Little Missy Goes to the Movies
And you know Little Missy, there are only two movies she wants to talk about, Her and In a World...
Let's talk about Her. How much do we love Spike Jonze? Wouldn't it be fabulous to get inside his mind for five or ten minutes just to understand how he thinks from point A to point B? And Spike produced, wrote and directed this sci-fi romance, which takes place in 2025. The main character, played by Joaquin Phoenix, writes for a company that produces personal letters from clients unwilling or unable to perform such tasks. And he's about to get divorced from his wife, Rooney Mara. OMG, there is still letter writing and divorce in ten years! That's not much of a sci-fi! And what about the high waisted pants the guys all wear? And all the orange shirts and sweaters? And the dress for success seventies looks the girls have to wear? It's a look, all right, and Little Missy admires its cohesiveness!
Joaquin loves his orange shirt
Geek Chic
Rooney Mara gets a seventies stock tie blouse for the divorce talk scene!
And of course let's not forget the voice of the OS Joaquin has fallen in love with--Scarlett Johansson's! What a tease!
Voices are all-important, not only in Her but of course in In a World...the brilliant peek into the voice-over industry written, directed, produced and starring Little Missy's new favourite Hollywood powerhouse, Lake Bell. Style-wise, Lake is more about the eighties. The eighties like Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Tears for Fears
Lake struggles in the same industry with her ego maniacal father
And wins!
In a World...is different in that it is not sci-fi. It's a loving look at the industry of voice over, starting with the death of a real voice over mega star, Don Lafontaine, and takes place right now in Los Angeles with fictional characters in their thirties to fifties who look so familiar to me I swear I know them very well. And whether Lake is sitting in her plaid pyjama top eating peanut butter out of a jar for breakfast or surreptitiously recording unsuspecting voices for her voice archives (her speciality is accents), we want her to win--because in the real world, men's voices are still considered more sell able than women's. Yes, that's a tough one for us girls, especially as Scarlett's sexy voice was such a hit in Her, when her off screen womanly wisdom and infinite grace stole the picture!
Well, you be the judges, Readers! I thought both of these pictures were amazing, but Little Missy gives the edge to the slightly edgier In a World...everyone has an idea about movie genius and this was mine!
And of course let's not forget the voice of the OS Joaquin has fallen in love with--Scarlett Johansson's! What a tease!
Voices are all-important, not only in Her but of course in In a World...the brilliant peek into the voice-over industry written, directed, produced and starring Little Missy's new favourite Hollywood powerhouse, Lake Bell. Style-wise, Lake is more about the eighties. The eighties like Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Tears for Fears
In a World...is different in that it is not sci-fi. It's a loving look at the industry of voice over, starting with the death of a real voice over mega star, Don Lafontaine, and takes place right now in Los Angeles with fictional characters in their thirties to fifties who look so familiar to me I swear I know them very well. And whether Lake is sitting in her plaid pyjama top eating peanut butter out of a jar for breakfast or surreptitiously recording unsuspecting voices for her voice archives (her speciality is accents), we want her to win--because in the real world, men's voices are still considered more sell able than women's. Yes, that's a tough one for us girls, especially as Scarlett's sexy voice was such a hit in Her, when her off screen womanly wisdom and infinite grace stole the picture!
Well, you be the judges, Readers! I thought both of these pictures were amazing, but Little Missy gives the edge to the slightly edgier In a World...everyone has an idea about movie genius and this was mine!
No comments:
Post a Comment