Movie "Corpse Bride" opens Friday! We loved it -- check out the official

[Radio_Lady]

web site and soundtrack player.

http://www.warnerbrosrecords.com/corpsebride/

There's some controversy about who actually directed, wrote and produced this movie, and it's been officially titled "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride." They had ghoulishly dressed folks at the Oregon preview last night -- and some other youngsters who came up dressed in Gothic "uniforms" and pretty well pierced! (Wonder why they didn't choose an opening date closer to Halloween?)

Anyway, I love animation, and this was apparently done in the more traditional or old-fashioned way (less computer generation images (CGI), and more stop action, armatures, etc.) Very interesting! By the way, Tim Burton also scored this year with "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."

Music should be listened to BEFORE you go. The lyrics might get away from you. Also, most characters speak with English (from England) accents. Captioning would have helped, and I was sorry I didn't get infrared headphones, which I usually wear. I'm not hard of hearing -- but I'm used to listening to voices and music on headphones from years and years on the radio.

Don't take young children -- like "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", it might be too disturbing. My two grandchildren, ages almost 5 and 7, won't be able to go to this one. (We do what mother says because we've already raised our kids!) However, there were many children of all ages at the preview.

Generally taken from a Jewish folk tale, it has been liberally adapted so as to be more acceptable to the audience.

Naomi Pfefferman has done a great job discussing the background of the original tale in "The Jewish Journal" Los Angeles, CA.

http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=14622

You can read more about the movie on the Internet Movie Database:

http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0121164/combined

See you at the movies!

Radio Lady in Oregon

[Radio_Lady]

1. Frankly, I think the last thing on anyone's mind will be a movie...

this weekend.

The hurricane is barreling down (not on me, gratefully in Oregon)
The anti-war demonstration is gearing up in Washington, DC (wish I could go, shades of the '60s, but it's impossible)
The pResident may be tippling again (if you believe the National Enquirer)

It's going to be a difficult weekend all around, I'm afraid.

And those pictures of dead pets and the devastation in New Orleans are haunting me tonight. I don't know who posted them, but I can't get them out of my mind. Thank goodness for the brave and dedicated people who found the few living ones.