Movies: Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium
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I shall start this post with a very quick, my Mr. so ROCKS! He was a very stellar super star this weekend. He remembered that I was interested in watching Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, and downloaded it for my viewing pleasure. I have to admit that though I really wanted to see this movie, I feared spending $11 on something that might’ve ended up being trash. I was right, I don’t believe the movie would’ve been worth the $11, but it definitely was worth my time.
The movie follows the cooky world that is Mr. Magorium’s magical toy store. The 243 year old eccentric toy owner is ready to depart from our world and decides to leave his toy shop to Mahonney, Natalie Portman. She totally understands the magic of the toy shop, but doesn’t have enough confidence in herself to run the shop when Magorium departs. I must say, this film definitely connects with the child in me. Exploring the world that is the mind of a child is amazing, and learning to believe in yourself is a lesson worth learning no matter how old you are. I guess with those words, you can tell that the movie was slightly cheesy.
Anyway, I wonder whether anyone else saw it. What’d you think of it? I clearly liked it, but an added bonus was spotting all the vinyl/plush toys I am addicted to. This included many variations of David Horvath’s Uglydolls [btw, dancing Wage's are AWESOME!], Tokyo Plastic’s Opera Man, and James Jarvis’ Amos. It was vinyl/plushy heaven for me.