I think JoAnne Pow!ers has been at every screening I've been at this year. It is not clear if this says anything about me or her.
These were the trailers at a screening of The Testament of Ann Lee which was excellent. I loved both kinds of musical numbers - the ones that gave exposition and the ones that were liturgical. The latter were quite effective in creating an ecstatic atmosphere and giving a sense of the characters' religious fervor. There were a couple scenes where I felt it would have been neat if the movie had let worshiping continue longer and more had been done with Mother Ann's visions. It would have been nice to have had a bit more that takes place outside the normal, workaday world.
While watching the credits I was pleasantly surprised to see that Amanda Seyfried did her own singing or most of it, anyway. The music was wonderful and I am curious to know how much of it was authentic Shaker music or at least based upon such songs.
An excellent flick.
The evening began with a commercial for the Metropolitan Opera. The show is Cinderella and it noted that it had a running time of 90 minutes and was in English so you don't have to be a sophisto to watch it.
Next was another commercial for Winter Olympics coverage at the cinema.
We then got a trailer for Dreams but it was not banded presumably because it had not been reviewed by the MPAA. Jessica Chastain has is a cougar here - a long way from Mrs. O'Brien.
Jessica Chastain & Neve Campbell flicks? Are middle-aged women having a moment at the cinema?
I am hoping to see The Odyssey on film in Indianapolis while I'm at Gencon.
The second trailer that begins in the desert. I am getting them confused.
More older Fraus.
Red band once again. Perhaps there is no green band version of this one.
