The Rockey Horror Picture Show.... not so scary

Well,
How do I begin.
Frankly- I've taken it upon myself to watch things I normally wouldn't watch from people in my life.
And I must say. If a friend hadn't mentioned this film then I probably would of never seen it.

It was interesting.

The plot for a starters.

A newly engage couple has their car break down in the woods and go to a nearby castle to ring for help-
Now this is where it gets weird.
The owner of the castle is a scientist (Tim Curry) who is also a tranvestite and an alien...
Yeah...
And given into pleasure.
I find it... interesting... and yes I was able to keep up... I just... was like ... huh?
Tim Curry had sex with everyone basically and the film ends in an orgy with Tim and Rocky getting killed before the castle beams away with the two remaining alien transexuals going back to Translevania.
Well I must say I liked it!
Nah... it was grand- I don't regret watching it but it had nothing in it for depth- though I will admit some of those musical numbers were kicking.
I'm gonna give this a B+, which is pretty good I'd say.
The actors were good, the story was different and the songs were catchy.
All in all... another film which has been crossed of my list and which I will gaurantee is a cult classic.

Bye for now

And remember to keep watching things others won't.

Treasure Planet... a treasure indeed

Well, today in the library I stumbled upon Treasure Planet... a movie I wanted to see when I was nine and ten years later I still couldn't resist the lure of checking out this once shortly longed for movie.

 As you can tell by the pattern of this blog by now I have a thing for cartoons and I must say that this version of "Treasure Island" was actually a rare find indeed.
I know Disney in its old days did often give their characters depth but this character Jim Hawkin's was different.
He was solitary... he didn't give trust easily like the other Disney characters... he was in his own pained world and his back story actually made me feel something more for the drawn character.
He was... not enchanting... but he resonated something with me.
He felt alone in the world. He always messed things up and he didn't seem to have had any lasting deep relationships of any sort with anyone beside his mother and even that was stumbling.
He did help around the house... he didn't rebel yet he was always seen as the rebel. He had something more... that the other main characters of Disney movies lacked and that was actually... hurt... loneliness and depression... I actually thought he didn't fit in more so than Quasimoto.

Anyway.
Disney did another thing in this movie which they don't do in many.

There was no real bad guy.

Yes there was John Silver... but he wasn't bad.
It was the treasure that was the bad guy and what it did to people.

John Silver, bless his Irish soul seemed like he honestly was a good person who was just trapped in the golds power.
He didn't want to hurt Jim, he even tried to bargain with him.
And the relationship that developed between the two- not being gay or anything- I knew it was supposed to be a father- son relationship but to me it was a best friend relationship... that was something Jim had never had before.
I kept hoping that at the end Jim would go with Silver in the end, leave his empty life and explore the galaxy but I still admire him for staying... even if it meant loosing the first person he had let into his inner being and mind.

And I admire the movie.
The directors must have changed after this film... for when I saw Princess and the Frog I did not have the same response or respect for that movie.
I know there is no need for a sequel for this film... but to me it was more adult than child and to me it was something... different.

I don't know if this review means anything to you but just writing it made me realise that it was good and maybe I shall enjoy it again sometime in the future.

Ta ta for now and keep watching things that

no one else will.