The Secret of Moonacre review
Jul. 4th, 2010 09:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alobearThough very slight, extremely silly, and rather predictable, an evening in Moonacre proved a successful antidote to the afternoon spent at Auschwitz - and completed the most diametrically opposed pair of films LoveFilm has sent me yet.
The costumes in particular were really good.
Natascha McElhone (yum!) looked stunning in both elegant couture and artful scruffiness. Ioan Gruffudd cut a dashing figure in silver frock coat. Tim Curry, always good value, seemed to be doing an impression of John Travolta from Battlefield Earth, all dreadlocks and blackened armour. The youth of De Noir had obviously been picking up fashion and make-up tips from the Clockwork Orange droogs (in a good way) with their bowler hats and eye liner. Last but by no means least, Juliet Stevenson's pith helmet, bustle and spiked parasol combination was a steampunk classic.
The whole thing was gorgeous - and, though it has to be said that the film was rather a triumph of style over substance, with a cast like the one listed above, it couldn't help but also be great entertainment.
The costumes in particular were really good.
Natascha McElhone (yum!) looked stunning in both elegant couture and artful scruffiness. Ioan Gruffudd cut a dashing figure in silver frock coat. Tim Curry, always good value, seemed to be doing an impression of John Travolta from Battlefield Earth, all dreadlocks and blackened armour. The youth of De Noir had obviously been picking up fashion and make-up tips from the Clockwork Orange droogs (in a good way) with their bowler hats and eye liner. Last but by no means least, Juliet Stevenson's pith helmet, bustle and spiked parasol combination was a steampunk classic.
The whole thing was gorgeous - and, though it has to be said that the film was rather a triumph of style over substance, with a cast like the one listed above, it couldn't help but also be great entertainment.
