Tonight was fantastic :D
Tom, Charlie, Becky and I headed to Disney’s corporate office in London, although I use the term ‘corporate office’ very loosely. There was a giant silver Mickey statue in the main lobby and the banisters had Mickey head emblems on them.
The waiting area to see the film was also lovely, filled with memorabilia, a bust of Walt Disney, sketch artwork, production stills, a giant WALL·E … I asked the woman who’d invited us, Grace, if she could show us around any other areas of the building, and officially I am not allowed to tell you that we got to see the Disney/Pixar meeting room. It didn’t happen. (The lifts played the High School Musical soundtrack :D)
The women’s loo had an EVE print on it, and the men’s (I’m told) used to have a matching WALL·E print <3 WALL·E is my favourite film of all time, so that was nice.
We also snuck through a door into ‘Café Disney’, the canteen area, which was filled with more Disney charm and a massive mural containing every Disney-owned property in one huge wall-size picture. I took the following small picture containing a key to the image, showing what everything is – if anyone can find the full-size one online, link me and I’ll amend this post:
I really hope someone finds it, cos I wanna showcase the full thing.
The film itself was brilliant. It took me a little while to get into, but it had everything that the old Disney classics had – music, theatrics, warmth, skinny villains, anthropomorphic comedy relief, princes and princesses, a musical acid sequence, a crazy wise person who hits the protagonist with a stick, THE LOT. The third act in particular was masterful; everything tied itself together beautifully.
I got to meet Mia Rose, by which I mean I watched Mia Rose walk up to Charlie and not look at/acknowledge the rest of us in any way while she spoke to him, until right at the end when she shook our hands briefly out of politeness and vanished into the music industry. (Charlie said jokingly, “I just overtook you in subscribers!” and she replied a little condescendingly, “oh, I don’t pay attention to any of that stuff. But I’m so happy for you!”)
I also saw Bryony, who actually cared enough to say hello and engage me in conversation, so that’s nice. If you’re thinking of subscribing to Mia, don’t worry about it; go sub to Bryony instead :)
That’s about all. My typing is keeping Becky awake, so I shall sign off. Tomorrow’s gonna be busy on account of me PACKING FOR NEW YORK OH YES.
(If you wanna see The Princess And The Frog – and I definitely recommend that you do – it’s out on general release from December 11th in the US, February 5th in the UK, and other times in other countries that I don’t care enough to mention here.)
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