Eloise at the Plaza
“And Kleenex makes a very good hat!”
ROFL … okay, I’m done. I’ve decided what I wanna be in my next life if I have a next life. I absolutely must be Eloise, lol. I’m in love with her life. “Think pink! A better way of life!” I may have just been too shocked at the time by how much I loved it to realise just how good Christmastime was when I watched it last year, but I’m pretty sure this first movie is marginally better in all areas (I’ll maybe report back on that since YAY Disney Channel is showing Christmastime again later this month … I’ll be sure to record it this time). Julie Andrews is better as Nanny, that’s for sure, she seems more throaty and bogged down etc … but again, maybe I’m just misremembering Christmastime, like I said it was a shock to the system at the time.
Sofia Vassilieva’s energy is just as infectious as in the other movie, she can’t pass a prop without climbing on it or swinging on it or something. The apparently forthcoming Eloise in Paris won’t be the same without her (though I’m sure I’ll still go gaga over it … I mean … ELOISE … in PARIS … c’mon …) This movie, this world, this girl, it’s just a dream. Completely instant favourite, and I’ll be buying the books ASAP, I’m totally hooked now.