Mirrormask

[mneme]

If you have time today, do see this. It's very good -- a beautiful quasi-animated fantasy story combining modern drama and dream logic. And Dave McKean's art takes on entirely new and interesting qualities when animated, becoming more interestingly horrific and more beautiful.

But the theatres have -no- idea what they have. Based on the previews (only one of which was the least bit appropriate, that being Pride and Prejudice), they seem to think this is a teen romance or family drama, whereas in fact they have a Labrynth-like (but darker, and with art instead of song) fantasy movie in their hands. So just in case they completely mishandle it, see it in the big theatres before it's -gone-.

Comments

[leiacat.livejournal.com]

Around here, it's not in the big theaters yet. So far, in the entire Balto-Washingtonia, we found one theater (an arts one, at that) that opened it. I know at least one more theater will start next week.

I didn't find it at all "modern drama", though. To my eye, it was a very, very classically archetypal story (with a thin modern shell).

But yes, the art...

[uilos.livejournal.com]

We got trailers for Doom, Aeon Flux, and Narnia. I think the theater in DC where it showed has a pretty good idea what it has its hands on.

[kyrielle]

Due to the limited opening, that's a bit hard for some of us, yannow. I envy you being in an area they decided to grace with it this week.

Two weeks 'til I can see MirrorMask, at one of the most inconvenient theaters in the area but at least it's in my state.... :P I have a friend who wants to see it, and nowhere on the site do they at any time have it scheduled to play in her state.

Given the limited release, you might want to link people to the MirrorMask page itself which lists the theaters that are getting it, and when. Considering that finding it is ridiculously hard.

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

Big theaters?

It's playing at ONE theater in the NY area. It's not real convenient to get to for most people.

[cathyr19355.livejournal.com]

I just saw "Mirrormask" with friends in Austin.

It's very Neil Gaiman. Odd and beautiful and psychologically very astute, but it's not the kind of story that engages my emotions very much. I admire it, but I can't say I liked it. Or that I disliked it, for that matter.

[plowne.livejournal.com]

I've been wanting to see this for a while!

do you know Where it's playing and when?

[avram]

Why do you think the trailers they showed have anything to do with the movie?

That was a Landmark Cinema, one of a chain of small art cinemas. All of the movies they showed trailers for are movies that'll be showing at the Landmark in upcoming weeks or months. Didn't you see the posters in the lobby? Few if any of those movies will get any television advertising, or have trailers shown in the big chains, so this is the main advertising they'll get.