I saw this movie with my mother. Johnny put his headphones on and just listened to music in my bedroom all alone. I guess it wasn’t his type of movie but I surely enjoyed it.

At first, after seeing the pictures from the movie, I thought it was a story of three friends taking dancing lessons. But it wasn’t what I thought, and I’m glad.

Set in Thirties London, Ballet Shoes tells the exhilarating tale of orphans Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil, who are adopted by an eccentric explorer, Gum, and raised as sisters by his selfless niece. The timeless and uplifting story revolves around each girl’s struggle to fulfil her dreams: Pauline longs to be an actress, Petrova yearns to be an aviator, and Posy seems born to be a ballerina. But when Gum disappears, the money runs out – and the girls have a fight on their hands. Their struggle to balance personal ambition with the need to survive physically, emotionally, and financially, proves moving and comic by turns. Written by BBC Press Office. 

[Show as slideshow]

[View with PicLens]

This is definitely a family movie and a very good one. It’s been a while since I saw a simple, peaceful movie, with just a few teenage tantrums scenes. What surprised me was how thin Emma Watson looked in the blue evening dress she wore. But, seeing pictures with her in real life assured me she isn’t that thin. I also remember seeing Yasmin Paige in “Tooth” (this was a few years ago). She seemed familiar in “Ballet Shoes” but I couldn’t figure out in what movie I’ve seen her before since she looks so changed with long hair.

The ending was really cute and simple, everyone got their wishes fulfilled. Pauline becomes an actor, Petrova ends up taking flying lessons from Gum, Posy is enrolled in a ballet russian academy and their guardian, Sylvia gets married. All is well when it ends well.

But I’m glad I watched this movie, now I am even more curious about Rupert Grint movie “Driving Lessons“.

Before I saw the movie last week, I read on the Internet about it. Many complained that it was identical to the first movie and it had nothing new or special to it. I am happy that I didn’t followed their advice and went ahead and watched the movie… with Johnny of course.

I loved it!!! The first thing that caught my attention was the appearance of Han (Sung Kang) in the movie. It was a brief appearance, but it was more than enough for me (since I was so sad when he died in Tokyo Drift). 

The next best thing was when Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) died. I can’t say I dislike her, but she plays the same type of character in all the movies she does (or the movies I’ve seen; for example ”Resident Evil“). It’s like the only thing she knows to do is frown and act bitchy. Well that might not be acting considering the recent wedding incident.

Then there were the cool cars, Brian O’Connor (Paul Walker), more cool cars and the scene were Dom gets Fenix. And like every other movie where the hero can’t die (since they might make more Fast and Furious sequels), Dom is rescued by friends, from serving 25 years in jail. And now we know how he ended in Japan.

It was not great but it was surely an entertaining movie with lots of action. I’m curious if they will make another sequel if the movie does well at the box office. I wouldn’t mind it at all, and I’m sure that Johnny agrees with me.

[Show as slideshow]

[View with PicLens]