MMM: #12 Penelope

[katikat]

This is a beautiful movie and both Christina Ricci and James McAvoy are simply amazing in it. She's so sweet and he... well, he's James McAvoy. I mean, what else can one add? Except for praise for his wonderful accent. Man, the man can do accents like nobody else. And Peter Dinklage! He's simply perfect in this movie. I'm curious about his part as Trask in XM:DOFP. I hope he has some great scenes with James' Professor X!

I think my favorite part of the movie is when Lemon, Peter Dinklage's character, realizes what an asshole Edward is and how much they hurt Penelope. And then, when he realizes that he hurt Johnny AKA Max too. Their scene in the ballroom is amazing: when Johnny admits to Lemon that he loves Penelope but not being a blue-blood, he can't break her curse, so he has to let her go. Wonderful. And the last scene, when Lemon wants to take a picture of Penelope and Johnny secretly and he realizes that he can't, that he just can't do it. Fantastic. Penelope, Johnny/Max and Lemon really carry the movie.

I hated only one thing: the mother. What an obnoxious, superficial hag!

Oh, for some reason, I got curious and went searching for some background info on Simon Woods who played Edward. He hasn't made a movie in years but he was in 2 movies with James McAvoy and in 1 movie with Michael Fassbender. He dated Rosamund Pike and now he's in a happy relationship with a boyfriend who's a sculptor. Nice. Good for you, buddy :)