HA! Thanks for that. My children have watched Mary Poppins so many time that I can quote extensively from it, and I HATE musicals! If someone suggests the Umbrellas of Cherbourg I run for cover.
Yes! They're fun and they have their own 'how the heck did he do that?' effect, too. And shall we say they 'bridge' the gap between drawing and sculpture? Sorry for the bad pun!
What it made me think of was some Tom Friedman sculptures from the 90s in which he did amazing things with odd materials, like stretch a wad of chewing gum from the floor to the ceiling, all intended to evoke a sense of the absurd and the ephemeral. They were fun to look at and wonder how he did them.
Another artist cast his own bust in chocolate. And then there is Damien Hirst and his rotting sharks in leaky tanks of formaldehyde. Not as much fun. It all comes out of the Dada movement a hundred years ago with a little surrealism thrown in for good measure. The more things change...
I was concerned about the length going in, but the film didn't feel like a three hour epic. Jackson and his editors really did their job well. I just wish we didn't have to wait a year for part two.
Thinking about this reminded me of Pink Floyd's "Goodbye Blue Sky," in which a child is heard to say "Look mommy, there's an airplane in the sky." It's touching in it's naivete, but only because a child has said it.
BYW, where's the chorus? Anyone...?
and they'll sing in grateful chorus.."
Another artist cast his own bust in chocolate. And then there is Damien Hirst and his rotting sharks in leaky tanks of formaldehyde. Not as much fun. It all comes out of the Dada movement a hundred years ago with a little surrealism thrown in for good measure. The more things change...
Yes, wire would be a more stable medium but that would destroy the sisyphean pointlessness of it.
All barbs considered, I thought the LOTR movies stood up remarkably well. Kudos to Peter Jackson (and Tolkien, of course).
I think a belt-fed pistol is still an awesome idea!