Jordan’s Birthday was on Thursday. Jordan and I both got off of work early and we planned out the best birthday celebration
ever. We went to see Wicked in Salt Lake. Mom and Dad, Jordan and I, Lindsay,
Jake, Olivia, Isabel, Jamie and Faye all came and it was a blast.
I’m really sad we didn’t get a picture of us
all together at the theater. Now, a completely thrilling side note about Wicked.
Back in the
magical world of movie musicals, two biggies are making news this week: Word is
that Stephen Daldry, the Oscar-nominated director of "Billy Elliot,"
"The Hours," and "The Reader" (and a Tony winner for "An
Inspector Calls"), is in talks to
direct the movie version of "Wicked," the smash hit that’s been on Broadways since 2004. It will be
produced by Marc Platt ("Drive," "Scott Pilgrim vs. the
World," "Nine" Casting for this one, once they get to it, will
be fascinating (and potentially controversial, as I'm guessing the filmmakers
won't feel an obligation to cast the Broadway originals); stay tuned.
I’d already talked
about casting in an earlier post Here
But I really
really really want Lea Michelle to be Elphaba. She has the look and the voice.
She’d be amazing.
Glinda is a little
harder. After I saw wicked just a day ago, I was reminded of Kristen Bell and
how she can actually sing. I think she could do a really good job. This is her singing Let it Snow with friends.
Then we went to dinner at Olive Garden.
This is Faye and I being silly at dinner
And went to see the Dark Knight Rises at Midnight~ Which was great!
It all boils down to expectations
and the matching, meeting of same. There will be those who go into The
Dark Knight Rises expecting Heath
Ledger Part Two, and that’s not this film. There will also be those worn out
from the one-two punch of The Avengers and The Amazing Spider-man and feel that Nolan let his
creative carte blanche overwhelm everything. Some will hate. Others will overdo
the praise. But make no mistake about it - The Dark Knight Rises remains one of 2012’s very
best. It symbolizes the sort of rare, refined accomplishment that can only come
when a true artist taps into his obvious talents and delivers. Feel very, very sorry for the
poor sod who will have to step in a few years from now and reboot this
character and his continuing adventures. Nolan has set the bar incredibly high,
and it’s hard imagining anyone having the ability to top it. Anyone.
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