I watched quite a bit of movies this week, which is a bit unusal. I ended up watching a couple of movies on Turner Classic Movies (the only commercial free station on cable :D) Whoopi Goldberg (I hoped I spelled her name right) picked some movies, and I liked the ones that I watched. I watched a musical starring Barbara Streisand (Funny Girl) and a 1946 French movie, La Belle et la Bête, or Beauty and the Beast. I’m rather fond of foreign films, so it didn’t bother me that it was subtitled. The set was rather plain, but I loved the costumes. The Beast’s costume was magnificent! I’ve never seen such an amazing Beast! The actor handled him well: aggressive, yet timid. He was more animalistic than his Disney counterpart, but I thought it was appropriate since they followed the original story a lot more than their Disney counterpart. The actor playing the Beast also played the man that tried to court Belle, Avenant, who was bold, brash, and arrogant. I guess, he was a bit like Gaston, only not so egotistical or primevial. If you can find it, you should definitely check it out!

I also watched Spider Man 3 and Meet the Robinsons. I wasn’t sure what Robinsons was exactly about from the commercials but it was a really good feel-good movie (though if you’re planning on buying one Disney/Pixar movie, wait for Ratatouille). The movie is about a boy named Louis who’s trying to find a family to fit in with. Eventually he meets Wilbur who tries to get Louis’ confidence built back up so he can go and fix his latest invention. Through it all, Louis does go back to the past and begins to believe in himself and to just ‘Keep moving forward’.