Inkheart (2008)

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My mom has been wanting to see this movie for a while, so today we finally went to the video store and rented it.
I'd been very curious to see it as well, because I only really like about half of the fantasy movies that I see.
After watching it, this is in the good half!

First of all, I'd like to say that the cast was AMAZING.
Brendan Fraser, Paul Bettany (gorgeous! *drools*), and even that old guy that plays Chief Inspector in Hot Fuzz!
Hot damn!
Everyone from the stars to the smallest bit players did their job exceedingly well.
I want to give whoever cast that movie a big, crushing bear hug.

Secondly, the special effects were far better than I expected.
When the big shadow monster came out of the mountainside, I almost died from how well done it was, and how real it looked.
They even made the freakin' flying monkeys look real!

I'm now going to have to read the book to compare and contrast & see if they got everything correct, but for now I applaud "Inkheart."
It was a really good movie, for all ages.

My final word:
Rent it first to make sure it's your cup of tea, then buy it so you can enjoy it more!

~Ella.

P.S. Did I mention that I think Paul Bettany is GORGEOUS? Ahhh! *drools more*