http://ambival.net/movies/national-velvet Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 16 May 2008 02:20:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://ambival.net/movies/national-velvet#comment-400 Ambival.net » Movies » Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story Tue, 20 Jun 2006 22:39:22 +0000 http://ambival.net/?p=749#comment-400 [...] Watching this after International Velvet, which brought back memories of National Velvet, I couldn’t help but notice the things this movie is missing. That’s not to say it doesn’t have enough plus points of its own though. Beyond Dakota Fanning, which I realise is just a personal thing for me – I happen to love her – I think there’s plenty to enjoy. You really need to look in the nooks and crannies of the movie. Kurt Russell is pretty amazingly cast as the disillusioned pop and there’s some fabulous facial expressions to behold from him, my favourite is when Soñodor is announced as the 14th horse at the selection place, you suddenly realise just how hopeless he was before this whole opportunity came along. Then there’s Luis Guzman and Freddy Rodriguez, who for me just get better every time I watch; again, a huge array of comical expressions to make you giggle, like when they are informed that they now work for little Dakota. [...] [...] Watching this after International Velvet, which brought back memories of National Velvet, I couldn’t help but notice the things this movie is missing. That’s not to say it doesn’t have enough plus points of its own though. Beyond Dakota Fanning, which I realise is just a personal thing for me – I happen to love her – I think there’s plenty to enjoy. You really need to look in the nooks and crannies of the movie. Kurt Russell is pretty amazingly cast as the disillusioned pop and there’s some fabulous facial expressions to behold from him, my favourite is when Soñodor is announced as the 14th horse at the selection place, you suddenly realise just how hopeless he was before this whole opportunity came along. Then there’s Luis Guzman and Freddy Rodriguez, who for me just get better every time I watch; again, a huge array of comical expressions to make you giggle, like when they are informed that they now work for little Dakota. [...]

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