Movie Review in Bullet Points

Last night I met up with a couple of friends for dinner and a movie. It was fun catching up with the girls over an easy, casual dinner at a deli before we saw Water for Elephants.

The movie is beautiful. The landscape, the scenery, the colors, the animals, the way it was shot – all beautiful.

I love Rosie the elephant.

The circus owner/ring master is a true villain. So very easy to hate and despise.

Robert Pattinson (I still want to call him Cedric Diggory) looks so much better with a tan than he does with that pale vampire make-up.

There’s not a drop of chemistry between Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon. The characters are supposed to be the loves of each other’s lives but honestly, I couldn’t picture them being more than just really good friends. The one love scene in the movie was awkward to watch.

Pattinson and Rosie have much better on-screen chemistry. She really seems to like him and is affectionate towards him.

Thankfully, there weren’t any scary clowns.

I couldn’t bear to watch the simulated elephant abuse scenes. I KNOW they weren’t real but they were horrible just the same.

It’s been a few years since I read the book but as well as I can remember, the movie follows the book very closely.

Overall, I enjoyed the movie. I recommend seeing it with the fair warning about the animal abuse.