Oh, Daniel Barnz. I saw Phoebe in Wonderland at Sundance 2008, and it was wonderful. Then years later I rented some Beauty and the Beast adaptation with Mary Kate Olsen that was awful.
I like this version of Halo. (I'm letting the credits play in the background right now. That's my favorite part after watching a piercing movie, to let the credits and music soak over me as I seep it all in.)
To be honest, the movie was slow-paced. I was bored a little. There were some funny lines like, "This thief can cook." And Anna Kendrick was magnetically joyful evil with her few lines. And Jennifer Aniston was really good. It's hard to watch Chris Messina and not think of him as Danny Castellano, so I'm a little surprised they cast him as that part, but whatever.
It made me cry. It was a little hard to watch. It made me think of pain in general and loss, so that was therapeutic I guess.
I'm glad the movie was hopeful, but I'm a little confused if she's going to get together with the widower or her husband. I guess it doesn't matter? Just seems the story's missing a little of the development, but anyways it wasn't bad. I wanted to know more about her and her son and what really happened, but I enjoyed the parts that were revealed anyway.
Gosh I'm just like sad right now and I'm thinking about my brother.
That's it. I need to get up and eat something and go to dance class.
