Clothes/ Re: Maggie Daniel picture

[vincentjh]

--- "Scott" <insanus_scottus at y...> wrote:
> --Also notice that Hermione appears to be carrying some sort of 
> messenger bag which makes a lot of sense if she's going to 
> Hogsmeade.  I really like the look of this (and all the other 
> photos), and the more I see of their new clothes the more and more 
I 
> like them. In any case Hermione's pink jacket looks *much* better 
> than that horrible outfit she wore for the climax of PS/SS with the 
> white stockings...urgh! 
> 
> I do think these pictures look much more natural. I just hope that 
> it's going to be as good as it appears it will...

I like the way they are not trying to make Hermione look like a 
stereotypical British school girl. Honestly, I cringed when I saw her 
plaided skirt and white stocking in SS/PS.
 
> BTW, I saw "A Little Princess" recently and it was really quite 
> good. I know people have discussed this before, but if you haven't 
> seen it I recommend that you do. 
> 
> Also is "Y Tu Mama Tambien" any good? I know it's supposedly quite 
> erotic, but I haven't heard anyone say whether it's a good film. 
> (I'd like to see it, but one can't find any foreign titles in this 
> town). 
> 
> Scott

"Y Tu Mama Tambien" is a bold film with a lot of energy, heart, and 
sincerety. It might be too bold for some people because of those 
explicit scenes. (I won't call them erotic, though. They are more 
like honest treatment of adolscent sexual fantasies and expiriences--
not always pretty or good.) 

Coming from Cuaron, the movie is beatifully shot and the music blends 
well into the picture. What's amazing is that Cuaron manages to 
situate the teenagers and the foreign woman's advanture and life in 
the broader context of contemporary Mexico without distracting the 
audience or sugarcoating the class/gender/political issues. I love 
how the life and cold realities of the country unfolds along the 
trio's journey while the teenagers are too busy with their own dreams 
that they do not even notice the devastating landscapes around them 
until, at the end, the audience as well as the teenagers are forced 
to take a good look at the social division that separates as well as 
confines them. 

Some people mentioned earlier that they hope Cuaron would keep his 
political views to himself. However, from The Little Princess, Great 
Expectations, all the way to Y Tu Mama Tambien, what makes Cuaron's 
films stand out is, partly, his humanitarian concern and his keen 
awareness as well as criticism on inequality, class, social division, 
and power struggle. This kind of political awareness is, in fact, in 
the same vein with some of HP's political messages. And I, for one, 
is grateful that Cuaron might be able to inject just the right amount 
of social/political criticism into the film like JKR does in the 
books.

-VJH-