A Feast for the Eyes

I have mentioned that I am a movie fan, so round two of Budgie Tree Inspirations will focus on movies that are visually enjoyable. (list is in no particular order, just the order I thought of them in)

Speed Racer (colorful almost to the point of being surreal. Also, captures the essence of the cartoon without being too ridiculous. Plot, characters, and characters' relationships are developed, and several scenes are completely hilarious)

VanHelsing(for the costumes and as a guilty pleasure if you're in to that kind of thing)

Conan the Barbarian (the 2011 version. It may have flopped, but it should win awards for it's costumes, and if it's not nominated for them, I'm calling shenanigans on award season. It was also a better movie than I expected from the ads and from how quickly it was out of theaters)

Ever After (it's full of pretty clothes, and is an enjoyable retelling of Cinderella with a strong female lead. For those of you worried about the messages about women that your daughters are getting from the media, this is also a good movie for you. It's rated PG 13 only because of someone saying "horse s**t" and possibly one other swear, so it's family friendly too)

Stranger Than Fiction (this is visually interesting not for the costumes, although they are very well chosen, but for the graphics used to illustrate how the main character, Harold Crick, perseves the world. It's fascinating and clever. Bonus: it is also an excellent movie).

Hellboy 1 and 2 (both cool movies with enjoyable action and interesting plots. Impressive make up and costuming, but you'll forget all about it in the first one when you consider the awesome anamatronics; there is a dog-monster with a mane of tenticals- that's not computer generated! They actually built that, and operated those tenticals the whole time it's on screen. Let's all take a moment, because they put in a lot of hard work and the results are truly impressive.)

Now since they are not out yet, I have not seen either of the Snow White movies coming out next year, but the costumes in Mirror Mirror look exquisite (my first thought on seeing the trailer was "I want to see this just for the clothes."), and Snow White and the Huntsman looks like it has fine costumes, but really cool effects. Now, this is all from the ads, so plotwise one or both could be lousy, and the effects in either one could turn out to be cheesy, but we'll see.