Scenario for what I thought to be the funniest moment in this musical: Voldemort pulls out his wand as he is ready to battle Harry in the cemetery, as we know from Goblet of Fire. To our shocking amusement, his wand is pink and princess-like, complete with a shiny star on the top. "The wand chooses the wizard, Harry..." So much for Voldemort being a tough guy!
If you are a fan of Harry Potter you will definitely love this show. Potted Potter is set up as a parody of the seven Harry Potter books and through the 70 or so minutes of the show, the two fine actors go through and act out the books. The show is quite interactive as well. The actors chose two kids from the audience to play seekers in a Quidditch match. The actors divided the audience into two teams, of course Gryffindor and Slytherin, and tossed a beach ball around everyone's head. It was quite amusing and the kids walked off with a chocolate frog.
Some of the hilarious highlights for me include the set up to the battle in the cemetery as mentioned in book four. The "Let's Get Ready to Rumble" song started playing and Voldemort came out with a muscle man costume. Then to follow the pink wand description as I noted above -- the audience was in true hysteria! Another highlight referenced book five when Dumbledore let Harry know of his prophecy. They way these two actors did this scene was brilliant. "One shall live and the other shall, die, die, die!" Lastly, the show wraps up with a sing off between Harry and Voldemort. The song they sing? "I Will Survive"!
Overall, this show was fantastic and worth the money spent. Sometimes it can be a little upsetting when you dish out mucho dinero for a theater show and it turns out to be lackluster. Not the case here, folks. I left feeling happy and cheerful! It must have been that butter beer cocktail I purchased on the way in...
Kayla from The Trendy Toast gives this show an A+.
Monday, December 23, 2013
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Toasty Thoughts on American Hustle
Since I am a fan of seeing movies that are nominated for awards (you know, like the SAG's, Golden Globes and of course the Oscars), I decided to step out and see what all the bustle was about American Hustle.
American Hustle is about...hustling. Sp...Sp...Softy Spoilers coming ahead folks...Essentially, you have a love story between two hustlers (Christian Bale and Amy Adams) and during their hustling they get caught by the FBI (Bradley Cooper). The hustlers are offered immunity if they agree to work with the Fibbie's to reel in a few more bad guys out there on the streets, including the Mayor of Camden, played by Jeremy Renner and a big mobster, Robert De Niro.
Christian Bale was fantastic in this movie, as he is in most movies. The comb over hair style was great. What is wonderful about Christian in this movie, is that I feel a strong vulnerability from him. In real life, many do not think Bale is vulnerable or humble to say the least. However, his love for Amy's character was truly believable and moving. In my opinion, he surely deserves his award nod. Amy Adams was great in this movie too. She is one beautiful woman who can act her butt off and she surely deserves her award nod as well. Now, I love me some Jennifer Lawrence and boy did she have a funny role in this film. However, I don't feel her role is strong enough for an award nod. But then again, I felt the same way with Silver Linings Playbook and look where that went..."and the Oscar goes to..." Speaking of SLP, Bradley Cooper was hilarious in this role. He is a good comedic actor. Good is the word here. Not great.
Overall, the film showcases well some of the hustling that went down in lovely decades before us. And we get good dose of Robert De Niro.
Kayla here at The Trendy Toast gives this movie at B+.
American Hustle is about...hustling. Sp...Sp...Softy Spoilers coming ahead folks...Essentially, you have a love story between two hustlers (Christian Bale and Amy Adams) and during their hustling they get caught by the FBI (Bradley Cooper). The hustlers are offered immunity if they agree to work with the Fibbie's to reel in a few more bad guys out there on the streets, including the Mayor of Camden, played by Jeremy Renner and a big mobster, Robert De Niro.
Christian Bale was fantastic in this movie, as he is in most movies. The comb over hair style was great. What is wonderful about Christian in this movie, is that I feel a strong vulnerability from him. In real life, many do not think Bale is vulnerable or humble to say the least. However, his love for Amy's character was truly believable and moving. In my opinion, he surely deserves his award nod. Amy Adams was great in this movie too. She is one beautiful woman who can act her butt off and she surely deserves her award nod as well. Now, I love me some Jennifer Lawrence and boy did she have a funny role in this film. However, I don't feel her role is strong enough for an award nod. But then again, I felt the same way with Silver Linings Playbook and look where that went..."and the Oscar goes to..." Speaking of SLP, Bradley Cooper was hilarious in this role. He is a good comedic actor. Good is the word here. Not great.
Overall, the film showcases well some of the hustling that went down in lovely decades before us. And we get good dose of Robert De Niro.
Kayla here at The Trendy Toast gives this movie at B+.
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