WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (Francis Lawrence)
I haven't read the novel by Sara Gruen, but based on what I saw with Richard LaGravanese's (FREEDOM WRITERS) screenplay and Francis Lawrence's (CONSTANTINE) direction, WATER FOR ELEPHANTS is a really compelling love story not only between humans in the most unexpected of places, but for all creatures of God as well. The traveling circus is indeed a great irony, or mockery if you will for life, which is billed "the greatest show on Earth" by this movie. You see, the circus hides behind the facade of joy, decadence and spectacle fragmented lives struggling for survival. As Christoph Waltz's character August puts it, when his star attraction has to be put down and the beasts begin eating scraps, then it's gonna get worse for the men and women of the circus. (I'm just paraphrasing the thought.) And finally, a Robert Pattinson movie I won't feel guilty seeing afterwards. BREAKING DAWN is coming later this year, so this is a nice break from his pale...