Reel Review
Fun and excitement abound in the Owens family of wily witches. One
problem, though: the men the Owens woman fall in love with are
doomed to an
untimely death. Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman sparkle in
Practical
Magic, adapted from Alice Hoffman's bestseller and directed by
Griffen
Dunne (addicted to love), They play Sally and Gillian Owens, sisters
hexed by a centuries-old curse, and coping with a witches brew of
events
involving a possible love match (Aidan Quinn) for one, a zombie
(Goran
Visnjic) for the other and a need to resume the age-old witchcraft
taught by two doting Owens aunts (Stockyard Channing and Dianne
Wiest). Sit
for a spell and enjoy!
Eric: Hi Amethyst, how are you tonight
Amethyst: Good Eric, how about yourself?
Eric: doin okay so far
Amethyst: well thats good to hear
Eric: It's October again, time for Octoberfest and Halloween
Amethyst: Yes it is, too bad we aren't in Germany for the actual
Octoberfest
Eric: true, and I agree
Amethyst: that would be a fun event to be able to attend
Eric: agreed, so here we go, another Halloween and we watched an
old classic "Practical Magic"
Amethyst: Yes we did,
Eric: It's an interesting movie, I'm not into the ladies type
movies, but I like this one.
Amethyst: when I first saw it back when it originally came out, I
figured it could either be really good and interesting or it could
get really stupid.
Eric: True, but it's really good, and had all the actresses I
personally like
Amethyst: I agree. I have been a fan of most of the actors and
actresses for a long time now.
Eric: what I like is the story line, and the history given in the
beginning
Amethyst: That is what caught my interest when I saw it the first
time. It gave you the reason of why things happened along the
generations of women in this family. It also had finally shown the
wiccan/pagan rituals in a positive light instead of a
negative "evil" light that some people have when you mention the
word witch.
Eric: Very true, and that is what I thought I was gonna see, but
it was better than that, but they did play into the dark side of
what they sneered at, and it got them into trouble
Amethyst: This is very true, what most people have to realize even
about life in general. is that, it's not all good or all bad but if
you turn your nose up at they way you were raised it can come back
to bite you in the butt.
Eric: True, and I liked Officer Hallot, he was cool, but
professional
Amethyst: I noticed that when he first met Sally and Gillian he
possibly had a preconcieved notion on what he would find compared
to what he actually found. This goes to show that you can't , or I
should say shouldn't make a judgement call based on what someone
else may believe to be true.
Eric: True, but he figured it all out in the end, and still got
the girl, and I liked the green eye, blue eye thing in the spell,
that was cool
Amethyst: This is true. One thing I think the movie did have was
it's sense of family values. It made you realize that you have to be
responsible for your actions, BUT it also showed that if you have
the love and support of your family you can get through anything as
long as you do it together.
Eric: Agreed, so in ending, what is you appraisel of the movie?
Amethyst: I REALLY liked it, that is why I would reccomend it to
people if they haven't already see it, it is a must see. I
would give it a 5 out of a 5 star rating. I could watch this movie
over and over.
Eric: Okay, and I liked it also, I'll give it 4 1/2 stars. And
agree, if they haven't seen it, they should.
Eric: Thanks for coming, I enjoyed this review with you
Amethyst: No problem, any time. I enjoyed being here.
Eric: okay, I'll see you next month
Amethyst: Ok, I look forward to it.
Eric: Good Night
Amethyst: Good Night