic timing.
I've only seen this on DVD and after the first time I tended to fast forward Streep and Kendrick. Streep is just too much and Kendrick's voice is - I don't know what it is. It's like she's too pitch perfect or something.
Baker's Wife easily. I was very unhappy with Streep's nomination, as she was only the 5th best performance in the movie (and Blunt is in that top 4 group).
Also, Moments is my favorite song from the musical, give or take Agony, so this was an easy pick for me.
I wasn't familiar with the stage version so I thought the story just had a terrible plot. It wasn't until I looked at the synopsis of the source material when I realized how bad this movie must be in comparison.
Anyways, I'm going with the Witch because Stay With Me is such a pretty song.
Love blue hair Meryl beyond the woods. I LOVE her nomination!
Stay with Me and Last Midnight give me chills everytime.
The second part is simply underrated.